Pure Food and Drug Act

part of his Square Deal.) Tenement Act of 1901 Silent recording: Poor living conditions, sleeping weird af, poor sanitation, Ahmed and I sleeping in awkward condition. (Tenement halls were poorly built housings that were cramped windowless…

stating how much of these drugs were included in the preparation. For example, any generally sold “cures” for morphine dependency had to indicate that they contained another habit-forming drug. Basically, any drug could be sold and bought without federal restrictions as long as the ingredients were clearly listed on the label. By requiring a label, the public was exposed to the dangerous and addictive power of non-prescription medicine marketed in the country. This act specifically referred to…

better for the environment. Also, Roosevelt set aside one hundred and twenty-five million acres of land as national forest lands. And, he established five national parks, along with eighteen national monuments by empowering the 1906 American Antiquities act. Within his presidency, he protected about two hundred and thirty acres of public land. As a result of Roosevelt's extreme contribution to the area of conservation, he helped to further progress America and one of the reasons he is the most…

Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt, both influential spirits in American history had very different but slightly similar approaches in domestic and foreign policy. Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy is mainly shown by his belief in neutrality and moral governing. Wilson kept a strong belief in neutrality, trying to keep the United States out of all European affairs. In the beginning of World War 1, when Germany invaded a French ship, Sussex, Wilson issued the Sussex Ultimatum. This said that if…

love and compassion for all beings and reverence for life itself. The awareness that everyone in creation is inherently divine or in other words the expanded consciousness of all-inclusiveness, can come only through love, compassion and reverence. Acts of violence or himsa, therefore, demonstrate non-alignment with the truth of oneness and absence of a compassionate heart. The immortal Guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba said ‘True love is that which comes from the bottom of the heart and which means no…

(“Upton Sinclair Hits His Readers in the Stomach” par. 3-5) His work no doubt influenced the public, and more importantly, the meat packing industry. Inspired by Sinclair’s work, Roosevelt pushed for the passing of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1905 as well as the Meat Inspection Act (“The Progressive Era” Slide 20). However,…

Theodore Roosevelt's presidency may have changed the United States forever. Although he was not the American people’s first choice to be president, Roosevelt certainly did grow on the American people. Roosevelt had many accomplishments in his presidency, both domestic and foreign. Because Roosevelt was a different type of president, it proves that his policies changed the landscape of the US politically, economically, and socially. Theodore Roosevelt changed America socially by helping the…

The assassination of President McKinley, though tragic, directly resulted in Theodore Roosevelt taking office, arguably the most effective and influential president in American history. It has been stated “Teddy Roosevelt’s accidental presidency, made possible by an assassin’s bullet, profoundly changed the course of the century”. Roosevelt had strong ethical morals, believing that poverty and lack of opportunity breaded crime and radicalism. He was determined to destroy the social conditions…

During the Progressive Era in the turn of the 20th century, people wanted change for the better. During this era there were many problems.There were poor conditions in tenements, unsafe and unsanitary food in the market and many more things. Muckrakers brought the problems to the public through writing, drawings,and pictures. These muckrakers helped come up with reforms to change for the better, like Upton Sinclair and Jacob Riis. Upton Sinclair was a muckraker who portrayed the poor conditions…

Social being the citizens having a public outcry about the unsanitary conditions and unfit food production that was brought to the public's attention from the jungle. The political aspect of this novel is exposing the “american dream”. Sinclair exploits the “american dream” because only some imigrating people become successful after coming to…