Monday, December 3, 2007
Progressive Era 802
The Progressive Era was a period of great reform for our country. So far we have covered a good amount of these reforms. Which reform that we learned about do you feel was the most important? Why? After you have answered my questions you may comment on what other people have said. However, make only well thought out responses and be respectful of one another!!!
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i feel the most important reform was education. Imagine today, us students living an extremely boring school life. We would be memorizing the textbooks and whatnot, that would be such a drag. So, yeah, education is most important.
I believe that the progressive reform of government corruption proved to result in the most progress of America's economy growth. Think about this: If we were in a corrupted government, our whole country would be corrupted. This country runs solely on the government, the laws inflict on the government. Everything sane and non-chaotic deals with all three branches of our US Government. If government officials took money from regular citizens imagine how bad it would be. President Bush isn't the brightest apple as you can see, imagine if he took money, now that will be a tribulation of our past. And you think the war in Iraq is bad . . . Another topic to focus about is that if you had people who knew nothing about what they were doing into office. I think the merit system was a very good idea. I think that everyone who has a job should be able to do what they are supposed to do. For example, if you had a teacher and you had to take the regents and she didn't know anything about what she was teaching, how would that benefit you? In no way whatsoever, you may get jubilant by the fact that it was an easy class but you're not being prepared properly. This has to do with the same thing in the government, here's a person you're trust with money, and other things. Mean whilst, they don;t even know what their doing on top of what you don't know. It would be very corrupt if this did not happen.
The reform that I think is the most important was the meat inspection act. This reform has greatly influenced our food conditions. Without this reform our food might have still been full of human body parts, rats, and all kinds of things. Our living standards might not have been as high as they are now. Imagine what it would be like if the factories still had bad conditions and unhealthy situations. Lets thank Uptinson Cleir for bringing fresh and healthy meat on the table.
I believe that the reform about medical care is the most important reform. This is because although the meat inspection was very important, before they had this reform, many people were sick due to unhealthy food or drugs. If the doctors were just any people hired, they would not be able to diagnose any one. The knowledge of the doctor could help people live longer and be healthier. So I believe this is the most important reform made.
The reform that I think was the most important was ending corruption. Corruption was a big thing as the government was being unfair and not acting as the voice of the people. When the governemnt is stealing money and giving jobs to people who don't deserve them, then how is that benefiting society? really, in the world that we live i ntoday, corruption still occurs but there is much less. By eliminating corruption, the governemnt was giving away fair oppurtunities and acting in an orderly fashion.
I believe that the most important reform was the Meat inspection Act. I agree with Filipp becuase the act did influence inspection. Since Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle", more people began to inspect the meat packaging farms. Rats, body parts and animal feces would fall into the meat grinder, and would get mixed in with the meat. The meat we would eat would be different if it weren't for this reform.
I would like to reform child labor. Child labor is very bad in this world. Children at the age of 15 or under are working in factories when they should be studying in school. The youngest age to work sholud be 14 or older. These children are unskilled workers and shouldn't be working at all.
I BELIVE THE MEAT INSPECTION ACT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT. THE REFORM WAS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT REQUIRED FOOD TO BE CHECKED BEFORE BIENG SOLD. BEFORE THE MEAT INSPECTION ACT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN PEOPLE SELLING MEAT WITH HUMAN BODY PARTS MIXED UP. THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A WORKER THAT COULD HAVE GOT HIS/HER ARM CUT OFF AND THEN THE ARM WENT INTO THE FOOD AND IT COULD HAVE HAD A DISEASE AND WHOEVER ATE IT COULD HAVE GOOTEN SICK AND GOT MANY OTHER PEOPLE SICK AND KILLING MANY PEOPLE AT ONCE. THERE COULD HAVE BEEN CHILD BODY PARTS IN THE MEAT ALSO. WITH THE MEAT INSPECTION ACT THE PEOPLE COULD HAVE SAFE AND HEALTHY FOOD. THE REASON IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT REFORM IS BECAUSE EVERYONE EATS FOOD EVERY DAY OR SO AND NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE EXPECT FOOD TO HAVE BODY PARTS IN IT AND EAT AND GET SICK.
I agree with Filipp, other than the medical reform, the meat inspection reform was very important because many people were getting sick and dying because of unhealthy meat, that they knew nothing about.
I think the school reform was the most important. It used to be that the teachers would talk and talk and talk and the students were expected to memorize everything in their heads. Now students can participate and discuss the topics and also take good notes.
