World War II

As a CIO organizer I really get to see the changes that are taking place in America while the boys are off at war. As I help to get people jobs I find that more and more minorities and women are coming in to find jobs. With all of the young men gone they have come to take their places in the factories and other jobs. The minorities not only seem to be getting jobs, but more rights too. I can see some of the white people in the factory i visited yesterday interacting with the minorities in a friendly way; with no hostility. This war really is bringing about a change.

Causes of the Great Depression- Lack of Diversification

The lack of diversification lead to the great depression because when a country is making lots and lots of the same thing the value goes down. It was seen early on in farmers because after the war there was not as high of a demand for crops as there was during the war(because Europe was making its own crops now) and there was a surplus and poor farmers would go bankrupt because they couldn't pay back loans and they made no money off of crops. This was the same sad story and it could be told for almost any profession during this time. That's why the lack of diversification of jobs left the USA in the great depression.

Penal Institutions

"American reform movements between 1820 and 1860 reflected both optimistic and pessimistic views of human nature and society."

The penal institutions show us the optomistic and pestimistic views of human nature and society brilliantly.

It shows the pessimistic view on the 1820-60's society by showing that people thought that criminals and mentally challenged people could have a place where they could be dealt with in the ways that the needed to be. In the cases of penitentiaries they took the criminals and tried to help them with their problems instead of just throwing them in jail. If a criminal had anger problems or problems with drinking then they would take them and try to rehabilitate those problems.

You also the the pessimistic view when they take the mentally challenged and throw them in asylums. This show that the people are somewhat afraid of them and do not know what to do. Since they are different they have no clue how to deal with them they take them and lock them away and do not deal with them. This is ridiculous because they are the same as me and you and need to be treated that way, not as an attractment for people to watch.

"Slavery was the dominating reality of all southern life." Assess the validity of this generalization for two of the following aspects of southern life from about 1840 to 1860: political, social, economic, and intellectual life.

In the South from 1840-1860 slavery dominated the southern way of life; both socially and politically. Socially speaking if you look at how the "classes" were set up if you had slaves then you were the "aristocracy". If you had no slaves then you were seen as lower than the men who did. The men with giant plantations and loads of slaves were always the most powerful and pretty much the super stars of their day. On the political side, owning slaves gave you a boost in running for office. If you wanted to become the governor or the mayor then if you did not own slaves then there was little hope for you. The more slaves you owned then the more chance you had of winning. So reflecting on these things you would have to say that slavery did dominate the southern lifestlye from 1840 to 1860.

Common Man's Hero or King Andrew?

Andrew Jackson has been heavily debated by historians. Was Jackson the hero of the Common Man or King Andrew?


Andrew Jackson was viewed as both a king-like figure and a hero of the common man. Different people see him as different because of their differences. Historians do not have a unified view of him because they were not from the time frame of when he was president. I myself view him as a king like figure. He had his presidential powers and took andvantage of all of them and even went to the extreme of using powers he did not have the right to use. Im sure that if i was around in the time frame that he was president that i would have a different view. He may have taken advantage of his powers, but most of it turned out to be beneficial in some way. So, you could see him as either the hero or the king. It just depends on your views on his actions and the consequences.