Because of Electricity

Haiku: (5-7-5 Syllables)

Thomas Edison 

Electricity change lives

Factories in charge 

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     My haiku and images show my understanding of the importance of electricity to people and business because Thomas Alva Edison invented an entire system for producing and distributing an entire system for producing and distributing electrical power. Electricity changed peoples lives because the nature of business changed. Business now used inexpensive convenient source of energy power to run numerous machines. Electricity was invented and allowed manufactures to locate their plants wherever they wanted. Industries are now allowed to grow and process more than ever due to the invention of electricity.

Major Events before the Civil War

 

1. Around 1858, the United States was divided geographically- North and South- with the South states were dependent on slave labor. Meanwhile, the North states became more industrialized, wanting to abolish slavery.

2. The country was so divided by the issues of slavery, California made a deal of The Compromise of 1850 to become a state. Henry Clay and Stephan Douglas allowed for states to decide if they wanted slavery, or not. The decided by voting or popular sovereignty. Also, The South received fugitive slaves laws, which meant slaves who escaped to the North had to return to their masters.

3. Around this time, many Southern states were seriously considering secession, a state that wants to leave the "Union", the United States.

4. Many people from the North hated slavery, they tried to help the fugitive slaves. People who helped fugitive slaves to freedom were called abolitionists. The way they helped them to freedom was by hiding them in a series of hiding places along the route to Canada, which was the Underground Railroad.

5. When Uncle Tom's Cabin was published, it told the story of how slaves were taken to the "slave market" to be sold. Northern abolitionist were angry because they have been against slavery. Southerners thought wrong because it criticized their way of life.

6) Two politicians became famous for their slavery debates, Stephan Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. Douglas and Lincoln were both against slavery, although, they had two different ideas of dealing with slavery. Lincoln believed slavery should have been abolished because it was against a person's natural rights. Douglas believed people should decided through popular sovereignty.

7) On December 20, 1860, the election of Abraham Lincoln. Which causes Southern states secession from the Union. The first state to seceded was South Carolina, followed by the others.

Post Election Analysis

 

 Partners: Jenny Juabe and Jomyla Arroyo

-Marijuana Legalization in Colorado and Washington

Website: http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/07/news/economy/marijuana-legalization-washington-colorado/

1. Cite examples of "Supreme Law of the Land"  

-"Marijuana is still illegal in the eyes of the federal government, which overrules states' rights."

2.Cite examples of "federal vs. state authority" 

-"Federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug."

3. What was the "compromise" that helped to pass the referendum in Washington? How do you think this compromise would affect demand for the product?  

-The compromise that helped pass the referendum in Washington by the process of a heavy tax for marijuana. I think this compromise would affect the demand of marijuana buyers negativity because in this economy people are in poverty and can't afford to pay with the increase of the sales tax. It would impact the individuals who don't use marijuana positively because it makes the uses have to pay more for a drug that now has been legalized. 
4.Why was Oregon's referendum not passed?  

-Oregon's referendum was not passed because it would have handed most of the regulating power in the marijuana industry to the growers rather than independent overseers. Half a dozen marijuana referendums in total, with three of them proposing legalization for recreational purposes, and the others dealing with medical marijuana.

-Obama Victory Tweet

Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20237531

1.What audience did the article say social media was targeted to? Do you agree or disagree? Explain. -Social media was targeted to Tweeter, Facebook, and email. I agree that Tweeter, Facebook, and email were used to target audience because it is the fastest way to communicate, share, and respond during this time of the world.

2. According to the article, which candidate was most effective using social media? (cite a passage from the article)  

-"The words "four more years", coupled with a photo of Barack and Michelle Obama embraced in a hug, have become the most retweeted Twitter post ever. The US president tweeted the message at 0416 GMT, and it has since been retweeted over half a million times. It underlined the now pivotal role social media plays in informing and persuading potential voters."  

3. According to Jeffrey Hermes, taking a picture of your marked ballot can be used to pressure people standing in line to vote. Do you agree or disagree, and why? 

-"Display of a marked ballot to voters waiting in the queue can be used as a form of pressure to vote similarly, or to confuse voters who have difficulty reading English as to how to mark their own ballots". 

I agree that display of a marked ballot influences voters opinion because someone may choice one person over another in order to feel like they are going with the crowd or someone who may not understand how to correctly mark the ballot, therefore, they copy what they see as a sample.

Immigration/ Industrialization Key Terms

 

1. Nativist/ Nativism is favoring the likings of people who were born in the country rather than people who came to live from a foreign country.

2. George Eastman was an American innovator and businessman who founded a company that made film for pictures, after his findings photographing became common.   

3. Horizontal/ Vertical Integration describes a type of business, to promote profits, growth, efficiency, and control supply of trade or service.

4. Meat Inspection Act was a law that prevents mislabeled meat products from being sold as food, to ensure that meat products are killed and produced under sanitary conditions.

5. Thomas Edison made many devices that influenced life around the world positively, as in the record player, motion picture camera, electric light bulb.

6. Americanization was the process of someone from a foreign country coming to the United States becoming a person who shares American values, beliefs, and customs.  

7. Reform was the change to fix what was wrong, corrupt, and unsatisfactory in social, political, and economic community.

8. Progressive Era/ Movement was a period of time when people became more active to make the government better.

9. Trust/ Monopoly was illegal companies that own all parts of business; illegal owners of different companies that meet to reduce competition and form prices.

10. Upton Sinclair was an American author and one- time candidate for governor of California who wrote almost one hundred books, including The Jungle.

11. Urban was characterized by higher population and a greater area of humans compared to surrounding cities.

12. Political Machine was an organization controlled by a powerful boss, commanding the support of people, business, and military workers, who receive rewards for their efforts to "get out the vote" for their candidates on election day.

13. Social Darwinism was a belief that comes from "survival to the fittest", used to show social policies which make no difference between those able to support themselves and those who are unable to.  

14. Muckraker was a change minded journalist who wrote largely for popular magazines to expose governments mistakes.

15. Social Gospel was a Protestant Christian intellectual movement during the early 20th century mainly on social justice issues such as, over wealthy, poorness, addiction to alcohol, crime, racial tensions, bad hygiene, and child labor.

16. Alexander Graham Bell was an scientist, inventor, and innovator who made the first telephone.

17. Europe (Eastern and Southern) was Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Italy, Greece, Spain, and Portugal.

18. Jane Addams was an pioneer agreement worker, founder of Hull House in Chicago, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women rights to vote in elections and world peace.

19. Immigration are people who moved from where they were born to stay in a different country or region.

20. Henry Bessemer was an English engineer, inventor, and businessman, known for positively effecting the process of making steel.

21. Immigration Act of 1965 removed the national origins quota system that was in effect since the 1920s, replacing it with preference systems that focused on people who came from their native country to live in a different country skills and family relationships; relating to restrictions on visas to 170,000 per year, with a per- country- of- origin quota. 

22. Andrew Carnegie as an Scottish- American involved in management of industry who led the large expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century; one of the most important persons in his ear because he promoted the welfare of others.

23. Graft is a form of political dishonest that can be defined as unprincipled use of politician's authority for personal gain.

24. Hull Houses (Settlement Houses) were where important changes in society were made during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; Chicago's Hull was the best known.

25. Cesar Chavez was an American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist (campaigning to make a change); with Dolores Huerta, co- founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers.