The main idea of American History will be debated as long as people can remember the United States. For this web log, and the cover letter to the resume of your portfolio, you will write about the metaphoric character of American History.
1. Do any of these authors appear to disagree with each other? Explain.
2. Which statement about US history comes closest to your own beliefs? Explain by using three significant events from American History to support your belief.
3. In your own words, what’s a central theme in American History?
The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people.
– Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.
– Arnold Joseph Toynbee CH (April 14, 1889 – October 22, 1975) was a British historian whose twelve-volume analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations, A Study of History, was a synthesis of world history, a metahistory based on universal rhythms of rise, flowering and decline, which examined history from a global perspective.
The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows... If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.
– Frederick Douglass (February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American abolitionist, women's suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer.
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
– Will Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was a Cherokee-American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer and actor.
It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.
– Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist.
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
– John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American politician and the second President of the United States (1797–1801), after being the first Vice President (1789–1797) for two terms
I am more and more convinced that Man is a dangerous creature, and that power whether vested in many or a few is ever grasping, and like the grave cries give, give. The great fish swallow up the small, and he who is most strenuous for the Rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of Government. You tell me of degrees of perfection to which Humane Nature is capable of arriving, and I believe it, but at the same time lament that our admiration should arise from the scarcity of the instances.
– Abigail Adams (née Smith) (November 11, 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
– George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952), was a philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
– Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States.
We meet no Stranger, but Ourself
– Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830– May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life
In Memoriam: John Hope Franklin, January 2, 1915 – March 25, 2009. May he rest in peace.
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Richard Yusupov
1. I think the authors Mark Twain and John Adams Do disagree with each other. Mark says that finding America was a good thing but missing would be a better thing. John thimks America is buetiful, scared and is a great place to live in.
2.The statement saying "You can't say civilazation don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way." written by Will Rogers. In the French and Indian war Indians used stones and arrows as weapons. The civil war had guns and cannons. In World War 2 there were tanks,missiles,andbombs from planes.
3.I believe that the central theme of American history is "America along with it's citizens and rulers are ruled by greed.power and hate while some people try to fight it. written by Richard Yusupov
Question 1:Some of the authors disagree with each other. For example, What John adams is saying that america is the greatest country in the world and that it will work just fine.John adams is saying that america is perfect with no faults. What abigail adams is saying that when someone get into power, they will get greedy and america will fail and that people who are not the highest class will suffer. Question 2: The statement that comes cloeset is the one written by Abrgail adams. What she says is true. When people get power, they become greedy. For example, When king george had control over america, he taxed the people unfairly. Also, when president andrew jackson drove out all the indians for thier land. Finally, when white people took african americans from their home.
Question 3: I think the central theme in america is(People are greedy, but if you want to escape pain and suffering, america is the place to be. You are safe and free in america.
1.The two authors that disagree are Walt Whitman and Abigail Adams, it is very hard to see how they disagree but it's there.The reason is, Whitman is saying how, oh the common people are genius's, the people with power aren't always genius. Abagail Adams is just saying, people with to much power are evil or greedy. Doesn't matter who you are,its human nature.
2.The quote that goes with my beliefs would be the one by Frederick Douglass, it makes a lot sense. If you don't really struggle in life then where is the progress, your accomplishments are shown within your struggles. For example the Abolitionists they struggled to change slavery, (in general) the stories of the west in the 1800's are examples because people struggled to get there, live there and stay there and progress was made, and lastly In general the explorers they worked very hard to find the land we live in and other lands. No struggle-No progress.
3.Central Theme: There has to be a start to everything right? And there has to be a end also right? But you know whats interesting? Its is how America is going to end it all, or is it going to end itself? -By: Lionzo Bien-aime
1)I do think authors disagree with each other such as Mark Twain and John Adams. It seems like John Adams loved america by his quote "I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth" and Mark Twain didnt really enjoy america after a while in his comment "It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it."
2)The stament that comes closest to my belifes is "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past." -Thomas Jefferson because things in the future can lead you in better things in life instead of just thinking about wat u did wrong just forget it and move on with your life.
