Historical Events

Question 1

Industrialization

Answer 1

During progressive era –> industrialization, shifting focus from agriculture to marketing and cities –> more people expanding into cities for work –> issues in cities needing to find ways to expand quickly (crie rates, buildings made with poor ventilation, packed close together so fires spread, cheap materials and easily feel apart)

Themes:
-Problems with hasty decision making
-dangers with overpopulating
-problems with advancements

Question 2

Muckrakers –> Journalism, Photography, novels in Gilded age

Answer 2

How the Other Half Lives, The Jungle, The New Yprk World and Spanish American war

Themes:
-Power of the media
-Journalism/media being more powerful than the standard conventions of disobedience (war, rebellion, etc)

Question 3

Labor Organizations in Progressive US Era

Answer 3

Extremely poor working conditions –> hazardous surroundings, exhuasting hours (12 hours) – Triangle shirtwaist factor type beat conditions
–>Labor organizations to advocate for improvement –> National Labor Union/Knights of Labor –> Haymarket Affair protesting McCorkick Harvest Plant spiraled into a massacre by throwing a bomb by unknown individual

Themes:
-Dangers of rebellion
-Dangers of protest
-Courage not lying in
-Rebellion not helping social change -> not direct way; not reliable

Question 4

Native Americans and Westward Expansion

Answer 4

As American groups expanded Westward for materials, clashed with Native Americans WEnt as far as killing sacred buffallo materials for Native Americans –> Indians faced Ameiricinzation in terms of names, clothing and would face jaill time if not followed

Themes:
-Dangers of expansion
-Dangers of pushing on beliefs/conformity –> eliminating cultural diversity, stiffles a group
- fact that they went as far to kill buffallo shows how this confmority has to reached in immoral means; its not spreading beliefs its crueling eliminating another to have their own dominate

Question 5

Great Depression Effects

Answer 5

Men lost jobs and could not support families, became hoboes n trains, hitichg rides and looking for food
-Women had to find ways to adapt –>used household items to make new clothes and cheap ways to repaire other household items to save money
-Children had to miss on on educational opportunities

Themes:
-Problems being able to affect all
-Women –> how problems can push/challenge us
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Question 6

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 6

Variety of different music, artistic figures emerged through Harlem NYC during gilded age –> provided hope and inspiration for African Americans who faced prevelent discrimination and became a way of showing how success could still be achieved (Ella fitzgerald, etc); formed basis of civil rights movement
-Importance of hope in one’s life
-importance of art/music
-importance of creativity –> serve as inspiration for those who lost it
-Defying societal bounds/importance of doing so
-Shifting worldviews
-Proving worth
-Identity

Question 7

The New Deal –> Pros/Cons

Answer 7

Plan set to fix the depression –> Francis Townsend didn’t agree with it/opposed plan for not replying pension for retired individuals who would never have support systems–> Listened and created the SSA

Themes:
-Importance in just listening
-Changes in government/changes producing good results
-Good results in taking critiques

Question 8

American Rev.

Question 9

French Rev.

Question 10

Nancy Kerrigan vs. Tonya Harding

Question 11

Ferguson V. Plessy Case

Answer 11

Themes:
Problems with indifference

Question 12

Rosa Parks/Bus Boycott

Question 13

Scottsboro Boys Incident

Question 14

Nast Political Cartoons