Pure Food and Drug Act

His "Square Deal" promised a fair shake for both the average citizen and the businessmen, through regulation of railroad rates and pure food and drugs. He was the first U.S. president to call for universal health care and national health insurance. He promoted the conservation movement, emphasizing efficient use of natural resources. He added enormously to the national forests in the West…

The term gilding is used to describe the process of covering an object with a thin top layer of gold or another precious metal onto an object that is not precious in of itself. This was the beginning that led to the period of rapid economic growth, but also much social conflict in the final three decades of 19th century. In essence an object looks to be very precious and expensive because it looks to be made of gold; however, looks are deceiving, the objects only covered by a very thin layer of…

The goal of the Progressive Era was a hopeful and seemingly simple one. Progressives believed that applying human intelligence to the task on improving the country would ultimately bring about progress in the nation (Hewitt, 384). This ideal became so widespread that it now known as the Progressive Era. This period had plenty of successes and failures, supporters and non-supporters for a myriad of reasons, but despite these reasons progressives had a large impact on America politically,…

The Industrial Revolution greatly affected many different areas around the world. While the Americas and Europe were the first nations to come about an Industrial Revolution, many other countries soon followed their model. Regardless of the time in which the nation underwent their Industrial Revolution, each nation was transformed economically, socially, and politically. During the Industrial Revolution, many economic activities in American and European communities moved from agriculture to…

scientists working at the German drug company Bayer produced an acetylated form of morphine when they tried to produce codeine. The scientists found that this acetylated form of morphine is more potent than morphine. They gave this drug a brand new name: Heroin. At the time, morphine was a popular drug, however, it had a problem of addictive side-effects. In 1898, the Bayer company marketed heroin as a substitution for morphine and advertised it as a non-addictive drug. It was used as the…

"German chemist Albert Niemann first extracted cocaine from the coca plant 's leaves" (History of Cocaine Dec. 9, 2016). Unfortunately, even after the discovery of cocaine, it wasn 't until the 1880 's when research into the medical applications of the drug truly began. (History of Cocaine Dec. 9, 2016). The biggest breakthrough in the medical field in regards to the use of cocaine was in the field of ophthalmology, as it proved to be an excellent anesthetic as well as vasoconstrictor (Altman,…

Pros and Cons of Using Recreational Marijuana Marijuana refers to the different parts of a dried hemp plant called, Cannabis sativa which contains a mind-altering chemical. The legalization of marijuana in most of the states in the United States of America may have made marijuana users rejoicing. But it remains to be an endless debate of whether this should truly be allowed or not due to the unfavorable effects that it can do to long-time users. Marijuana is widely used, especially among the…

part of the nations economic infastructure, I led the fight for the passage of the 1903 Elkins Act. The act empowered the federal government to impose huge fines on both the railroads offering rebates and on the shippers accepting them. This undermined the older "pool" combinations in which railroad owners secretly agreed to divide buisness in a specific area and share the profits accordingly. The Elkins Act thus embodied a central feature of my trust-busting- the reintroduction of competition…

The Progressive Era was a time of a lot of change in our government, sociality, and rights. People called Muckrakers solved problems that people didn´t realize that were happening. Muckraking is the action of searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people in an underhanded way. Muckraking journalism had a positive effect on the Progressive Era in the early 20th, but today it stills has the same effect. Some examples of muckrakers of today and in that time are Nellie Bly…

the entire world, food stands as a significant reason behind the considerable number of diseases. Bangladesh is not all an exception in this case being the third world developing country in South Asia. For the last couple of decades the most serious threat to public health in Bangladesh is the consumption of unsafe food. In an ethical manner doing business in today’s world is very rare. The food and beverages industry entirely corporations are involved in handling uncooked food stuff ingredients…