3)Americas history revolves around money buying and selling items for war,land ect. It thakes money to make money
-Chares Rampersant (April 28,2009) is a great person and really smart.
Question 1 -
The authors the seemed to disagree with each other was John Adams and Abigail Adams. Abigail Adams is saying that once someone gets all the power, the high class people will not suffer, only the lower classes. She's saying like only rich and high class people will never suffer. It seems that Abigail Adams isn't passionate about anyone in America except the high class and wealthy people. John Adams on the other hand seems to really love America. He said that its beautiful and a great place to live in. It also seems like he cares for everyone in the country and isn't choosing people by classes.
Question 2 -
The statement that comes closest to my beliefs is the one by Abigail Adams. I agree with her because once people are in power or very wealthy, they are greedy, mean and take the control. One historic event that supports my thoughts was when King George was in power, he thought he can do whatever he wants to, too people and charged taxes from people unfairly. Another event was when Andrew Jackson kicked out all the Indians' from their own land. The final reason supporting my opinion is when white people were allowed to take the African Americans away from their homes.
Question 3-
I believe that the central theme of American History is ....
" America is a free country. It has its ups' and downs' but there is ALWAYS a way out of the problem. " Written by Michelle Nemirovskaya
1. I have noticed that a couple of the statements disagree.The first statement i noticed that disagread were Arnold Joseph Toynbee and Walt whitman.The reasone i belive that they disagree is beacause Walt Whitman said that america is a helpfull and lovably country. he thinks that its a bright and nice country. On the other hand what i belive Arnold means by saing that metaphor is that it might acked friendly but then makes things worse. He belives that america isnt the best place and isnt the most truthful place.unlike what Arnold thinks Walt think in a more posiyive way.I also belive that Will Rogers and Frederick Douglass disagree with each other because will said that cizilasation does advance because in wars thay still find a way to kill you either way. on the other hand Frederick Douglass belives that the cizilisation is not increased becuse theres no struggle as in our country is lazy. we want crops without pulling out the weeds. we want money without working for it.the last statments that i think disagree were abigal adams statement and Jhon Adams statements. John Adams belived that America was a great place. he agrees with walt Whitman.they bolth thought that our country is great and artistic.Abigale thinks differently. She thinks that its all about popularity and power. LOTS and LOTS of POWER.thats what she meand by the goverment as the big fish eating away at everyone elses minds.Its kind of like the "dogs of the goverment" . I agree with her.
2. The statement about U.S.history that comes clasest to my belifs is the statement written by Frederick Douglass. He wrote about how america is lazy and wants others doing there work for them or magicly getting it complete "lieing""loosing it".Because they are lazy they are not struggling in there activities and not making progress.He even gave us examples such as we whant crops without plowing we whant rain without thunder or lightning and we whant the ocean without the noise.One of the events i will use to support my jujjument is that one of our presidents was lazy. that was Anderew Jackson.He hierd slaves to do his crops for him. he even made those poor people bild his mansion for him. why not do it yourself. of course you wouldent want to get hurt lifting and biulding.the second supporting statement i have is also about anderew Jachson.Since he wanted some extra land so he started to remove the indians fromthere OWN LAND.no he didnt choose to make them slaves he had enough of those he chose to kill them insted.my last supporting statement is about most of the indian tribes there were. Have you ever noticed that most of the indian tribes got into conflicts with the white men. thats because in every conrlict the white men whanted something for there own good.either it was land or the riches of the people.the white men were always selfish and started fights to get what they desire.
3. i belive that the central theme ofAmerican history is complicated.It might be greedy and all but it does have thing good about it.i mean we are free to a point were we are naged by the lesh around our necks. everyone has the imaginary leash around themselves even when your just born or just on the point of break.my point is im happy to be in america and so is my family but somethings get me mad about our land.
