a. How is the USA of now (2012) better than the USA of 1912? Explain.
b. Provide ONE specific factual statistic to support your answer to (a).
c. Include the proper citation (web address is okay) of the source of your statistic in (a).
d. How is the USA of now (2012) worse than the USA of 1912? Explain.
e. Provide ONE specific factual statistic to support your answer to (d).
f. Include the proper citation (web address is okay) of the source of your statistic in (d).
g. MAKE SURE YOUR STATISTICS ARE UNIQUE...NO TWO STUDENTS MAY HAVE THE SAME STATS...FIRST IN WINS!
h. Most Importantly . . . put your first name, last initial, and class period on your comment so you get credit!
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a) The United States now in 2012 has a higher direct revanue than the United States in 1912.
b) In 1912, the United States had a total direct revanue of $921.0 million. In 2012, the US had a total direct revanue of $5,087,955.6 million.
c)http://www.usgovernmentrevenue.com/total_revenue_2012USmn
d) The total national debt of the United States was lower in 1912 than it is now in 2012
e) The national debt in 1912 was about $2,868,373,874.16. Now, in 2012 it is $15,624,347,610,476.87.
f) http://130.94.230.21/debt_history.htm
and
http://www.davemanuel.com/us-national-debt-clock.php
a) The US now in 2012 has a higher GDP than in 1912.
b) In 1912, the GDP was just above $37 million. Now, in 2012, the GDP is now $14.59 trillion.
c) http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=ny_gdp_mktp_cd&idim=country:USA&dl=en&hl=en&q=us+gross+domestic+product
http://www.usgovernmentrevenue.com/yearrev1912_0.html
d) There was no income tax in 1912 (depends on perspective; in this case, it is used in the sense that it was better back then).
e) 1912 had federal income tax, while today in 2012, the federal income tax ranges in six levels from 10% to 35%.
f) http://taxes.about.com/od/Federal-Income-Taxes/qt/Tax-Rates-For-The-2012-Tax-Year.htm
EDIT on part E: 1912 had NO federal income tax....
a) The life expectancy of people in the USA is much higher today than it was in 1912.
b)1912 life expectancy: 51.5 years (male), 55.9 years (female)
2012 life expectancy: 78.37 years
c) http://demog.berkeley.edu/~andrew/1918/figure2.html
http://www.indexmundi.com/united_states/demographics_profile.html
d) The unemployment rate in the US in 1912 was lower than the current unemployment rate.
e) 1912 unemployment rate: 4.6%
2012 unemployment rate: 8.2%
f) http://www.infoplease.com/year/1912.html
http://www.infoplease.com/news/2012/current-events/business_april.html
a. Life expectancy has greatly improved.
b. 1912 M 51.5, F 55.9 2012 78 years.
c. http://demog.berkeley.edu/~andrew/1918/figure2.html http://www.whiteoutpress.com/articles/q12012/2012-life-expectancy-us-second-to-last479/
d. More peole die of Lung Cancer today
e. One hundred years ago, lung cancer was a reportable condition and now it accounts for more deaths worldwide from cancer than any other malignant disease. In 1912, Adler published a book entitled Primary Malignant Growths of the Lungs and Bronchi, where he reported all cases of lung cancer in the published literature worldwide. He could verify only 374 cases
f. http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/content/172/5/523.long
a) Today the United States has a lower mortality rate in its population.
b) In 1912, the mortality rate in the U.S. was 14%. In 2012, the death rate is 0.84%.
c)http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005131.html
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
d) In 1912 there were way less murders reported in the United States.
e) In 1912 there were 230 reported murders in the entire United States. So far, there have already been around 5400 murders committed this year in the United States.
f)http://www.livewithjt.com/content/index.php/good-stuff/308-the-year-is-1912.html
http://tizona.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/how-many-murders-committed-per-day-in-us/
a)The United States of today has a larger workforce than in 1912.
b) In 1912, the total percentage of working-age population was about 52%, while today it is about 66%.
c)http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0104640.html
d) The richest 1% of the U.S. in 1912 held less of the nation's income as opposed to today.
e)In 1912, the richest 1% held about 18 percent of the nation's income, while today, the richest 1% hold about 24 percent of the nation's total income.
