Big Questions

·       Why did the US get involved in WWI?

       Th U.S got involved in WWI because of the ties that a vast number of Citizens had to countries in Europe  also because of our relationship with allied powers, also because of the Zimmerman telegram.

       What major events had shapes its readiness to participate in global issues?

       Major events that shaped the U.S.'s readiness to participate in global issues are the three presidents prior to the war making the U.S more involved in international affairs, 

     

       How had it become prepared to participate in modern warfare overseas?

        The US became prepared by converting factories to make war time goods, created propaganda to increase enlistment, and made good allies.

·       What aspects of US involvement were the subject of debate?

       The aspects of U.S involvement that were subject to debate was the while still being neutral they supplied the allied countries with weapons, and whether they should have ever entered the war at all

·       For the US, what was involvement in WWI like? 

       For the US the involvement in WWI started the concept of the US being the police of the world

·       How was the US affected by its participation in WWI?

       The economy was struggling after the war, and people head a hard time adjusting back to normal life, soldiers out of jobs. And the losses sustained even though minimal compared to other countries still greatly affected america.

Propaganda In WWI part 2

Did the poster sets you reviewed accomplish the goal of the American government during this time frame (WWI) or was more effort needed?

Yes I think the posters that were put in public during this time period were very constructive, most likely increasing the amount of people enlisting, and contributing to the war effort in general. The only drawback is that at this time the poster was no longer the only form of advertising, the radio, and film. So even if people were  tired of th eposters there were still places that coulee played a bigger role in the american propaganda movement.

This first poster from a second set highlights this older woman right in the middle, reaching out to the audience. Alng with this the first thing you see in this is "WOMEN!" showing that the authors intent in this poster was to catch the attention of women, most likely women who have children involved in the war. The purpose of this poster is to evoke women's sense of motherhood in an effort to sell them more liberty bonds, to "help americas sons"
This poster doesn't differ much from the posters in the first set, this still uses the american flag to show patriotism and heavily advertises liberty bonds, with some sort of statement relating to a specific audience

The first thing I notice in this poster in the woman handing out food, and how happy the man on the bottom right is after he received food. The way the author portrays the woman, the way she is dressed, and how she is standing above them gives a feeling of motherhood to her, and makes her look very generous and kind.
The audience trying to be reached is working class people who can donate money to the war effort.
This poster differs from the ones in the first set in that there is less of a specific message, and it is more metaphorical.

The first thing I notice in this poster is that the man in the center is dead from a head injury, and shown in a very bad position. On top of the Serbian flag. The purpose of this poster is to make the viewer feel guilty, or to evoke pretty much any sense of emotion that might get someone to join the war effort. Also the poster says "your help" not americas but directly "You".
the audience trying to be reached in this is pretty much anyone that could aid the war effort.
This is different than the other posters because instead of being patriotic and symbolic, it has nothing to do with america. And is very straight forward.

The first thing I notice in this poster is the words, saying that if you save a loaf of bread a week you could help win the war. It seems like a little bit of  a stretch but the message is still true. the author wanted to reach the audience of people still living in america, the consumer class, the people eating and playing in excess, trying to spread a message of conservation for the sake of the troops.
this poster is different than the first set also because it is less patriotic, and instead of asking you to do something it suggests that you help by doing(eating) less

WWI Propaganda

1) Propaganda is a publication that invokes some sense of hough on a subject and suggests a stance on that subject, or action that needs to take place.

2)Propaganda is "information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view".-google "Propaganda"

Piece 1) The first thing I notice when looking at this image is the man on a horse, the color of gold, and I think that this shows the glory you can attain by enlisting, specifically targeting young men this piece of propaganda is very specific in saying enlist, its your duty.
Intent on this is to get young men to join the war effort
assumptions about the audience are that they enjoy camaraderie and consider themselves patriotic

Piece 2) The first thing i notice about this image is uncle sam's pointing finger, and eyes directly facing the viewer, and the word "you" emboldened. This piece has very bright colors and is more demanding of the viewer saying "I want you" to enlist
The authors intent is to make people enlist in the US army
The assumption about the viewer is that they feel the need to help when called upon

