Four Worlds
Trigger Words
Big Stick- Referred to as "speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far" as in if you are higher up in the government and you speak some, you will go far in everything that you do.
Compromise 1877- An unwritten deal that settled the Election of 1976 and ended the Reconstruction in the South.
Dawes Act- allowed the President to survey Indian land and to give certain pieces of the land to individual Indians.
Gentlemen’s Agreement- an agreement between the United States and the Emperor of Japan where the U.S. wouldn't restrict immigration from Japan, but Japan would stop the emigration into the United States.
Ghost Dance- a new religious movement that was thought to reunite the living with the spirits of the dead and bring peace to them.
Haymarket Square- A riot in which someone threw a bomb during a riot for less hours and in the end, turned into a gun fight in which seven officers and four civilians were killed while many others were wounded.
Homestead Strike- an industrial lock out in which a battle erupted between strikers and private security. It was the second largest and one of the most serious strikes.
Interstate Commerce Act- It was designed to regulate the railsroads by making the railroad rates fair and reasonable, it didn't empower the government to fix some specific rates.
NAACP- An African-American civil rights association designed to to ensure the educational, political, social and economic equality of rights for all people and to get rid of the racist hatred and discrimination.
Panic 1873- a financial crisis that triggered a horrible economic depression that happened all throughout the globe, known also as the Great Depression or the Long Depression.
Pendleton Act- a federal law that determined that government jobs should be given to people on the basis of merit.
Plessy v. Ferguson- a court case which was determined off the basis of "seperate but equal" discrimination, and in the end, the law remained the same.
Spanish American War- a war between Spain and America, which started with the interruption of the U.S. in the Cuban War of Independence. The attacks to Spain's land in the Pacific resulted in the Philipine-American War.
Compromise 1877- An unwritten deal that settled the Election of 1976 and ended the Reconstruction in the South.
Dawes Act- allowed the President to survey Indian land and to give certain pieces of the land to individual Indians.
Gentlemen’s Agreement- an agreement between the United States and the Emperor of Japan where the U.S. wouldn't restrict immigration from Japan, but Japan would stop the emigration into the United States.
Ghost Dance- a new religious movement that was thought to reunite the living with the spirits of the dead and bring peace to them.
Haymarket Square- A riot in which someone threw a bomb during a riot for less hours and in the end, turned into a gun fight in which seven officers and four civilians were killed while many others were wounded.
Homestead Strike- an industrial lock out in which a battle erupted between strikers and private security. It was the second largest and one of the most serious strikes.
Interstate Commerce Act- It was designed to regulate the railsroads by making the railroad rates fair and reasonable, it didn't empower the government to fix some specific rates.
NAACP- An African-American civil rights association designed to to ensure the educational, political, social and economic equality of rights for all people and to get rid of the racist hatred and discrimination.
Panic 1873- a financial crisis that triggered a horrible economic depression that happened all throughout the globe, known also as the Great Depression or the Long Depression.
Pendleton Act- a federal law that determined that government jobs should be given to people on the basis of merit.
Plessy v. Ferguson- a court case which was determined off the basis of "seperate but equal" discrimination, and in the end, the law remained the same.
Spanish American War- a war between Spain and America, which started with the interruption of the U.S. in the Cuban War of Independence. The attacks to Spain's land in the Pacific resulted in the Philipine-American War.
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Primary Sources
"How the Other Half Lives" By Jacob Riis
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA01/Davis/photography/riis/lanternslides.html
This picture exemplifies the living conditions of the poor working class, who were crammed into tenements along with countless other families. The lived in squalor and filth, and this picture was taken to bring their plight to the public's attention. This picture, along with others, led to sanitation and living condition reforms that swept the Nation's cities.
