What did Freedman mean by when he said there are “three characterizes of American cuisine|My homework helper

Posted: February 6th, 2023

Question 2 – Connect: Base your answer to this question on the two assigned readings within the lesson – the interview with a Yale Professor and the blog on Hawaiian Food. (Note: Hawaii itself is part of the U.S.)

What did Freedman mean by when he said there are “three characterizes of American cuisine” are “regionalism, standardization, and variety”? How did each change over time? Does Hawaiian cuisine, as discussed in the PBS article, go along with Freedman’s definition of American cuisine? Explain your answer.

 

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American Nation, American Empire Sway Lesson

Note: This Sway lesson contains links to additional required readings. As you go through the lesson,

be sure click on the relevant links to read the sections in Yawp, the interview with the Yale Historian

on food history, and the blog on Hawaiian food. If you have any questions, let your professor know.

The American Nation-State & Imperialism

The Civil War (1860-1865) challenged the idea of a single American nation-state at the same time

that the idea of modern nationalism (the alignment of the nation with the state) was popular across

the Atlantic. The Union’s win in the Civil War helped to create a single nation-state (although by

force). To be clear, let’s go over what nation and state mean. The nation is a people or an imagined

community. It is larger than a city or region. A state is a political entity – a government with borders

that is sovereign. The idea of a nation-state is that a people have their own sovereign country. After

the Civil War, people started to use The United States (instead of These United States) more often.

Once they did – once they thought of the United States as a nation-state – then people began to debate

exactly who was part of the American nation. American national identity is based around the

founding ideals such as the right to self rule (democracy), liberty (individual rights), and equality.

The cartoon below, School Begins, was created in 1899, just after the Spanish-American War and

during the Filipino-American War. These imperialist wars sparked a debate over who America was –

was it okay for a nation that had fought for independence from Britain to hold other nations as

colonies? Was it okay to proclaim liberty and self-rule while forcing rule on weaker nations? The first

part of this lesson focuses on U.S. imperialism with regard to Hawaii and the former Spanish

colonies gained through the Spanish-American War.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the United States joined the other imperialist powers in

nation-state competition over territory. The U.S. annexation of Hawaii and its victory against Spain

in the Spanish-American War prompted a debate within the U.S. over the meaning of liberty and

American democracy. Read American Yawp Chapter 19, parts II, III, and IV ( Click Here to access

the Yawp Chapter). And, watch the U.S. History Crash Course on Imperialism, just below. Click

Here for the transcript.

School Begins:

Next, look at the School Begins cartoon – what message is the artist trying to display? What do the

different scenes represent? The information in Yawp and the Crash Course should help you decipher

the reason that “Uncle Sam” (representing U.S. policy) is “instructing” the 4 children in the front. The

other images in the cartoon help the artist make his point. See the explanation and evidence below to

help decipher the cartoon.

The political cartoon above, School Begins, appeared in Puck magazine in January, 1899. The center

of the cartoon is Uncle Sam “teaching” four frightened children, who are symbolic of the U.S.’s

newly acquired territories, about the “ First Lessons in Self Government,” as the book on his desk

suggests. The cartoonist, Dalrymple, was being satirical. His cartoon was a critique of U.S.

imperialism and the U.S. rhetoric that went along with imperialism. Pro-imperialists argued that they

were not taking over other territories for financial gain or other selfish reasons. Instead, they claimed,

they were spreading civilization and democracy.

Dalrymple’s cartoon sought to highlight the hypocrisy of imperialists’ claims to be spreading

democracy and civilization by including the image of a blackboard with the following scribble across

it: “The consent of the governed is a good thing in theory, but very rare in fact. — England has

governed her colonies whether they consented or not. By not waiting for their consent she has greatly

advanced the world’s civilization. — The U.S. must govern its new territories with or without their

consent until they can govern themselves.” To Dalrymple, and other critics of U.S. imperialism, he

viewed U.S. imperialist actions as counter to the ideals of the U.S., namely self-government.

The first part of this lesson provided an introduction to the rise of the American empire, with a focus

on the annexation of Hawaii and the Spanish-American War, which will provide the historical

context for the image of the four “children” in the front of the image. The scenes in the background

of the cartoon – the black child washing the window, the Native American child next to the door, and

the Chinese boy standing outside – represent other aspects of U.S. domestic and foreign policy. By

including these other scenes, Dalrymple is trying to drive home his point. Let’s look at the other

images to help us decipher Dalrymple’s message.

 

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