"How did film noir and Disneyland each offer different and often competing visions of southern California in the post-World War II era? How did both tap into the prevailing concerns, aspirations, and fears of the postwar period? How were images of race and gender expressed in both film noir and Disneyland in ways that implemented these contrasting and complementary visions?"

porter is writing economic history because he is focusing on the cost of developing vaccines.

the main objectives of the progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption.

booker t. washington was an educator who established the tuskegee institute. washington argued that african americans should learn trades that would offer them the opportunity to be progressive citizens. instead of fighting against discrimination, washington argued that african americans should use their education and knowledge to become self-sufficient in american society and not in competition with white americans.

w.e.b du bois was the founder of the niagara movement and later the naacp, du bois disagreed with washington. he argued that african americans should consistently fight for racial equality.

ida b. wells was a journalist who wrote about the horrors of lynching in the south. wells work could be considered muckraking as it led to the development of the anti-lynching campaign.