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| | :I think it affected the views of Americans because our land, our country is very important to us. We will protect this land, and our freedoms, to death, just as the frontier settlers did. (Mallory C.) | | :I think it affected the views of Americans because our land, our country is very important to us. We will protect this land, and our freedoms, to death, just as the frontier settlers did. (Mallory C.) |
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| | + | :I think that the frontier caused many Americans to be more independent and open-minded ... [and] much more interested in having a smaller government which allowed them to go about their daily tasks without interference. This effect of the frontier can be seen by the fact that the United States' political system is much more conservative than that of many other Westernized nations." (Kevin F.) |
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| | 4. What do you think is special about the United States that has made it the world leader in inventions? | | 4. What do you think is special about the United States that has made it the world leader in inventions? |
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| | :I think one of the most influential people between 1877 and 1896 was Thomas Nast, a German immigrant who is famous for his political cartoons. Thomas Nast was very influential through his cartoons ... [and] created many cartoons about the corrupt New York politician, “Boss” Tweed. “Boss” Tweed’s actions were brought out in the open and angered many citizens of New York. Tweed was eventually brought to justice and thrown in jail. Lastly, Nast also used his cartoons to illustrate his strong Anti-Catholic views. This widely appealed to fellow Catholic-hating Americans and caused problems between Catholics and Protestants. (Mark DeJ.) | | :I think one of the most influential people between 1877 and 1896 was Thomas Nast, a German immigrant who is famous for his political cartoons. Thomas Nast was very influential through his cartoons ... [and] created many cartoons about the corrupt New York politician, “Boss” Tweed. “Boss” Tweed’s actions were brought out in the open and angered many citizens of New York. Tweed was eventually brought to justice and thrown in jail. Lastly, Nast also used his cartoons to illustrate his strong Anti-Catholic views. This widely appealed to fellow Catholic-hating Americans and caused problems between Catholics and Protestants. (Mark DeJ.) |
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| | + | :I believe that (other than Thomas Edison) John D. Rockefeller was the most influential person during the time. He turned a small company into a monopoly and completely controlled the oil business. Like Thomas Edison he had a tremendous work ethic and from this ethic he built himself an empire on the oil industry. (Sean R.) |
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| | 7. Please interpret the above cartoon, with special emphasis on explaining the images used and including a description of the point of view of the cartoonist. | | 7. Please interpret the above cartoon, with special emphasis on explaining the images used and including a description of the point of view of the cartoonist. |
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| | H5. William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech: right, wrong, and/or pure demagoguery? Your view, please. | | H5. William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech: right, wrong, and/or pure demagoguery? Your view, please. |
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| | + | :I think that William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech was wrong in its fundamental belief that the trickle-down economic theory was wrong. However, I do not think his speech was pure demagoguery ... because although he did appeal to the masses to overthrow the trickle-down economic theory, I think it was more a result of him getting a little too emotional while giving his speech than it was a calculated political maneuver. (Kevin F.) |