Piece 3) The first thing I notice about this poster is the separation between "I want you" and the rest, with the woman in-between, implying that if you enlist in the navy you might have women more attracted to you
The authors intent in this poster is to portray benefits of joining the navy, getting girls, and the promotion headline at the bottom
The artists assumption about the viewer is that they are young men who still are yet to settle down(marry)

I am very comfortable with the government using tax dollars to create propaganda, especially in america where it is less likely that the government is corrupt and feeding lies to the public. My thoughts are, if the government is in need then most likely we should respond and help

I think the federal government saw it necessary to invest in propaganda posters during WWI because of our not being completely prepared for a large confrontation, much less hundreds of miles away. These posters helped get people to invest, and enlist, and contribute in many ways towards the war effort in order to aid in stopping the war

Birmingham Field Trip

What I knew prior to the trip to the civil rights was the situation about protesters being sprayed with firehoses, and attacked by police dogs, also I knew the 16th street bombing happened but nothing more than that fact, I knew that there was a group of pro integration supporters rode a bus across south-eastern america in order to protest civil rights. The things that going to the civil rights institute brought to light for me was that the people in the downtown Birmingham protests were mostly teenagers, and that they had a goal of getting themselves arrested. One of the focal points of the Civil rights institutes exhibits was the church bombing exhibits, they put together the whole story and showed real evidence that it actually happened, really solidifying the reality of what happened and how those 4 little girls died that day. I didn't know that the freedom riders met so much diversity and aggression but still rode on, and even had a sort of military protection part of the way. I didn't know the extent of the systematic oppression that people of color faced in that there were people in positions of great power and authority that were openly racist, and that the acts of racism back then were hardly hidden and so widespread. The thing that stood out to me the most about our trip to Birmingham was the timeline that the museum layer out portraying the span of 50 years that authorities spent relentlessly searching for the people responsible for the bombing, the dedication of the FBI to investigate the case for that long really showed how some people were truly bought in to this movement.

Do we have control over the future?

As a human race in total I think we have complete control over our future, if there were a way to eliminate conflict and work together anything could be accomplished, as of right now smaller things other than world peace are still very controllable. The role i see for governments and institutions are to lead by example and to help facilitate progress through individual study and or experimentation. Other things that can shape the future are the creation of institution, to further society. I support very strongly the idea that we shape our own future and always have the ability to change the outcome of your current situation.

What people thought the 2000's would be like

Dominick Lioce
http://mentalfloss.com/article/57835/12-predictions-year-2000-19th-century-german-chocolate-company

In a gimmick by a chocolate maker in the 19th century a man named Theodore Hildebrand put a series of twelve postcards in the chocolate they sold each depicting something that would occur in the next hundred or so years, this included personal flying machines, shoes hat could walk on water, air ships, boats that could go onto a railroad without stopping, a roofed city, movable houses, even a good weather machine. the predictions that didn't come true are the roofed city, good weather mating, and railroad boat.

http://www.upworthy.com/11-ridiculous-future-predictions-from-the-1900-worlds-fair-and-3-that-came-true

flying cars, firemen with wings, domesticate whales and use for transportation, technology in education

still haven't perfects flying cars or even thought about whales for transportation
We do have technological uses in education

Analytical Article on Policing in a Developing America

     Throughout civilized history there has always been necessity of the law, and enforcing it. In modern day we call the people who enforce and carry out the law the Police. The police as we know it is very organized, efficient, well informed, and pervasive across most parts of the world. Not many people think about the reasons behind why we have such an effective police force. We have this established police force mainly based on need, because of how rapidly hundreds of thousands of people immigrated to america, and realizing how out of hand the urbanizing cities were becoming. The homocide rates skyrocketed, specifically leading up to and during prohibition in 1919.

