Chapter 21 Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Muckrakers exposed all EXCEPT:                                                         
a) Scandal                                                                 

b) Social injustice                                  
c) Corruption                                                                                                        

d) Health injustice  
e) Economic Injustice

2. Few women managed to establish themselves with with the following jobs EXCEPT:             
a) Physician                                                                                                               

b) Factory jobs                                                 
c) Lawyers                       
d) Engineers                                                                                                             

e) Corporate managers

3. What were the "Clubwomen" focused on in the early 20th century?
a) Cultural Betterment       
b) Religious Betterment        
c) Economic Betterment     
d) Social Betterment                
e) Environmental Betterment

Living Essay About Progressivism

I was working with Abby Schmidt and Raquel Scherlis, and we were to bring together 3 topic of the Progressive Era in a thesis statement, introduction, and conclusion.

Introduction:

During the Progressive Era, the public cared about the well being of the society. The public wanted to move forward in different areas such as health and personal safety to improve the human body. Most of their views included ideas of prohibition, protests, and finding a replacement for hard liquor.

Conclusion:

Prohibition, protests, and a replacement for hard liquor were ideas that the public focused on during the Progressive Era so that they could better the health and security of what goes into, and happens to people, often calling for government action.Prohibition forced people to drink healthier drinks and have a healthier lifestyle, which led to boom in healthier people. Soft drinks and Coca-Cola especially helped improve the innovations toward marketing, advertising, and the entertainment of Americans, and Americans made major advancements during this time. Mary Jones was known as a mother to children and “boys” she led in strikes, she devoted her life to the health and safety of everyone she led on independent strikes.Overall, these ideas for a better society had a positive effect and improved the human mind and body during the Progressive Era.

Prohibition and How it Relates to Progressivism

    It is the early 20th century, liquor has been banned for almost a year now. I feel like this has been a positive experience. I read in a paper somewhere that there have been less arrests ever since the prohibition laws were enforced. The amount of insane and immoral people on the streets have gone down. I personally think that Congress was wise to ban the sale and use of liquor. I was reading the paper the other day and I came across this article with a quote from the New York Medical Society. It said: 

    "that among the evils which they see constantly resulting from the use of ardent spirits, are  

impaired appetite for food, nausea, a sensation of faintness at the stomach, tremor of the limbs and   body, headache, palpitation of the heart, dyspepsia, ulcerations of the stomach and bowels, fevers 

of the most fatal character and inflammation of the brain. The habit cannot be indulged, even to a 

moderate degree without expense to the constitution  of the individual” “that they will endeavor to   impress on the minds of their patients the importance of abstaining from the strong liquors, and  

that they will endeavor to use their influence in correcting the popular error, that what is called a  

moderate use of then is conducive to health, and permanently increases to the vigor of laboring  

people"

Honestly if liquor is causing us so many health problems, why should it be allowed? If we want to better our society, we should get rid of what's holding us back. All the death and disease caused by these liquors is ruining the potential of so many young and intelligent people. If they spend their nights drinking, and their days hungover how will they better themselves? How will they educate themselves? They won't be able to get jobs and they won't be able to provide for their families. Speaking of families, I have seen so many of them destroyed because of the excessive amount of liquor consumption. My friends husband is a prime example of this. He's out all day working, and always stops at the local bar to get a drink on the way home. Except one drink always leads to another and another. He spends most of his monthly paycheck in just one sitting. When he gets home he's completely wasted. He can't even walk normally, let alone take care of his kids. So his wife does everything. She cleans the house, cooks the food, and cares for all the children, all while her husbands wastes their money and his health.

I don't believe that I am the only one who thinks this is a positive thing for our society. Congress said that the 18th amendment must be ratified from every state within 7 years. However 3/4 of the states ratified in less than a year. This means that other states agree with what I am saying. They know that in order to move forward, economically and socially, liquor must be banned. Society needs to develop an abstinence towards liquor, it is for their well-being, and futures.

States Ratify Quicker than Thought 

Pro-Prohibition Poster 

18th Amendment- States ban of selling Liquor 

Newspaper Archive

• March 8, 1828, Haverhill Gazette- Opinions of Physicians:New York City Medical Society-1327-
• A detailed account of the 18th Amendment by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue,Daniel Roper-State February 9, 1920
• National overview of Prohibition's first year Baltimore American - Maryland, Baltimore, January 16, 1921
• Kentucky targeted as a source of much of the nation's liquor Lexington Herald - Kentucky, Lexington, October 25, 1921

Self Reflection of Start of Second Semester

    So far second semester has been alright. I've been having reading issues though. For example, on the test I missed a lot of questions because I didn't read that they were 'except' questions. Also on the multiple choice reading questions, I missed a lot of questions because I didn't read the text with full comprehension. I guess I should work on my reading comprehension, but that's always been a problem. However, in my opinion, I have been working hard, I don't think I have missed a homework assignment this quarter, and I have been trying to make my blog posts as detailed as possible, and as always, I am enjoying this class. 

