Across the South, the implementation of Reconstruction policies was achieved in multiple ways. While not always a success, Reconstruction had a definitive impact on the social, cultural economic and financial issues in states throughout the South. It is not clear whether or not Reconstruction was more beneficial to the country or harmful, but it is … Read more
A Virginia newspaper entitled The Franklin Repository stated that the American North and South were clashing with, “irreconcilable differences of principle, and bleeding from wounds within their own household” on June 13, 1860, only a year before the civil war commenced. Compromises worked to diffuse tensions early on; however as ideas like popular sovereignty came … Read more
True Equality We live in a judgmental world; believe it or not that’s just how it is. People are going to judge you before even knowing you and what your intentions are. Brent Staples, who is an African American, experiences the moment of feeling like a threat to women and people based on his color … Read more
Throughout U. S. History many different types of government were created in an attempt to govern and unify the people. One such government, federalism, divided the balance of power between the states and the national government. Federalism caused a lot of controversy throughout the history of the United States. One time period in which there … Read more
On March 22, 1765 a law called The Stamp Act was imposed by the British Parliament. The Stamp Act was an act of the British Parliament that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a tax on newspapers and legal or commercial documents. The Stamp Act was made because money needed to be raised … Read more
The Trail of Tears was a harsh and inhumane event that happened in the 1830’s. Indian tribes were forced off of their land and they were involuntarily relocated to what is now Oklahoma. There was fear and resentment among the white settlers when it came to their Native American adversaries. They were a different kind … Read more
During 1861 through 1865 over three million men fought in the Civil War. We did not go to war to end slavery and slavery is what divided us but not in war. The Missouri compromise wanted to settle the issue between sectionalism and nationalism. Nationalism is the patriotic feeling for your country and Sectionalism is … Read more
Imagine having to load up your guns because an angry mob of people are running straight towards you. Think of having to shoot five people and knowing there was no way they could survive. This is the feeling the British soldiers had on March 5th 1770. They were caught in a bad place at a … Read more
The Electoral College should not be abolished, because if it is then the election process would collapse. The Electoral College was created because “normal citizens” were not deemed worth of voting because they would not know what or who they were voting for. The system is built in a way that is complicated, but it … Read more
Marsalis Teague Marsalis Teague was born on May 12, 1991. He is an alumni from Henry County High School. He graduated from the high school in 2009. After high school Teague attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Teague was on the football team. He had two positions in football. They were cornerback and defensive … Read more
A. Imagine having one dominant monarch commanding what one shall do, eat, and make everyone pay high taxes. However, a Revolution occurs and the royal family and the search began to look for people who sided with the royal family were executed and the chaos in cities began. The goal of this was to make … Read more
In The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks written by Rebecca Skloot, there is a debate over whether Americans should be hopeful for the future of healthcare or whether to be pessimistic about what’s to come. There are times where people can see both sides of the argument and it is understandable why people have different … Read more
The period of Reconstruction, lasting from 1865-1876, consisted of the years after the Civil War during which Americans made efforts to rebuild their chaotic nation. African Americans were arguably affected by this period the most because it was a small step in the right direction towards securing political and economic rights for former slaves. However, … Read more
“It was useless to talk any more about negro courage. The men fought like tigers, each and every one of them” (Ford 7). For centuries, African-Americans were thought of as man and women who could not survive without a master. When they were allowed to fight, many still thought that African-Americans were not as brave … Read more
Balanced Fear An enemy too strong to fight strikes fear and cowardice into a nation while a foe to weak will be seen as insignificant. The balance of both, however, is certainly able to convince a country to fight. Thomas Paine accomplishes this tricky balance in “The Crisis No. 1” by utilizing a shifting tone … Read more
What man played a key role in Vermont becoming a state? Here’s a hint! It begins with an E and ends with a N. He was a revolutionary figure. The winter of 1738, Ethan Allen was born a native of Connecticut. Allen was said to be a tall, and a troublesome man. As Ethan and … Read more
I listened to the audiobook version of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness and as I listened walked through the streets of Boston. One night as I listened to Michelle Alexander talk about how African American men are far more likely to be stopped and searched by the police, I … Read more
Dear English Cousin, According to your response to my letter, the grievances we have made are preposterous. I cannot change your mind I just hope to open your eyes to what is really happening in the colonies and help you see why our complaints are sensible. The British are not protecting us by leaving their … Read more
A violation of the United States Constitution could seem like something horrible for both the country and its citizens. Considering the violation was within 15 years of the constitution’s creation date, you could tell the government wasn’t strong from when they branched off from England. The constitution was created for the citizens of the United … Read more
It is illegal to say “\” because there is only we. The government has stripped the individual of anything that made them special and forces them into a collective hive mind with everyone else. This world of full conformity is from a book named Anthem by Ayn Rand. Anthem was written in 1938 but today … Read more
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American airmen in the military, and fought during World War Two. The men would experience nine months of training in order to graduate and earn either commissions or Army Air Corps silver pilot wings. The squadrons were always very successful in the missions during the war, after a … Read more
In the early 20th century, Progressivism changed the role of government drastically. (pg. 777) The Progressive Era was a time of widespread, extraordinary “political innovation” and “social activism” that spanned from 1890 to 1920. (pg. 777) Progressives at the time sought to change the U.S. for the better due to the consequences of the urban-industrial … Read more