I think that discussions help build character. I also think its hard to learn just by having someone tell it to you straight and then move on to the next thing right away
Oh wow, no one chose education.... -_-
I believe the most important reform was the meat inspection act. i feel this to be the most important because most of america eats meat. There are many diseses that can cause deaths and sickness when you eat dieased meat. I am a meat eater and would like to be eating meat. Not human body parts, rats, and other atrocious objects. I also feel that this reform was the most important because it raised te level of quality for companies who distributed meat. it also changed the outcome of today's meat industries and meat distributors. If this problem had not been acted on, there is apossiblity that we would still be eating diseased meat today which I find very repulsive.
I think that the most important reform was about how to end corruption - Government improvements. This is the most important reform because if this was reformed then it would be easier to solve all the other problems with the governments help and money. The government could be improved by ending corruption, using taxes to improve conditions,and help with our country's ecomony... With this improvemnet the government could help with education by make a board of education, better working condition for immigrants and the poor by decreasing work hours and increasing pay, and health improvemnet in hospitals by making doctors get licenses, making hospitals cleaner, safer,...
Mohhamad I disagrre you did not explainb that much and people can leave without an education. Food matters the most the meat inspection act was important like in school eating meat and it has human body parts and it has diseases that would be horrible.
I feel that education was the most important reform. What would life be like today if students still had to memorize nd not learn from experiences? Life would probably wouldnt be as successful as it was today if we still had a poor education life.
I feel that education was the most important reform. What would life be like today if students still had to memorize nd not learn from experiences? Life would probably wouldnt be as successful as it was today if we still had a poor education life.
I think the meat inspection act was the most important reform.We may have been still seeing human body parts(filip is right)and other unpleasnt things in our meat.Many people would have been at risk of E coli and other sicknesses.So be greatfull for the fresh meat(without human body parts and whatnot) that we get.
well, um..... ill make my own food!
I think the Meat Inspection Act was an important reform. This is because it's important for people to know what they're eating and know what's happening to their food. Contaminated food shouldn't be sold to people. Diseased meat is mixed with fresh meat. That is nasty and unhealthy. What is more gross is that, workers also have their fingers and other body parts chopped along with the meat and sold to customers. So many people can die from this. This act really helped by informing people about their food and food was improved by making it cleaner and healthier for people.
Yes, well I have a fre opinions, that I would like to make public. First all, I do believe that education was the most important reform that ever happened. Any one, can memorize a piece of paper. Knowledge is not measured by how much you know by memorizing, but your ability to learn something by analyzation. If we only memorized, our knowledge of life in general, would be very clouded, as we would lack the critical thinking skills, all people need to function, and operate in this world.
I agree with Gabrielle. I think that the most important reform was the medical reform. This is important because a long time ago, any person could qualify as a doctor, whether or not they had a license. This was bad, because doctors couldn't provide a cure or diagnosis for a sickness a patient had. The doctors might also prescribe the wrong drugs, which might cause the patient to get more ill.
I believe that the education reform is the best reform out of all of them. This is because the way it changed the thinking. This allowed children to question what the teacher said without getting hurt. It gives the students ideas time to meld and to let them grow into people letting their curosity grow. This was brought on by John Dewey who I think was a great pioneer of education. His system, to me, helped future doctors to think out of the box to try and find cures and so on and to question the traditional way of medicine. Being a doctor or a medical researcher is risk, luck, curousity and experience. You're not going in blind because you have the experince but it helps to build. The education reform helped them expand their horizons so that we would be able to have the medical field that we have today.
The reform I believe was the most important was the meat inspection act. Before the act was presented, many citizens had no idea that the meat they were buying contained rotten, diseased, and unhealthy food until Upton Sinclair touched upon the subject when he went undercover. He discovered that even the immigrants packaging the meat knew that the meat was bad, and it was to be sold to people buying them. However, now that Upton Sinclair has allowed people to realize what they have been eating, justice is brought to them. Thanks to the meat inspection act, meat is checked to see if it is in bad condition. This surely helped the people with their health, because now, there will be a less chance of people being sick with disease or bad health. If this act wasn't passed back then, we'd still be in our dining rooms today, munching on meat that we didn't even know was full of rat meat, human body parts, and probably something even more disgusting. Health should always come first.
I believe that the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 is most important or one of the important reforms. The reason I think this is because in the factories the meat was cut and had human body parts because the machinecould of cut off the persons hand for instance. Also,animals could of ran through and got cut up. Isn't that just soo disguisting!?! If it wasn't for Uptinson Cleir we would have disguisting particles in the meat that we do not wish should be there.The Meat Inspection Act gave us fresh, human flesh free meat. I was disgusted just listening on what happened in the slaughter houses but yet eating that disguisting food. The meat was inspected of animals, human parts before slaughter which let people live better, longer and safer.