f)http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_great_divergence/features/2010/the_united_states_of_inequality/introducing_the_great_divergence.html
a. Faster/Safer/More entertaining means of transportation (i.e. Titanic)
b. Number of ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or lost in 1912: 214
Number of ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or lost in 2011: 41
c. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1912
http://www.wrecksite.eu/Wrecksite.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_2011
d. American CPI has significantly gone up, being 25 in 1912 and now 696 in 2012.
e. $1.00 in 1912 would be exactly $24.00 in 2012
f. http://www.minneapolisfed.org/community_education/teacher/calc/hist1800.cfm
a. More national parks have been added to the United States
b. 51 National Parks have been added since the year 1912
c. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_United_States
a. The minimum wage has gone up since 1912. In fact, there was no U.S. minimum wage at that time.
b. At this time several states, beginning with Massachusetts, had gone as far as suggesting a state minimum wage for women and children. Today the U.S. government has a national minimum wage of $7.25, at the time this article was written.
c. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States
d. The U.S. of today uses more energy than it did in 1912, particularly in the form of fossil fuels.
e. The amount of petroleum used each year is about 35 times what it was in 1912.
f. http://205.254.135.7/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=10
A) The United States currently has a healthcare system, while the USA of 1912 had none despite prominent desire for such a system.
b) Theodore Roosevelt called for a healthcare plan as part of his presidential campaign, but such a plan had not been put into motion in 1912.
c)http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=615
d) Gas Prices were significantly lower in 1912.
e) Gas prices in 1912 were $0.02 a gallon, which is still only $0.45 when adjusted for inflation. Current gas prices are much higher, around the $4.00 range.
f)http://local.aaca.org/junior/mileposts/1912.htm
One thing that makes the USA better today in 2012 than how life in the USA in 1912 was is that vast research is now readily available and open to the public regarding the dangerous effects of cigarette smoking and its link to lung cancer. It was only in 1912 that the first ever link between lung cancer and cigarette smoking was stumbled upon and at this point it was still highly speculated and not officially confirmed information as it is today. Specific statistic: "1912: First strong link made between lung cancer and smoking." Keyword: first. AKA- weak and unhelpful and unconcrete.
Source: http://www.tobacco.org/resources/history/Tobacco_History20-1.html
One thing that made the USA of 1912 better than the USA of 2012 is that we were involved in less wars in 1912 than we currently are now in 2012. In 1912 we were involved in zero wars and in 2012 we are currently involved in one war: Afghanistan.
Source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org.wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001-present)#_
All this second source basically has to say is that it confirms the fact that we are still presently in Afghanistan.
a) The U.S.A is better now because of how great we are at everything! sports, longer lives, gdp, transportation, and especially the technology.
b) There were no cellphones in 1912, there were barely one phone in a household.
c) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone
d) Taxes and the economy seemed better back then since none of the world wars or Great Depression happened yet.
e) There was no income tax, national debt, or federal reserve bank.
f)http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1426024/pg1
a) The United States now is better than it was in 1912 because we have quicker and easier communications betwen other Americans and other countries
b) The number of telephones in 1912 in the United States was approximately 625,000, where nowadays it is well in the millions.
c)http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/04198721ch1.pdf
d) The amount of pollution due to automobiles in 1912 was much less than it is today
e) In 1912, there were 3 and a half million horses in America pulling horse drawn carriages, but nowadays, those non-polluting horses have been replaced with polluting cars.
f) http://banhdc.org/archives/ch-hist-19711000.html
A) The USA is better now than in 1912 because we are more advance in various aspects of life such as healthcare, transportation, technology, and many other things.
B)In 1912 The Sperry Corporation develops the first gyroscopic autopilot ("gyroscopic stabilizer apparatus") for aviation. Now there is the Garmin g1000. The new flight computers allow the airplane to evaluate itself in flight. Airplanes can nearly fly themselves in the modern world.
C)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_in_science
D) Computers have yet to out smart the human brian in terms of adapting to a situation. Many pilots rely to heavily on the flight computers so there is not as much "hard training" due to the technology.
E) A pilot will use the auto pilot more than 85 percent during a flight.
