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Monday, December 2, 2013

Progressive Era - The Jungle

1) What qualities did Sinclair believe a person must have to succeed in Packingtown?
The factory workers needed to be driven by fear.  There were hundreds of people outside the factory that would like the job, so the current workers had to be selfish and work like someone was watching their every move, because someone usually was.
2)According to the passage, what is the plant owner's main goal.
The factory owners main goal was to get as much work out of the workers as possible to make as much money as possible.
3) What does Sinclair mean when he says, "...there was no place in it where a man counted for anything against a dollar....?"
Sinclair is saying that the facory workers were willing to do anything to increase/maintain production by climbing over everyone else's backs.

USDA Meat & Poultry Regulations
The USDA mandates that restaurants that prepare raw and uncooked meat and poultry understand how not preparing it correctly can cause serious harm.  The require that the cooks study the affects and how to prevent it.  The USDA also manages the hormones and how the chickens are raised.  There are certain types of hormones that have been made illegal by the USDA in chicken farming.  The USDA will send representatives to chicken farms to make sure that the chickens are being raised properly and healthfully.  The USDA will also do random health inspection of restaurants that serve meat and poultry

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