Objective 1.10 The Jungle ans Consumer Protection Laws

Response to reading #1 (problems) : Meat Packing Industry

•  unhygienic areas where the meat was handled
• Rats
• Rat poison that went into the meat
• Spit that contained germs full tuberculosis

Response to reading # 2 (problems):

• Risks of cutting hands
• blood poison
• death
• unsafe work areas
• unsanitary work areas 

1)This example of "muckraking" exposed to the american people all the things that went on in the meat industry and unsanitary jobs, in addition it also showed risks and dangerous the workers face.
2)I would expect the government to enforce new laws to help protect there workers some kind of regulation in order for the jobs to be sanitary and organized.
3)without the publication of the "the Jungle" change would have not happened because people would remain unaware of what goes on in those areas of work.

Parts of Act to Try and Solve Problem: Meat inspection act

1. Products distributed are wholesome,properly marked, labeled and packaged
2. inspection of all meat food products
3. examine and inspect and label/mark "inspected and passed"
4. products that are found adulterated must be labeled "inspected and condemned" and destroyed completely

Parts of Act to Try and Solve Problem: Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906
1) preventing the manufacture,sale,or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious products.
2)regulating traffic
3)convicted if act isn't followed- 1year imprisonment,1,000 dollar bail, 500 dollar fine
4)"misbranded" shall apply to all drugs, and article of foods.

Objective 1.9 Essential Questions

-The extent of muckrakers, Social Gospel reformers,settlement house volunteers, social workers, and other experts reflected the central assumptions of progressivism by:

• muckrakers- wanted to to exposes conflicts to the public's eye
• Social Gospel reformers-Shorter Hours in the work area, factory regulations
• Settlement house workers-better upon the life of the poor
• Social workers-improve conditions for vast amount of people

SFI:
-Jane Addams
-Florence Kelley

-Progressives attempted to free government and Politics from the domination of the political parties because the politicians of these political parties were associated with unlawful affairs due this it called for direct Senator elections.
-SFI:

-The Federal Government and The progressive era reformers from the 1900-1920 wanted to improve labor conditions for women and wanted to limit it for kids. The government wanted social change to occur and have improvement on the economy. women were more involved in the work force more wanted rights to vote.
SFI:
-Child Labor Act 1916
- Declined in Votes 1900-1920
-1914 Social Change



-The Government got support on the home front by the method of propaganda using important events such as the Zimmerman notes and the unrestricted warfare to trigger americans of the tragic events that happened where lives where lost. they also used women to motivate men into going to war by patriotism.
SFI:
-1917 Zimmerman Notes
-Patriotism (women,posters)
- loans
-Unrestricted submarine warfare



1)The U.S. senate wanted the United States to remain neutral and to stay out of foreign affairs and that's how they would keep tension away with other foreign nations and keep peace by starting  the league of nations and rejecting the treaty of versailles which did not prevent the threat of future war.
SFI:
-14 points Woodrow Wilson
-Wilson's League of Nations
-Treaty of Versailles (punish Germany)

2)SFI:

1.9 objective Progressive Era DBQ

Thesis: The progressive era impacted our nation by strengthening it. To improve upon our government for social,economic,and labor change. Which would change america in to the modern nation it is today.

Sources:Document: C,G,F

Main idea: Progressive era improvement for individuals and the nation.

1.2 and 1.4 Objectives Wilson and World War 1 (instructional video notes)

Objective 1.1 Progressive era and the Republican Roosevelt 1901-1912