During the 1910s, there were many exciting and terrifying events. In 1910, a horrible inferno called the Great Fire of 1910 broke out and destroyed a couple million acres of forest. With the Great Fire, one of the heroic firefighters, Edward Pulaski, saved almost all of his crew except The 1910s also had music. Bluegrass, jazz, and scat with many other genres. The Great Fire of 1910, Edward Pulaski, and Music Impacted the culture of the United States because of the new rules and plans for fire safety, act of heroism and saving people, and all the jobs for people. On August 21, 1910, at four pm, a massive forest fire broke out. This Great Fire of 1910, also known as the Big Blowup, spread from Wallace, Idaho to western Montana and into a little bit of Washington. The Great Fire of 1910 lasted for two days and spread from hurricane winds that shot trees up like flying torpedos ( 4 …show more content…
The most popular music types were bluegrass, scat and jazz ( Hooper ). Bluegrass is music that explains how culture impacted America. Scat is a way that humans use their mouth to make instrumental sounds. Jazz is a type of music that is relaxing to some and is played with a saxophone. The difference between bluegrass, scat, and jazz is that each song tells a different story. Music was mostly listened to by soldiers in World War I ( Hooper ). For example, some songs that soldiers listened to were, “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag”, “Keep the Home Fires Burning”, and “Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning” ( Hooper). Music was mostly essential for teenagers and dancing events ( Barrett). Music changed the life of people and bluegrass, scat, and jazz produced more genres of music like pop, country, classic, and instrumental ( Feinstein ). In addition, music impacted the culture of the United States in the 1910s by giving people more jobs like a producer, singer, songwriter, etc. and making singer and songwriters
The 2013 musical hit, “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke, brought in approximately $16,675,690. This just goes to show how much money is spent and invested on, in music today (Feeney). Music has been apart of the United States culture for some time, while African Americans were enslaved, they used music quite frequently as a means of self- expression. The African music combined with the European music had a major influence on jazz. During the Civil War the troops created music together, this helped them learn how to work together and better understand how to get along, this just goes to show that music is not just a form of entertainment but also a way to bring people together (Carlin 6,9).
During the 1900s a series of important events found itself embedded in the history of america. For one, the 1920s was the era of getting rich quick do to the introduction of the stock market. Though the idea of getting rich quick was very popular, the stock market was not the most reliable and ultimately crashed on October 29, 1929. This caused a worldwide panic, known as The Great Depression, that left america devastated and in poverty. This also led to segregation of races.
T he Great Chicago Fire was one of the most devastating disasters in history. It killed hundreds and left over 100,000 homeless. At the time, 1871, Chicago was one of the busiest cities in the country. To make sure everyone had a place to live, city officials looked for cheap building materials. The cheapest by far was wood.
Did you ever know about The Great Chicago Fire Of1876? There are a lot of important facts, causes, and things aboutthe 1800 's lifestyle. It was a very bad night in history thatnight of The Great Chicago Fire Of 1876.To begin with, this is important facts about TheGreat Chicago Fire. According to the text the fire could ofstarted by a cow kicking over a lantern in a barn. To go with theO 'Leary legend, people found cowbells.
The Boston Fire of 1872 At around 7 pm November 9th 1872, a spark of unknown origin ignited very inflammable materials within the basement of a dry goods store in Summer and Kingston Streets. According to Sammarco (1997), the flames rose to the shaft of the wooden elevator rushing upwards through the floors packed with inflammable rolls of hosiery, cloth, gloves, hoops and laces igniting the wooden roof. Curious spectators assumed that someone had alerted the firefighters.
Along time ago in a city far far away from here a city called Chicago, in 1871 chicago was lit in an unknown way. All we do know is that it was a disaster. The author Jim Murphy gives us plenty of reasons why the city was ready to burn for example, There had been a long lasting drought for several months therefore it was very dry, and the town was basically made of wood and could ignite any time it wanted to. Also to made it even worse the roofs on buildings were made of tar,and there were several buildings were filled with tons of hay and coal literally.
If the Chicago Fire didn’t happen we probably wouldn’t be doing what we are doing right now. The Chicago Fire Burned for 2 days October 8 to October 10, and it destroyed 18,000 buildings. The Chicago fire killed 300 people and leaving 100,000 people homeless. To fix all the damage it cost $200 million.
The Federal Music Project was a big deal because “for the first time [...] the federal government played an active and enthusiastic role in sponsoring and funding the arts” (Melissa J. 1). This is important because never before in American history had the government stepped in to play a role in contributing to the culture or medium of music. The government intervention helped artists innovate and take more risks because they had a pillar of support even if people didn’t like their music. The government getting involved in culture means that the profession of artist is more stable and reliable than ever before. In the beginning, “the federally funded Music Project [...] was initiated [...] in order to get artists and musicians off the streets”(Melissa J. 1).
Chicago, Illinois is the largest city in the American mid-west. Founded in 1830 and established into a water transit hub, it evolved quickly to become an industrial metropolis processing and transporting raw materials of its vast hinterland. Chicago got its name from a Miami Indian word for the wild leeks that lived on the bank of the short Chicago River. Over time all sorts of tribes such as the Miami, Saux, Fox and Pottawatomie 's all lived in that area.
Summers in the north can be dry and the forests thus are prone to fires. In August 1913 large areas north and east of Parry Sound were on fire and were very threatening to settlers and villages. The fire reach its peak and Blackstone in the third week as a “special despatch from Blackstone” to the Globe & Mail indicated in the Aug 21st issue: large fires are raging to the south [of Parry Sound] and a quantity of the cordwood of the Canada Chemical Co. is burning fiercely. The same day issue of The Toronto Star claims to explain the cause of the fire:
The Chicago Fire was a very destructive and devastating fire. This fire killed more than 300 people. It left more than 100000 people homeless. The fire burned for two days before it was able to be put out by rain. On the 18 of October in 1871 a fire started in a backyard barn.
Do you believe God would take away everything to prove a point? Well Puritans did and they were straying away from their belief; therefore, two people in particular tried to save their people from sin. How can someone scare other people to do the right thing and get closer to God? In two of my sources, “Upon the Burning of Our House” by Bradstreet and “Sinner In the Hands of an Angry God” by Edwards, they conveyed two different types of scare tactics. The Puritans believe in their religion very strongly.
Music in this time period helped many people celebrate their culture and connected
Plus, sometimes people will ask "What happened in the aftermath of the fire?" Those are all very good questions, that should be answered. What caused the fire to burn out of control? Well, there are many answers that people have said over the years. Legend has it that a cow kicked a lantern over and caused the fire.
Thirty years after FIRESCOPE was developed, California endured the worst wildfire in history. In 2003, the Cedar Fire burned in San Diego County for weeks, burned 273,246 acres, destroyed 2,820 structures, and killed 14 people, including one firefighter (Cal Fire, n.d.). The Cedar Fire started later in the day, inhibiting aircraft from making water and fire retardant drops. Temperatures remained high and humidity low during the evening. Santa Anna winds continued to blow fiercely throughout the night, though they typically die down during the evening.