In the first article, we receive a glimpse of some of the details of the shooting of Michael Brown that occurred on august ninth of this year. We also see how this event quickly grasped the attention of not only the Ferguson community and many civil rights activists, but that of the rest of the nation all the way up to the president. It also touches on how Ferguson’s local government is primarily white, even though the population of Ferguson itself is primarily African American. It is also apparent that the African American community is often the target of Ferguson’s white police force. The second article discusses that while the protests in Ferguson started out peacefully, many of them ended in violence. In addition, how the government in Ferguson does not have the power to control these protests. Therefore, they felt it was necessary to call in the National Guard to try to keep things under control. In the third article, we see that because of the shooting and the attention it’s getting, some of Ferguson’s laws are being looked over. By doing this, they saw that the city’s budget has developed an alarming dependency on the court fines of the citizens. They plan to change these laws with the hope that they will ease the dependence and decrease the targeting of African Americans by the police.
In conclusion this can all tie back to the reconstruction in the sense that during that time, while African Americans had been granted their rights they were still being treated unfairly by the whites, much like how in Ferguson African Americans are the primary targets of the white police. Lastly, we see in the third article that sometimes laws, like the ones in Ferguson, must be changed to ensure fairness amongst all races. This being similar to the Jim Crow laws, and how they were eventually repealed to ensure equality and fairness amongst everyone.
The first source I used was a speech given by Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone. In his speech, he talks about the advent of aerial travel, and recounts the many ways that people in the past have tried to fly, but often met with failure. He then discusses the invention of the hot air balloon and its evolution over the years. Bell goes on to address the science of aerodynamics and a new wave of interest in flight, which lead to the Wright Brothers’ first working flying machine. The second source I found was an article about the history of the phonograph. The author writes about Edison and his original idea to invent a machine that would capture sound, like a camera captures light. He also entails the inspiration behind Edison’s device. These two documents show that the late 1800s and early 1900s were a time of creativity and inspiration for America. People were inventing great new contraptions such as the flying machine and the phonograph. Bell’s apparent enthusiasm with the topic of flight mirrors the public excitement at the time of his writing. The Wright Brothers had made a breakthrough in the science of flight, something that had been sought after for hundreds of years, even back to the time of Leonardo da Vinci. The article about the phonograph tells about the creation of this new form of communication that made the telegraph inefficient. The primary sources I found were excellent representations of the many breakthroughs and ideas generated in the 18 and 1900s.
In the first source, the writer, Lewis W. Hine, writes about how in many places child labor is apparent, including the company he is writing to. He talks about how the children were working amongst not only their families, but also other families. Groups of these families were required to live together in a single living area. The children began working from frighteningly young ages, some starting as early as four years of age and worked in filthy conditions for long tedious hours. Those not old enough to work, such as infants, were held in laps or put inside boxes close by. The second source discusses how the existing push for improvement in the conditions of child labor seemed to be well enforced. It also talks about how the chairmen of the Industrial Committee of the Geneva Political Equality Club was supporting the attempt to have the National Child Labor Committee to enforce more laws against child labor, such as to not allow children to work during very early years of childhood, but instead to go to school during that time.
In conclusion, in these two documents talk about the issue of child labor during this era of rising industry, and reveal to us the true nature of child labor and how truly insufferable and filthy the conditions these children worked under were. However, we also get a glimpse of how there were people that wanted to make these conditions better and stop allowing young children to work.
US Citizens Want Same Sex Marriage to Be Legal- Women Wanted Voting Rights In the United States, there has been news about same sex marriage being legalized in some states, and illegal in others. On Saturday, October 26, 2014, Attorney general, Eric Holder announced the legalization of same sex marriage in six more states (Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Wyoming). Holder is also extending federal benefits to couples in those states. Citizens all over America are protesting for the government to legalize same sex marriage. It is not about making a point; it is about everyone having equal rights.