G)http://www.gadling.com/2008/05/02/plane-answers-when-do-pilots-use-the-autopilot/
A) The USA is better now that in 1912 because we now have close-to-equality racial and gender wise, while segregation was extremely widespread then.
B) In 1912, Tuskegee, Alabama passed a law forbidding trespassing for berry gathering. It's purpose was marketed as "Keep Darkies Out of [the] Berry Patch [so] They'll Have to Chop Cotton." in 2012, we have a black president.
C)http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/2470
D) Inflation was worse in 1912.
E) Inflation was reached 7.34% by the end of 1912, while it is 2.65% now.
G) http://www.multpl.com/inflation/table
a. The US is better now than it was in 1912 because there are more women in the workforce.
b. In 1912 only 20% of women worked, in 2012, 50% of women are now in the work force.
c. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us24.cfm
d. The US is worse now than it was in 1912 because the divorce rate has increased.
e. In 2012 the crude divorce rate is 3.5 while in 1912 the crude divorce rate was .8. (crude divorce rate means number of divorces per 1000 person population)
f.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-hughes/what-is-the-real-divorce-_b_785045.html
a) The U.S. has a lower infant death rate now than in 1912.
b) In 1912, 150 infants died per 1,000 births. In 2012, only 8 infants die per 1,000 births
c) http://ahundredyearsago.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/infant-mortality1.jpg
d) The defense budget was much lower in 1912 than it is today
e) The defense budget was almost $848,000 million in 2010, and was only 414 million in 1912
f) http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1912
and
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2010USmn
A) The U.S.A in 2012 is more aware and supportive of our enviroment. B) There are now over 107 organizations in the U.S.A verses the smaller number earlier (there are few if any records of them).
C) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environmental_organizations
D) The bad thing in the U.S today is that everything costs a lot of money.
E)For example, today eggs are 1.67 while in 1912 they were 14 cents.
F) www.livewithit.com/content
a) The U.S. is better now than in 1912 because of racial equality.
b) The head of the executive branch in 1912 was 0% African-American while today the head of the executive branch is 50% African-American, which is much more equal. Also, the KKK was ~3,000,000 strong and it is less than 6,000 strong today.
c) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan
d) No budget surplus now, only deficit.
e) 1912 had a 3 million dollar budget surplus while 2012 has a 1.1 trillion dollar budget deficit.
e) http://federal-budget.findthedata.org/
A. The USA is better now because our roadways are so much safer, as are cars.
B. Sealt belts were offered only as options by American car manufacturers like Ford in 1955 and Nash in 1949, NOT IN 1912!! They became standard more or less by 1958.
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt
D. There is a lot more air pollution now than there was back in 1912.
E. http://cleanairmakemore.com/more-from-clean-air/habits-from-1912-mean-cleaner-air-for-2012/
A. America today is better than the America of 1912 because we are now a superpower and the leader of the world.
B. America has by far the largest military force in the world at the present time, but wasn't even recognized as a major threat before WWI.
C. http://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=United-States-of-America
D. The 1912 US was better because it relied less on other countries to provide resources.
E. The US imported 52% of it's oil from foreign nations, while in the early 1900s, it was a net exporter.
F. http://205.254.135.7/energy_in_brief/foreign_oil_dependence.cfm
A. The USA is better now in 2012 than in 1912 because now we have the ability to have our miranda rights read to us when we are arrested.
B. Before the Miranda court case, Americans would get arrested without being told their rights, sometimes digging themselves deeper into a mess, like knowing you have the right to remain silent, which did not have to be said pre Miranda Rights.
C.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_v._Arizona
D. The U.S. today is worse than in 1912 due to our huge debt today.
E. We currently owe approximately 16 trillion dollars now, compared to almost 3 billion in 1912.
F.http://130.94.230.21/debt_history.htm
1. The USA of today is far more technologically advanced than the USA of 1912.
2. The computer was invented in 1937, and the microchip was invented in 1959. These two key inventions have changed the way we live today.
