Archive for the Tag 'American Civil War'

Jun 16 2011

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New York / Philadelphia

According to Chudacoff, during the civil war, contrary to New York, Philadelphia, relative unity prevailed. Industries there met needs for war materiel, and workers adjusted to inflation and succeeded in getting some wage increases. Philadelphia residents responded relatively calmly to government quotas requiring that the city furnish a certain number of recruits for the Union army, and a strong police force deterred potential social upheaval. (81) Instead, in New York, there had riots which caused by unfair Draft Laws. The whites laborers were attacking black people and republicans and it lasted for four days and resulting in more than four hundred deaths. Most of all, it was a race riot. Through the image, we can see rioters subjected black men to the most brutal violence: torture, hanging, and burning.

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Jun 12 2011

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19th Century Entertainment & Information

Visiting the Lost Museum website is quite a unique experience, something I have not done before regarding a museum experience; it would have been an even better experience if it was still up and running. The entertainment of this museum I would say was the live animals, as well as the aquarium (which actually had a note saying it was close), and the live exhibitions of both Tom Thumb and Joice Heth. It also provided a lot of information of the current events going on during its present time, for example slavery and abolitionist, immigrants and poverty, when and where president Lincoln was killed, the woman spy and so on. There were some paintings of how men liked to be in taverns drinking and this is pretty much saying that this was the main type of entertainment for men during the 19th century. As for women there was a guidebook on how women should play a proper role in their home. 

This museum website is pretty interesting. I say that one would just have to take their time exploring this site, I didn’t find it hard to navigate and I would definitely tell my friends to check it out for themselves when they have a chance.

Heroes and Heroines of the War, 1863

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Jun 11 2011

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The Beginnings of War

While exploring the museum, I learned that this was a big place for entertainment in New York during the 19th century. It quickly became one of the most visited places before it was burned down in 1865. This virtual museum allowed us to see what was going on in the 1800s such as the invention of the glass steam engine which was a step towards industrialization.

On the second floor, there was a slideshow showing the events leading up to the American Civil War. One of the slides that caught my eye was this poster:

This poster appeared after the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 that said that runaway slaves must be brought back to their masters. I think that this poster is pretty interesting because while the slave owners are trying to catch the slaves that ran up north, the North is trying to help the runaway slaves remain free. This conflict between the north and the south as well as others such as Bloody Kansas, eventually led to the Civil War.

I think that this site is very informative and tells you clearly how life was like in the 19th century.  However, I did not like it at all. I felt like everything was not that organized. Navigating through everything was pretty anoynig. It was a small window on the screen and you would move left and right. There were these sounds on the second floor that I did not like either.

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