1. Yes, these authors do appear to disagree with each other. Some seem to view topics in a negative perspective, while others view topics in a positive way. For example, Arnold Joseph Toynbee has a negative quote that appears to say America isn’t a very helping country, but rather destructive. However, John Adams quote seems to say America is a great place and land, which helps other realize certain things. Another person John Adams disagrees with is Samuel Langhorne Clemens, whose quote is probably trying to say it’s wonderful to be and live in America, but it’d be even more wonderful not to be and live in America. I think what George Santayana’s quote is telling us the past is important to learn our lessons and mistakes from. His quote argues with Thomas Jefferson’s which says the history past isn’t important, and he prefers the dreams of the future.
2. The statements that come closest to my beliefs are John Adam’s, Abigail Adam’s, and George Santayana’s quotes. John Adams believes the land of America is a unique land which opens our minds and helps us notice ignorance. Today, our country attempts to prevent and do something about discrimination of all kinds. This way, there might be less prejudgment in our society. Abigail thinks when someone is given power; there is a chance of them abusing it, which still happens today probably because they enjoy the power. George says if we don’t remember the past, we’re bound to repeat it. This is true because if we make a mistake in the past and we can’t remember what it was, we are likely to make the same mistake over and over again. However, if we do remember the mistake in the past, we have a chance to fix it with another choice.
3. I think the central theme of American history is everyone should be given freedoms and rights. Even if we struggle, working together will help us get back on our feet.
1. Yes, some of the authors disagree with each other. I believe that George Santayana and Thomas Jefferson had different opinions. George Santayana says the past is more important than the future. That we need to know the past in order to move forward. Thomas Jefferson believes the the future is what we should be concerned about our future and we plan for the future not the past.
2."I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature, and that power weather vested in many or a few is ever grasping, and like the grave cries give, give. The great fish swallows up the small, and like he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government. You tell me of degrees of perfection to which Humane Nature is capable of arriving, and I believe it, but at the same time lament that our admiration should arise from the scarcity of the instances.." Abigail Adams. I believe she is right. Everyone with great power goes math with it. Weather they believe its right thing or want it their own way. For example Andrew Jackson went mad with power. He took over the Indian American's land and forced them out. People were fed up with his rude attitude and his ego. Another example is slavery in America. America was known as the nation of freedom, yet white men were aloud to have slaves. Blacks had no rights. Whites had all the power. Also another example is England's power of America. The people of America were disgusted with the jobs they had to do and the money they had to pay just for King George.
3. Power is in the center of or heart. It keeps us pumping. It keeps us standing tall. But with greed our heart fails. And we are forced to die.
Question #1
Yes I see two statements that disagree with eachother. The fist statement is "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" by George Santayana. The second statement by Thomas Jefferson is, "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past". I believe these statements disagree becasue Santayana is saying that if cou can't remember the pastwell then too bad you must repeat it!, but Jefferson is basically saying let the past be that past just worry about the future becasue your past will always be in your past no matter what and you can't change it, but you have a chnace of changing your future.
Question #2
Well too me that statement would be "We meet no stranger but ourself", by Emily Dickinson. Their are two reasons why i have chosen this statement. One reason is because I really like it and because it makes perfect sense to me in a way. I think she is trying to say that were our own stanger and if were just walking in the park and see a guy he is starnger to us and were a stranger to him but do we ever honestly know who we are? why were here? whats our pourpse?...no so to me thats what i believe Dickinson is trying to infer.
Question #3
Well to mean Centreal American history is that everything starts with a pourpose we may never know what it is but it's their for some reason and their is a reason for everything so who cares? We learn it or we dont we were never their no one can honestly tell you what happened at the Boston Tea Party or how the Civil War occoured so let life be life and just live it!
1.The pepole i think disagree are John Adams and mark Twain.John Adams is sayin how great the united states is but the are scared because we are the under dogs.Mark twain says america is beutiful but it would have been beter if we would have mist it.
2.I think the dog that is nice but when it wagsil it its tail it does more harm then good.When Andrew jackson moved the native americans west better known as the trail of tears. It ended up killing hundreds of people that were making the trip.Also when they tried to make piece with england they did something wrong and they went strait back to war with them.
3.I the central theeme of america is freedom and equality.when we freed the slavees sure we took a while to get ajusted to them but now theres even an african american president today. So that shows freedom and equality.
