Exam #4 part1 prompt 1

The Russian and the French revolution happened because of poor leaders and poor economy.

Exam #4 part2 prompt 2

-"Pablo Picasso's Guernica is a work of art and not propoganda." I disagree with this statement. Propaganda is when a picture symbolizes something and that is all that is needed to get the point across. In my mind Guernica symbolizes the terrible destruction in the bombing. It also symbolizes the suffering and hardship that the town faced.
- Guernica shows many faces that look distressed and it also shows many different body parts all jumbled together. I think this symbolizes all the lives that were taken and all the innocent people who had to suffer because of something they did not know was coming.
- The picture also shows smoke coming out of blackness in one of the corners. This relates to what the town would have looked like when it was bombed. It was empty, filled with nothingness and blackness, smoke rising from the devastated town. Pablo Picasso's Geurnica is a work of art and propoganda.

Stalingrad Questions

1. What does Joseph Stalin's advice to the people of Stalingrad say about him as a leader?
*** It says that he is a strong leader but that he does not care about the lives of the people. He just wants to win and take care of himself.



2. Explain why Hitler would react in the way shown after signing a Non-Aggression Pact with Stalin?
*** Hitler would do that because he knew he had them believing that there was going to be no fighting. He would attack and be prepared but Stalin would not be prepared. Hitler would be able to defeat them.



3. Explain the significance of propaganda in this battle, using examples from the posters.
*** Propaganda showed how much hitler was hated. It shows many pictures of things that represented the nazis being stapped or harmed.

4. What do the extremes of the war reveal about what it takes to win a total war?
*** It takes a lot to win a total war. It takes seeing people die and losing loved ones. It takes being hungry and lonely but pushing yourself to fight. It takes strength, motivation and determination.

5. How does the story of Vasily Zaitsev relate to the war in Iraq?
*** The German side had all kinds of military equipment and the Russian side didn't. In Iraq the U.S has all kinds of military equipment and Iraq doesn't have has high tech equipment.

6. In times of crisis, sometimes heroic figures emerge. Which figure emerged in a similar way to Vasily after the terrorist attacks of 9/11?
*** The firemen because they went into Iraq and helped out people who were in need of it.

Book Portfolio- Fast Food Nation

Fast food relies on unsafe and unhealthy working conditions to make a profit. J.R Simplot is the main supplier of french fries to McDonalds. He sells them for thirty cents a pound and in turn McDonalds sells them for six dollars a pound. This is a big improvement compared to making their own fries, it is less time consuming to buy frozen fries than it is to make homemade french fries.


McDonalds also gets their meat from meat packing plants. Workers in the meat factories are mostly latino women. They are in a cramped space and they trim the fat off the meat and slice it in a matter of seconds. One of the most dangerous jobs in the meatpacking industry is cleaning up. The clean up crew is made up of mostly illegal immigrants and they are paid one third less than regular employees. They use a high powered hose that shoots out a water and chlorine mixture that is heated up to about one hundred eighty degrees. The plant fills with a fog and it gets hard to see even five feet in front of you. They clean out grease, fat, manure and leftover meat scraps. The plant can get as hot as one hundred degrees when being cleaned. This shows how dangerous the job was. It is like the industrial revolution. Women had dangerous jobs and were not paid nearly enough.

The working conditions are very poor. There is very many accounts of people being injured. One person lost two fingers in one of the machines and his supervisor told him that, "If one hand is no good, use the other." At the Dakota City Plant the injury rate was one third higher than the average. The plant did not report serious injuries like fractures, concussions, major cuts, hernias and some that required surgery, hospitalization and even amputation.

One worker reached into a machine to remove a piece of meat. The machine turned on and his arm got stuck. He was rushed to the hospital and his shoulder was sewn up. After he got stitches and a prescription , he returned to the slaughterhouse and was put back on the production line. Another worker named Kenney tried to catch a ninety pund box and was knocked off balance. He fell against the conveyor belt and the metal rim pierced his lower back. The company doctor bandaged him up and said it was just a pulled muscle. He stayed home for a couple of days and then returned to work. He later saw another doctor and was told that he had a pair of severely herniated disks. He had to have back surgery and spent a month in the hospital. He was having financial diffuculties and returned to the slaughterhouse.

