Do you think an indivdual today can rise from "rags to riches" like Andrew Carneige did? Why or why not?

Yes, I believe an individual can rise from "rag to riches" like Andrew Carneige did. It would be hard work and some people may fail at trying to do this but many can. It all depends on what you're selling, making or what kind of factory or store you're running. It depends on the merchandise and money put in it. Andrew Carneige rised from "rags to riches" through hard work, earning money and working for the right people. He progressed up the ranks of his job and eventually went out on his own and opened his own factory. From then on he rised from "rise to riches". A individual today can still do this, rising up the ranks like Andrew Carneige did and eventually opening up his own factory. I believe if you take the same steps Andrew Carneige did you can rise for rags to riches. Anyone can try this but few would probably succeed. It's a hard task but many people can do it, rising from rags to riches.

Describe/comment on a Jacob Riis photo.

Picture. The photo is named Necktie workshop in a Division Street tenement, 1889. This photo is of women and men workers in a small tenement making neckties. The tenement looks small, dirty and raggedy. There are cloths, sewing supplies, trash and many other things all over. The workers are concentrating on their work, most not even looking up and looking poor and tired. I think this photo shows the conditions workers in the 1880-1890's had to work in. Poor conditions, definitely not healthy. Many workers probably got sick from the trash and many germs around. Tenements are small, not enough room for workers. The tenement is overcrowded and run-down. I would definitely not enjoy working in these conditions. The workers most likely got very little pay even though they were forced to work in such poor conditions.

Compare the conditions workers in China face currently with those of workers in America at the turn of the century.

The working conditions in China are currently is distress. China is over populated, there are not enough jobs and labor conditions are poor. Much like America there are not enough jobs because we are becoming more and more populated. Working conditions in Chinese factories are terrible, the workers work all day, get little money from it and some workers even live in the factories. In America and China there workers are sometimes discriminated against, weather it's your gender or race. Both America and China's working conditions are becoming worse and worse.

SIGN UP. YOU'LL GET A FREE UNICORN. PLEASEEEE.

http://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/register/?team_id=755

What purpose do primary documents serve in history? How has the world of primary documents changed in the past two decades? What impact will this have on the "telling" of history?

Primary documents are like records of historical events. They serve as answers about history that we can't find out any other way. Primary documents can help us understand things from hisory better. Primary documents give us a lot of information. If we didn't have primary documents we wouldn't know much about history, therefore primary documents are a big part of history today. In the past two decades we have found better, more efficent ways to document historical events and make primary sources. We have technology and intelligence. We have the internet where there are primary documents all over. We have video's that record historical events. We now have many ways to record historical events. This will impact the "telling" of history in a good way. People of the future will have better ways to find historical documents and have more efficent primary documents. It will be simpler to find primary documents through technology.

The less fortunate, the poor.

The poor really inspire me. They inspire me to always be greatful for what I have, to not always complain because i've got it way better then they do, to focus on what I do have and not on what I don't have. They also inspire me to one day make a good amount of money so that I can give to the less fortunate. The poor inspire me to stay in school, go to college and find a good job so I won't be one of the less fortunate when I grow up because I know I can become poor too. I want to be able to give to the poor because it isn't always their fault that they became poor. I think the poor should be a inspiration to others too. It should inspire people to want to be successful, inspire them to focus on the good in their life and to want to give to the poor, the less fortunate.

What does it mean to be American?

Being an American means being free, able to speak your mind and being treated equally no matter what race you are. It also means being your own individual, being able to pick your religion and not be judged. Being an American means you are your own person, free to do whatever you believe in. Having opportunity, religious freedom and having the chance to reach your goal without government interference. You can be anyone to be an American, you even have the choice to be an American or not. Being an American simply means being free.