Marijuana should never be legalized because then just more people would do it. Even though a lot of people smoke it now, the numbers of people who do it would just increase if it was legalized. A lot of people who are addicted to cocain and other drugs say that the first drug they started taking was marijuana. Marijuana is the gateway drug to being addicted to other drugs that can kill you. So I think there SHOULD be a phrohibition on marijuana.

I agree with you MEGHAN!

The main reason children had to work back then is because they needed to help support their family to live.

I agree with what Jake said.

America is becoming imperalistic... just what we were trying to not be 300 years ago. We are doing exactly what we didn't want to other countries.

I disagree because I don't think people would go into a war if they didn't know exactly what they were fighting for. They had some sort of an idea on why they were fighting.

I think everyone can be racist at times even if they say they aren't because a lot of people make racist jokes but I disagree because racism is not good. We are all the same people and should not be judged or put down by the color of our skin. It's only okay to make racism jokes if your friend is okay with it.

I agree with Bre. The Muckrakers make up things to get people to buy their magazines. There are still people who do this today. I agree with her point of saying we woulnd't be as far as we are and our government would control us.

I agree with what Zach and Andrew are saying. I think if we didn't get into all the other countries problems we wouldn't be hated so much. We seem to always want to get involved with everyone else and I don't think a lot of countries like that.

Recognize what the progressive era is::

the progressive era was the great age of reform. during this period of time a lot of reforms were made and there were a lot of political issues.

How are environmental concerns today traced back to the use of natural resources in early industrialization::

A lot of the enviornmental converns are revolved around the giant need for oil from other countries and for fresh water because there isn’t a lot on the planet.

Predict how industry in the future will be similar or different to what is happening to industry today::

I think probably in the future with the technology there will be so many machines and new technology that people will just have to supervise to make sure the technology runs well and won’t even have to work because the machines will do EVERYTHING for us! Just an opinion.

Labor issue events during the 19th centurary:

The 1910 Accident Reports Act was passed and a 10-hour work day and standardization of rates of pay and working conditions were won by the Railway Brotherhoods.

Union membership topped 8 million workers in 1910. On January 5th 1914 the Ford Motor Company raised its basic wage from $2.40 for a nine hour day to $5 for an eight hour day.

Identify influential people, places, and products that made up the U.S. industrial age:

The Triangle Factory that had a giant fire and women died made up the U.S industrial age because it was in the news and a lot of people started to pay more attention to the dangers of factories after the fire.

Explain how industry had positive and negative impacts on the U.S:

A positive about industry was that it helped a lot of people get jobs. A negative was that there was child labor, long hours of work, and little pay. It was dangerous to work in the factories.

Different people and groups in the west:

People from different countries who migrated to the west, Indians, slaves.

Discuss the reasons migration patterns and population shifts are still moving west in the 21st century::

People still move to the West because of something called the “The 21st Western Cowboy” The population in western states are lower too and have more land.

List groups that formed for social and political reasons in the west::

Nationalists, antislavery political forces, confederates, slaveocracy, Republican party, Federalists, northerners,

Describe the plans for reunifying the country from different people and groups points of view, including Abraham Lincoln's::

Lincoln said that as soon as any seceded state formed a accepted presidential decisions on the subject of slavery and took oaths of allegiance to the Constitution, they would be readmitted to the Union. By the end of the Civil War Arkansas and Louisiana had established governments based on these terms. Radical Republicans opposed Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan because it did not ensure equal civil rights for freed slaves. Andrew Johnson, issued his own Reconstruction Plan. He announced that on the ratification of the 13th Amendment Southern states would be re-admitted into the Union.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASplan.htm

Recognize how Reconstruction policies were to reunify the nation::

Reconstruction had provided freedmen with equal rights under the constitution, and blacks were voting and taking political office. Republican legislatures, coalitions of whites and blacks, established the first public school systems and numerous charitable institutions in the South. Beginning in 1874, however, there was a rise in white paramilitary organizations.

Identify triangular trade routes::

This was used during slavery. Countries of Europe began to do a great deal of trading with the nations of Africa. Portuguese, Spanish, English, and Dutch traders were using their boats to sail all around Africa and trading what they bought to people in Europe and Asia.

Know what the east-west axis is and how it contributed to colonization::

this means that if you migrate east/west, the odds are better that the crops and animals you bring with you will be able to survive in your new home. if you migrate north/south, you've got to rebuild civilization every time you move

Why did explorers leave their mother countries to venture to America?

Explorers left their mother countries to venture to America because of freedom. There was also free land. The conditions in Europe “pushed” them to leave.

I agree with a 40 hour week because a 60 hour week is too long and exhausting

We need a voice because if we didn't have one, the government would just do what they wanted.

I am for the wallstreet protesters because they are allowed to use their freedom of speech.