The success of progressivism owed much to publicity generated by the muckrakers. Muckraking novels like Upton Sinclair’s, The Jungle gave readers insight into the true nature of the meat packing industry (Goldfield 623). One of the many grisly descriptions Sinclair provides in his novel is of meat saws slicing through the fingers and hands of factory workers. Indeed, the assembly line stopped for no one, and it couldn't even if it wanted to. After reading The Jungle, many Americans were appalled by the lack of safety precautions and sanitary systems in factories.
Because everyone finally realized the atrocities of these businesses, the government actually takes action to pass laws in support for better working conditions. Overall, The Jungle shows the readers and goes into in-depth details about the terrors and demanding efforts of working in the meatpacking industry as an immigrant at the turn of the twentieth century. In the beginning, the reader learns of the marriage between the Lithuanian immigrants Jurgis and Ona. Accustomed to Lithuania tradition, they were shocked to find that none of the guests during the reception left any money to pay off the festive party. With debt already, both desperately search for jobs in an economy where job offers are limited in numbers.
The main problem at hand is the rising death toll of these immigrants due to the harsh weather conditions and their lack of water to keep hydrated while crossing the deserts. This causes issues of human rights, class, culture and national security. Humanitarian groups believe that immigrants are simply victims of horrible economic circumstances and do not deserve to be without basic necessities such as water and food in their home countries. Chris Simcox, founder of the Minute Men, established a citizen patrol group whose sole objective is to guard the Arizona/Mexican border. This private patrol group and many others like it are frequently heavily armed due to the threat of armed immigrant smugglers.
Germans were forced to pay for various repairs across different country what inevitably caused damage to country’s economy. The instability across the nation has been consistently rising, and the ruling government had to resign. In Italy the dissatisfaction of the nation with the government has also been significant, especially taking into account the defeat at Ceporetto or the collapse of the economy, which over past years was based on manufacturing weapons and other equipment that was needed for participation in the war. Both in Italy and Germany people were desperate for a change, they needed economic growth and development. There were no jobs, poverty was spreading.
Our nation really needs to get its stuff together and figure out a way to conserve the environment it effects. The process of coal mining was and still is very hard and tedious work. Before machines were made, people had to go into the mines with pick axes or dynamite to extract the coal. Then they would have little trollies that were either pulled by hand or by mules to transport it out of the caves. Also they used trees from the nearby woods to support the walls from caving in.
In addition, the war caused severe damage to economy since their were less men to work for in the fields and more Raw material was needed for the War. Great War is said to be the worst war for the soldiers because although their were more fatalities in World War two but the conditions that the soldiers had to face in Great War were beyond belief. Since great weapons like the machine gun and the long range cannonballs were invented, the casualties were tremendous in numbers in both Africa and Ottoman empire. Also, trench warfare was really used and due to the horrific conditions the
Reading 1 1- It turned out to be less than ideal for a seat of government or for a military base: the swamps made the location unhealthy and hard to reach, it was located too far from the port to transport goods, and it was difficult to defend. 2- The Spanish forced many Taínos to labor like slaves to mine gold and produce crops; this work and European diseases quickly pushed the indigenous population towards extinction. 3- In 1511, they began to rebel against the Spanish, but their primitive wooden weapons, stone axes, and arrows were no match for Spanish firearms. After their defeat, many fled to the Lesser Antilles, smaller Caribbean islands to the southeast, where they joined forces with the Caribes, a fierce tribe of
People were being constantly threatened by unsafe working conditions, long working hours, dirt, pollution, and infections. Government was finally forced to employ restrictions on businesses since people were questioning whether the businesses turned into completely self-regulatory money-making factories. However, since it was not possible for the employers to employ children as a cheap work force and had to provide care for the other workers, they tried to look for a solution elsewhere. Another problem was the fall of agriculture since almost all the work force moved to the industrial field. Thirdly, the lack of resources, or rather the high amount of expenses that had to be made in order to gain access to the resources created problems for manufacturers.
Recently Peru has been hit by a wave of social conflict an protest, much of it focused on the mining sector. The problems reflect the discord of the people from rural sectors- where most of the mining companies are set up-with mining companies because of the environmental effects and destruction of its properties that they cause. Even in the first stage of mining which is the stage of exploration; identity possible minerals deposits. Mining machines have to drill the underground and therefore causing the damage of the soil. Plants and fruits cannot growth there anymore and seeds are destroyed which causes affects in the agriculture and the collection of food; an important economic activity for the rural settlers.
A second, and much more overlooked atrocity committed by human traffickers is fraud. many factory owners are currently advertising for jobs that sound “too good to be true” with free room and board, as well as paid travel expenses. However, once the workers arrive, they are heavily fined, and given no food or housing. The workers, in turn have no choice but to work in unfair conditions for extended periods of time until they can repay their employer the large debt they have acquired(Mark P. Lagon). A third way in which this [human trafficking] violates the law is through violence.