The Fourteenth Amendment placed the principle of citizenship for all persons born in the United States, and empowered the federal government to protect the rights of all Americans. The amendment prohibited the states from abridging the “privileges and immunities” of … Continue reading
This song is quite different from the song I posted for the 1960s, called “Its hard to believe it” by Glenda Collins. The 1960s song refers to freedom as being peaceful and anti-war. This song that I have posted by … Continue reading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwvH2SxiDrk This song has a relative meaning to America in the 1960s, specifically the Vietman War. This was an anti-war song by listening closely to the lyrics. The audience listening to this song may have a different perspective on the … Continue reading
Rosa parks is widely remembered today as a symbol of ordinary blacks determination to resist the daily injustices and indignities of the Jim Crow South. Her life makes it clear that the cicil rights revolution was built on earlier struggles. … Continue reading
The Fair Deal focused on improving the social safety net and raising the standard of living of ordinary Americans. He called on Congress to increase the minimum wage, start a program of national health insurance, and expand public housing, social … Continue reading
This is a primary document produced during World War II that characterized the war as a “Good War” for Americans. This poster was definitely pro-war and the author believed they were fighting for a good cause. The authors objective in … Continue reading
This video was originally produced sometime in the 1920s. It depicts the crimes of two Italian immigrants accused of participating in a robbery at a Massachusetts factory. Sacco and Vanzetti were anarchists who dreamed of a society in which there … Continue reading
Foner tells a good summary of the change in Women`s Suffrage during the beginning of World War I. Just like during the Civil War, women sold war bonds, organized patriotic rallies, and went to work in war production factories. Many … Continue reading
Booker T. Washington was a prominent black leader who helped expand the nineteenth century boundaries of freedom. He redefined his objectives to fit blacks in with the new economical framework of the United States. Washington emphasized economic self-help and individual … Continue reading
During the Gilded Age, one man was known for his enormous wealth, it was John D. Rockefeller. He began working as a clerk for a Cleveland merchant and grew to dominate the oil industry. He drove rivals out of … Continue reading
Freedom of religion was discussed by Eric Foner in chapter 15. Following the civil war, blacks abandoned white controlled institutions to go on and build churches of their own. By the end of Reconstruction, only 600 of the 42,000 black … Continue reading
The David Blight book seems very interesting to me in that he gives a behind the scenes look at Reconstruction after the Civil War. Many historians, professors, and students can benefit from this book because they can deeply understand the … Continue reading
Primary and secondary sources are essential to studying history. Historical evidences help us learn to a certain extent to what has happened in the past. We will never know what exactly has happened, but we can take all evidences and … Continue reading