Tianna I disagree meat inspection act was most important. The progressive reform was important for our goverment but the meat inspection act was greater. Imagine the goverment eating meat that was not inspected govement officals could eat rotten meat and with diseases and body parts the goverment officals dying and getting sick and everone who eats bad meat dying and destroying America with diseases more than corruption could ever do.
I also agree with what Mohammed had said. John Dewey would want us to learn hands on rather then being forced to just read a textbook for the entire school day. Just reading a textbook is such a bore. Mohammed is correct Education is very important
Jonathan D. said...
Yes, well I have a fre opinions, that I would like to make public.
Excuse me sir, what does fre mean?
I think that the reform that ended corruption was very important. Corruption caused the government to be unfair and use illegal as well as legal ways to get their people elected. Also, through corruption people got fired and hired according to their party supporter. I think people should get hired upon their ability to work. After corruption ended, government was more efficient and so were the employees at jobs.
i also agree with filippachka, meat inspection was important. Imagine us now not having acts and getting sick from food that wasn't checked. Rats, mice, and no sanitization is just disgusting. Thanks god for that <3
sulliman I disagree with you. The meat inspection act would have in my opinion happened anyway. The progressive refrom act had to be pushed upon the people.
I agree with everyone, yet i belive the meat inspection act was the most important. Dont you find eating babies or human legs/arms suprisingly disguisting
Throughout the Progressive Era, I believe the most important reform would be education. Many young children undergo poverty and the lack of civilization. They don't have the opportunity to learn, cope with other students, and understand important topics such as math, science, and etc. Progressives did their jobs by fighting towards free education. Those who do go to school usually get spanked or punished for their bad behavior, but that's changed because using violence isn't the only way to correct a child. Now-a-days... our parents don't need to worry about paying our bills to attend school. Present day countries believe that education is the most valuable aspect in life. A decent education allows a student to pursue their goals and to grasp a good career. I know I'd be nothing without my own knowledge.
Rene I disagrre meat inspection act wasd most important.I believe that the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 is most important or one of the important reforms. The reason I think this is because in the factories the meat was cut and had human body parts because the machinecould of cut off the persons hand for instance. Also,animals could of ran through and got cut up. Isn't that just soo disguisting!?! If it wasn't for Uptinson Cleir we would have disguisting particles in the meat that we do not wish should be there.The Meat Inspection Act gave us fresh, human flesh free meat. I was disgusted just listening on what happened in the slaughter houses but yet eating that disguisting food. The meat was inspected of animals, human parts before slaughter which let people live better, longer and safer.
Sulliman without the government the meat inspection act wouldn't have occured. Remember that the if the government was corrupted the bosses or the red barrons such as John Rokefeller could influence the government not to do anything about it. So before you go on about how the government officials were not eating good meat, they probably got the BEST meat through a bribe.
Education is important too.^.^
True, the memorizing a book and whatnot method stinked...But now we can discuss things with the whole class in class discussions ect....
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I believe that the most important reform was the Meat inspection Act. I agree with Filipp becuase the act did influence inspection. Since Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle", more people began to inspect the meat packaging farms. Rats, body parts and animal feces would fall into the meat grinder, and would get mixed in with the meat. The meat we would eat would be different if it weren't for this reform.
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I thought that you could of elaborated more about what would happen if people ate the meat
I think the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 was the greatest reform. This act required inspection of animals before they were slaughtered. This act also created standards for this industry. Inspections of slaughterhouses and animals were also continued in order to make the food we put in our mouths healthy. If the meat was not inspected we would be eating body parts of humans and animals and nobody wants that .
I agree Filipp Gabrielle Rena(Frances) and anyone else who talked about the food reform. Its scary to think that the food we eat everyday could be poison...Good thing its 2007.
O WOW SULIMAN... you just said food inspection act was most important. >>
yay people agree with me so the meat inspection act is the most important.
I believe the Meat Inspection Act was the most important reform of the Progressive Era. This act was made because during the cutting of meat by workers, they would sometimes chop up animals with diseases, and occasionally accidentally cut off their fingers or hands. There would also sometimes be rats who would wander into the meat. This meat would get packaged with the healthy meat infecting the healthy meat. This meat would get shippedto grocery shops where innocent people would buy the meat. These innocent shoppers would eat the meat and get sick, from the human body parts or rats, or catch the diseases that the animals were infected with. As people would notice the careless treated meat, they may want to move away for a healthier life. The U.S.'s economy growth may also be disrupted and go down because of low sales of food. The Meat Inspection Act was created to inspect the packaged meat to make sure it was treated and healthy. If it weren't for this reform, diseases could spread and many people would die. It would become an epidemic. Health comes first. That is why I believe the Meat Inspection Act was the most important reform of the Progressive Era.
