Concerns Over Climate

When it comes to the word climate most associate it with "global warming" not really thinking of anything else. Climate change is real and it has its consequences that will not only affect the  present but will affect the future. I am personally interested in the concerns over climate change “How long can we sustain this amount of fossil fuel energy and have a livable climate?” “Are the humans affecting the climate or is it just natural? Or a combination of both?” “What will the long-term effects of climate change be?” “Are humans to blame for the drastic changes in the climate?” “What will people in the future think about our society today?” “Who is to "blame" those who created climate issues, or those stood by?” These are all driving questions that will lead my research that will hopefully lead to more questions that can be answered and help to answer or figure out a solution to the climate concerns and problems.

In an article titled Global Concern about Climate Change, Broad Support for Limiting Emissions, it talked about how major world powers are coming together to help limit and stop the emission of pollution that is affecting the climate. These countries are trying to help solve the concerns over the climate in the future or to help lessen the concerns people have. 1. Concern about Climate Change and Its Consequences is an article that clearly stated the sad truth. "Despite such overwhelming concern, worries about climate change vary substntailly by region and country.". The reason this true is because some countries are more cautous about what they are emmiting than others (aka China). We don't want these concerns and questions over climate change to become real. We want them to be solved.

Future Oriented

When I looking through the various topics and questions that dealt with climate and its connection to history I found myself gravitating to the topic titled "Concerns". This topic is very future oriented which is why I want to focus on it. To answer these questions you have to know both the past and the present to be able to formulate an answer for the future, and in some cases, you just have to create different scenarios to answer. Answering anything that deals with the future is always up in the air because we will never know what the future will be until it comes.

The Great Depression

Read about the Great Depression (Links to an external site.).  According to this article, what was wrong with President Hoover's response?  Why did people blame themselves when things went wrong, and how valid or invalid was this response?

President Hoover believed and told Americans that the "Great Depression" would end in 60 days (not 10 years). He had said that "this is a passing incident in our national lives." Hoover also believed in "individualism" meaning that he thought that the government should help out the poor. American then began to feel ashamed and felt that they were guilty of "causing" the depression, this was an invalid response. People were living how they wanted and in some cases, this meant them spending all of their money and not saving it. They didn't cause the stock market to crash when it did.

Read about Black Sunday (Links to an external site.). How would you have felt if you'd been there on that day? What kinds of fears, concerns, or questions would be going through your mind during, and after, the event described?

If I were in the same situation as others did on April 14, 1935, find myself afraid for my life. I am already afraid of the dark and to just be surrounded by in for 4 hours would have me deathly afraid especially because I would also worry about my family. If this storm was to destroy everything I would have multiple questions. How long will this darkness last? What will happen in the end? Will I lose any or everything? What will I do now? 

Read about The Drought (Links to an external site.).  What areas were affected by it?  What caused it.  The author ends this article with a pithy quote.  Do you agree or disagree with this historian's perspective? Why or why not?

The Great Plains (" the western third of Kansas, Southeastern Colorado, the Oklahoma Panhandle, the northern two-thirds of the Texas Panhandle, and northeastern New Mexico” )were affected by the Great Drought. The Dust Bowl was caused by overuse, overgrazing, and "thin flimsy top soil" that the wind would pick up and what ultimately cause the storm. I agree with the authors that The Drought and The Dustbowl were created from miss use and because of no regulation on the use of the land.

Read about Mass Exodus from the Plains (Links to an external site.).  Where does the migration of people out of the Dust Bowl rank in terms of other migrations in US History?  What made life hard for people once they arrived in California?

The migration of people out of the Dust Bowl ranks as the largest migrations in US History. One aspect of California that made life hard for those migrating in was that the state was overcrowded. There was also the point that the crops between the great plains and California were complete different and that the jobd that the farmers did receive paid little to none.

History Speech Feedback

1. In general, I felt as though the  speeches allowed us to have a better understanding of the 1920's, but there were still minor mistakes such as stuttering and miss reading.

2. In my opinion, Madi, Avani, and Liddy were the ones that stood out the most. Their extensive use of vocabulary, way if speaking to the class, and their connection and understanding of what they wrote about.

3. I learned that for the next time I write a speech I will be more concise, use more extensive vocabulary, and try to know my speech better before reading out aloud.

