Progressivism DBQ
Kaylin Korte
US History
Period 4
Mr. Lanning
9/4/14
Progressivism DBQ
Dear Aunt Bessie,
The task that I have accepted from you, whom I love greatly, is in good hands. I appreciate the money that you have given to me and promise that it will be respectfully shared. Your wish being to give the money to three Progressive reforms in a very specific way. You can trust me in the fact that it will be done in the best way possible with lots of thought. I was surprised to learn about your passion to do good for others. I would be honored to fulfill your wish of giving away one million dollars. Through our discussions, you have made me realize there is another America that people do not like to talk about. We talked about the meat packing plant, child labor, and women’s rights.
After much thought, I have decided to give $600,000 to the meat packing plant,
$300,000 to child labor, and $100,000 to women’s rights.
I have decided to give $600,000 to the meat packing plant. According to
Document D, there was “meat that had tumbled out on the floor, in the dirt and sawdust, where the workers had tramped and spit” (Doc D). It also states that “thousands of rats would race about” on the pile of dirty meat, and there would be “handfuls of the dried dung of rats” (Doc D). This kind of disgusting work ethic had many people sick and dying. To get rid of the rats, the packers would put “poisoned bread out for them”, and
then after they would die, the dead rats, the poisoned bread, and the meat would all be pushed into the hoppers together (Doc D). It is disheartening that the workers of this industry did not care about this dirty contamination. These are just some of the reasons that I have made my decision to give the most amount of money to this industry in hopes that they will make it into a respectable operation. With this money, they would be able to rebuild a new company making it more reliable and cleaner for the people.
The efforts
US History
Period 4
Mr. Lanning
9/4/14
Progressivism DBQ
Dear Aunt Bessie,
The task that I have accepted from you, whom I love greatly, is in good hands. I appreciate the money that you have given to me and promise that it will be respectfully shared. Your wish being to give the money to three Progressive reforms in a very specific way. You can trust me in the fact that it will be done in the best way possible with lots of thought. I was surprised to learn about your passion to do good for others. I would be honored to fulfill your wish of giving away one million dollars. Through our discussions, you have made me realize there is another America that people do not like to talk about. We talked about the meat packing plant, child labor, and women’s rights.
After much thought, I have decided to give $600,000 to the meat packing plant,
$300,000 to child labor, and $100,000 to women’s rights.
I have decided to give $600,000 to the meat packing plant. According to
Document D, there was “meat that had tumbled out on the floor, in the dirt and sawdust, where the workers had tramped and spit” (Doc D). It also states that “thousands of rats would race about” on the pile of dirty meat, and there would be “handfuls of the dried dung of rats” (Doc D). This kind of disgusting work ethic had many people sick and dying. To get rid of the rats, the packers would put “poisoned bread out for them”, and
then after they would die, the dead rats, the poisoned bread, and the meat would all be pushed into the hoppers together (Doc D). It is disheartening that the workers of this industry did not care about this dirty contamination. These are just some of the reasons that I have made my decision to give the most amount of money to this industry in hopes that they will make it into a respectable operation. With this money, they would be able to rebuild a new company making it more reliable and cleaner for the people.
The efforts