1. I think Mark Twain and John Adams disagree with each other because Mark Twain said that America is not really good place, but John Adams said that America is beautiful.
2. Will Roger`s idea is most closest to my own beliefs because he said: "You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way."
Every invent that had made in world had used in war. Steam engines was used in military boats, metal working used in guns, boats, swords, gun powder was invented for salutes, but now it used for bombs, bullets, grenades.
3. All countries had forming thousands of years, but America formed from several colonies to a most powerfull country in the world. America had repeat all wars, all mistakes for 600 years. But unlike other countries America didn`t hide own mistakes, America analyzing them and trying not to repeat this mistakes.
America History is terrible because all conflicts and wars from thousands years was concentrated in hundreds, but American History was also very usefull: every goverment must learn how to not repeat own mistakes.
1. I say Abgail Adams and John Adams disagree the most because John says America is great. While Abgail says America so bad and corrupt with pwoer.
2. The statement closet to my beliefs is The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows... If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. I say this because slaves had to work and and struggle toward their freedom. Also when the British had the colonies under control they revolted to get their freedom also. Finally the Haitians fought against the French for their freedom.
3. The central theme of America to me is the Yin and Yang sign. I say this because Yin is good and America is a good country and has right ideas and wants everyone to be free and happy. But even with good there has to be bad which is Yang to America its the problems with war because of out last president. Also our country is in alot of dept which is causing people to lose there jobs and homes.
1. The authors that seems to extremely disagree with each other is Walt Whitman's Statement and Arnold Joseph Toynbee's Statement. Walt Whitman stated, "The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legulatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspaper or inventors, but always most in the common people". Arnold Joseph Toynbee stated, "America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair". Walt Whitman is trying to say common people run America, while Arnold is trying to say common,friendly people cause a lot of trouble.
2."America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair". This statement comes closest to my beliefs to Usa history. As you can see America tried to help Iraq become a better country, so it landed a hand, when it landed a hand it basically destroyed Iraq. America knocked over to Afganistan and it pretty much almost knocked the chair off again. As you can see America keeps trying to land a hand to the people of Asia and basically destroying them into pieces, no human-kind can bare this pain.
3. I believe the central theme of American History is that " America loves and tries to help people so much, that it accidently destroys them".
Question 1:
Yes. I do think these authors appear to disagree with eachother because they are arguing and these authors are putting their opinions in this debate. For example, Walt Witman was saying that United States is not the best or most in its excutives or legislatures. She doesn't think we (United States) have good ambassadores, authors, colleges, churches, parlors, newspapers, and inventors. The person that disagrees with Walt Witman is George Santayana. He was saying that if you can not remember the past are tempted tp start it over again.
Question 2:
The statment about the U.S history comes closest to my beliefs is Abigal Adamssaying we should be careful of our world because the world really isn't safe. The reason why this comes closest to my beliefs is when people get power they do get greedy. For example, Slavery. Those people didn't care about other people's (Native Americans) lives and took them away from their home. Also, King George. King George was very greedy when it came about taxes. His taxing was unfair. Lastly, Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson kicked out or drove out all the indians for their land.
Question 3:
My central theme is greedy. "People that are greedy and want money, do mean things and crazy things to get money. They deal with suffer and pain to get what they want." - Cara Evenstein
1. I think that Samuel Langhorne Clemens and John Adams disagree on something. I feel this way because Samuel Langhorne Clemens said in one part of his quote "it would have been more wonderful to miss it" (America Of course). I think he is trying to say it would have been better if we never had an America, but it is still nice that we have one to call home. I think John Adams disagrees with Samuel Langhorne Clemens because his whole quote is about how magnificent America is "The settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence", I hope you can see where I'm coming from.
2. I think that the statement by Arnold Toynbee comes closest to my beliefs because for example when Andrew Jackson tried to help the Native Americans by moving them out of their home land (in my opinion was a very bad decision), and towards the west.
Those Native Americans had to travel a very long distance and many of them died on the way, this is now known as the Trail Of Tears.
3.I think that the central theme in American History is war, terror, and money.
