Misc

Misc. 1900
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[Upton Sinclair popular author of the 20th century]

The early 1900's was the beginning of not only a political movement, but health and sanitation for America. Believe it or not this movement was a revolution in itself. It turned America's old habits all the way around building new laws and a foundation for itself.This was a time when children worked a normal 9 to 5 job, people lived in slums, and sanitation just was not a concern to those trying to make a living. But, to some out there sanitation was a problem and they were determined to fix it.

The word muckraker is said to have originated from the great president Theodore Roosevelt. He coined this word during a speech in 1906 while comparing them to "The Man with the Muckrake" in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. In this same year, Upton Sinclair came out with his famous book "The Jungle." It focused on the conditions of filth in the meat packing industry. It also talked about the wages people were making and how the political parties were doing nothing to help.


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It took a few tries for him to get the book published, but once it was it immediately became a best-seller. Although his original intent was to open peoples eyes to the low wages and working conditions, food safety became the main focus of others. In his book, Sinclair talked about the dissapearance of workers and how many of them that fell into rendering vats were left and sold as lard. After this book came out, many inspection and regulation laws were made. This made food and safety so much better. In the end, Sinclair did not reach his goal on wages, but he did open Americans eyes to the filth and danger of meats and factories.

[Sinclairs published book]


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John Muir was born on April 21, 1838 and was a Scottish-born American. He was a naturalist, author, and advocate of conservation of the wilderness. He walked a thousand miles, from Indiana to Florida, and then wrote a book about his adventures called, "A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf." He planned to continue on to South America, but was stricken with malaria and went to California instead. His books telling about his adventures in the wildlife have been read by millions and are still popular today. His writings and philosophy influenced the formation of the modern enviromental movement. His activism helped save the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park, and other wilderness areas. He founded the Sierra Club, which is now one of the most important conservations in the U.S.
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Yosemite Valley was his inspiration. He said that "No temple made with hands can compare with Yosemite," and "Yosemite is the grandest of all special temples of Nature."


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John Muir appears on the California quarter. Birth of a Nation
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1.) "Birth of a Nation" A very influencial film that was very popular when it was made in 1915. The general public thought that is was very realistic. People were amazed because the scenes were well produced. The director of this film is D.W Griffith. The film was set during and after the Civil War and was released on February 8, 1915. This film introduces two juxtaposed families the Northern Stonemans, consisting of abolitionist Congressman Austin Stoneman. The Stonemans boy meets this girl and he falls in love with her. Then when the war starts all the members that are involved get geared up and go. This film is also about the blacks and whites how they were very disrespectful to each other. For example, the white males would would scare all the blacks away by pretending to be scarecrows. This film gave a false image of blacks living in the south, also made people in the north scared.


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Pancho Villa 
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 * __PANCHO VILLA__**
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Born as Dorote Arango Arámbula but best know as Pancho Villa was a Mexican Revolutionary General. To the poor peasant Mexicans he is know as a hero, but the Americans on the other hand see him as a bandit. Mexicans saw Pancho Villa as a hero because he was like a modern-day Robin Hood. He would steal cattle, rob shipments of money, commit crimes against the wealthy. Everything he stole he would give to the poor peasants. All of this stared when he was 16-years old working at a hacienda he saw the owner of the hacienda rape his younger sister. When he saw this he shot the man and ran away and became a bandit. Living as bandit Villa joined with Franciso Madero revolutionary forces. They together formed the Dicision del Norte. The skills that Villa had as a fighter and the skills of a leader he was made a general. When Venustiano Carranza was running for presidency, Pancho Villa he wasn't very happy. The US government supported Carranza and his presidency so Villa retaliated by raiding the US border towns. The US goverment for years tried to find him to but couldn't. He lived in Parral,Chihuahlua until he was assassinated in July 20, 1923.
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 **William Jennings Bryan ** Joined the prosecution in the " Monkey Trials" (Scopes Trial) against the teachings of evolution in schools, he was supposed to be an expert on the Bible, but was made to look silly in the case and died soon afterward  One of the most popular speakers in American history, he was noted for a deep, commanding voice. Bryan was a devout [|Presbyterian] , a supporter of popular democracy, a critic of banks and railroads, a leader of the  [|silverite]  movement in the 1890s, a leading figure in the Democratic Party, a  [|peace]  advocate, a  [|prohibitionist]  , an opponent of  [|Social Darwinism]  , and one of the most prominent leaders of  [|Populism]  in late 19th- and early 20th century. Because of his faith in the goodness and rightness of the common people, he was called "The Great Commoner." In the intensely fought [|1896 election]  and  [|1900 election] , he was defeated by  [|William McKinley]  but retained control of the  [|Democratic Party]. For presidential candidates, Bryan invented the national stumping tour. In his three presidential bids, he promoted [|Free Silver]  in 1896,  [|anti-imperialism]  in 1900, and  [|trust-busting]  in 1908, calling on Democrats, in cases where corporations are protected, to renounce states rights to fight the  [|trusts]  and big banks, and embrace  [|populist ideas]. His most famous speech called the "Cross of Gold" encouraged the government to change the monetary system. 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000