The history of the United States of America has always had Americans fighting to protect themselves, their beliefs and their freedom. Even as early during the American Revolutionary War, the Americans stood up against the United Kingdom, the world’s leading … Continue reading
watch?v=_pKXcDrmjFk “Sound of Freedom” by Bob Sinclair is about the freedom of being yourself and not worrying about what others say. Especially in the society like today where appearance makes up a big part of one’s impression, everyone is trying … Continue reading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBI-ArPNnaE&feature=related According to what I know, one cannot play Star Spangled Banner in public without authorization. Therefore, for Jimi Hendrix to play this song during the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969, it was very controversial.In addition, this was a period when a … Continue reading
Videos clips that were made to teach how to distinguish a communist shows that the Americans viewed communism in a negative manner, and as a result, shows that they wanted to be free from communist influence. One of the most … Continue reading
I have noticed that there were many posts made about the Korean War, however, as a Korean, I will write about general MacArthur and the Korean War as seen on the eyes of a Korean, South Korean. The Korean War … Continue reading
The perspective of the creator of this poster was to embed in people’s mind that this war is necessary and it is for a good cause–to fight for liberty. By emphasizing “‘always” the creator is referring back to the American … Continue reading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVZ-J3c8_AY The original date of production of this video is unknown. This was a time when fundamentalist and modernist came out and fought for their religious beliefs. Modernists defined Christianity by combining science and religion, where as, fundamentalist viewed dropping … Continue reading
The attitudes towards treating immigrants or foreigners changed drastically after the U.S went into the war. As Foner mentioned in chapter 19, German immigrants and German Americans had a large number of population in the U.S and Americans even admired German … Continue reading
Horace F. Page was born on Oct 20th 1833 and he was a US Congressman representing California. One major contribution of congressman Page in changing the course of US history is that he was the author of a bill that … Continue reading
During the Industrial Revolution, many farmers came to urban cities in hope for getting a job in factories to better their lives. However, the working conditions in these factories were not so ideal. Many of these workers were forced to work … Continue reading
In chapter 15, Eric Foner lists a few rights the African Americans were given. For example, they were granted the right to own properties, and have legalized marriages—although they did have quite a number of constrains such as being limited … Continue reading
A US patrol captures North Korean prisoners in 1950. Korea, which had been ruled by Japan since 1905, was divided along the 38th parallel after the Second World War, with the Russians in control of North Korea, and the Americans … Continue reading
A) The book of David Blight does not sound interesting to me at all. The reason why I say this is because I am not a fan of history. However, after reading Eric Foner’s book review, I think the group … Continue reading
I have recently had a chance to watche a video clip in my Sociology class about some of the old CNN news. Interestingly, one of the news was reporting whether or not it is fair that history books are biased. … Continue reading