Thinking about Progress

Progress. What does it mean? According Merriam-Webster "progress" is the process of improving or developing something over a period of time. The Progressive era, between the 1890s and 1920s, was a period of social activism and political reform across the United States. There were quite a few issues during this time period, which they 'fixed' with the following progressive reforms:

1. Suffrage
• Only white men were allowed to vote, but women demanded the right to vote (suffrage).
2.  Prohibition
• alcohol was the cause of many social problems, and divorces, so a lot of people in the country wanted to ban alcohol.
3. Race
• Slaved blacks became free and US citizens, which caused problems between whites and blacks. 
4. Children
• Children were forced into working long hours until a movement began to outlaw child labor.
5. Workers
• There were many people on the streets, so worker's compensation systems were created. 

(List from NebraskaStudies.org).

These progressive reforms all have the common theme of bettering society. They are providing jobs for the homeless, giving children a childhood, giving women the right to vote (in the process), banning alcohol so that people stop ruining their lives,& giving the blacks citizenship. 

Rankings of Progressive Reforms (Opinionated)

1. Outlawing child labor 
2. Suffrage 
3. Prohibition 
4. Race
5. Worker's compensation 

The Future

According to this BBC article, 10 of the predictions that engineer John Watkins made 100 years ago and came true were:

1. Digital color printing
2. Rising height of Americans
3. Mobile phones
4. Pre-prepared meals
5. Population growth slowing down 
6. Hothouse vegetables 
7. TV
8. Military Tanks 
9. Larger fruit 
10. The Acela Express

         The article included a few of Watkins predictions that didn't come true:

1. The letters 'C', 'Q', and 'X' being 'abandoned'
2. Everybody walking 10 miles a day 
3. No cars in large cities 
4. No mosquitoes or flies    

An article about Issac Asimov mentions a few of his predictions that he made about 50 years ago, some including: gadgets to prepare 'auto-meals', communicating will be 'sight sound' (you'll be able to see the person while talking to them on the phone), cars with 'robot-brain', school will be taught fundamentally on technology and computers, ships will land on mars. 

Some of these predictions seem like the people back then were hopeful. For example Watkins thought that people would walk 10 miles a day, he had hope that the people in the future were going to be healthy, because he also thought there was going to be larger fruit, hothouse vegetables, and also taller people. Which are all factors in healthy living. However Asimov seems like he's giving some kind of warning. His predictions are mostly based around the idea that people will more dependent on machines rather than humans. 

Most of these men's predictions came true. I find Watkins prediction of the letters being abandoned a little absurd, I wonder how he came to the conclusion that someday society will just stop using a few letters. The most accurate prediction, I think, besides the obvious ones, is Asimov's predictions that are machine dependency based. 

(Q.3/4)Like how there will be machines to prepare our meals, our education will be machine based, even our communications. I mean if you think about it, our society has become like this with face-time, fast-food restaurants, and technology based projects in school. 

I think that in the future, we will be 95% technology based. I think we will have some kind of device to complete all of our simple tasks. At the pace we are going right now, it doesn't seem like we are far from a society like this. I also think that in the near future we will have many environmental issues. We are already starting to see some, for example, lack of clean water , lack of natural resources, and the excessive amount of pollution. I think it will get worse before it gets better, and we will get better because there will be more environmentally friendly machines in our daily lives. I believe there will also be a larger variety of alternative machines that are better for the environment.

 How much control over the future do we actually have? As individuals, groups, governments?

I think we have a pretty decent amount of control over the future, because the future is based on what we do today. If we aren't taking care of the major issues, such as the environment, right now then the future won't be looking so great. Climate change is a big topic in the presidential race these days, because climate change is a major problem in the world today because our environment is getting worse day by day, and will have a major effect on the future if we don't try to control it. Like I said before in the near future we will be seeing large environmental problems, but based on what the presidential candidates are being asked/are saying, I believe alternative plans to prevent climate change from getting worse will be made. There have already been large meetings for this such as the one in France a few months ago. And if the government doesn't do anything to solve this crisis, we as individuals can take the initiative. There are many things we can do in our homes, in the way we travel, and in the way we live our regular, everyday lives to help better the environment. We can also join local communities that are helping the environment, to do the same. By doing this we can prevent our future from taking a turn for the worst. 

"How do you analyze a political cartoon?"

1.  I learned that when looking at political cartoons it is important to look at the symbolism in the cartoon, because all cartoons use simple things as symbolism which makes it easier to understand the meaning of the cartoon. It is also important to look for any irony, exaggeration, and any labeling. 
2. When looking at political cartoons in the future I will refer to this Analysis Guide  which states all the things I said in the question above. I will also look at what is happening in the word currently, because by knowing current events it is easier to connect the cartoon to its real mean  

         

This cartoon depicts the Americans coming to the Philippines, and "robbing" them of their freedom.

This cartoon depicts the war between America and the Philippines and how uncivilized it was.

This cartoon depicts how the Americans came into the Philippines and tried to educate them and convert them.