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  1. Last 7 days
    1. If this is true from a purely economic point of view, what then of the outlook front the Christian standpoint?

      The attributes of religion and having faith in a God is a segment many use as escape in such conditions. This has become propionate in this paragraph. I believe this is still promenade today as many hold religious faith. In addition I believe economic Segways have no place in religious settings.

    2. What are you going to do about it? is the question of to-day.

      I believe the author first handedly effected by such living conditions as he expresses so much distress and urgency for change and the inclination to help others do the same.

    3. “one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.”

      I thought this quote was relevant to not just this living era but to how civilization works as a whole. As humans, we remain so worked up about our own functionality and our lives that we fail to witness the living conditions of others. I believe as humans we are naturally selfish because of our blindness to others.

    4. . We know now that there is no way out; that the “system” that was the evil offspring of public neglect and private greed has come to stay, a storm-centre forever of our civilization. Nothing is left but to make the best of a bad bargain.

      The parenthesis around system highlights the awareness the author has on this spoken civilization. it gives context on the real living conditions weather it be physically or emotionally.

  2. Sep 2025
    1. Like the Populists, however, socialists had tapped into a deep well of discontent, and their energy and organizing filtered out into American culture and American politics.

      At what point in time did these populist change their outlook and feel hopeful for their future?

    2. police forces killed several workers while breaking up protesters

      The way in which this sentence is written gives light towards police force action and the reality of brutality. It highlights the realness of corruption at this Tim,e and the fear businessman had that this would consume their public image.

    3. The strong must grow stronger, and that they may do so, they must waste no strength in the vain task of trying to uplift the weak.

      Such an expression clearly shows the priority of higher class than others. Almost as if this statement is saying survival of the fittest or everyone for themselves.

    4. Panicked business leaders and friendly political officials reacted quickly

      The relationship between business men and politicians reveal how status and wealth may fluctuate ones mindset as they turn more self centered and less considerate of other people and the conditions they endure purely because they aren't in that situation.

  3. Aug 2025
    1. The American military gave chase and, on September 3, 1863, after a year of attrition, American military units surrounded a large encampment of Dakota. American troops killed an estimated three hundred men, women, and children. Dozens more were taken prisoner.

      Were these actions done out of defense or underlining prejudice?

    2. In an attempt to appeal to women, Cody recruited Annie Oakley, a female sharpshooter who thrilled onlookers with her many stunts.

      Violence at this time was viewed as attractive and something that was proudly shown off? such a sentence reflects on the history of how American's thought process fluctuates over time wether that be what is deemed important, attractive or what is deemed unethical.

    3. Plains peoples were not the only ones who suffered as a result of American expansion. Groups like the Utes and Paiutes were pushed out of the Rocky Mountains by U.S. expansion into Colorado and away from the northern Great Basin by the expanding Mormon population in Utah Territory in the 1850s and 1860s.

      American expansion wasn't targeted but a selfish gesture.

    4. If Indigenous peoples could not be forced through kindness to change their ways, most Americans agreed that it was acceptable to use force, which Native groups resisted

      This sentence reveals a sense of fear and force that followed. This sentences objection wasn't to highlight the need for indigenous kindness but rather submissiveness. The Americans need for dire superiority was founded through the need and search of ways to reveal Indigenous weakness.

    5. However, many Americans were suspicious of the Latter-Day Saint movement and its unusual rituals, especially the practice of polygamy, and most Mormons found it difficult to practice their faith in the eastern United States. Thus began a series of migrations in the midnineteenth century, first to Illinois, then Missouri and Nebraska, and finally into Utah Territory.

      This paragraph at first expresses what many beilvied during this time but intern may also reveal a sense of superiority many felt in these regions. Feeling as if they were chosen or more special than others.

    6. The inclusion of religion during this time highlights these soldiers thought process when living there day to day life. This may contribute to some actions later on. In addition, such religion contributed to the unrevealed and unlabeled stereotypes of Americans during this time. Possibly that they were the chosen race, ethnicity or even gender.