Entertainment of the 1930's: The Radio

By the end of the 1920's almost every household had a radio in the United States. Listening to the radio was a popular type of pass time in the 1930's. According to the Prologue: Radio and the Great Depression, "Radios provided a much-needed distraction from the hardships of the Great Depression. They provided a social as well. In some areas, neighbors would gather from miles around to listen to a favorite program playing on the one set in town." Popular programs included: Amos 'n' Andy, Little Orphan Annie, Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, Dick Tracy, The Lone Ranger, Edger Bergen nad Charlie McCarthy, and Buck Rodgers. these programs were divided up by genres such as news, music, family series, sports, soap operas, and dramas. According to an article published by PBS, The Radio in the 1930's "It (the radio) marked the advent of the soap opera, a running story that people could return to, with characters the could sympathize with and love. The series "Our Gal Sunday'- about a small town girl finding love with a wealthy Englishman- had the young women of the country glued to their sets." What all these programs had in common was that they provided Americans with not only a 'distraction' but would also be a type of entertainment would bring people together then and later on in the future.

History speech

The 20’s was a time of change in the United States. The economy started to boom, growth had begun in education and in its importance, there was even a positive change in the culture, and even in the everyday lives of Americans in general.

After WWI, the United Sates was to become #1 in industrial manufacturing and expansion and also in the development of new technology. World War I decimated Europe leaving the United States to be still functioning in a sense. The US had the capabilities, resources, and the manpower to keep running and have the ability to manufacture the goods and products that Europe needed. More jobs were needed and created to help with the growth in manufacturing.

    Though there were more jobs, there were still very few “suitable” jobs for women leaving them to have little professional opportunities. For the women who did work, they came from the working class, these were the women who had to juggle being a wife, a mother, and a worker. By working, women had started to change the norm for themselves. No longer did they have to be a stay at home mothers but they too could be professionals. They showed that men did not have to be the sole breadwinner for the family.

Education had also been of great importance for children during this time. Schools and colleges helped provide children with new social patterns, their own hobbies, interests, and activities. Because of the boom in the auto industry, children (more specifically teenagers) no longer had to work on farms but were now able to leave rural areas to the city to work at factories. Working on farms did not have a need for a formal education, but with the modernization economy, specialized education was a need.

Harlem, New York the birthplace of the Harlem Renaissance. By the end of World War I, Harlem became the nation’s largest and most influential place for African American communities. Jazz musicians from the Harlem renaissance included Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, and Fletcher Henderson. These were the people who helped spread African American culture to the nation by trying to show its importance and richness through music.

Nativism was big during this time. The emergency immigration act of 1921 had established a quota that limited the amount of immigrants allowed in the nation.  Followed by the National Origins Act of 1924, it only further strengthened the exclusionists’ laws in Act of 1921. These restrictions also were a point to help keep jobs in the US to only Americans rather than to immigrants. These new jobs that were being created in this time were needed more for the soldiers who were coming back from the War than the immigrants.

 These advancements, growths, and changes are what made the 1920’s to be known as the, roaring 20’s a time where the United States was at an all-time high and people were living the “American Dream”.

Advertising by Victoria Spera

In the book Advertising, the author Victoria Spera brings the readers insight and understanding to the world of advertisement in the 1920's. By using "slang" words from the 20's the readers have the ability to indulge in the lifestyle and purpose of  advertisement such as propaganda. Thanks to Victoria Spera we are able to have a better understanding of the world of the 1920's.

The Women Became Independent: The Story of a Flapper

The Women Became Independent: The Story of a Flapper by Mary Leigh Oliver brings light to the role of women in the 1920's. This mini book is focused on the life of Rosetta a woman who wants to be more than just a housewife but an "independent, free-willed, and strong women." To achieve this we read on how her life is changed when she achieves her dream of getting a job. As you read you will see her insight and knowledge of the 1920's but the facts and slang used in that time period.

My Mini Book on the 1920's: Nativism and The Klan

Within the book, I had used 12 slang words that were used in the 1920's. My mini book was titled Nativism and The Klan. The book was based on a 12-year-old boy named Jason living in the 1920's and his views, opinions, and things he had experienced while growing up.