BTG Story Presentaion
Peyton, Michael, Mahdi, Adam S.
1850-1890 Peyton Maloney
Literary Characteristics
The story Bartleby the Scrivener shows hopelessness and a show of two different sides with no real hero or villain among them. At a certain point one sees how hopeless he is
Major Events of the Time
1850-President Taylor dies and his Vice President Millard Fillmore takes over
1852-Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published
1857-Dred Scott vs Stanford
1860-Lincoln elected president
1861-1865- Civil War
1865-Lincoln assassinated
1882-US adopts standard time
1886-Statue of Liberty dedicated to America
Attitude of the Nation
The nation had a divided attitude for most the time until the statue of liberty united the country again. The divide in races was still large and unaddressed at this time though.
Advancements of the Time
1858-Jean Lenoir invents the internal combustion engine
1862-Richard Gatling patents the machine gun
1866-Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
Political Situations
This was the time of the civil war and reformation. This means the country was majorly divided and would be until the end of the period.
Social Tendencies
The war made a huge divide in the south between races but lessened the gap in the north.
Pop Culture (arts, music, etc)
Jazz and Blues were huge parts of the era. It describes the hardships that they have gone through and continued to go through during that time.
https://www.rochester.k12.mi.us/west-middle-school/announcements/29979/inventions-timeline-1850-1950
1890-1910 Adam Singer
Literary Characteristics
A sense of helplessness and sadness, however throughout the dark times the group persevered and unified therefore they were rewarded with safety and happiness in the end.
Major Events of the Time
The assassination of president McKinley, the creation of the ford motor company, as well as a coal mine explosion in West Virginia.
Attitude of the Nation
The nation was motivated driven, therefore this era was dubbed the progressive era. People strived to solve problems and help each other.
Advancements of the Time
Wireless communication was invented, as well as x-rays, the first powered airplane, and Einstein wrote his theory of relativity. Stop signs were first thought of in 1890. In 1893 the zipper was invented. In 1901 the assembly line was invented, making the production of different goods much more efficient and cheap. This idea was used by the ford motor company to create the ford Model T in 93 minutes, utilizing a conveyor belt.
Political Situations
Benjamin Harrison was the president in the early 1890’s the William McKinley was inaugurated in 1897 and assassinated in 1901 then Theodore Roosevelt took the presidential position.
Social Tendencies
There was a movement for woman's rights at the time, thus the NAWSA (National American Woman Suffrage Association) is found. There are 5-9 people in a family on average and the kids worked.
Pop Culture (arts, music, etc)
Woman wore long skirts and coats. Men worse coats, slacks and suits. Most people listened to jazz and country.
Sources:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_inventions_(1890–1945)
https://www.course-notes.org/US_History/Political_Timelines
http://www.cengage.com/resource_uploads/downloads/0176508651_384888.pdf
1910-1930 Mahdi Alrawi, Michael
Literary Characteristics- Mahdi/Michael
Depression, hopelessness
Major Events of the Time- Michael Nerren
1912- Titanic Sinks
1914- World War I begins
1917- U.S. Entered World War I
1918- Daylight Saving
1920- 18th and 19th amendment, First Commercial Radio Broadcast
1924- First winter olympic games
1925- Mein Kampf Published
1926- Gertrude Ederle swims english channel
1927- Lindbergh
1927- Model T came out, First talking movie
1929- Stock Market Crashes
Attitude of the Nation- Michael Nerren
Prohibition, Stock market fail, WWI all of this happened in this short time period which made the country's morale at an all time low. Given the amount of death and heartbreak that was happening with WWI and then when the stock market crashed and the great depression begun we lost all hope and happiness that we had before.
Advancements of the Time- Michael Nerren
1910- Neon Lamps
1911- Stenotype Machines
1913- Ecstasy, Crossword puzzles,
1916- Sonar
1920- Band Aid, Tommy Gun
1921- Lie detector, First robot built
1922- Insulin
1923- Frozen food, Self Winding watch, Traffic Signal,
1924- Dynamic loudspeaker
1925- Mechanical Television
1926- Liquid fueled rockets
1927- Aerosol can, Technicolor, COmplete Electronic TV system, Iron lung
1928- Penicillin, Electric shaver, Sliced Bread
1929- Car Radio
1930- Jet Engine, Differential Analyzer, Neoprene, Scotch tape
Political Situations-Mahdi Alrawi
1908-1912 Taft, 1912-1920 Wilson, 1920 Harding, 1924 Coolidge, and 1928 Hover.
US enters the WWI 1917, Stock market 1929, 18th adamant 1920, 19th adamant 1920, The immigration act
Social Tendencies-Mahdi Alrawi
The social tendencies woman started working, men working, some women become flappers. Everyone was drinking illegal hootch because it was banned so everyone would drink, all woman became free and were able to work and help out during the war.
Pop Culture (arts, music, etc)-Mahdi Alrawi
Jazz was one of the biggest pop culture, also the dance the tango was introduced, They also had many plays that were created at the time period.
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