Haiku

Because of Electricity.

Who cut the lights on?

Where is Thomas Edison

Oh, that's a light bulb.

------------------------------------------------------

My haiku and images display my understanding and importance of electricity because it proves that Thomas Edison was the first man to produce a workable light bulb. Not only was his invention workable, but it also was incandescent. Meaning it would give off visable light as a result of beig heated. This was just a stepping stone though, he later then went on to invent an entire systerm of producing and distributing electrical power.

Major Events & People Pre Civil War

1. Around 1815, the United States was divided geograaphically - north and south - with the Southern states dependent on slave labor while the Northern states reformed to become more industrialized wanting to abolish slavery.

2. The country was so divided by the issue of slavery, California made a deal for the Compromise of 1850 to become a state. Both Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas gave the option for states to decide whether or not they wanted to condone in slavery. They decided this by popular sovereignity or by voting. In addtion, southern states recieved fugitive slave laws that meant any slave that escaped to the north had to return to the 'owners.'

3. Around this time many southern states were seriously considering succession, which is when a state wants to leave the union.

4. Many people from the North hated slavery, they were the main ones who tried to help the fugitive slaves escape; also known as abolitionist. They helped them seek freedom by hiding them in multiple hiding places along the route to Canada. This route condisered to be the well known Underground Railroad.

5. When Uncle Tom's Cabin was published, Harriet B. Stowe described how slaves were taken to the "slave market" to be bargained. Northern states were angry simply because they weren't for the thought of slavery, while Southern states thought wrong about it because they seen it as criticizing their way of life.

6. Two politicians became famous for their slavery debates, Stephan Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. Both Douglas and Lincoln were against slavery; however, they did share differences with the ideas of dealing with it. Lincoln felt slavery should have been abolished because it was against a person's natural rights. On the other hand, Douglas believed people should decided through popular sovereignty.
7. On December 20, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president. Which then caused Southern states secession from the Union. The first state to seceded was South Carolina, followed by many others.

Post Election Analysis

Partners: Jenny Juabe and Kimberly Chun

Marijuana Legalization in Colorado and Washington

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

1.What audience did the article say social media was targeted to? Do you agree or disagree? Explain.

 -Social media was targeted to Twitter, Facebook, and email. I agree that Twitter, 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

A) Progressive Era/Movement - A time period when people became more involved to make the government better. From the 1890's through the 1920's

B) Muckraker - A journalist who exposes the problems of the government.

C) Social Gospel -  A protestant Christian intellectual movement in the early 20th century that focused on the issues on social justice such as: poverty, alcoholism, crime, child labor, racial tensions.

D) Social Darwinism - "Survival of the Fittest" idea that justifies that there's no distinction between the able and not able.
 E) Americanization - The process of an immigrant to the united states becoming a person who shares american values, beliefs, and customs.

F) Nativist/Nativism - Favoring the intrests of established unhabitants over those of immigrants

G) Europe (Eastern & Southern) -  Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal

H) Political Machine - an organization with a person of power as boss that gives rewards to the people and campaign workers that support him.

I) Andrew Carnegie - During the times of Industrialization in the late 19th century, this Scottish-American philanthropist led the expansion of the American steel industry.

J) Horizontal/Vertical Integration - description of management control that promotes profits, growth, efficiency, and monopolies for businesses.

K) Urban - Characterized by higher population and a greater area of humans compared to surrounding cities

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

M) Meat Inspection Act - A law that prevents mislabeled meat products from being sold as food, to ensure that meat products are killed and produced under sanitary conditions.

N) Trust/Monopoly - Illegal companies that own all parts of business; illegal owners of different companies that meet to reduce competition and form prices. 

O) Graft -  Corruption in the political field that can be defined as a bribe so the politician can gain authority.P) 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

Q) Jane Addams - A woman who studied the development of human society, was a pioneer settlement worker, important figure and leader of women's right to vote, and established the Hull House in Chicago.

R) Cesar Chavez - A leader of social justice, an American farm worker, co-founded with Dolores Huerta to establish the National Farm Workers Association, or the United Farm Workers.

S) Immigration Act of 1965 - eliminated the quotas that restricted immigration and focused on the families of immigrants. There are many restrictions on visas to 170,000 per year, per country. 

T) Immigration - The act of moving to a new country one was not born in.

U) Alexander Graham Bell - Was a scientist, inventor, and innovator who made the first telephone.

V) George Eastman - Was an American innovator and businessman who founded a company that made film for pictures, after his findings photographing became well known.

W) Thomas Edison - Made many devices that influenced life around the world positively, for instance the record player, motion picture camera, electric light bulb.

X) Henry Bessemer - Was an English engineer, inventor, and businessman, known for the process of making steel. 

Y) Reform - To improve the unsatisfactory in social, political, and economic community.