Sharecropping

What the freed men and women wanted above all else was land on which they could support their own families. -Digital History

Emancipation in Comparative Perspective

After the slaves had been granted their freedom, they took advantage of every opportunity they encountered. They set up their own newspaper office, insisted on being called "miss" or "mister" and brought about their own church services.  But the whites did not like this dramatic change.  Some whites persecuted, mistreated and even murdered the ex-slaves.

Birth of a nation

Birth Of A Nation, the first blockbuster of the silent films was created by D.W. Griffith in 1915.  It is a little over three hours long, so I just watched a couple minutes of it. The full movie is on youtube.

reconstrucition: reuniting the union

Reading about the Reuniting of the Union made me realize how much more went on through the process. I did not think there were so many steps to making the reconstruction possible. People,suffered, people agreed and disagreed. There were riots and fights, some people were even killed. There were allot of sacrifices made to reunite the union.

The First Americans.

When Columbus came to America, he did not find empty lands waiting for people to inhabit them. There were already tenants living and improving these lands, known as the Native Americans. The Native Americans were considered the first Americans. They were not as advanced as the Europeans that they were to encounter later on. They did have the wheel, but it was used as a toy. They had no knowledge of guns, swords, gun powder or diseases such as influenza or the measles.  The Native Americans were involved in agriculture and hunting. They grew their own food, and hunted for an other means of nourishment. There was not only one kind of Native living in what we call now, the US. There was over 2,000 different languages being spoken, and there were different kinds of tribes with different cultures then the others. There might have been differences in, for example, religions or hobbies.

Lesson One: Revolutionary Mindset And The American Revelution

"There was hope and fear, vision and desperation," among the people during the Revolutionary era.  There was a willingness to risk everything, for the rights of Liberty, Life and Property.  When the people felt as if there was a sense of injustice or unfairness, they rose up and requested a change. Change was not granted, so they fought for the change they wanted to see. People took great risks to earn their rights, and families split over opinions.  A friend became an enemy, a family member became a stranger. To achieve their victory, they had to endure heart ache and loss. The people were knee deep in English tradition. It was time for a change, and they sought it out until the attained it.