Because of Electricity

Priority in

year Eighteen-seventy-six

Electricity

The haiku basically talks about how electricity was a priority. I put the picture of   Thomas Alva edison because he added innovations that made electricity safer and less expensive.By bringing electricty under conditions for effective use completely changed the nature of business in America.Electricity allow manufactures to establish plants or factories where ever they wanted. One of the most dramatic inventions as the telephone patented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876.It particularly affected office work and creeated new jobs for women. The telephone opened many doors for world-wide communications.

Major Events before the Civil War'

 Around 1858, the united States was divided geographically- north and south-with the South they wanted slavery well actually they depended on it for agriculture reasons and the North on the other hand wanted to abolish it and was more industrialized. They also differed in religions, cultural traditions, and climate.The country was so divided by the issue of slavery, California had to make a compromise in order to become a state.It was called The Compromise of 1850, to please Northerner's they admitted Cali as a free state and to please the South they proposed a new Fugitive Slave Law.
 Around this time, many southern states were seriously considering a succesion which is the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union. Many people from the North hated slavery, so abolitionist developed a secret network , who hid fugitive slaves. Which later became known as underground railroad. When Uncle Tom's Cabin was published, a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe it showed the horrors of slavery and how they were sold. It stirred Northern abolitionist and increased their protest against slavery. And Southeners thought it critized them and saw it as an attack on the South.
 Two politicians became famous for their slavery debates, Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.

Post Election Analysis

Partner; Eduardo Rodriguez

Marijuana Legalization in Colorado and Washington

1. Cite exapmles 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, so don't break out the Cheetos or goldfish too quickly."

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?

"Analysts had projected the Washington voters would approve their legalization ballot, because it proposes a heavy tax for marijuana that made the proposal attractive to budget hawks"

4. Why was Oregon's referendum not passed?

"Voters shot down a third legalization referendum, in Oregon, which was expected. Analysts had projected that it wouldn't go through and criticized various aspects of the initiative, especially the fact that it would have handed most of the regulating power in the marijuana industry to the growers rather than independent overseers."

Obama Victory Tweet

1. What audience do you think social media was targeted to? Explain.

2. Which candidate was most effective using social media? Explain.
Obama was the candidate that used social media more effectively because he posted a picture on his twitter account and recieved more than three-hundred thousand tweets.

"As news of Mr Obama's re-election broke, there were 327,452 related tweets posted every minute."

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?

I disagree because everyone has different point of view.

Vocabulary

Muckraker- a writer who writes for a popular magazine whose job is to expose the wrong doings of a government.
Immigration- when you move or settle in a foreign country.
Reform- to fix what is wrong; to change.
Americanization- when a foreign person starts sharing American morals and beliefs.
Urban- a city or place that has a large anount of people and relating to the areas around it.
Progressive Era/ Movement- when people in the 1890's to the 1920's became more active in order to make the govrnment better.
Social Gospel- a Christian movement that focused on problems regarding social justice. For example poverty.
Social Darwinism- "survival of the fittest" a belief used to answer for social policies that show no individuality for the wealthy or the poor.
Europe- an Eastern continent that includes Portugal, Romania, Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.
Political Machine- an organization that is usaully managed by a  capable boss that rewards that reache sout for the support of the people and rewards them also the rewards the campaign workers for their efforts.
Graft-  a political breach of trust that can be stated as when politicians use their authority for personal gain.
Horizontal/Vertical integration- a description of different types of management for businesses to promote profits, growth and efficiency.