This relates to the Progressive Era when women were fighting for their voting rights, and equality. During most of the Progressive Era, women were not equal to men. Although they did not have as many job/working opportunities as men did, the main reason they stood out was that they did not have voting rights. The women of the Progressive Era knew something had to be done. They protested, went on strike, and wrote out petitions. Eventually all of their hard work paid off when the government passed the 19th amendment, which granted the women their voting rights. After gaining their voting rights, woman took to the streets again striking and protesting in order to secure more job opportunities. During the Progressive Era, women all over the country fought for the one thing they sought the most, equality.
These three articles are all centered around one topic: racial inequality. In the first article it talks about successful artists today. The article states that “If you're lucky enough to earn a living from your art, you're probably white.” Other statistics the article has talks about the percentage of Caucasian art school graduates; which is 80%. The second article talks about how movements for racial equality are occurring more often. There had been a convention with over one hundred organizations discussing the movements in this category. Someone at the conference stated, “The United States in our history was created with racial inequity in mind. The United States was responsible for creating and maintaining racial inequity explicitly.” The third article talks about how Johnson County is attempting to make their community more diverse and racially equal. They are putting forth a voluntary program for first-time juvenile offenders. This will help them better themselves, and help them learn to better their community. The Iowa City Community School District is also trying to create more integrated school activities and environments. They are proposing an after school activity bus for students.
These articles tie into the social reforms that in the Progressive Era the African American communities were fighting for. In the Progressive Era African Americans were treated as equals even though they had the same rights. Races other than Caucasian never got paid the worth of their work. This still shows today in many ways. Like the first article had showed a majority of successful artists are Caucasian. This means that other races aren't getting the chance they deserve. In the Progressive Era other races also fought for educational rights. Today some people are trying to fix the problem of schools that aren't very diverse. In the third article it shows how the Iowa City Community School District is trying to fix this. Today many organizations are trying to get ride of racial inequality just like in the Progressive Era. In the Progressive Era there were groups like the NAACP that fought for civil rights for colored people. As you can see racial inequality is still a problem today, but it isn't as bad as during the Progressive Era.
The issue that all the articles covered was the inequality of women compared to men. The first article talked about women construction workers, and how the small amount of them feel that they’ve always worked in an unfriendly environment because the men construction workers look down upon them. They said many men made them feel like “porcelain dolls” because they were believed to be too fragile to do the work. The second article was about the monetary differences that men and women have today. It listed statistics and facts such as: women 11% more women have low paying jobs than men, three times more women are in part-time work, and that in schools, women tend to be forced into the arts, or jobs with lower pay that seem “acceptable” for a woman to have. The third article discussed solutions to gender inequality in 2014. It says if we want a fairer future for young women we should stop fixing the women and start working on the men. It discusses the fact that many big businesses are run by men and further explains the low amounts of power that women have today. The three articles are related because they bring up the fact that gender inequality is an issue today and needs to be fixed/changed.
These articles relate to the progressive era because back then gender inequality was a big issue as well. In the late 1800s and early 1900s women had very little power. They had trouble getting jobs and for a long time did not have the right to vote. Women have always been viewed as fragile (as mentioned in the first article). I think a lot of men believe women are not as skilled or talented as men and therefore do not deserve to have the same chances as they do. Since the progressive era, things for women have greatly improved, however it is evidently still lacking much equality. Back then women banded together to create many women’s suffrage organizations which helped them speak as one unified group and express what they deserved. The third article discussed modern women coming together to fight for equality, which would be similar to many of those suffrage groups. The main point that the articles all make is that equality for men and women may never be 100% but we need to try. In the progressive era, women were constantly trying to prove their worth; Just like they are today.
My articals relate to women inequality and how back before the progressive era thats women were not treated fair back then because they thought that men were the people that"ruled the world." It wasn't until the progressive era that women's rights were somewhat questioned and believed that they were unfair. This made women and men come together to change things envolving womens rights such as giving women the right to vote and giving women a more even pay to men. Each state, one by one, started making these changes and legalizing these new rules and it soon went over the entire USA.
