Pure Food and Drug Act

beings in name of their religion causes mayhem for the rest of us. These are not only unjustifiable and heinous acts, but they are a disgrace to their own pure religion as well as humanity. Not only global conflicts, but national conflicts also add to tensions. Per a 2012 study, 76 percent of the world facts restrictions of some type due to religion. From not eating a certain type of food to stoning women for not dressing properly. These restrictions cause civil disputes that are not needed and…

The youngest man to ever take the oath of office did the most to advance America. President Theodore Roosevelt was 42 years old at the time of his induction. Youth played to his advantage and the way he portrayed himself to America blended well with the times. America was a young nation and a young, virile leader signified who we were as a people. Roosevelt, a war hero of San Juan Hill fame in the Spanish-American War, was self-assured, bold and determined. As the turn of the century gave…

To address economic inequalities during the Progressivism movement, Congress passed the 16th Amendment that created a Progressive Income tax. By establishing health standards for food, Theodore Roosevelt had legislated the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 that mandated food and medicine have government inspectors, which was a reaction that occurred after the public's reaction from by author Upton Sinclair’s book “The Jungle (1906). The plethora of issues influenced by the Progressivism…

education needed to enter the professions. During the late 1800’s middle- class women joined women’s clubs and became reformers. They raised money for libraries, schools and parks and pressed for laws to protect children and women, to ensure pure food and drugs. Some women entered the new profession of social work. Other women campaigned to end social evils, such as child labor. Florence Kelley, a social and political reformer and the pioneer of the term Wage abolitionism, investigated…

This task was then accomplished in the passing of the Underwood-Simmons Tariff. The thought process behind this act was that in lowering the tariff it would in turn entice foreign countries into participating in more trade with The United States. In lowering the tariff it created a deficit. The answer to the deficit was the instatement of an income tax for citizens…

extraction. The biomass produced after this step can be used as high protein feedstock for livestock, this causes value addition to the waste stream produced in the process. The further downstream processes involve separation and washing to obtain pure biodiesel.(Demirbas and Fatih Demirbas 2011) Algae to oil process is simple alternative to produce biofuels. Naturally occurring algal species does not give economically feasible yield for microalgae oil. Thus scientists have developed genetically…

about corruption in high places, and prepared the way for corrective action. Without the enlightenment of muckraking, Americans would have been blinded to the wrongdoings of many manufacturers and industries. Because of the many codes, regulations, and acts created to promote a better lifestyle, muckraking affected society in an overall positive…

The progressive era was the point in time in which the people of America began to understand the unfortunate circumstances that withheld them, and started to oppose it. In fact several movements were created in order to demolish the political and economic hierarchy that consumed America in the 1900’s. Lower and middle class industrial workers began to revolt, or strike, against their supervisors so they could achieve easier work hours, more wages, and safer environments to work in. Overall, many…

constructive and effective things many “Robber Barons” did for the welfare of society. Many leading industrialists donated enormous amounts of their personal fortune to public institutes and, often times, Christian charities. In addition to charitable acts, their companies were also responsible for an inflation of goods on the market, thus increasing the affordability of many products. The increase of products was responsible for heightened quality of life for those able to afford them. The…

distress. Animals have a lot of moral rights in which humans generally do not recognize and this is where the problem arises. Animal rights shows us that certain actions towards animals are morally wrong, therefore humans should not indulge in it. These acts should not be committed…