Theodore Cleaver

Civilization Badge Session One 2016-2017 Signatures: MS:___________________________________ MS:___________________________________ LP/Guide:_______________________________ Badge Requirements Earning a Civilization Badge For each Civilization Badge: Lead at least one Socratic Civilization Discussion where your group agrees you were well prepared and submit the Launch, Socratic Questions and Close you prepared. For each discussion you don't lead: Post your answers to the research question plus…

The American dream led the country to believe that every citizen could achieve prosperity if they had the initiative and determination. America’s amber waves of grain and cherry trees drew enticed others to come to America. A man named Dennis Daley came over to America at age seventeen. He came because he wanted a better life than he had in Ireland. He has $15.00 in his pocket and that was it. He landed in Boston and every sign discouraged the Irish from applying. The Irish did not have a good…

A Change in Economy A Political Scientist, Cas Mudde wrote, "Many observers have noted that populism is inherent to representative democracy; after all, do populists not juxtapose the pure people against the corrupt elite?" In the late 1800s, at the time of the Gilded Age – an era of economic growth and development -- monopolies dominated the economy, and the wealthy controlled the working class. Subsequently, due to the advanced technology and brilliant inventions that overtook manpower, and…

From the beginning of the poem, one can already sense that this poem seems dark since the poem introduced the father as drunk, as the line clearly goes like this: “The whiskey on your breath could make a small boy dizzy.” The father might have had too much to drink to make the little boy say, “it could make a small boy dizzy.” Then the word, “death”, is seen in the third line of the first stanza, and the line goes, “But I hung on like death.” I could imagine that the father might have lifted the…

The building of the Panama Canal was overseen by Theodore Roosevelt who was president at the time. This was a goal that the United States was reaching at for a long time. This was a trans-isthmian canal that would later help in the transportation of materials across the coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific. In the mid nineteenth century, the United States and Great Britain began to discuss a Clayton-Bulwer Treaty to that would rival a proposed canal through the Central American Republic of…

The Progressivism started in the nineteenth century, more specifically in 1900 to 1920 the was a reform movement complex and fascinating political movement. Its goal was a greater democracy, honest, efficient and active government making more justice for the society and regulating the business. The purpose of the government was to expand the power so government can play more positive role in the society and its principal role was to use the government as an agency of human welfare. The…

The Unabomber Theodore J. Kaczynski otherwise known as the Unabomber was an American domestic terrorist. Theodore, also known as Ted was born on May 22, 1942, in Chicago Illinois. When he was a child he had an allergic reaction to a medication. He was then isolated and kept away from people till he recovered. After he was released from isolation, people said that his personality was different, It was also said that the arrival of his younger brother played a roll in his behaviors. He was…

One Muckraker’s Societal Influence: The Movement of Federal Food Regulation Issued in the United States Upton Sinclair, once said due to public recognition of his 1904 novel, The Jungle “I aimed for the public's heart, and by accident I hit the stomach instead”. A socialist, and muckraker railed for public outcry of labor equity. He launched a consumer movement through the midst of a harsh stockyard strike from unfairly payed wage workers, socialist writer Upton Sinclair visited Chicago’s…

Theodore Roosevelt lead the United States as president during the Progressive Era (1890-1920). It was an important time for the country in which goals were to refine political and social life of Americans. Roosevelt seemed to have really cared about the citizens of the United States, and worked hard to have a relationship with the people in order to improve the nation. He had a drive to not only society but also government. He is considered a good president because he worked hard for the…

The Monroe Doctrine was enunciated in December 2, 1823 by the fifth president of the United Stated, James Monroe. According to the Office of the Historian: “The three main concepts of the doctrine—separate spheres of influence for the Americas and Europe, non-colonization, and non-intervention—were designed to signify a clear break between the New World and the autocratic realm of Europe (Historian).” In other words, the purpose of this doctrine was to let the world know that not only United…