The jungle By: Upton Sinclair

By: Karen Castillo

Excerpt from The JungleHere was a population, low-class and mostly foreign, hanging always on the verge of starvation, and dependent for its opportunities of life upon the whim of men every bit as brutal and unscrupulous as the old-time slave drivers; under such circumstances immorality was exactly as inevitable, and as prevalent, as it was under the system of chattel slavery. Things that were quite unspeakable went on there in the packing houses all the time, and were taken for granted by everybody; only they did not show, as in the old slavery times, because there was no difference in color between master and slave.

Ona’s working conditions; she is forced to work under Miss Henderson, who runs a prostitution ring, and most of her coworkers are prostitutes. Sinclair presents these conditions as a horrible situation for the modest, moral

Would I trust the meat industry in 1906.

I wouldn't trust the meat in groceries in the progressive era because the way they have the environment and how they use the old nasty meat to sell.

What did Theodore Roosevelt say about The Jungle?

At first he didn't believe the Jungle because Sinclair was a socialist.But after conducting his own investigations he had similar results as SinclairTheodore Roosevelt passed the pure food ad drug act

The meat packing industry in The years leading to 1906 Upton sinclair “the jungle”

Consumer confidence in BeefLegislation specifically

Related to the meat Packing industry

If people like upon Sinclair never spoke up then more people would have died by eating the food or by working in that environment.As a society we should point out injustice and fight it, Like people in china still use little kids to work like grown ups and they shouldn't have to.Things I would do to make a difference is to help kids in other countries that are still working and not going to school. Changes that fast food industries have done are they now have healthy food like salads on their menu and they have other side instead of french fries.

Poverty

People who lived in poverty were usually the ones that had to send their children to work and also they had to work but they paid so little for so much work that they never got out of poverty.

Corruption

Corruption in that time was that the meat packing plants and all other food factories didnt have restrictions and did what ever they wanted and didnt care for the workers or customers just the money

Muckraking

Muckraking was that people dug up all the bad things that food factories did to the workers and how they had their working environments.

Journalist

Wrote about the food industry and how it was corrupt.

Wage slavery

Wage slavery was when they worked their workers so much and they didn't get paid enough

Upton sinclair

What the writer of the jungle that exposed the truth of the food factories.

Meat inspection act

requires USDA to inspect all cattle, sheep, goats, and horses when slaughtered and processed into products for human consumption

Pure food and drug act

Factories had to have good real food and real drugs that weren't useless

Food and drug administration

Government agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for regulating and supervising the safety of foods, tobacco products, dietary supplements, Medication drugs, vaccines,

Theodore roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt didn't believe in Sinclair book because he was a socialist,Roosevelt put on his own investigation and found the same information Sinclair found.

socialism

refers to various theories of economic organization advocating public or direct worker ownership and administration of the means of production and allocation of resources,

Excerpt #2

They put him in a place where the snow could not beat in, where the cold could not eat through his bones; they brought him food and drink—why, in the name of heaven, if they must punish him, did they not put his family in jail and leave him outside—why could they find no better way to punish him than to leave three weak women and six helpless children to starve and freeze?

This quote from Chapter 16 explains Jurgis’s mindset when he is sent to prison after attacking Phil Connor.being in prison is actually an environment far preferable to the cruel, filthy world of Packingtown. There he received shelter and food without having to do anything; he believes that his family members are the real prisoners, as, without his support, they now face starvation and eviction.