The reform that I felt was most important was the reform on inspection. I feel this way because SO many people eat fast foods and cafeteria foods (mostly meat.) If these foods are not carefully inspected, then sickness and disease can spread throughout communities. People could die, and many could get sick.Animals and people would be killed, causing rapid decreases in more than just one population. It's like the animals would be killed for no reason.
I agree with Gabrielle because the Medical care is an important reform as well. The medicine we use is very important that the conditions we have such as heart problems allow us to use a specific medicine that won't affect us in a harmful way. The Medical care helps us we safe and medicine has to help us and not let us get even worse in health.
Jhonathan I disagree about you thinking education bieng most important. Meat inspection act was most impoertant. Imagine you enjoying your meat happily during you studing then you die or get a damaged brain because the meat had a disease and had body parts.Then you could not continue your education. hahahahah
I would like to reform the meat expection act. During the Progressive Age, people did not inspect the meat in the meat facotry. People would have their hand or any part of their body would be cut up with the meat. That would cause a lot of illnesses from the meat. Also rats would be also cut up with the meat. No one had checked for any illness in the meat or any things that is not suppose to be in the meat. Upton Sinclair wrote a book on the meat inspection act. He was underocver to see what happened in the factory. He wrote on the book and many people read about it. when this happened, the government made a law so they would inspect the meat they made in the facotries. This caused people not to get sick cause of the meat they make. This is what I thought that was needed to be inspected.
I think the meat inspection act is ipmortant too. We can get very sick if our food wasn't inspected.
i agree with alice and gabrielle because you trust doctors with you're life and they have to treat you. you dont want a person out to kill you giving you your medicine, unless your sucidal, and then i question your sanity.
what is life without education? what is a doctor without his education? Life without education is like an internet geek without his computer....
The meat problem wasnt as bad as it sounds....people only talk about hands, legs, heads...ect was being put in thier meat.Im sure that NOT EVERY SINGLE PACKAGE OF MEAT HAD A HAND IN IT....now that would be a problem...
I feel that the most important reform was the wisconsin idea. This idea allowed our capitalistic government to sway to the socialisitc side. These package of reforms included direct primary, workers compensation, tax reform, and reduce power of political bosses. These reforsm allowed for a path way leading away from political corruption, giving end to the gilded age. The direct primary allowed for voters to choose candidates to run for presidency. This gave the power to the people, also giving way to the more modern society that we today live in. Tax reforms made the rich pay more taxes,a socialistic idea that made living in america fare for the poorer class. Worker compensation provided money for days absent from work due to work related injuries. This also was a socialistic reform. Robert La Follete like Upton Sinclair favored the more socialistic ideas due to the corruption that resulted in the then current capitalistic government. These reforms made government fare and gave the power to the people, in a direct way.
I also agree with everyone who said the meat inspection act was important. Before the meat inspection act, diseased meat would be put in there too, and everyone would get sick. Thankfully, it's 2007.
without learning, we are all like people trapped in a box, looking for a way out. Nothing could help us then
Jdodo, I disagree. No person was actually inspecting the meat packing farms before Upton Sinclair had taken a stand. If Upton sinclair hadn't taken a job at the farms, and reporting to the newspapers, the meat packing farms would never be expected, and our meat would have feces, body parts, rats, E.coli, and whatnot would still be in our meat
Sulliman without the government the meat inspection act wouldn't have occured. Remember that the if the government was corrupted the bosses or the red barrons such as John Rokefeller could influence the government not to do anything about it. So before you go on about how the government officials were not eating good meat, they probably got the BEST meat through a bribe.
I disagree if the goverment would be more be more corrupt the goverment could have mad cow disease and kill each other. Corruption could go crazy and America sould have mutatated,crazy,sick,mad cow goverment officals, and more. America would be destroyed. hahahahahahahah
I think the most important reform was better working conditions. Can you imagine children working at the ages of 4-8! I doubt most of you can't. Though, we have better technology compared to back then, we still use dangerous machines that children may not have the ability to handle. They are still small, and don't understand their uses and affects. Wonder having your 7-year-old child coming home from work, bleeding and cut. It would hurt looking at them suffer, but at the same time, there is no other way, since the family needs more support.
