THE AMERICAN DREAM THE AMERICAN DREAM
TEST 2: Comment on the following source
Stage 1: Presenting the document: the introduction
(rephrase references) This engraving by Victor published in Judge on 26 march 1899 shows the impact 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 right |
The US worker threatened - American skilled worker, maybe Old Immigrant (def): good wages & standard of living (def) => comfortable house = good quality of life (def) = US Dream, self-made man (def) |
| • because a man dressed as a shabby cruel pirate with ear ring and torn clothes, rags, is going to grab father's food In the background, on the left • long file of immigrants carrying big bags • coming from ships |
by New Immigration • New Immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe 1890s-1910s, mass & unskilled and so cheaper workers => will easily get a job • attracted by open border, pull factors |
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.