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America Self making and Self Help - Coggle Diagram
America Self making and Self Help
Backbone of the country (historical figures)
Benjamin Franklin, along with many inventions he created, Mr. Franklin would be considered a self made man and in the 1700's one of the new world's greatest philosophers
Booker T. Washington an African-American activist who would go on to advise multiple presidents throughout his life, and would take part in the Atlanta compromise in hopes of promoting new ways of life for fellow African-Americans
Frederick Douglass. He was once a slave, escaped slavery, taught himself to read and write, and fought for the abolition of slavery "If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
Edgar Allen Poe was a poet who was a central believer in the romanticism era. Romanticism was an era where it mainly emphasized the individual and the individual freedom that people had.
The raven poem he wrote was about the ability that grief has on a person to prevent people to live their day to day life's.
W.E.B Dubois was an African-American activist and a lot of his views tended to clash with what Booker T. Washington views were. A main thing was the disagreement of the views on voting.
Malcolm X was a prominent figure during the segregation era. In his "message to the grassroots", Malcolm X tried to light a fire underneath the African-American community and get them to see the actual problem that was causing the black folk to be separated from the "rest of the world". Called the "white man an enemy to everyone"
Discrimination/Hardships
Chinese exclusion act. This act was the first of it's time and it excluded the immigration of the Chinese to America
The Waltz written by Dorothy Parker is a story of hardships. Can be seen as a document/poem of how certain women felt during this era when men would ask to dance. The lady thing was to be polite and say yes even if deep down the women did not want anything to do with the man.
People rule, not God nor the government
Thomas Paine Common Sense, people weren't given the right from God to be born and instantly start to rule people. Believed in what would eventually become America's democracy
Henry David Thoreau brought up the idea of "civil disobedience" in which he believed the people themselves should follow their own consciences and ignore the government laws
Success
Marco Rubio Presidential speech. Prime example of the American Dream, family came from nothing, worked hard and Rubio's parents made their children's lives a lot better and catapulted him to follow his dream "If we remember that family – not government – is the most important institution in society, that all life deserves protection, and that all parents deserve to choose the education that’s right for their children, then we will have a strong people and a strong nation"
Theodore Roosevelt the 26th president gave a "blueprint" of how boys should be living their lives in order to get something out of their lives.
"Work hard and play harder"
Declaration of Independence was an extremely article that officially declared it's freedom from England. Took a lot of advice from Thomas Paine's common sense. This is under the success category because this was America's first and successful attempt at freedom
Horatio Alger was an American author who was famous for writing stories of the "rags to riches" stories which included the stories called ragged dick. These stories showed the true American dream; coming from nothing, working hard, and finally make something of yourself
Major Historical Events
Tulsa Massacre, massive racial event where african-americans were targeted and killed just due to their race. A part in history where US tends to gloss over the massacre that happened in their own backyard
Salem witch trials, a "witch" hunt during the 1700's, many people accused of witchcraft and many people were killed in the trials . Many people during this time were killed due to their political beliefs .
Cotton Mather was an American Puritan clergy man who lead the charge in the Salem witch trials. Loved by man New Englanders, believed heavily in witchcraft which lead to him helping in the hunt for "witches"The devil is now making one Attempt more upon us; an Attempt more Difficult, more Surprizing, more snarl’d with unintelligible Circumstances than any that we have hitherto Encountered
The "New" suburbia. People finally moved out of the city out to suburbs and this became the new norm. Instead of cramming families in small apartments in the city, people would move their family to the suburbs to begin their "new" life.
Religion
John Winthrop believed that the massachusettes colony would serve as the "city on the hill". He wanted the rest of the world to follow closely in his footsteps
Johnathan Edwards inspired many people to follow him and help start the first great awakening through his work titled "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God".
