Concept Guide!

 Scopes Trail:
It was the trial of John Scopes for violating the state law against the teaching of evolution. 
Prohibition:
Stop alchohol.
January 1920.
Was pushed by women organizations
two reasons for this prohibition were: 
      - Domestic violence
      - Child abuse
Flappers:
 Women who were characterized by having short hair, smoking/drinking in public, wore outfits thatshowed cleavage

Economic Issues : 
 Consumer Demand: contributes were;
    Credit available to the consumer
     Low interest rates
    Introduction of the "installment plan"

Dust Bowl: 
 Area of the Great Plains
 Causes:
Severe drought
Overfarming
Mechanization

Agriculture issues:
Dust bowl caused great damage on agriculture

Immigration Policies (1920s): 
 Results:
     - U.S could thrive without immigrants
     - Opposition to quotas disappear.
 Ethnic groups were limited to 2% of count from the 1890 census
     - Asians were banned entirely

Nativism: 
Opposition to migration
World War I limited immigration to the U.S
Afraid of the spreads of communism

Significant Literary Works (1920s):
They all dealt with social reforms and changes in society.
pieces of literature:
Jungle; Upton Sinclair
Unsafe at any speed; Ralph Nader
How the other half lives; Jacob Riis

The Great Migration: 
People (African American) moved from the South to the North
Its results was the Harlem Renaissance
Better job and education opportunities


Harlem Renaissance: 
Was the first time in U.S history where African Americans sung and celebrated
African Americans were accepted more into society
Many African American literature and arts spread
Harlem, New York City

Sacco and Vanzetti:
Italian immigrants and anarchists
Accused and charged with robbery and murder
Were sentenced to death.

Labor Issues (1920s): 
Unemployment rate reached 5%
Wages increased as work hours decreased
Strikes

The Red Scare: 
Stems from the Bolshevik revolution
People were afraid of those who displayed un-American behaviors
Schneck vs. The United States: 
Espionage and Sedition Acts were declared constitutional by the Supreme Court

Panama Canal

Today was horrible.
It was my turn to carry the dynamite. I refused to break a sweat, i refused to take big steps. I held my breath as long as i could. These days drive me crazy, I have no faith for anything anymore. I get no sleep, pay is horrible. This is worthless, but i have no choice. I have no freedom. I hope things get better.
Till tomorrow,
~

The big yellow journalism.

Yellow journalism has been around for a while now. Making things make sound as horrible as possible is what jounalists would do and still do to grab the attention of the reader. For example, during the war yellow journalism was used agaisnt Cuba, making them look useless and pleading for our help. Cuba in fact didn't have this state of mind, they sure didn't have women in prisons and abused children. Now a day we see yellow journalism being used even during epidemics like the swine flu, where they blew things way out of proportions when in fact the epidemic wasn't half as bad.

SOA Watch!

I strongly disagree with the SOA because of their ridiculous attempts to turn Latin American into something they're not. They turn them against their own people, their own country, even their own family, and what for? For the benefit of the United States, to make us a stronger country than we already are. We turn Latin American countries and attempt to replicate what we have in the United States, which in fact will possibly be impossible to do.

Learning differently

Yes, it was completely different, i learn by just paying attention in class. But for whoever this helped, it was awesome, great job Meechin. I'm more than positive this helped us all one way or another, but definitely by remembering what we wrote about on the blogs it's easier to know exactly what we learned about. I mean, it's so much better than writing pen and paper. Nice idea coming up with this.

Favorite Blog?

I know i obviously procrastinated but here i did them all (:
My favorite blog was definitely was the Ellis Island ones, where we saw all the pictures of their voyage, and their adventure over to America, it show's their emotions, and their idea's of what they thought this would be like.

Should we change children's education?

Personally i don't think so, we were taught the same things being taught today. Those children will soon find out about the truth sooner or later, just like we did. The way children are taught now is an easier way of them understanding what actually went on. Even though it may be historically incorrect in some places in general it's technically correct, so why not? What we know today will be so much harder for children to understand, because it's so much more in depth.