Also, can you imagine your parents working 16 hours a day! They won't have enough sleep and get sick fequently. They might be treated cruely during work (not given the time to eat and end up starve), and isn't able to contact you after school, causing you to be worried about eachother.
Because of the reform for better working conditions, none of these situations took place. Therefore, I think this reform is the most important.
I agree with mohammed because he explained why he thought education has to be fixed. i also thought that he could elaboratede more.
reply to Jonathan:
sulliman I disagree with you. The meat inspection act would have in my opinion happened anyway. The progressive refrom act had to be pushed upon the people.
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I disagree with you, Jonathan. What do you mean that the meat inspection act would have happened anyway? Before Upton Sinclair even told the citizens about the meat they were eating, no one would have known about it. I don't think it would have "happened anyway."
Haha.Funny mohamed, life without education is like you without Naruto....-.-"
I agree with Rena. Taxes should be used to improve things to make life better. Working conditions should be better and the pay should be higher. Workers back then risked their life and worked in dangerous conditions. I would also like to have a doctor with a license!
I also believe that the meat inspection act was an important reform. People were getting sick from the meat they were eating for many various reasons. The meat wasn't looked out after therfore stuff could have happend to the meat.Body parts were chopped up and got in the meat, and also rats got into the meat. People wouldn't know what they got sick from.
I agree with Mohammed. Education can also be another important reform of the Progressive Era because if children did not receive an excellent education, they would not have a successful life. If it weren't for education, we wouldn't understand the world the way we do today. We may not have even knew about Global Warming and made no efforts to prevent it. Its also important for education to be interesting and fun so students would be able to look forward to learning in school.
I agree with Gabrielle. Medicine is also important to the community. Without it, probably our population would have decreased by a lot. There are many sick, diseased innocent people out there that need help. Medicine is the best solution to save people's lives. People should be healty, happy and living the life they want to live; not feel un-well all the time.
In my opinion, the meat inspection act is the most important. According to the book “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair, his observation grossed out many people, even president Theodore Roosevelt. People thought that the meat in the market was safe to eat, but what they didn’t know, was that the meat contained diseases, and unwanted parts of human and animals. Workers ignore anything that would be harmful to our health. Without the inspection act, we would still be eating bad meat.
I agree with Rebecca. Having cut up body parts in your meat is very disgusting and unsanitary.
Sulliman O_O!!!
So, that means you're supporting my opinion of corruption >:D
John, just imagine in this day and age, would they not get sick and ask questions? Would people not question the foods, that went into there body? It would happen sooner or later. We are humans. We ask questions, and expose dirt
chris k i do not agree with you, even thoguh all the packages may not have included hands or limbs still there were still human limbs going into this meat, i am not sure about you but i don't want to eat human hands. Also it was not just human hands entiring the meat but animal feces as well. This is s major health concern, especially at an age were mediecine was still new, very different from the medical field today.
What is life if you do not learn? What is a man without his football game? What is a Kira without his Deathnote? Nothing.... ^___^
For mohammedr, fre means a lot of. like a plethora ..
without learning, we are all like people trapped in a box, looking for a way out. Nothing could help us then. I DISAGREE.With out meat education we could all have diseases and die and brain damage we would have no education.
word to the people who support food inspection act. w00t
Imagine if anyone could be a doctor (Scary image pops into head) HOORAY FOR LICENSES!!!!
And of course medical advances are awesome. I remember in this book I read: a disease in 1800s was like a cold in present time and thats good news
i believe that the meat inspection act is also improtant because think about it, how would you like to eat eyeballs, finers and other unknown items. so i say to his grave THANK YOU UPTON SINCLAIR.
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I also agree with mohammed that one of the improtant reform is education because if people become smarter they may have better solutions.
I agree withh MoHammer. I despise looking at a textbook and just ''learn'' by memorizing all the details and feeling as if the whole process is a drag. Good point :]
SCHOOL RULES!!!! ^___^ (cough not cough)
I also agree that the meat inspection reform was important. Without it, then people, now in days wouldn't know what each one is eating, they wouldn't feel safe eating whatever they are eating. They might get sick over what they are eating. They won't know whenever they are eating something they aren't willing to eat. Diseases may occur, as well.
GO SUPPORTERS OF MOMO!!!! ^____^
meat inspection act was not as important, you can make your own food or ask your mom to cook, I do....
at the same time, i agree with mohammedr. Memorizing is my way to learn. i read then forget it the next second.
i disagree with suliman because think about it would just be more corruption than before, the bosses would kill the ones who were against then with the bad meat. if new people were in office they would take care of makng the meat better and keeping the people alive.
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