The Jungle. Questions

1) What qualities did Sinclair believe a person must have to succeed in Packingtown?
For the qualities Sinclair said you had to be a big strong man, that could not break down easily, week men would break down easy

2)According to the passage, what is the plant owner's main goal.
According to the passage all the plant owners wanted was more money and cheep labor.

3) What does Sinclair mean when he says, "...there was no place in it where a man counted for anything against a dollar....?"
 He means that no where in the factory was a man worth more then a dollar. meaning they did not care for the life of the men.

The sinking of the maine

Originally America blamed the sinking of the Maine on the Spanish. America had tensions between spain so in a way they where looking for a reason to go to war with them, so we did. Many years later  when we pulled up the main from the ocean floor we studied it, we found that the spanish did not blow up the spain and that it was from inside the ship… Some cons of the ship blowing up are that america had to spend a lot of money, because war is expensive.  What really sunk the ship was hot coal that got really hot and heated up some ammo reserves, and blew up. fortunately the war was not very long, and not to many people died. Murica'!

Upton Singclair

          Upton Singclair he was a famous writer in the early 1900's. he was born in 1878, and lived to be 86 and died in 1968. He wrote almost 100 different books, many where series and many where singles. some of his most famous books where, The jungle,  and muckraking. He was not only famous for his writing but for revealing unsatitary and unsafe conditions in the meat packing conditions The Time magazine called him "a man with every gift except humor and silence." He won many prized including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.  He also started many acts like the meat inspection act of 1919. In his life he inspired many people and along the way helped many people as well.

Summary of the transcontinental railroad

          The first nail was struck in the dirt in 1863. Over the next 5 years the 1,907 mile railroad would be built across 'MURICA.  The railroad would start in a town in Iowa and end in the San Francisco bay area.  This huge railroad was built by 3 companies, because one company could not afford to do the entire railroad. The majority of the work was done by the Irish immigrants. There where not just workers who laid down the track but many more people behind it all.  A huge bonus with building the Transcontinental railroad was the almost instant communication.  After five long years of long days and grueling heat the last nail was struck into the dirt and the railroad was finished. It was finished on May 10, 1869.