Why Labor Unions were not successful

No, it was not successful because Source H the government basically made it illegal to go on strike, which made Labor Unions almost pointless. Next there was Source G, which said that at the strike of Homestead most of the Labor Union workers died while on strike because of the violence, which leads to the general public thinking that Labor Unions are no good as well. And plus, why go on strike if you are likely to get hurt and not be able to support your family anyways? My last supporting source is Source D because it explains the disappointments of industry back then because the Labor Unions weren't really taking an affect on industry yet. The invention of the assembly line made it so that skilled workers got replaced by cheaper, unskilled workers and a lot of workers lost their job from being replaced by machinery. 

US position on Egyptian protests

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12356064


"It thus came as no surprise to many that the president, under transparent US pressure, conceded that he would not stand for re-election in September."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12361948

"Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says he would like to resign immediately but fears the country would descend into chaos if he did so.

Speaking after 10 days of protests, he said he was "fed up" after being in power for decades.

He said he was "unhappy" about the violent protests and warned that the Muslim Brotherhood would fill any power vacuum."

In these two quotes we see that the United States has successfully coerced Mubarak into not running for re-election and Mubarak's son will also not be running for presidency next term. President Obama has already been active in Egypt's political decisions and now we should back off and let Egypt's protesters and Prime Minister, Ahmed Shafiq and Vice President, Omar Suleiman to make up what is best now. Also, if you look at the latest quotes by Mubarak he tells the public that he is "fed up" with the protesting which indicates a sign of defeat or compromise. So as of right now, I think we should stand back. 

Option 5: Question #3

Some policies that I feel would be appropriate for my Option would be:

- focus more on winning the hearts and minds of the people instead of forcing them into a government that they are not accustomed to.

- Lots of the Middle Eastern countries have seen our presence in the Middle East as a dangerous threat to their nations customs and our greed for oil, so if we helped out more Arab countries and decreased our amount of aid to Israel a little bit, it will be a win-win for us.

- If we promoted Democracy and Freedom in the region by example it would affect many people more than attacking foreign governments and giving them a reason to not support our ideas. (A lot of young adults are ready for change, so we can influence them). The one exception to that policy would be if a dangerous dictatorship was a threat to the US or our allies and we got permission from the UN Council instead of illegally going into that country.

- If we gain more allies by giving more aid and creating more nations like ourselves, more Arab countries will be generous will their oil and then we wouldn't have to struggle to obtain it from countries like Iran who refer to the US as the "greater satan."