THE AMERICAN DREAM THE AMERICAN DREAM
TEST 1: Comment on the following source
Stage 1: Presenting the document: the introduction
(rephrase references) This engraving by Victor published in Puck on 3 October 1888 shows the dangers of immigration (define main notion) that is to say people who came to settle in the USA, for the US worker, (give context) at the end of the 19th century, at the time of the Industrial Revolution and mass European immigration to the US.
Stage 2: Analysing the document
| DESCRIBING A CARTOON - What you see structured and detailed description |
INTERPRETING A CARTOON - What you know add and structure the definition of key notions |
In the foreground, on the left |
The US worker threatened - American skilled worker, maybe Old Immigrant (def): good wages so expensive => unemployed = low standard of living (def) => homeless = bad quality of life (def) |
| In the background, on the right • Many rushing immigrants with backpacks straight from the ship • welcomed by a well-dressed businessman inside a building, maybe a factory, |
by New Immigration • New Immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe 1890s-1910s, mass & unskilled and so cheaper workers => will easily get a job • Open border, pull factors, maybe self-made man |
Stage 3: Concluding
To conclude, (assess doc) we can say this cartoon is reliable as we have its full references but it is biased because the artist is prejudiced against immigrants.
To recap, (sum-up ideas) this engraving shows the threat (negative impact) of mass immigration to/on the American skilled worker. However the Industrial Rv needed many new workers for its factories.