       In the early to mid eighteen hundreds the leadership in america began realizing through "rising civil disruptions in the north regarding racial or ethnic disputes and skyrocketing immigration rates"(Policing In america) that the night watch system used in the seventeen hundreds was not effective enough to keep order inside these rapidly growing cities during the day time. Immigration led to urbanization because of the amount of poor people immigrating to the united states. They could not afford suburban housing so people took advantage of that and made tenements causing a huge overcrowding problem and also causing a large amount of the population to congregate in one area making a rapid and overwhelming change in crime rates.These events led to the establishment of the first police stations in New York City-1844 and Boston-1838 These two large cities became pioneers and models for what the police would come to be in the near future. These kinds of large booming cities were the primary ground to start a Police enforce because of rising tension between races, ethnicities, the higher likelihood of crime because of the proximity of people from one another combined with the poverty rate, and the huge amount of strikes and riots being carried out because of wage gaps and poor working conditions. “New York City had 5,090 strikes, involving almost a million workers from 1880 to 1900; Chicago had 1,737 strikes, involving over a half a million workers in the same period” to control these massive riots and strikes business owners tried to hire people to subdue the workers, but that only made the employees further resent them. This is where the  police came in, a third party figure to subdue the rioting while staying mostly impartial. The only problem was that in the early stages of policing there was a  massive amount of corrupt officers.

       The large amount of immigrants coming to the United states caused multiple things, a large overcrowding issue and a wage gap. People who provided tenements and such services profited greatly from the great number of migrants coming into america's cities, while the immigrants got poorer and poorer. The poverty in the tenement buildings and areas similar to the tenements drove many people to crime, the new and undertrained inefficient police force followed this trend and either focused on the larger problem at hand or were corrupted and payed to look the other way. The wage gap created a stressful environment in which Political bosses, gangs and the wealthy ran rampant without any police interference. These wealthy people and political bosses were the ones starting and funding these police stations which was the reason for the high amount of corrupted police. The american leadership in these cities were realizing the necessity for a incorruptible strong police force.

The reactive nature of the new police system was found to be ineffective and they started shifting toward a preventive system, starting first with getting police officers much more training, vetting, uniforms,

Uniforms implemented in Americas Police

and eventually multiple branches and forms of policing. The need to innovate and stay ahead of criminals created a whole new world of career for an american citizen. Police officers were dying because of the lack of actual authority of organization within the policing system. These deaths of police officers eventually led to officers carrying guns, being able to use deadly force on a citizen. This changed how people looked at the police forever. This was when the police truly started to take control and show they had authority and were going to maintain order.

Homicide rates in america Police officer deaths in america


The development of the police force in urbanizing america aided in the innovation of many other fields(through necessity to have a successful police force)  and opportunities in america, it sparked the start of american policing, investigation, forensic science, fire control, fixing homelessness, and a large number of other important themes that needed fixing in this time period. This necessity to innovate the police force led to the beginning of Forensic Science in 1880 when the first forms of fingerprinting was being used in america, it changed how we kept track of criminals in america,

First fingerprints officially taken in america

the development of vice squads to enforce laws regarding prostitution, gambling, and alcohol and narcotics abuse. This was further specializing the police and making them much more efficient. The police still walking a beat began using special telegraph systems to report crimes, or call for assistance which turned into a telephone that police and citizens could use to contact the police.

To the left: Police Woman using police Contact Phone
The police also started implementing hand writing analysis, and legitimizing early polygraph use. All of this innovation culminated in the development of the first forensic criminal investigation labs in america, and the start of federal involvement in policing. The bureau of investigation, the first version of the FBI was created in 1908. This sparked the rush of government involvement in the policing area. The government involvement in policing eventually led to the establishment of the first federal crime laboratory in 1932, and the National Police Academy in 1935.
        The rapid innovation and success of the police force can be directly related to urbanization in that if it weren't for the massive amount of immigrants flooding the urban areas of america causing much to rapid urbanization of the largest cities. As a result of this crime went up and order went down. To respond to this problem the Police Force had to become more efficient in order to keep society afloat, and be a conducive environment for the people of america. Without the problems created by the large scale immigration the government would have never been pushed to create such an effective police force and the police as we know it today would be completely different, for the worse of all of our well being.

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