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=Project 3= =Hoovervilles=

[|History.com]this website is a good site to visit for any information on U.S History or Traveling. This websites table of content listed political, foreign affairs, states and wasington D.C history, wars, conflicts, social, and economic links within the website to view for more information. It also shows great information on states to travel to.

[|Hoovervilles] this website was a great site to liik for information. This site gives you soo much information you really dont need to look at any other websites. Another good thing about this site is the notes, references, and the great external links it gives you for more information.

[|Historylink] This website isnt very detailed like the others have been, but it does have some good information on Hoovervilles. The picture captions were great, they showed when and where the picture was taken. The site has a cool like that peoples histories. You can also search for different slide shows in one of the internal links.

[|Absolute.com] this website provided me with some okay information and cool pictures. This website also has a dicionary, almanac, and a list of the week, it had information anywhere form human cloning to Greek Mythology.

[|loc.gov] The Library of Congress website is a very good website. It is this country’s great library and has detailed information on this subject.

[|Howstuffworks.com] This website is mainly videos but it actually has a lot of good videos to watch about the Great Depression and Hoovervilles. The sites information links go anywhere from food to science videos. It also has some blogs to read and replay to. This was one of the more interesting sites.

[|www.seattle.gov] This is an excellent site. It has original documentation all dated during the depression years. These letters are from people who actually lived in a Hooverville shack and speak of the poor living conditions there. The site had good pictures to go along with the information it provided.

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Hoovervilles were shantytowns where some of the homeless population lived during the Great Depression. They were built of cardboard and scraps of other material like wood or metal. The communities were rundown and the tenants would frequent soup kitchens or live on handouts. Most of the shacks did not have running water or electricity. Hoovervilles were named for President Herbert Hoover, because most Americans blamed him for the depression. Americans were losing their jobs which would lead to losing there housing. If there was no family or friends to turn to, many would end up in a Hooverville. “Families doubled up in apartments, others were evicted and built makeshift houses. Groups of these dwellings for the homeless were called Hoovervilles. In Seattle, one of the largest cluster of homeless was located on the tide flats on the site of the former Skinner and Eddy Shipyard.” Quote taken from: [] These villages could be found throughout the country and in Canada. Living in a Hooverville was especially difficult if you also lived in the Dust Bowl with its crazy duststorms. It is hard to imagine living through even one day during those years. The Great Depression led to desperation and homelessness and the reason why Hoovervilles were needed.

=Project 2=

Imperialism Project

[|Biography.com] is website wasnt a very long website to get information on but it did have some good information that I didnt know about. It gave some info about his life before he became colonel. Its is brief but tells good facts. This site is pretty cool if you look at some of the other things it has. It has a video gallery for who ever you want to look for. I looked at some of Michael Jacksons videos. This Biography.com site also has photo gallerys, games, and thing that lets you look up what famous people were born on what days or died on what days.

[|Francisco "Pancho" Villa] this website is way more detailed on what exactly happened in his life. The article is kinda long and has great info! The wikipedia site is knda like a google seach engine and has almost anything.

[|History of Mexico] this article was a great sourse to readfor more detail on him as a person. this website is a good sourse as well. It lets a lot about mexican history, Mexican living, travel, their culture, arts, and their cooking. Thsi website was very cool to explore.

[|Pancho Villa Led Northern Forces in Revolution] this websites table of content was listed by the years. This website mostly gave infromation on online issues of books. This website would be a great sourse to find a certain book. The only bad thing about this website is that is doesnt have a lot of other links within the website. Overall the website was a okay site.

[|Pancho Villa Page] this website is mainly about Mexico and Pancho Villa. It is a great site to look up information if you are just looking for things about Pancho Villa and not so much about the others who were involved in the Mexican Revolution. This site had a lot of facts on Panch and a lot of advertisments for Mexcio. Although that is probably why they call the website Pancho Villa Page. :)

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Pancho Villa was born in Doroteo Arango on June 5, 1878, in Rio Grande, Mexico. Pancho was also known as Francisco "Pancho" Villa. Villa's family worked on a farm and he helped them out after his father died; he became the man of the house. His father died when he was 16 years old. He ended up shooting a man for harassing one of his sisters. He was imprisoned after running from the authority. Villa escaped again and later became a bandit. Villa was made a colonel only for his skills as a leader and fighter. After he fled to the US and retured he formed his own military force know as Division of the North (Division del Norte.) Villa was also provisional Governor of Chihuahua in 1913 and 1914. For a number of years Villa was involved in clashes with other Mexican military groups along with the US in 1916 and 1917. Francisco Villa was one of the first Mexican Revolutionary general along with Ramiro Cerantes and Uriel Carrasco. In the second half of the Mexican Revolution persident Madero was assassinated. After his muder, Huerta claimed the persidencey. Villa ended up joining the rrebellion against Huerta. Villa finally reached an agreement with Huerta, the Mexican leader, whichpardoned him forhis actions in returns for villa putting an end to his independent military group. About three years after this agreement in Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico he was ambushed and shot died in his car, while he was visiting family on July 20, 1932.

= = =Early 20th Century Working Conditions=

[|Burear of Labor Statistics] This website has great informations on how the labor conditions changed from the early of the 20th century the the late 20th century. Talks about how the wages were so low and the horriable working conditions these people had to go though. The things I really liked about this site was how detailed and it gives you end note over the article to read over. Also the home page gives you updates on Economic News Releases and career information for kids.

[|Library of Economics and Liberty] This website decribes the the different reasons the worker in the early 20th century. The site also discribes why there was a increase of productivity in the early 20th century. This Library of Economics and Librty site is a great sourse of information on working conditions, wages and labor Productivity. At the very bottom of the site is show a Employes Annual Earnings Chart showing he earning from 1900-80. The home page has monthly articles to check out; this month ist on Latin America and Europe.

[|Child Ladors] This website isnt very long but it does have some good information on child labors. It is very detailed on the ages and what hours they were required to work. The information may be short vut this site does have a lots of links through out the article. The home page has information anywhere from Political History to Gender Matters.

[|The Labor Press Project] This website shows and tells you about the different Labor Journalism going on in the ealy 20th Century. This site has Front page news articles the see along with othe links on each article. It has a lot of information on the Pacific Nothwest Labor Press and Th Pacific Northwest Radical Press. This site also talks about socialism in Washingtion.

[|The Tringle Shirtwaist Factory Tragedy: a Glimpse at Early Idustrial Relations] This website mainly talking about the Fire at Tringle Factory, but also of the working conditions at the tome. This site didnt have much about the working conditions but it does show you what can happen when the work area is unsafe and crowded. Many women died in that factory because the exits were blocked. I knew Beth would like this site because it is a History Blog Site. :)

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In the early twentieth century the working conditions were unbearable. The industrial age triggered a growth in the economy in the late ninetieth and early twentieth century. As the economy grew so did the workers. Women and children started to work due to the low wages and high living costs. As technology grew the demand for more workers grew. Immigrants gladly met that demand. This increase in workers only made the working and living conditions worse due to the over population. Industrialists sometimes built company towns for their workers. Companies could own the housing, grocery, and all other stores. The company also controlled the prince of goods; this kept the company’s workers trapped. The company’s towns were over crowded and very dirty; this caused high disease and death rates. These over crowded struggling men, women and children worked 10 hours earning less then minimum wage. These working conditions didn’t seem like they were ever going to change. Some workers did protest against the horrible conditions. Many of the workers who protested received little or no progress. Although many of the workers who protested against their working and living conditions were fired and then blacklisted. Thus labor Unions were formed and went on strikes to change working conditions.