Promises and Problems as US Enters World Stage

 

The last unit and the new unit that we are studying now tie into each other because in this new unit the United States is trying to address the rest of the world through their promises and problems. The United States is trying to address the other countries and their problems by promising that their economies will increase in growth if they form alliances with them. For example, America is entering the age of imperialism in which they are trying to influence other counrties in their economic, culturual, and military decisions to create a better government and cause less problems to the country. This can also be a negative aspect because all of this imperialism made lead to an increase in war and conflict around the world because if America is only aiming at certain countries to create alliances it may anger some countries and cause a war to flare up. I believe that America should try to create alliances with these other countries because it can help their economies strive when they have others to trade with and have countries behind them if war is ever entered. I do not beleive that these alliances will cause a big increase in conflict and a rise in wars because enemies are already made and these alliances will not anger these other countries. Also I really think this can help our economy drastically because there will be an increase in trade and as the production rate goes up it will increase the growth of the economy.   

Legacy of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

The fire that occurred in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory impacted many people at the time and had evolved into a story that has been used in modern day to teach others the difficulties that the women had to face at these times in history. Immigrants and women faced very hard obstacles when joining the workforce as they were stuck in terrible working conditions with very low wages. It shows that these women were put in terrible situations as they were locked in the factory and had no way out once the fire occurred. This story is very important to modern day society because after this incident occurred, it caused more protests and unions to be formed in order to make changes to the working conditions that these minorities were forced into. If these unions and people did not protest to make a change minorities may still be facing similar conditions in today’s society and may have never gotten the chance to strive for success in their careers. The legacy of this fire has opened up opportunities to women and minorities of other races as these labor laws were changed to help prevent people from being in situations like this fire. In conclusion, this fire has had an impact on today’s society as it opened up opportunities to minors that did not have working freedoms and has prevented these terrible situations to flare up in modern day society.

History of Immigration

              

After learning about the history of experiences that the immigrants had to go through to get to America, I have had a mixed review on its contradictions of my values of being an American. I think our that these experiences can partially be a reflection to what our values of an American citizen because it has shown that our country is open minded to others by letting them explore our country to create a better lifestyle for themselves. These people have come to America to start a better life and our country has given them an opportunity to get a job and start their new life. The workforce is where I think that this country has contradicted themselves in the values of the American lifestyle. I believe America acted wrongly when they decided to discriminate against these immigrants by putting them in terrible working conditions, with grueling hours, for very low wages. This nation is suppose to be a country full of freedom and these situations that these immigrants are put in, is not allowing them to live a free life. Even though it was great to open the opportunity for immigrants to come to this country, they should have been more lenient to the terrible situations that they were basically forcing them into. 

When seeing some of the photos of the immigrants I felt very bad for these people as they looked helpless and exhausted with no way to success because even if they worked all day, it would not lead them to a very successful life. The people in the pictures were dirty and tired as they had to go through this type of work everyday of their lives since emigrated to America. They were discriminated against because they were assumed to have no skill and not given the chance to strive in a career. This can relate to modern day society because people are still close minded to others of different races and cultures. After seeing what some of these people had to go through it makes me want to be more open minded to all cultures and races around me today. In this modern day there are still stereotypes for cultures in their job associations and their past ways of success in the country. One of the stereotypes that is still portrayed in today's society is that many people think that these immigrants are taking up their jobs while the unemployment rate is decently high. What people do not realize is that these immigrants are taking many jobs that citizens would not want to do like landscaping, construction, carpeting,etc. These immigrants are actually helping our economy by being willing to take these jobs and help businesses stay succesful. Everyone including myself, needs to be more open minded to all citizens of the country no matter the race or cultural background that they have.  

Through the Gates of Bill

Through his entrepreneurship Bill Gates has become one of the most successful persons in the history of the United States. His genius mind allowed him to become one of the “Captains of the Industry” as he created one of the greatest companies of all time, Microsoft. He is seen as a captain of the technological industry as his Microsoft programs used on computers have become universal as a majority of the technology world falls to using these for many different tasks. He also is one of the leaders in the video game world as the Microsoft Xbox 360 has become one of the most popular consoles of this century. Gates can also fall in the category of a “Robber Baron” because he participates in the monopolist behavior that the United States legislation is trying to prevent. He has made his software’s so popular to the universe that nobody else has a chance to compete against him. At points in his work he had paranoia of his company going out of business he strived for maximum revenue and net income, where he could hike up his prices and knocked out all of his competition. Gates will go down as one of the most intelligent inventors in the history of technology.  

Progression of Populism

            After going through different activities learning about populism I think that Americans can help in making progress with economy and help keep the citizens satisfied. If these people can push towards a more democratic government it can help in reaching the needs of many Americans. I think that if the government can help others by taking input by the society and incorporating it into their policies, it will help the economy overall as it can help in creating success for more middle class citizens. In today’s modern day society, President Obama is trying to help others with populism in trying to create a more democratic government. In his State of the Union speech, he stated that he wanted all Americans to have a fair chance of being able to succeed in the economy. He is trying to take in to account the thoughts of the citizens and change things in the government to help satisfy their needs. Populists are still very active in this society because their voices are being heard of having government involvement because even the President is trying to make changes to create this democratic environment.