In these three articles they talk about gay rights and how It has been getting both noticed and accepted right now and all over the world. These relate to women's rights because they weren't getting treated evenly as straight couples to gay couples just like women to men. Gay rights started by people questioning whether gays could be married and accepted, this then became a country wide question and is still being talked about. Women's rights were exactly the same, and I believe gay rights is becoming a mirror image of women's rights in the matter of controversy and how it is spreading nation wide. I dont know whether or not gay rights will become an amendment, but it is certainly becoming a very controversial topic.In my first artical you can see a map of the US and who has already accepted gay rights as a state.
Everybody has heard that ebola has come to the United States. In the articles I read, ebola came in a different way. When Nazareth and Northampton boys soccer teams faced off the students in the stands went to far. Usually the students sections at games can be harsh, but according to the three articles I read the students of northampton chanted “ebola!” at one of nazareth's black players. Ibraham Tounkara who is from Guinea, a West African nation that is affected by ebola. Ibraham’s parents still live in the infected village. While the northampton students chanted at Ibraham he received a red card for tackling the opponent. Personally I don’t blame him for getting upset, the students of northampton had no right to treat him that way. According to his guardian “ He was upset on the field, he was upset when I saw him after the game, he was upset when he got home.” The articles stated that Ibraham is constantly worrying about the health of his parents who could very well catch ebola. The other teams coach's were in trouble because of the incident and the fact that they didn't stop the students section from shouting out the hateful words.
This has to do with our social studies curriculum because it connects with racism. If it was a white soccer player they wouldn't say anything remarking Ebola to him, bit since We Ibraham was black they didn't hold back. The black people were treated a lot differently. When you think about it if it was a bit hire person who took your job the whites wouldn't care, but since it was a black person the white people had a lot of negativity to share. Since there were problems back them there are still thousands if bad things happening today to black people like Ibraham. During the progressive era there was still a lot of conflict and luckily there were people to help with racism a little. The NAACP was set up to help black immigrants and people tried to help the like W.E.B. Racism with unfortunately always be a part of our society mostly because it was always there in the reconstruction, west, immigration\urbanization, and the progressive era.
Monopolies, they seem like a thing of the past, but they are actually a big part of our culture. Although these monopolies are defined differently than the classic oppressing industrial bosses we’re used to hearing about. One example of this in the first article, which talks about Amazon. In this article they define Amazon as a monopoly mostly by its popularity, and high success rates, unlike the original characterization of a more stereotypical monopoly. In the second article it discusses Peter Thiel’s, the co-founder of PayPal and very involved investor of many other large internet businesses, Idea of what he refers to as “creative monopolies”. Thiel describes this as being a business that offers something new to the industry that no other companies exactly has, unlike regular monopolies which he calls “bullies” to the rest of the industry. In the third article Peter Thiel gives an explanation as to what “good monopolies” are using Apple as his prime example. He uses the IPhone as the example of something new and innovative that Apple brought into its industry that no other company was able to quite compare to, making it a “good monopoly”. In conclusion this relates to the progressive era in the fact that we still have monopolies today. Although Instead of having the overpowering companies such as Carnegie steel and Rockefeller oil, we have innovative and advancing companies such as Google and Apple.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/12/us-usa-missouri-shooting-idUSKBN0GA0Q420140812
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article 2: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/19/can-the-national-guard-really-help-calm-an-already-militarized-ferguson.html
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In the first article, we receive a glimpse of some of the details of the shooting of Michael Brown that occurred on august ninth of this year. We also see how this event quickly grasped the attention of not only the Ferguson community and many civil rights activists, but that of the rest of the nation all the way up to the president. It also touches on how Ferguson’s local government is primarily white, even though the population of Ferguson itself is primarily African American. It is also apparent that the African American community is often the target of Ferguson’s white police force. The second article discusses that while the protests in Ferguson started out peacefully, many of them ended in violence. In addition, how the government in Ferguson does not have the power to control these protests. Therefore, they felt it was necessary to call in the National Guard to try to keep things under control. In the third article, we see that because of the shooting and the attention it’s getting, some of Ferguson’s laws are being looked over. By doing this, they saw that the city’s budget has developed an alarming dependency on the court fines of the citizens. They plan to change these laws with the hope that they will ease the dependence and decrease the targeting of African Americans by the police.
