The Great Depression and Today

In the Great Depression, the stock market crashed because consumers investing with money they did not actually own. While America has long since recovered from the burdens of the 1930's, our economy in today's society still has its flaws. according to this article on SeekingAlpha.com, the recession of in our lives was caused for reasons not completely unlike those of the Great Depression. Similar to the 1920's, the American government offed low interest loans to consumers, allowing them to buy what they wanted on credit. The government also allowed the creation on agencies, in specific Frannie Mae and Freddie Mac, that allowed people to pay for pretty much anything they could never afford otherwise. So in all, The Great Depression is extremely similar to today's recession, especially in regards to the stock market. Even though the stock market has hit extreme lows and has rebuilt since, experts say that the market can crash again, leaving stocks at 90% their worth. So is it worth it to still invest?

Information for 1930's Makeup

The majority of the information was found on THIS website. The other information is just random facts I know about makeup

1930's makeup :]

Since my hobby is makeup, I figured I'd relate it to this class in some way.
So what you have here my rendition of a typical 1930's style makeup. drawn on eyebrows and all.

In the 1930's it was super common that women would pluck their eyebrows in a very thin and high shape. In some cases, extreme gals would even shave off their brows and draw them back on. Since my eyebrows look  polar opposite to what I wanted to achieve, I broke out the glue stick and concealer and covered my brows drag queen style. In addition, makeup had only begun to become widely available in the 1910's with the creation of mascara, so eye makeup was limited. So wearing light, shimmery eyeshadow was typical. And to top off the eyes, I put on a pair of false lashes in honor of their creation in this decade. As for my face, I applied the lightest foundation I could find to pale my skin, and dusted a light pink blush on my cheeks. To finish the look off, I over drew my lipline and put on some orangey red lipstick, a favorite shade for this time. Oh and don't forget the vaseline! Women of this era often applied vaseline to their eyebrows to make them nice and shiny, so I figured I might as well too!

Veteran's of the Spanish American War Today: A little more patriotic than I think they should be....

THIS IS THE WEBSITE RIGHT HEREEEEEE

Believe it or not, the Spanish American War still is prevalent today. Even though it's not covered on major broadcasting networks, people still feel strongly about the subject. Proof: the website linked above. This site dedicated to sons of veterans of the war, instills a full force patriotic feel about the matter. After perusing their various ideals, I was actually a little shocked. I personally didn't think we brought freedom to the Cubans, or that we brought great humanity and happiness to the Philippines (we did fight their people at one point if I'm not mistaken). It saddens  me that people feel it necessary to sugar-coat the horrible truth, and make a current generation feel proud of something terrible their forefathers did. It's a little ridiculous if you ask me.

Spanish American War Cartoon

In this Spanish political cartoon, the artist depicts Uncle Sam in a mocking fashion so as to dis the
USA. Now this translation may not be completely spot on, (seeing as it's in Catalan, a dialect of Spanish) but the caption appears to be saying "Save the island, because it's lost." The Spanish public seemed to have viewed the Americans as greedy, because they depicted Uncle Same as gathering the Caribbean with a demonic gaze. They also make the USA have a superior arrogance, because they describe the island as "lost" or in my interpretation, without direction, exactly what the US felt Cuba was without someone else governing them.