US History

The most popular timeframe where factory fires were mentioned most often was between 1905 and 1918 where there were around 84,000 matches. Factory Fires did not occur everyday, but when they did  it was tragic. I focused my research primary in New York because of the large quantity of people and factories made the city a hot spot of progressivism. Due to the large population of people overcrowding was a major issue causing more deaths in the fires. The most common causes of fires were: spontaneous combustion, sparks from chimneys and locomotives, and gas explosions. To prevent these matters the Fire Marshall developed incombustible materials, chimney height regulations, and rules of electricity and fire around explosive materials. Though these methods helped they did not solve the problem.  It was possible to have a fireproof building, but not a panic proof. One disastrous incident was the fire of the Triangle Waist Company in the March of 1911. The factory was in a loft bui...

Before the secret ballot voting was a very public event. In the 1870's some votings were done by "viva voce" by voice. One by one people would walk up and tell who they wanted to vote for and it would be logged in the poll book. 16% of the presidential election in the 1900s were done in this fashion. Another way voting was done was by a "ticket". Each party would have a decorated ticket that would be taken and put into a box, clear jar, or given to the election clerk. This process was done one-by-one so everyone could see who casted which vote. Where the vote would be deposited or voiced was normally atop a large platform in front of everyone in line. This way of voting though made bribery and threats very common among the men (since women did not have the vote yet). After the secret ballot was put into place and Election Day was less of a social gathering and more solemn and isolated the turnout rate declines dramatically from 80% in 1896 to 65% eight years lat...

How would you define “progress”? I would define progress as achieving advancements in a rapid timeframe. 2. What period in time is referred to as the Progressive Era? Why?  What types of issues and actions, and achievements are associated with the Progressive Era?  The progressive era was between 1890-1920. During this time society faced many issues such as poverty, violence, racism and social class conflict. Efforts to control this was made in education, save environment safety, and good work.  https://www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/progressive-era.cfm 3. Progressives had lots of goals. What do progressive reforms have in common? Each of these reforms shared the view that the government should be involved in progressivism. The more active the govnerment is the more it can do for the people. They wanted the old constitutional  system  to be made more democratic. They also wanted more revenue to be pr...

What predictions about the future were people making 100 years ago? 50 years ago?  (Find 3-4 articles or discussions to look over.) Determine if the list is a “wish list” – as in, these are the things one might hope for in the future, or more a warning. Which predictions seem to have come true? Which turned out to be bizarre, off-track, or still out of reach? Can you identify any trends or patterns in these predictions? What concerns or achievements do they seem focused on?  For example, do people in general seem to be anticipating a better world? It is your turn to predict a future world. What do you see?   Majority of these predictions are a little far stretched, especially the ones made 100 years ago. The predictions were mostly hopes for the future, not exactly warnings. The most bizarre predictions are the ones about transportation, mostly all the of technological foresights of the future did come true. People seemed to have been predicting a far ...

Edwardian Era As people flocked to the big cities, due to the growth of urbanization, this caused new fashion trends to arise changing the whole way women presented themselves. Women primary expressed themselves through their clothing and as they achieved more freedom so did their clothing. This was primarly due to the abundance of leisure time people acquired, and their clothes needed to be functional for this. With the industrial revolution as the creation of sewing machines women were able to buy ready clothes rather than make their own. Instead of women working in factories a new figure emerged of the well educated, literate, social woman. Much known as the "Gibson Girl" a fictional character to express the new feminine ideal of a young, strong, loving, tall, slender, indepednat, charming woman all girls strove to be. S corset  This fashionably elegant time was known as the  Edwardian Style, "La belle époque" meaning the beautiful era. It was inspired b...