In conclusion this can all tie back to the reconstruction in the sense that during that time, while African Americans had been granted their rights they were still being treated unfairly by the whites, much like how in Ferguson African Americans are the primary targets of the white police. Lastly, we see in the third article that sometimes laws, like the ones in Ferguson, must be changed to ensure fairness amongst all races. This being similar to the Jim Crow laws, and how they were eventually repealed to ensure equality and fairness amongst everyone.
-Lilly
http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2014/05/01/we-need-diverse-books/
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http://www.universityherald.com/articles/11247/20140905/california-blue-whale-population-may-have-officially-recovered-from-whaling-face-new-dangers.htm
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https://news.usc.edu/66787/diversity-falls-short-on-the-big-screen/
Deletehttp://news.yahoo.com/court-rules-against-gay-marriage-bans-2-states-191332142.html
ReplyDeleteGay marriage is still illegal in many states, just as it was illegal for blacks and whites to get married during the reconstruction.
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The first source I used was a speech given by Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone. In his speech, he talks about the advent of aerial travel, and recounts the many ways that people in the past have tried to fly, but often met with failure. He then discusses the invention of the hot air balloon and its evolution over the years. Bell goes on to address the science of aerodynamics and a new wave of interest in flight, which lead to the Wright Brothers’ first working flying machine. The second source I found was an article about the history of the phonograph. The author writes about Edison and his original idea to invent a machine that would capture sound, like a camera captures light. He also entails the inspiration behind Edison’s device.
ReplyDeleteThese two documents show that the late 1800s and early 1900s were a time of creativity and inspiration for America. People were inventing great new contraptions such as the flying machine and the phonograph. Bell’s apparent enthusiasm with the topic of flight mirrors the public excitement at the time of his writing. The Wright Brothers had made a breakthrough in the science of flight, something that had been sought after for hundreds of years, even back to the time of Leonardo da Vinci. The article about the phonograph tells about the creation of this new form of communication that made the telegraph inefficient. The primary sources I found were excellent representations of the many breakthroughs and ideas generated in the 18 and 1900s.
~Mia H
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In the first source, the writer, Lewis W. Hine, writes about how in many places child labor is apparent, including the company he is writing to. He talks about how the children were working amongst not only their families, but also other families. Groups of these families were required to live together in a single living area. The children began working from frighteningly young ages, some starting as early as four years of age and worked in filthy conditions for long tedious hours. Those not old enough to work, such as infants, were held in laps or put inside boxes close by. The second source discusses how the existing push for improvement in the conditions of child labor seemed to be well enforced. It also talks about how the chairmen of the Industrial Committee of the Geneva Political Equality Club was supporting the attempt to have the National Child Labor Committee to enforce more laws against child labor, such as to not allow children to work during very early years of childhood, but instead to go to school during that time.
In conclusion, in these two documents talk about the issue of child labor during this era of rising industry, and reveal to us the true nature of child labor and how truly insufferable and filthy the conditions these children worked under were. However, we also get a glimpse of how there were people that wanted to make these conditions better and stop allowing young children to work.
-Lilly
US Citizens Want Same Sex Marriage to Be Legal- Women Wanted Voting Rights
ReplyDeleteIn the United States, there has been news about same sex marriage being legalized in some states, and illegal in others. On Saturday, October 26, 2014, Attorney general, Eric Holder announced the legalization of same sex marriage in six more states (Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Wyoming). Holder is also extending federal benefits to couples in those states. Citizens all over America are protesting for the government to legalize same sex marriage. It is not about making a point; it is about everyone having equal rights.
This relates to the Progressive Era when women were fighting for their voting rights, and equality. During most of the Progressive Era, women were not equal to men. Although they did not have as many job/working opportunities as men did, the main reason they stood out was that they did not have voting rights. The women of the Progressive Era knew something had to be done. They protested, went on strike, and wrote out petitions. Eventually all of their hard work paid off when the government passed the 19th amendment, which granted the women their voting rights. After gaining their voting rights, woman took to the streets again striking and protesting in order to secure more job opportunities. During the Progressive Era, women all over the country fought for the one thing they sought the most, equality.
-Brian L.
