Progressive Era- The Jungle.

1.) What qualities did Sinclair believe a person must have to succeed in Packingtown?
-Sinclair believed that a person who wanted to work their had to have these qualities, they didn't get tired easily, meaning that they never had time to rest, had a fast pace, men who would do good work and they'd have a high wage.
2.) According to the passage, what is the plant owner's main goal.
-The plant owners main goal is to produce as much as he possibly could, he didn't care about anyone else just himself. And his wealth.
3.) What does Sinclair mean when he says, "...there was no place in it where a man counted for anything against a dollar....?"
- It means that no man was compared to his money, if he didn't like him he'd just replace him while at the same time he'd have money.

The FDA requires that fast food workers take tests on knowing when to see food-borne illnesses. This isn't all, they also have to rinse their hands every 20 minutes and prevent cross contamination. The storage of where you have food has to be at 45 degrees F to prevent bacteria from growing. Moreover now days the FDA requires fast food restaurants to label their nutrition facts because of the problems that are happening in the world relating to people, such as: obesity, heart disease and diabetes.

The Sinking of the Maine

Americans have always named there ships, Maine was the name of an American battleship in the Havana harbor which protected Americans interests in Cuba. On February 15th, 1898 during the night, the ship had been attacked. Who was there to blame? The Spanish, it was said that they had an underground mine.The most likely source they would've used was heat from a fire in the coal bunker adjacent to the 6-inch reserve magazine. This tragedy lead to, 266 American deaths. President McKinley then sent Spain a final demand, which later on lead to war. "Indications are that an explosion produced the conditions there," said commander George a converse In 1976 they came toa decision   that the Spanish were the cause of the explosion.
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Typewriter

The Type writer was a helpful invention that was created in 1760, there is not only one inventor but three. Christopher Latham Sholes, Samuel Soule, and Carlos Gildden all collaborated in a different way. Sholes was in charge of the newspaper, he is also the inventor of the Qwerty. Soule, was the inventer of the numbering machine. Nevertheless Gildden, was the one who came up with the idea to come up with a writing system. All these three men put all of their ideas together leading to the type writer. Gildden was the most committed to this invention, he kept and kept on trying to make the type writer more functional. James Densmore, an investor, bought out Shole and Gildden. Later in 1871 the machine had been improved by a great amount leading for it to be patented. Moreover in 1873 Sholes and Densmore offered the type writer to Remington and his sons. He knew that with this offer they'd improve it with the right equipment. In conclusion Christopher Sholes received twelve thousand dollars while James Densmore chose royalty and also received a million and a half dollars. In conclusion the type writer was very helpful because with it they could type important letters, and documents faster.
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Dealing With Workers

In every work their are always complaints from the workers. One major complaint was, working from dawn til dusk. The Chinese workers order to have at least ten hours of work, they hated working long hours and never being home. They also wanted to have a raise of $5, these complaints led to a strike. During the strike Crocker cut off the workers supplies, stopped agents from delivering them food and provisions to their camps. Moreover Crocker made the butchers stop from providing meat, and worst of all he let his men sitting in their camps for weeks. If the Chinese workers decided not to work throughout the whole month of June, they wouldn't get paid. In conclusion they heard that news, leading to some of the workers to return.

Rail road workers had awful working conditions. They were on a diet of beef,bread, and black coffee. Many of them were concerned of water borne illnesses. Being cluttured together in bunk beds didnt give you much privcy.

John Brown

Every person has a different story, John Brown seemed to have financial difficulties in his life. He was born on May 9th, 1800, in Torrington, Connecticut. While growing up he had a huge family, it was a very close family. He was an ardent abolitionist who worked with the Underground Railroad and the League of Gileadites and other groups.

Mr.Brown thought that ending slavery meant using violence against a group to abolish it. He was a man unlike others that believed that slavery was wrong. He saw how painful it was to be beaten, specially because they were seen as something else because of their color. He met up with Frederick Douglass in 1887, afterwards he settled in a black community. 

John Brown helped many slaves to get freed, he helped them escape and go off to Canada. He then went there to speak about having a safe place for a community for them to stay at. They came up with an agreement to make it in Maryland and Virginia. Moreover he got caught, leading to him being sentenced to death for his behavior. He explained what his actions were and he got freed on December 2nd, 1859. In conclusion he made a big impact on the world, by being one of the first to be warm hearted and seeing that being a slave was unfair.