I believe so because in the past there have been many wars and massacre's all around
America. Also there are still wars and fighting going on to this day.
We as the people spend money and have to pay taxes so that the U.S Army, Navy, Marines, Etc. would have money to pay for equipment.
That's billions and billions of dollars we are spending just over a war.
4.My Quote: War and Money does not bring one peace
Question #1
1. Yes, these authors appear to disagree with each other (some topics quotes are in a negative perspective, while others topics quotes are in a positive way) because George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952), was a philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” And Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States said, “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” George Santayana say’s that if you don’t know what happened in the past you would repeat it over again in the future. The past is more important than the future because it tells how the future evolved from the knowledge of the past mistakes and accomplishments. To learn the past makes us move forward in the future. But on the other hand, Thomas Jefferson say’s that we have to be concerned about the future than the past because we have to plan our future but not the past. The past does not change our future only we who plan it will. Past will always be the past, you can’t change it only what you plan for the future can.
Frederick Douglass (February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American abolitionist, women's suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer said, “The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows... If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.” Will Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was a Cherokee-American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer and actor said, “You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.” Frederick Douglass say’s that the people are too lazy to struggle against problems or accomplishments, that they can’t do a simplest thing. The civilization is not evolving or advancing if people can’t struggle at all. We won’t have differences, changes, and knowledge at all if we don’t advance, if you don’t work you don’t deserve anything, you have to deserve it, the civilization don’t advance. But on the other hand, Will Rogers say’s that you can’t say that a civilization don’t advance because in every war they kill you by different new way’s. If a civilization could kill you by new way’s in a war from your enemy’s ways and knowledge that means you are advancing by thinking knowledge. You are making new way’s for your civilization that’s advancing, if not means you are not thinking, civilization does advance because the people always find a way to kill you either way, it’s by your move that make’s the person think.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist said, “It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.” John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American politician and the second President of the United States (1797–1801), after being the first Vice President (1789–1797) for two terms said, “I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.” Samuel Langhorne Clemens say’s that when we find America and lived there it would have been better to not have find it and live it because when we lived in America look what it has done to us, we are doing a lot of destruction, making mistakes, greedy, mean, taking power and control, lazy, and selfness. If we did not find it and live it we would not have those things. What is in America and came there would change our way of life, emotion, and feelings. But on the other hand, John Adams say’s that America is a better place to live in and not any other place because America has new challenges awaiting us, new adventure, new life, and new beginning. It has plenty of resources, making population higher, and better environment. It changed our nature in side us, giving wonder and reverence, and not a slavish mankind all other the world.
Question #2
2. The statement about US history comes closest to my own beliefs is by Abigail Adams (née Smith) (November 11, 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth said, “I am more and more convinced that Man is a dangerous creature, and that power whether vested in many or a few is ever grasping, and like the grave cries give, give. The great fish swallow up the small, and he who is most strenuous for the Rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of Government. You tell me of degrees of perfection to which Humane Nature is capable of arriving, and I believe it, but at the same time lament that our admiration should arise from the scarcity of the instances.” I agree with her statement because my belief is talking about how Man in the past and present are dangerous creatures because once a Man is too powerful or very wealthy they do more destruction, giving problems, are lazy, greedy, mean, and taking to much power and control, that’s what happening today. When you have too much power you are losing yourself, which still happens today probably because Man need the power to have a living. The three significant events from American History that will support my belief is the Indian Removal (1814 – 1858), how Andrew Jackson said to the Government to remove Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river, policy of the government of the United States that sought to relocate American Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river. Americans' hunger for land from Jackson’s talk of “agriculture, manufacture, and civilization” was the reasoning for Indian removal. It was the Americans who envisioned a cultivated and organized nation of prospering cities and productive communities who fueled the forces of removal. Perhaps to their detriment. Perhaps not. The growth of populations, cities, transportation systems, and commerce in the decades following the American Revolution created demand for agricultural development, and Jackson and his followers recognized the Indians were in their way, and set