One time Kenney was asked to disinfect the plant because of Salmonella contamination. He had to spray a liquid chlorine mix, which to spray he needed safety goggles, protective gloves, a self contained respirator and full coveralls. All he was given was a paper dust mask. He went home and became ill. He was rushed to the hospital and put in an oxygen tent. His lungs had been burned and his body was covered in blisters from the chemicals. He eventually recovered and went back to work. He later broke his leg stepping into a hole at the slaughterhouse and was then given a job carrying bags of knives up steep flights of stairs for recycling. Kenney had a heart attack while trying to loft heavy boxes one day and while recuperating was fired.
" They used me to the point where I had no body parts left to give," said Kenney."Then they just tossed me in the trashcan." This quote shows how unfair it was in the meatpacking industry, but do you think McDonald's cared about those people? Probably not. It was cheap labor and McDonald's made a profit so they couldn't complain about what went on outside of their restaurants. They were making a profit from those peoples unhealthy and unsafe working conditions.

The Columbian Exchange transformed the world in a more radical (drastic) way than any other development in world history. One significant effect of this process(advance) was the establishment of the Triangle Trade. While many factors were a part of the Triangle Trade, the rapid growth in both supply and demand for new commodities was the largest motivating element. This time period may be best associated(linked) with economic developments, but it is impossible to analyze(consider) this period without considering the intense social impact that the Triangle Trade had on those involved. In truth, a full understanding can only be gained by appreciating(understanding) how economic and social factors(happenings) impact each other in history.



The Columbian Exchange which is the exchange of goods from Europe and America, changed the world in a drastic way. One effect of this advance was the beginning of the Triangle Trade. The triangle trade was a route that was taken to get slaves. The quick growth in supply and demand for new commodities was the biggest moving element. This time period could be best linked with economic advancement, but it is impossible to consider this period without bringing into thought the huge social impact that the triangle trade had on the people involved in it. You have to understand how economic and social happenings impact each other in history to understand everything.

Ashlee Davis and Danielle Sylvester

The British Parliament got rid of the transatlantic slave trade in 1807, which increased planters costs when the price of sugar was already dropping. About two thirds of slaves shipped across the Atlantic ended up in sugar colonies.

In Jamaica in 1832 each plantation had about sixty slaves. The sugar plantations were some of the most profitable and some of the largest. Twenty years after the battle of Trafalgar, Jamaican planters began to complain about poverty. There was little sanitation in Jamaican towns , houses were over- crowded, the yards and streets were neglected. Thirty-two thousand people died from cholera because of unclean water.

In 1852 small pox also killed many people. To receive medical treatment the slave had to work on the plantation. Many diseases , like Cholera, malaria and influenza struck the slaves, especially in the summer months.

The abolition of slave trade brought changes in the treatment of slaves. It was no longer worth it to work a slave beyond their limits. Some slaves acquired money which meant they could buy themselves out of slavery, or bought the freedom of their children.

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This image shows a women leading a group of men, she is also walking across many men who are laying down. This image shows how women started to have rights and power. It also shows how many people lost their lives in battle during the French Revolution.

This shows the tennis court oath. It shows many people in a meeting and no one is fighting, everyone is being civilized. This picture shows the beginning of government that is not run by a king or a queen but instead run by the people.

This is a picture of the guitine and all the people who would come watch someone be executed. It is of the man who pulled the rope and a man holding an executed head. This shows the power that many people had and it also shows that people did not have many rights, they just had to do as they were told or else.

This is probably later on in the industrial revolution because it is a big building and their is smog coming from the chimneys. That tells me that the things inside are run by coal or something more advanced.

Global Slavery

Danielle Sylvester and Ashlee Davis.
How they were treated
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Technology

I am not comfortable with using technology for everything. It would be hard for me because if I need to finish some work I do not have a computer at home. I also don't know much about technology.