Wake Up America, Photograph

Wake Up America, Photograph

The historical source that I am writing about is one of the most important sources that changed America’s course of direction. It was created by James Flagg in 1917.  In the cartoon, it shows a famous actress who symbolizes America and the freedom this country has,...
The White House

The White House

For my historical source, I decided to analyze the classic structure known as “The White House”. For some simple background, the White House was built between 1792-1800. The main architect behind the construction is known as James Hoban, a man whom George Washington...
W.E.B. Dubois and the Niagara Movement

W.E.B. Dubois and the Niagara Movement

  W.E.B. Du Bois gave the speech at the Niagra Movement in 1905 at Harpers Ferry. It was a gathering of 28 leaders of the Civil Rights movement, and their goal was to argue for the end of discrimination and segregation and it outlined five demands ((W.E.B. Du...
Votes for Women Bandwagon

Votes for Women Bandwagon

The Votes for women bandwagon political cartoon provided by the Library of Congress best describes the state of America, for women, around the twentieth century. The Women’s Suffrage Movement was established because “nineteenth and early twentieth century women who...
Child Labor in the Early 1900s

Child Labor in the Early 1900s

This historical source is a photograph of a 14-year-old newsie taken by sociologist and muckraker photographer Lewis Wickes Hine in February 1910. Hine produced over a hundred photographs documenting child labor in the United States which was instrumental to the...