AK
"The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906"
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/sfeq.htm
This source talks about the horrible happenings of eye witnesses to the earthquake in 1906 and what they saw as the buildings fell and killed people they hadn't known. Many asked to be killed because of the pain they were in and Police were ordered to kill others who were being burned or could not get out of the place that they were stuck at. It describes the horrible visuals and sounds of 700 people being killed slowly and painfully as the Earth itself kills.
The source is very nerve wrecking because in your entire life, you wish not to see someone die, but these people are watching as people are begging to be killed in order not to go through the pain of being burned alive. These people have to watch as buildings crush their neighbors and friends. It really touches your heart and makes you feel lucky that you didn't have to go through the horrible pain of others being killed right before your very eyes.
Kelly B
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/sfeq.htm
This source talks about the horrible happenings of eye witnesses to the earthquake in 1906 and what they saw as the buildings fell and killed people they hadn't known. Many asked to be killed because of the pain they were in and Police were ordered to kill others who were being burned or could not get out of the place that they were stuck at. It describes the horrible visuals and sounds of 700 people being killed slowly and painfully as the Earth itself kills.
The source is very nerve wrecking because in your entire life, you wish not to see someone die, but these people are watching as people are begging to be killed in order not to go through the pain of being burned alive. These people have to watch as buildings crush their neighbors and friends. It really touches your heart and makes you feel lucky that you didn't have to go through the horrible pain of others being killed right before your very eyes.
Kelly B
The Condemned-Meat Industry, 1906
http://college.cengage.com/history/ayers_primary_sources/condemnedmeat_industry_1906.htm
This source basically just talks about how horrible the conditions were inside the meat packing industry, describing the flat out disregard for health, and talks about how the workers had absolutely no pride for the product they were making.
This source is significant because it shows how ridiculous the industrial conditions, and how much disregard there was for both the workers' healths, and the consumer's health. It also shows how imperative it was to have health codes put into action, which was done so by the Drug and Food Act. Can you imagine if we still had these conditions today? Probably not, because people would have boycotted and put a stop to this through referendums or other forms of rebellion such as strike or refusing to buy these products.
DionK.
This source basically just talks about how horrible the conditions were inside the meat packing industry, describing the flat out disregard for health, and talks about how the workers had absolutely no pride for the product they were making.
This source is significant because it shows how ridiculous the industrial conditions, and how much disregard there was for both the workers' healths, and the consumer's health. It also shows how imperative it was to have health codes put into action, which was done so by the Drug and Food Act. Can you imagine if we still had these conditions today? Probably not, because people would have boycotted and put a stop to this through referendums or other forms of rebellion such as strike or refusing to buy these products.
DionK.
Letter From Upton Sinclair to Theodore Roosevelt
http://www.archives.gov/global-pages/larger-image.html?i=/historical-docs/doc-content/images/upton-sinclair-letter-t-roosevelt-l.jpg&c=/historical-docs/doc-content/images/upton-sinclair-letter-t-roosevelt.caption.html
This is a selection from a letter by Upton Sinclair, who wrote The Jungle about the horrors of the meatpacking and processing industry. It is adressed to Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States. It talks about how any inspection of meat packing facilities would need to be very thorough and serious, because the factory owners know how to hide what needs to be hidden.
This shows that Theodore Roosevelt had a fondness for Upton Sinclair, and that his policies could have been slightly biased towards what Sinclair had to add. It also shows the Klout, and the sway he had over the people of the day, and how much national and global influence he gained from writing 'The Jungle' about the horrors of the meatpacking industry.
John H.
This is a selection from a letter by Upton Sinclair, who wrote The Jungle about the horrors of the meatpacking and processing industry. It is adressed to Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States. It talks about how any inspection of meat packing facilities would need to be very thorough and serious, because the factory owners know how to hide what needs to be hidden.
This shows that Theodore Roosevelt had a fondness for Upton Sinclair, and that his policies could have been slightly biased towards what Sinclair had to add. It also shows the Klout, and the sway he had over the people of the day, and how much national and global influence he gained from writing 'The Jungle' about the horrors of the meatpacking industry.
John H.