American History Homework Seven Answers - Student Seventeen

DanielleR.

1.‘The Gilded Age’, named that by Samuel Clemens, was the period during the late 1800’s where everything appeared to be golden and shiny, but underneath its surface it was full of corruption and greed.

Excellent, will use as a model answer!

2.I like Thomas Edison because despite everything he had going against him, being mostly deaf and deemed an idiot, he became one of the most influential men in the world. I think that if he hadn’t been homeschooled, his teacher would’ve ignored him because she thought he was dumb and he would’ve been discouraged. Putting Edison in public school would’ve been more of a handicap than being mostly deaf.

Superb.

3.To Americans the frontier was land to acquire and inhabit. They were free to work it, produce food, and provide for their family.

Terrific, but how did that influence their views? Always be sure to answer the question that is asked: "How do you think the frontier might have affected the views of Americans?" (Minus 1).

4.I think that the freedom and choices America offers is the perfect environment for inventors to thrive in. They had nothing holding them back except their imagination.

Good, nice point about imagination.

5.I think that political cartoons are an extremely important part of history. They stick with you more than words. They allow people to express their opinions in a way that grasps the reader without them feeling like they’re trying to be persuaded. One of the most famous and influential political cartoon is Uncle Sam’s ‘I want you’ picture. This is still extremely popular today.

Superb.

6.Other than obviously Edison, Rockefeller made oil a big business and is still a hot topic today in the current election.

Nice tie-in to the current election!

7.The cartoon depicts Uncle Sam on a horse sinking in the quicksand of gold. The cartoonist puts prosperity far away where Sam is trying to go, but has to get past all the bimetallism and controversy to get there. The cartoonist obviously does not see the use of gold as a way to success and prosperity.

Good.

H3. Debate: Do you support a "spoils system" or a "civil service system"? Although nothing can be 100% perfect because we’re only human, I think that a civil service system would probably work better than the spoils system. If a president wins the election and puts all the men in office that agree with his point of view, than he has more power. Power is never good in human hands.

Excellent point!

H4. No, I do not support unions. In a union, it doesn’t matter how hard you work or how much you accomplish, unions just say that you aren’t being paid enough for it. This discourages working hard to earn your raise because you can be lazy and still get paid well for it.

Superb again! Will also use as a model answer.

H5. My view of his speech was that it was extremely well written, but contained ideas that are not what America needs. He was speaking what Americans wanted to hear and on his own passion. It sounded good, but needed to be useful and applicable to actually be good.

Excellent.

Terrific answers. Score: 99/100. Congratulations!--Aschlafly 18:57, 1 November 2008 (EDT)