out to civilly and gently move them out of the way. This resulted in numerous treaties in which lands were purchased from Native Americans. Eventually, the U.S. government began encouraging Indian tribes to sell their land by offering them land in the West, outside the boundaries of the then-existing U.S. states, where the tribes could resettle. This brand of "final solution" was accelerated with the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which provided funds for President Andrew Jackson to conduct land-exchange ("removal") treaties. An estimated 100,000 American Indians eventually relocated in the West as a result of this policy, most of them emigrating during the 1830s, settling in what was known as the, "Indian territory". The Removal Act didn’t directly force Indians from their land. Many Indians didn’t have the food or means of transportation to make a journey west of the Mississippi, so the Removal Act was a way to enable Indians to move west. According to the federal laws that were put in place to oversee the expedition, the government was to provide food and transportation for the Indians, and if they stayed, then they would no longer be protected or given funds. To most Indians, the problems with leaving their land were more than just lack of resources. Indians’ land was their heritage, their history. The Indians’ way of life was already greatly disrupted by the white society, with its formal government and ideas of private property ownership, with their notions that a man's mind was the source of his power, and his productivity its expression. Now what little the Indians could retain of their past, and the very meaning of their lives was now being taken away This made The Trail of Tears (1942), in 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy; the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 of the Cherokees died. This commemorates the suffering of the Cherokee people under forced removal. If any depictions of the "Trail of Tears" were created at the time of the march, they have not survived.
Slavery in the United States began soon after English colonists first settled in Virginia in 1607 and lasted as a legal institution until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865, white people were allowed to take the African Americans away from their homes to in slave them. But several Native American tribes. The Klamath, Pawnee, Yurok, Creek, Mandan, and Comanche all had small numbers of slaves. The Shoshone woman Sacajawea—now famous for guiding the Lewis and Clark Expedition—had been captured as a slave and sold to the Mandan. But white European-Americans created the institution of slavery that we are familiar with. Many people from northern states profited from the slave trade by shipping thousands of Africans to the Americas as slaves. Over time, most of these enslaved Africans went to the plantations of the American South. By 1860, there were nearly four million slaves in the country. Europeans began enslaving Africans in the 1400s. For nearly a century, African slaves and European indentured servants lived similar lives of drudgery. But servants earned their freedom in exchange for several years of work. Slaves were forced into a lifetime of servitude. Gradually, slaves lost their rights until they became mere property. The law gave masters total power over slaves, including the right to kill their slaves. Also, white slave owners thought they were superior to black people, which increased the gap between slave and free. By the 18th century, court rulings established the racial basis of the American incarnation of slavery to apply chiefly to Black Africans and people of African descent, and occasionally to Native Americans. A 1705 Virginia law stated slavery would apply to those peoples from nations that were not Christian. In part because of the success of tobacco as a cash crop in the Southern colonies, its labor-intensive character caused planters to import more slaves for labor by the end of the 17th century than did the northern colonies. The South had a significantly higher number and proportion of slaves in the population. Religious differences contributed to this geographic disparity as well from 1654 until 1865, slavery for life was legal within the boundaries of much of the present United States. Most slaves were black and were held by whites, although some Native Americans and free blacks also held slaves; there were a small number of white slaves as well. The majority of slaveholding was in the southern United States where most slaves were engaged in an efficient machine-like gang system of agriculture, with farms of fifteen or more slaves featuring a higher factor of productivity compared to those farms without slaves. According to the 1860 U.S. census, nearly four million slaves were held in a total population of just over 12 million in the 15 states in which slavery was legal. Of all 8,289,782 free persons in the 15 slave states, 393,967 people (4.8%) held slaves, with the average number of slaves held by any single owner being 10. The majority of slaves were held by planters, defined by historians as those who held 20 or more slaves. Ninety-five percent of black people lived in the South, comprising one-third of the population there, as opposed to 2% of the population of the North. Despite being an efficient economic system, slavery did not spread northward due to the nature of the soil in the region and the types of crops typically produced there. At the time, principal importers of slaves were sugar and cotton growing regions. Both of these crops were more suitably farmed on plantations and in the soil of the southern regions. Thus, when land more suitable for these crops was discovered towards the west, slavery spread westward and not to the north. The wealth of the United States in the first half of the 19th century was greatly enhanced by the labor of African Americans. Twelve million Africans were shipped to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Of these, an estimated 645,000 were brought to what is now the United States. The slave population in the United States had grown to four million by the 1860 Census.
