Muckraker

At the turn of the 20th century, American cities were met with a massive influx of immigration from Europe. These immigrants fled their countries to escape poverty, religious persecution, and tyrannical leaders in the search of a new life in America. Most would enter America through Ellis Island, resulting in large immigrant populations in New York. Promised a land of greater opportunities, many were disappointed when high paying jobs and comfortable housing conditions proved to be scarce. At…

Sean Magers Magers 1 Mr. McKown Government 5 December 2017 The Progressive Era Amendments The Progressive Era started with progressivism and the Progressive movement that started with our 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt. Progressivism was continued with the presidency of President Taft and President Wilson. This Era consisted of different ideas and reformist…

Reforms are improvements or amendment to an unsatisfactory action. During the Progressive Era of the United States, many reforms and acts were passed to help the country advance. Some of those acts and reforms regulated child labor, improved working conditions, and protected consumers through many exploits by Jacob Riis and Upton Sinclair. Many children were working in factories and sweatshops, as a means to help support their families. These children would work for 9 to 12 hours daily, and get…

The Progressive Era, spanning the early 20th century, consisted notably of an insurgence of reformational ideas. Brought about by journalists and politicians, these reforms were taken to the national level on a balanced scale; spanning topics from safety reform, economic reform, and socio-political reform. Reformers, despite many opposing efforts, were able to successfully reform the United states to an accepted point for the time period, in help from government positions, public opinion, and…

child workers. However, the working conditions were dangerous. The children would develop problems such as asthma and would end up having bent backs from working which would cause most of them to not live longer than forty years. John Spargo, a muckraker who wrote The Bitter Cry of the Children, visited a mine to document and expose the cruel working conditions. He worked for thirty minutes and was barely able to breathe inside the mines from all of the coal dust and was physically worn down.…

During the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century, Issues that have long gone without cognizance were beginning to prove unsafe, unethical and simply unfair. Progressives began to take control of the future, fighting for controversial topics and issues that needed to be brought to light and modernized. These issues involved everyday problems; including workers rights, fair and equal politics, and urban life for families. These progressive revolutionists would not stop their muckraking and…

(Sinclair 1906). The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair, was intended to show the plight of immigrant workers in the meatpacking industry of Chicago. Sinclair wanted to show how capitalism had failed and that socialism was the only way to solve the problems of the American worker. However, the American public centered their concerns on the awful conditions that meat was processed and how unsanitary, contaminated, and rotten meat was making their way to American stores. Sinclair was a true…

other things. Roosevelt made the Federal Reserve System. They imposed income tax with the 16th amendment also the direct elections of the Senators with the 17th amendment and even more then that they did women 's suffrage with the 19th amendment. Muckrakers exposed all the corruption that was in the national and also the local politics. Upton sinclair wrote The jungle to help with buyer beware. With the Gospel of wealth being created it made the upbringing of lots of wealthy people. One of the…

Childhood obesity is a growing problem in the United States. Obesity is the condition of having an extremely excessive amount of body weight.The BMI(Body Mass Index) of an obese person is 30.0-39.9 and overly obese is 40.0+. The higher the BMI, the more fat a person has. Obesity can increase the risk of someone getting heart disease and cancer. In 2013, the American Medical Association declared obesity a disease that must be treated with medical solutions. Due to obesity, a program called CATCH…

progressives during this era were carried out with great successes. As reported by a newspaper in 1906, the meat industry was in need of reform due to the immense health and safety hazards present within the processing plants. (Doc B) The efforts of muckrakers informed the public of these hazards, resulting in the federal government reforming the industry through the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act later in 1906. President Theodore Roosevelt…