Response to Question 1 In the pictorial, Miss Colombia’s School House (1894), shows the male figure representing Hawaii and the female figure representing Canada being excluded from the United States. It seems that the male figure representing Hawaii is disappointed that he is not allowed in, but the female figure representing Canada seems to look like she does not mind not being allowed in. I believe that the perceptions of the south are also included in the pictorial. An example of this would be the fact that the African American child appears to be holding a weapon.…
Castro Valley, California The bedroom community of Castro Valley, California is home to an estimated 61,388 residents. This census-designated place is located in Alameda County and was once known for the many chicken ranches in the area. Today, this community is experiencing positive job growth and has a lower than average unemployment rate. On the other hand, the cost of living in this location is considerably higher than other parts of the United States.…
Just north of Key Biscayne in sunny Miami, Virgina Key is a protected barrier Island in the Atlantic ocean. Consisting of 863 acres of land, it was once much larger, extending into the Ft. Lauderdale area. Between 1835 and 1838 hurricanes eroded the beach, creating inlets and dividing the island in two. The other portion became Fisher Island, which sits at the southernmost tip of Miami Beach. Virgina Key was a part of the civil rights movement.…
Jared Diamond espouses the view that the “root of inequality” is the geographical location of a country and the resources it possesses. According to Diamond, all societies in the world were equally wealthy at one time in history. Unfortunately, global environmental changes made some parts of the world to experience harsh weather conditions that made traditional hunting and gathering inefficient in providing food for households. Regions that were geographically disadvantaged were unable to access adequate resources and skills for their development. Diamond uses New Guinea, which is a poor country, and the United States, a wealthy nation, for his analysis.…
After reading The Sprawl Debate and the Principles of New Urbanism the topic that really stood out to me was mixed land uses and its increase in density. In the Sprawl Debate Article it explains how new urbanist communities are meant to be more than subdivisions. Its plans are to have an open organized row of services and workplace locations by only developing a broad mix of land. Now this idea can be viewed as either a Pro or Con. Sprawl Debate:…
The Western Migration After the Civil War, people migrated west giving up all that they had for many different reasons, and to do many different things; one reason in particular was to gain a better life. The Civil War caused economic problems in the south, for this reason people migrated west to gain economically. Moving west meant better job opportunities, land ownership, and agriculture. Different groups of people picked up and moved west and in doing so, they encountered major barriers. These groups of people included African- Americans, Mexicans, and Native American to name a few with the hopes to become landowners.…
The United States won control over Puerto Rico in 1898 after the Spanish-American War was over, Spain had surrendered the remainder of its overseas colonial empire to the United States. Even though Puerto Ricans were not considered citizens of the United States till 1917 with the Jones Act some say that “Puerto Ricans have been ‘born in the U.S.A’ since 1898.” (Nieto, 515) Once the United States had control over Puerto Rico, they had to decide the relationship with them and in 1952 they establish the status as a commonwealth. Puerto Rico gained its own Constitution and although they can organize their local government how they want to, Congress power over the U.S territory did not change or decreased. Once this relationship was established…
Summary of Sir Edward Anthony Wrigley’s work Urban Growth and Agricultural Change: England and the Continent in the Early Modern Period Sir Edward Anthony Wrigley is a well-known British demographer, who, in his paper Urban Growth and Agricultural Change: England and the Continent in the Early Modern Period, links changes in urban population to rising income per capita and agricultural productivity in economies before industrialization. In order to understand this relationship, we need to first follow Wrigley in describing how urban population changed over several centuries in England and how these changes were related to changes in real income. We need to first consider the 16th century. Between 1520 and 1600, when England experienced a…
During the period from the mid-16th century (1500s) to the 19th century (1800s), the Spanish controlled large areas of the modern-day Southwest and West Coast of the United States. Florida was originally colonized by the Spanish and includes St. Augustine, the oldest permanent European colony in North America. Spanish explorers landed in Florida during the Easter season ("Pascua Florida") and called the land "Florida," which means flowery in Spanish. The Spanish also controlled large areas in the modern-day states of Texas, California, and New Mexico.…
During the 16th century to the 19th century, there were a lot of slave trade going on in the Americas and Europe. Some of the Africans were captured while other Africans were bought from local African or African-European dealers. They would be shipped in a big boat packed and would be sent to America. But the question here is “Why were Africans more enslaved than any other races?” It could have been Asians or Latinos who were enslaved but why was it that Africans were enslaved?…
The Spanish started coming to Florida with the population of two hundred thousand that was already decreasing from the disease from the Caribbean. The disease from the Caribbean’s came the Spaniards while the where trading and the let the natives in Florida know who they were. Juan Ponce de Leon went to land and named it Florida the primary goal was to get slaves for labor, sexual, guides, porters, and suppliers. While at the bay getting repairs being approached by archers and shield men they attacked leading to the capture of women but warriors caused them to withdraw. Three Spanish ships tried to stop at the bay, but stopped by the warriors, but killed thirty-five of the Indians.…
The zip code 30114 is located in Cherokee County, a north metro Atlanta county which contains the cities of Woodstock, Canton, Ball Ground, Holly Springs and Waleska. The issue of suburban sprawl is the most pressing problem in the 30114 zip code. I choose this zip code as opposed to the zip code where I live 30064, because I'm constantly observing and critiquing sociological information where I live, so I choose to observe a different area from a sociological perspective. My boyfriend lives in this zip code so I am in the area frequently and observe the constant changes and problems that are occurring as this area is developing rapidly.…
Economy Two studies, 26 years apart, conducted an analysis of the effects of Cuban immigration on the Miami labor market after the Mariel boatlift. The first study conducted by David card showed that 50% of Cubans that immigrated during the Mariel boatlift decided to reside in Miami permanently ( quote). This resulted in a 7% increase and workers in the Miami market and a 20% increase in the Cuban working population ( Card). The study also showed that the employment rate rose from 5% in April 1987 .1% in July 1980. in 1990 looked at the bottom quarter of workers in Miami and concluded that the Mariel boatlift had had virtually no effect on the wages of low skilled non Cubans.…
The scarcity of resources has the potential to cause damage to modern society in the near future. Resources like food, water, and fuels help maintain society. Without proper access or enough resources to go around, society can be in for some consequences. In Jared Diamond’s essay, “The Last Americans”, he explains how the Mayan civilization collapsed due to a variety of reasons, one of which being a lack of resources. He then draws parallels to how the issue could play a role in modern society.…
I have always loved the magnificent country that we live in, but after researching about Cuban’s desiring to migrate to this great land, I have realized how much I have taken for granted all that the Lord has blessed us with. Unfortunately, not all people groups are blessed in such a way, and this fact had been made clear to me when I looked into what Cubans need to live through, and do for their families in order to survive. Based off the few articles that I had looked into, it was clear that there are different types of people living in Cuban; people who feel hopeless to the point that they would build their own raft to float across the ocean, and others who feel like Cuba is their homeland, and they know it is where they want to stay (Silva).…