US History

In the film Hawaiin: The Legend of Eddie Aikau the perspective expressed on imperialism was the unjustice the native people had to live in and how it tranformed their entire lives and well beings entirely. Eddie Aikau's life served as the perfect example of the affect of imperialism. In the film it explained how the ocean was the only aspect of Hawaii that still belonged to them. Eddie was trying to save the culture of his ancestors through his love for the ocean.  The North shore was given to the Aikau family generations back and Eddie was reviving his ancestry by competing and becoming the first lifeguarding there. His constant competing in evens and his desire to travel aboard the Hokualea was to prove that Hawaiin culture was still good enough. There was more to the Hawaiian than just hola dancers, tans, and constant happiness. There was meaning in their culture that was being overlooked and rewritten for them. Clyde explained that they were an angry people. Imperialism had...

What I think about how to analyze a political cartoon: To understand the message or point the cartoonist is hoping to convey you have to first look at all the symbols used. Analyzing proportion helps to understand the importance or grandeur of something. The colors used in the cartoon will majority of the time demonstrate feelings or emotions during that time or represent a certain country etc. By connecting all the elements within the cartoon is where you can find the meaning behind it. After looking at the guide I realize that going forward it is important to also look at the context of the picture. In irony, analogy, and labeling it is important to find the meaning behind the image, along with the methods I thought of previously described in the beginning. By combining all these method makes it possible to receive the importance of the piece and what it is trying to demonstrate. By looking, analyzing, contemplating, then reflecting.  Guide Comparison to Guide: The cartoon an...

The Civil Rights Act ended segregation in public places and in employment banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, or sex. Before Kennedy took office Congress had passed 2 bills to help African Americans to vote, but these were extremely watered down to not cause any southern resistance. Once John F. Kennedy took office and saw all the turmoil occurring in Birmingham he decided to take action because "we will not fully be free until all of its citizens are free"(JFK). Civil Rights Act of 1964 Every citizen of America has rights that should never be discriminated based upon sex, race, or religion.  It is hard to directly state if behaviors of discrimination still occur to day because of how much has changed these past few years. Because everyone has personal rights sometimes it seems like discrimination is happening both ways. For example with the gay rights movements people were protesting that they were being discriminated based upon their gender, but when...

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 ...