Today, in class, we got on the computer and Mr. Bruns assigned us our blogs for the week. Alas, it was a good vacation from blogging, but we knew it would end. He said we'd be moving into the World War I, which was 1914-1918. My group had #4, which was Trench Warfare and Weapons used during WWI. I am to explain what trench warfare is, and perhaps (Mr. Bruns said creepily), what role play trench warfare is.
Mr. Bruns also went over his PowerPoint once again. He talked plenty about Theodore Roosevelt. He talked about his accomplishments as President. He used his personality, popularity and power of persuasion to get what he wanted. He believed that the federal government should help the common people. He called himself the 'trustbuster,' where he tried to bring down the bad trusts that would take advantage of the people. He helped settle the 1902 coal strike in which miners got a 9 hour work day complemented with better pay.
Roosevelt had a condemned view that our "resources were endless. He set aside 148 million acres of forest reserves. Teddy Roosevelt could've gone for reelection in 1908, but opted not to so he could do his hunting and what not. William Howard Taft would become president. Taft never aimed to be President, but he actually wanted to become Chieft Justice of the Supreme Court, which he would later accomplish in 1921.
Kylie tried to finish her PowerPoint, but she started quite late. She talked about the Work Conditions in the Progressive Era—Workers were treated very poorly. Women and children were forced to work long hours using dangerous machinery.
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