American Civil War (1861 – 1865) where the people killed each brother in a violent conflict within a country fought by organized groups that aim to take power at the center or in a region, or to change government policies is a war between organized groups to take control of a nation or region, or to change government policies. Was a Civil War in the United States of America. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the U.S. and formed the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy). Led by Jefferson Davis, they fought against the U.S. federal government (the "Union"), which was supported by all the free states and the five border slave states in the north. In the presidential election of 1860, the Republican Party, led by Abraham Lincoln, had campaigned against the expansion of slavery beyond the states in which it already existed. The Republican victory in that election resulted in seven Southern states declaring their secession from the Union even before Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861. Both the outgoing and incoming U.S. administrations rejected secession, regarding it as rebellion. Hostilities began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked a U.S. military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Lincoln responded by calling for a volunteer army from each state, leading to declarations of secession by four more Southern slave states. Both sides raised armies as the Union assumed control of the border states early in the war and established a naval blockade. In September 1862, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation made ending slavery in the South a war goal, and dissuaded the British from intervening. Confederate commander Robert E. Lee won battles in the east, but in 1863 his northward advance was turned back at Gettysburg and, in the west, the Union gained control of the Mississippi River at the Battle of Vicksburg, thereby splitting the Confederacy. Long-term Union advantages in men and material were realized in 1864 when Ulysses S. Grant fought battles of attrition against Lee, while Union general William Sherman captured Atlanta, Georgia, and marched to the sea. Confederate resistance collapsed after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. The American Civil War was the deadliest war in American history, causing 620,000 soldier deaths, and an undetermined number of civilian casualties, ending slavery in the United States, restoring the Union, and strengthening the role of the federal government. The social, political, economic and racial issues of the war decisively shaped the reconstruction era that lasted to 1877, and brought changes that helped make the country a united super power.
Question #3
3. The central theme in American History is “Every person say’s about the mistakes, problems that God did it, God made it but really it’s our self that did it and made it. We are the creation of God, he made us for a reason, and it’s like a game, if you lose you get pain, if you win you get freedom but really no, there’s only one way of life. When we have accomplishments we say we did it, we made it but really do we deserve it in America. I think not because we are a selfness, greedy, little creatures of a game that God made. We take, we rule, we hate, and we get power, what is this you tell me, we aren’t safe in America from everything, pain and suffering. This is what’s happening in America, there is nowhere to hide from it, you made it, you did it so fix it but you won’t. Because we are the creators of one reason God made us for “Destruction”. - Deniss Sivohins (October 27,1995) better known as Mr. Einstein who is a mad scientist, author, creator of life in “Brain-Life”, learner of history, finder of mistakes, problems, and accomplishments, the Fixer and Maker, Know ledger. Called second Leonardo Da Vinci and scientist in make believe fantasy, Non-Rester.
Yes. These authors did disagree with each other. One of them is George Santayana and Thomas Jefferson. George said that we should remember what we did wrong in the past and learn not to do it again. Thomas said something that is opposite of George. He would prefer not to remember about the past and look into the future. Focus more on the future and forget about the past.
The quote that comes closest to my beliefs is the quote by Will Rogers. This quote is actually true because as time goes by, there are different weapons that are being created. In the early times, people used spears and bows to kill animals or other humans. Then instead of spears and bows people had created guns. Guns were much more effective then spears and bows; but today we have cannons, tanks, and others. As you see, new weapons are going to be created in the future and they will become more effective then before.
To me, the central theme in America history is greed and war. Everyone wants more then they have. People would always go to war for each other’s land and they want more then they already have.
To me the two authors that appear to disagree with each other are Abigail Adams and John Adams. John Adams talks about how America is a great place and that it blocks out all the other horrible things that happen in the world. Abigail Adams on the other hand seems to disagree. She states that a man is a very dangerous thing and if it gets too much power then starts taking control of everything.