Sources:
1. http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2024874186_apxsamesexmarriage.html
2. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/10/how-federal-gay-marriage-recognition-matches-up-to-popular-opinion/381934/
3. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/us/politics/supreme-court-gay-marriage.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/21/if-youre-lucky-enough-to-earn-a-living-from-your-art-youre-probably-white/
ReplyDeletehttp://www.spokesman-recorder.com/2014/10/10/racial-equity-movement-gains-momentum/
http://thegazette.com/subject/news/johnson-county-community-leaders-gather-to-share-input-on-solutions-to-racial-inequality-20141019
These three articles are all centered around one topic: racial inequality. In the first article it talks about successful artists today. The article states that “If you're lucky enough to earn a living from your art, you're probably white.” Other statistics the article has talks about the percentage of Caucasian art school graduates; which is 80%. The second article talks about how movements for racial equality are occurring more often. There had been a convention with over one hundred organizations discussing the movements in this category. Someone at the conference stated, “The United States in our history was created with racial inequity in mind. The United States was responsible for creating and maintaining racial inequity explicitly.” The third article talks about how Johnson County is attempting to make their community more diverse and racially equal. They are putting forth a voluntary program for first-time juvenile offenders. This will help them better themselves, and help them learn to better their community. The Iowa City Community School District is also trying to create more integrated school activities and environments. They are proposing an after school activity bus for students.
These articles tie into the social reforms that in the Progressive Era the African American communities were fighting for. In the Progressive Era African Americans were treated as equals even though they had the same rights. Races other than Caucasian never got paid the worth of their work. This still shows today in many ways. Like the first article had showed a majority of successful artists are Caucasian. This means that other races aren't getting the chance they deserve. In the Progressive Era other races also fought for educational rights. Today some people are trying to fix the problem of schools that aren't very diverse. In the third article it shows how the Iowa City Community School District is trying to fix this. Today many organizations are trying to get ride of racial inequality just like in the Progressive Era. In the Progressive Era there were groups like the NAACP that fought for civil rights for colored people. As you can see racial inequality is still a problem today, but it isn't as bad as during the Progressive Era.
~Giana K.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/14/female-construction-workers-hard-hatted-women_n_5978464.html
ReplyDeletehttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/19/observer-editorial-gender-equality-women
http://www.oneyoungworld.com/blog/gender-equality-we-need-new-solutions
The issue that all the articles covered was the inequality of women compared to men. The first article talked about women construction workers, and how the small amount of them feel that they’ve always worked in an unfriendly environment because the men construction workers look down upon them. They said many men made them feel like “porcelain dolls” because they were believed to be too fragile to do the work. The second article was about the monetary differences that men and women have today. It listed statistics and facts such as: women 11% more women have low paying jobs than men, three times more women are in part-time work, and that in schools, women tend to be forced into the arts, or jobs with lower pay that seem “acceptable” for a woman to have. The third article discussed solutions to gender inequality in 2014. It says if we want a fairer future for young women we should stop fixing the women and start working on the men. It discusses the fact that many big businesses are run by men and further explains the low amounts of power that women have today. The three articles are related because they bring up the fact that gender inequality is an issue today and needs to be fixed/changed.
These articles relate to the progressive era because back then gender inequality was a big issue as well. In the late 1800s and early 1900s women had very little power. They had trouble getting jobs and for a long time did not have the right to vote. Women have always been viewed as fragile (as mentioned in the first article). I think a lot of men believe women are not as skilled or talented as men and therefore do not deserve to have the same chances as they do. Since the progressive era, things for women have greatly improved, however it is evidently still lacking much equality. Back then women banded together to create many women’s suffrage organizations which helped them speak as one unified group and express what they deserved. The third article discussed modern women coming together to fight for equality, which would be similar to many of those suffrage groups. The main point that the articles all make is that equality for men and women may never be 100% but we need to try. In the progressive era, women were constantly trying to prove their worth; Just like they are today.
