“don’t discuss troop movements • ship Sailings • war equipment” All propaganda posters made during world war 2 by America obviously held significance towards winning the war. These posters are intertwine in some way with the notion of pro-war necessity, … Continue reading
This is a poster from 1942. It was taken from the United States Office of War Information agency. It is entitled The United Nations fight for freedom. This poster is intended to showcase all those participating in the United Nations … Continue reading
This media includes pictures from the 1920’s depicting the Harlem Renaissance. It talks about and shows pictures of major events that took place during the Renaissance. It discusses the change that African Americans began migrating to Harlem to create their … Continue reading
Foner discusses this change on page 708 in the ‘closing ranks’ paragraph. This war was a hope for many African-Americans to have freedom. They were supposed to fight and then Wilson was supposed to give them their freedom that they … Continue reading
Eugene V. Debs was the president of the American Railroad Union. In 1894 Debs got himself involved with the Pullman Strike. The Pullman Company has cut wages from their employees. Workers had no choice but to fight back. Debs claimed … Continue reading
Frances Willard was one of the most prominent women of the 19th century. She is well known for her influence on the enactment of the Prohibition and Women Suffrage Amendments in the US Constitution. From early childhood, Willard marked herself … Continue reading
Ida B. Wells was born a slave and eventually became a teacher. In 1883, she sued the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad because they forbade her from sitting in the ladies coach. She then wrote an article about it, which … Continue reading
“The New Colossus” was a poem written by American Jewish Poet Emma Lazarus in 1883. Ms. Lazarus was asked by fundraiser Maxwell Evarts to write a poem for an art and literary works auction. The aim of the auction was … Continue reading
The Knights of Labor were the first group to try to organize workers, whether they were unskilled or skilled, female or male, and blacks or whites. They would exclude the despised Asian immigrants on the West Coast though. Its membership … Continue reading
The French gave the statue to the United States as a gift to celebrate a long friendship between the countries. It used to stand as a welcoming mat in the New York harbor to all immigrants that under went the … Continue reading
Chief Joseph, the leader of Nez Perce, felt that the Americans are taking away what belonged to him and his tribe. O.O. Howard chased the indians 1.700 miles west in order to conquer there land. Americans would invade Indian reservations … Continue reading
After the civil war African Americans were freed from slavery, but they realized the lack of freedom they have. The African Americans pursued their own freedom after the civil war. At the same time women in America had almost not … Continue reading
Foner discusses the freedom acquired by those previously held in servitude in Chapter 15, bringing up the few rights granted to the recently emancipated African Americans. The black population had not yet gained true equality, and suffered even more due … Continue reading
The most essential freedom discussed by Foner is the freedom from slavery. Without it, the others are nearly meaningless because those freedoms would go to already free men. Freedom is a very broad term and people had a very different … Continue reading
In chapter 15, there are several freedoms discussed by Foner. One particular freedom discussed is the freedom from slavery. For the slaves, freedom meant they would be like the white men. Freedom to them meant they could do and act like the … Continue reading
During the period of America’s reconstruction, the word “freedom” is spreading throughout the whole country. It came up with different type freedom such as the right of women, the right to vote and to be officeholder for the African American. … Continue reading
2/25/1870-Washington, DC: Hiram Revels, 1st African American Senator from Mississippi, taking oath of office in Washington. In chapter 15 Foner spoke about the many types of freedom African Americans wanted and were granted. The rights to an education, the right … Continue reading
One type of freedom besides the African Americans breaking off from slavery was the women’s rights. So once the 15th amendment was established on the constitution, many white females started wondering about their rights to vote as well. They thought … Continue reading
In Chapter 15 of his book “Give Me Liberty!”, Eric Foner mentions quite a few definitions of freedom. Garrison Frazier described freedom as “placing us where we could reap the fruit of our own labor, and take care of ourselves”. … Continue reading