The statement that comes closest to my beliefs is Abigail Adams. She states that a human Is a very dangerous creature. If it gains too much power it can easily take advantage of that power. There are many events in history in which we see people taking charge and power of others. In 1776 America gained its freedom from the British. We ruled by the British for a very long period and they used to raise taxes on us which resulted us to break free from their rule. Another example is when the slaves fought to earn their freedom. The slaves were treated very poorly and decided to fight back so that no one should be discriminated by the way they look. Also president Andrew Jackson had moved the Indians out of there land. He drove the Indians out of there land in the east and made them move to the west.
To me the central theme of American history is all about being able to fight for your own rights. There are many events that take place in American history in which people have to fight for there own rights to make things right. By fight for what you believe in, it makes the country stronger. If people didn’t fight for what they believed in back then we would probably be living without any freedom.
Yes some authors appear to disagree with each other. An example of this would be Abigail Adams and Walt Whitman. Walt Whitman said that the rulers of the United States are common people and Abigail Adams says that people that have power are corrupt. Another disagreeing statement is gorge Santayana and Thomas Jefferson. I think they disagree because Santayana thinks that you need to repeat the past and Jefferson thinks that you need to move on and think about the future.
The statement that is closer to my own beliefs about United States history is Arnold Joseph Toynbee. It states “America is a large friendly dog in a very small, every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair”. I think this means that America tries to be nice and it tries to help other countries so they will like America. But it just winds up getting into more trouble. For example the trail of tears. Andrew Jackson tried to help the Indians by moving them, but that just gave the Native Americans a great deal of pain. Also there were Spanish missionaries trying to teach Native Americans about Christianity. But instead they were forced to do everything and had no free will.
In my own words I view that the central theme in American history is that if you have too much power it will blow up in your face for example the economy today is horrible because there was greed.
Post of Ian Chwatuk
1. Many authors disagree with each other such as, George Santayana and Tomas Jefferson. Santayana quoted those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Tomas quoted I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past. One author beleives in the future and the other believes in the past.
2. The statement that comes closest to my beliefs is the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. There are three examples I would like to point out. One is in 7/4/1776 we became free from Britian. Today we are a free growing country and is no longer ruled by a monarchy. Another example is in 1865 the Civil War ended and slavery no longer existed. In the 1850's we learned about the mexican American War and how TX, CA and etc were part of Mexico. Today those are states of the USA. The past leads to the future but we need to help make the future grow and be a better place than it is today.
3. I believe a central theme of American History is the fact that the USA is the only country that allows people to gain freedom. In addition, the USA helps people practice there relegion unlike many other countries. The USA helps lead its citizens in the right path. Thats why im grateful to be born in the greatest country on the planet.
written by Ian Chwatuk.
I think that john adams and abrigail adams disagree because 1is saying that america an amazing country and the other believes that american men are very dangerous creatures.
i like the walt whitmen quote is the best for me because i think that the working class people best repersent america and how we work hard to get that money that we all desire.
i believe that the central theme of america is america is greedy.You may think america is trying to help you but we are only trying to take something from you.I believe america is cut throat.
The History of Americans has been the subject that many people argue about over and over. Even though they were husband and wife, John Adams and Abigail Adams shared different opinions on American History. John Adams thought that America would be able to change the world for the better, like making everybody smarter, including the slaves. While Abigail Adams thinks that the men of America or men in general are dangerous beings, which get power, and get drunk on it.
Frederick Douglass’ statement about US history seems to be the closest to my beliefs. Technically, what he was trying to say was “No pain no gain,” and that people wish for something and don’t expect there to be any consequences or trouble. But in the March to Universal Suffrage, there were many people who “suffered” so that they could get voting rights. They also “suffered” for Freedom of Rights, and for the US Constitution.
My view on America’s central theme is “America is built on war and victory; but like any other country, it has a vulnerable side that you can’t help but love.” America has its good and bad side that can make a person gasp in awe. Between most average Americans, there may be a line of love and hate.
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