-Aidan W
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2014/10/21/3582508/marriage-equality-arrives-in-wyoming/
ReplyDeletehttp://gaymarriage.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000030
http://people.rit.edu/kjm5430/320/project2/current.html
My articals relate to women inequality and how back before the progressive era thats women were not treated fair back then because they thought that men were the people that"ruled the world." It wasn't until the progressive era that women's rights were somewhat questioned and believed that they were unfair. This made women and men come together to change things envolving womens rights such as giving women the right to vote and giving women a more even pay to men. Each state, one by one, started making these changes and legalizing these new rules and it soon went over the entire USA.
In these three articles they talk about gay rights and how It has been getting both noticed and accepted right now and all over the world. These relate to women's rights because they weren't getting treated evenly as straight couples to gay couples just like women to men. Gay rights started by people questioning whether gays could be married and accepted, this then became a country wide question and is still being talked about. Women's rights were exactly the same, and I believe gay rights is becoming a mirror image of women's rights in the matter of controversy and how it is spreading nation wide. I dont know whether or not gay rights will become an amendment, but it is certainly becoming a very controversial topic.In my first artical you can see a map of the US and who has already accepted gay rights as a state.
~Derek B
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high-school/ebola-high-school-soccer-player-west-africa-taunted-pa-game-article-1.1976139
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-northampton-nazareth-soccer-ebola-20141013-story.html
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http://www.mtv.com/news/1964768/northampton-soccer-ebola-chant-africa/
Everybody has heard that ebola has come to the United States. In the articles I read, ebola came in a different way. When Nazareth and Northampton boys soccer teams faced off the students in the stands went to far. Usually the students sections at games can be harsh, but according to the three articles I read the students of northampton chanted “ebola!” at one of nazareth's black players. Ibraham Tounkara who is from Guinea, a West African nation that is affected by ebola. Ibraham’s parents still live in the infected village. While the northampton students chanted at Ibraham he received a red card for tackling the opponent. Personally I don’t blame him for getting upset, the students of northampton had no right to treat him that way. According to his guardian “ He was upset on the field, he was upset when I saw him after the game, he was upset when he got home.” The articles stated that Ibraham is constantly worrying about the health of his parents who could very well catch ebola. The other teams coach's were in trouble because of the incident and the fact that they didn't stop the students section from shouting out the hateful words.
This has to do with our social studies curriculum because it connects with racism. If it was a white soccer player they wouldn't say anything remarking Ebola to him, bit since We Ibraham was black they didn't hold back. The black people were treated a lot differently. When you think about it if it was a bit hire person who took your job the whites wouldn't care, but since it was a black person the white people had a lot of negativity to share. Since there were problems back them there are still thousands if bad things happening today to black people like Ibraham. During the progressive era there was still a lot of conflict and luckily there were people to help with racism a little. The NAACP was set up to help black immigrants and people tried to help the like W.E.B. Racism with unfortunately always be a part of our society mostly because it was always there in the reconstruction, west, immigration\urbanization, and the progressive era.
Alana
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http://online.wsj.com/articles/gordon-crovitz-three-cheers-for-creative-monopolies-1413150477
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/peter-thiel-on-china--i-wouldn-t-invest-there-171338264.html
Monopolies, they seem like a thing of the past, but they are actually a big part of our culture. Although these monopolies are defined differently than the classic oppressing industrial bosses we’re used to hearing about. One example of this in the first article, which talks about Amazon. In this article they define Amazon as a monopoly mostly by its popularity, and high success rates, unlike the original characterization of a more stereotypical monopoly. In the second article it discusses Peter Thiel’s, the co-founder of PayPal and very involved investor of many other large internet businesses, Idea of what he refers to as “creative monopolies”. Thiel describes this as being a business that offers something new to the industry that no other companies exactly has, unlike regular monopolies which he calls “bullies” to the rest of the industry. In the third article Peter Thiel gives an explanation as to what “good monopolies” are using Apple as his prime example. He uses the IPhone as the example of something new and innovative that Apple brought into its industry that no other company was able to quite compare to, making it a “good monopoly”. In conclusion this relates to the progressive era in the fact that we still have monopolies today. Although Instead of having the overpowering companies such as Carnegie steel and Rockefeller oil, we have innovative and advancing companies such as Google and Apple.
-Lilly