citizens had come in search of the American dream of success‚ bolstered by promise of good fortune. Instead they found themselves beaten into failure by American industry. Upton Sinclair wanted to expose the cruelty and heartlessness endured by these ordinary workers. He chose to represent the industrial world through the meatpacking industry‚ where the rewards of progress were enjoyed only by the privileged‚ who exploited the powerless masses of workers. The Jungle is a novel and a work of investigative
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of immigrants in the cities around the turn of the century. His goal was to document the inhumane treatment of the working men and women in the industrial capitalism speaking out specifically about the unsanitary conditions in the Chicago meat-packing industry. During the period of industrialization at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth‚ millions of poverty-stricken immigrants that flocked to the United States met with terrible working conditions and barely livable wages
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Sarah Whitaker Mrs. Kurtz A.P. Language and Composition 6 February 2013 The Meatpacking Industry: One of the Most Dangerous Jobs in the U.S. A report from the American Meat Institute shows that the U.S. is home to about 6‚000 meatpacking plants. Millions of jobs all over the country are made through meatpacking plants. These low paying‚ risky jobs are swept up by men and women‚ these people unknowing of what exactly they have gotten themselves into. The meatpacking‚ today‚ has become one
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Era was cleaning the meat packing industry. The meat inspection act was when federal agents inspect any meat sold across state lines and required federal inspection. Government forced them to pull food off the shelf because of bad conditions. The pure food and drug act was when food and drugs had to be tested by FDA. It was also created by the FDA. Upton’s Sinclair the Jungle was in 1906‚ it was described filthy and unhealthy conditions in meatpacking plants. There would be meat that had tumbled out
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research and studies to write very informative articles on issues he finds very important. The author establishes logos by using shocking facts and statistics such as “Twenty years ago the standard number of cattle processed per hour in a typical meat packing plant was 175”‚ “Today the workers at many plants are required to kill up to 400 cattle per hour” (Stossel‚ 2009). Stossel is trying to make a point that these slaughter factories are working to fast‚ and to long of house‚ sometimes making mistakes
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In the nineteenth century great advances were made toward industrializing america‚ but american freedoms were sacrificed in the process. Going into the twentieth century many changes were made to change the cultural norms of the previous century. The labor and women’s movement challenged the nineteenth centuries meaning of american freedom by showing the people that not everyone was being protected and accurately represented in america. The labor movement began because of many different outcomes
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called OSHA‚ has kept at its goal‚ since its inception‚ to bring to light the hazards and trials found in the meat packing plants‚ the plants have kept at shutting out OSHA and keeping the public from finding out what goes on inside. Undoubtedly‚ the plants lie and underreport in the logs they are required to turn in to OSHA on a yearly basis. Illegal immigrants working in the meatpacking industry are not entitled to receive minimum wage. Ultimately‚ they end up working for next to nothing with their
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same horrors that immigrants before today faced. Immigrants come from many areas‚ but most immigrants came from Europe. They came because they were fleeing things like famine. Most immigrants came in high hopes of finding jobs in the growing industries. Immigrants today come to seek a better life‚ start or expand businesses‚ start their families‚ live the American dream‚ and some immigrants even come to America just to have their children be born American citizens. In the case of the family
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telling how many more people would have been sent to an asylum seeking help only to be tortured‚ how many parents would have given their children some addictive or lethal drug believing it would cure them‚ or how many families would have eaten rotten meat contaminated by human and animal
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Guided Reading Questions Chapter 6: On the Range(the ranching industry ) 15. How do development pressures and the dictates of the fast food industry affect the cattle business? The fast food industry has become a growing epidemic that has continued to grow. Because of this increase in the industry the way that meat is made has become more simple than ever. There are humongous machines that cut down all the parts of the meat however the problem is that the cattle as a result are treated brutally
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