3.http://inventors.about.com/od/computersandinternet/a/microchip.htm
4. The USA of 2012 has much more debt per person than in 1912.
5. Buying on credit was invented in the 1920's. Today the average US household has a credit card debt of $15000.
6.http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/credit-card-industry-facts-personal-debt-statistics-1276.php
1. Mandatory Portion
a. The average salary is much greater today than it was in 1912.
b. According to my source, the 1912 era's average salary was $750.00 a year which, when converted to today's terms, is $17,857.14 today. The most accurate data for our time period shows that the average salary is $41,673.83. Therefore, people have more money to spend in the economy and to support themselves.
c. http://www.ssa.gov/oact/COLA/AWI.html
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade10.html
d. During 1912, the United States followed a path of isolationism that kept the U.S. targeted on domestic affairs.
e. Woodrow Wilson propagated an isolationist approach after his election unlike today where we have 205,118 troops in various countries across the globe as we put our fingers in every pot.
f. http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/MILITARY/history/hst1109.pdf
a)The USA is better now than in 1912 because of a vast highway system that was implemented by Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1950s.
b) Inspired by the German Autobahn, the interstate system was officially opened on June, 29 1956 and spanned over 48,000 miles.
c)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System
d) The US is now worse because of the extreme importance placed on Prom in high school societies.
e) While it has been guessed that Proms started in the 1890s, documented official school sponsored prom dances first started appearing in the 1930s and 1940s.
f)http://www.prettyforprom.com/prom-history.html
g) got it covered
A)The United States of today has the ability to transfer information quicker by means of television or smart phone rather than early radios.
B)82% of Americans owned cell phones in 2009, and that number has only increased.
C)http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Cell-Phones-and-American-Adults/Overview.aspx
D)Americans in 1912 were much less dependent on technology than we are today.
E)The average American today spends seven hours a day using some sort of technology (half of their hours awake!)
F)http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1304266/We-spend-7-hours-day-using-technology-computers-TV-lives.html
A). America is better now in 2012 than 1912 because we now have bigger cities and cooler buildings.
B). The Sears (Willis) Tower was not built until 1970, so this national landmark was not enjoyed by people in the 1912.
C).http://www.aviewoncities.com/chicago/searstower.htm
D). People were mainly outside doing things instead of staying instead with video games like we do now.
E). The first viedo game wasnt even created until 1952.
F). http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcomputer_videogames.htm
a) The US in 2012 is better than the US in 1912 because we are working towards renewable energy.
b)In 2012 we have off shore wind turbines that are able to capture higher wind speeds in the ocean.
c)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_wind_power
d)The US today is worse than the US in 1912 because we are starting to fall behind china.
e)china is surpassing out GDP within 10 years, and is starting to lead the world in clean energy.
f)http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/14/china-vs-the-u-s-who-will-win-the-21st-century/
a)The US in 2012 is better than the US of 1912 because we are much more advanced in the field of science than we were in 1912.
b) Since 1996, 3,437,213 scientific papers describing various discoveries in the field have science have been published, working out to .011 scientific publications per capita.
c) http://www.scimagojr.com/countryrank.php?area=0&category=0®ion=all&year=all&order=it&min=0&min_type=it
d)The US of 2012 is worse than the US of 1912 because of how the life expectancy of people continued to climb throughout the twentieth century but now kids born after 2000 are likely not to live as long as their parents because of health concerns, many related to obesity.
e)One in three children born after the year 2000 are expected to develop diabetes.
f)http://www.worldhealth.net/news/one_in_three_us_children_born_in_2000_wi/
A) America is much better country now than in 1919 because know we have Alaska which has brought us people like Sarah Palin and NFL football player Travis Hall
B) Alaska was admitted in to the United States on January, 3rd 1959 making it the largest state in the U.S
C) http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ak_intro.htm
D) The price of the dollar is a lot less now in 2012 than it was in 1912
E) ) One dollar in 2012 is worth $24 in 1912
F) http://www.minneapolisfed.org/community_education/teacher/calc/hist1800.cfm
a. America is far better now than in 1912 because now we have Disney land-The happiest place on earth.
b. Disney world was opened on July 18, 1955
c. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland
d. The US is worse now than it was in 1912 because in 1912 the Cubs has won the world series twice in the past 5 years!
e. The last time the Cubs won the world series was in the year 1908
f. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Cubs
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