Eminent domain is defined by law as the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with due compensation. However, there can be certain cases where the government go too far in their power, breaking apart towns and its people. In the cases of Poletown Neighborhood Council v. The … Read more
“Like rain, the tears of anguish fell, sad moments locked in time …. Where each tear fell, as some will tell, will be seen a Cherokee rose,” (“A Cherokee Rose” by Rick Brown), tells that thousands of Cherokees were forced out of their homes and start heading west, during the trip to Oklahoma at least … Read more
The American prison system is an incredibly expensive part of our economy, with incarceration costs going up each year. A 2014 data collection of state correctional expenditures estimated that the economic costs of administering overcrowded prison systems are over 48 billion dollars each year (Kyckelhahn 2014). This money is coming from American taxpayer dollars and … Read more
Why College Athletes Should Get Compensation Imagine spending hours and hours a week working as hard as you can at a very hard task and getting almost nothing in return. This is what college athletes go through when they voluntarily play for their school. More of their time is spent on their sport per week … Read more
The Battle of Gettysburg: Why Was it a Turning Point? The Battle of Gettysburg was a very harsh battle that turned the tables in the Civil War. There were more than 20,000 casualties on each side. The Civil War was into it’s third year before the Battle of Gettysburg took place. The general who led … Read more
As John Burnett once said, “The trail of the exiles was a trail of death”. This perfectly describes the Trail of Tears- a journey in which 15,000 Cherokees were forced to walk about 1,000 miles in the harsh cold winter. The Trail of Tears was a horrifying event- full of hunger, diseases, exhaustion, and death. … Read more
The Cherokee Native Americans had to move to the west of the Mississippi River from where ever they were. They had to move from their original homes because they were “in the way” of the growing states. Document H2 is a graphic of where the Native Americans started and trail they took to Oklahoma. All … Read more
“Without passion or haste, they shot their prisoners… infants were tossed into the air and used as targets for the machine guns” (Wiesel 6). During the holocaust, Hitler’s German regime shows to the world that humans are capable of cruelty of an extreme degree. Millions of people met their ends in the dirty, torturous concentration … Read more
into one of the twelve statutory exceptions. This act was popular amongst citizens because it gave them a sense of security, they felt as though they were more protected from unjust activity. Ford’s main focus was battling inflation and unemployment. He had originally planned on increasing taxes and cutting government spending, which would stop inflation … Read more
Each state is different and abides by different codes that benefit the state the best. Many considerations to take in count and it important each state researches to provide the best codes. “This code is enacted as a part of the state’s continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as … Read more
It has been said throughout each generation that history is destined to repeat itself. Now ask yourself, is the history of John C. Calhoun, one of the most influential US leaders, and his beliefs destined to repeat themselves? Life is not only stranger than fiction, but frequently also more tragic than any tragedy ever conceived … Read more
In the book, The Glory Field by Walter Dean Myers, the author uses the setting to develop the theme and conflict that people will have to face challenges everyday, but the consequences you can receive can draw the line between life or death because sometimes people don’t want to see you succeed in life with … Read more
“A penny saved is a penny earned” (Benjamin Franklin). In The United States virtually anyone can find a symbolic reminder of why the nation has flourished the way it has and why it continues. The pride that a usual American holds within themselves is the reason why the The United States continues to flourished rather … Read more
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a nonfiction novel that follows a young African American womaen, and her battle with Cervical Cancer during the 1950’s. During the 1950’s there had been little done to research cCervical cCancer, and the known effects were often missguided. At this time Cervical Cancer was thought to be somewhat … Read more
On April 19, 1989 a white female jogger was attacked and raped in Center Park, NY. The jogger was twenty-eight-year-old investment banker, Trisha Meili. The attack on the female jogger left her in a coma for 12 days. Five juvenile males—four black and one of Hispanic descent—were wrongfully convicted of the attack, each one sentence … Read more
Introduction The Civil Rights Era was one of the most tumultuous times in our American history, that fact is no more visible than in Birmingham, Alabama which during the timespan from 1957 to 1963 was known as one of the most segregated and violent cities in the south. Numerous beatings, bombings, and other violent confrontations … Read more
Equality saw Liberty in a different way then he saw any other person. He felt happy with her and would think about her constantly when they were not together. He also felt fear for her in ways he would not feel for someone else. There is also a great fear that he felt for her … Read more
1) Colonization has been prevalent since the age of mankind, likewise with economics. The economics of the world heavily correlates to the pattern of colonization that swept across the globe in the 1700’s. In the eyes of colonizers, their duties were strictly to enlighten the people of these univillied nations while retrieving goods to take … Read more
Two men grew up in the same city, but are similar in many ways, created a difference in their lives. The author Wes had factors that affected his life, also the Other Wes. Wes had support from his strong mother and from the military. The other Wes didn’t quite have support from his mother and … Read more
Guy Ferguson, a strong-willed man who endured 13 admittances into Crownsville Hospital after the amendment to allow all races – not just blacks – was interviewed and recounted his stories that he had experienced in the asylum. Ferguson became the victim of “being stripped of his clothes, locked in seclusion… ” (Stevens) Ferguson tried escaping … Read more
In the near future, I see myself winning the Revolution War with the Patriots. I can picture it in my head, every single little detail. I will be at the front of the army as we charge towards the Redcoats. We will be fierce and strong in our ragged clothes and bare feet. We will … Read more
In The Cosmopolitan Canopy, the author, Elijah Anderson, discusses and describes public areas in the city of Philadelphia, where diverse groups of people can mingle and relax in peace, despite their differences. Anderson refers to these public spaces as “cosmopolitan canopies. ” According to the author, who has lived and worked in different areas of … Read more
In the story Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, a young slave girl by the name of Isabel is sold to a Loyalists couple who live in a rebel occupied New York city. Isabel, 11, and her younger sister Ruth, 5, have lost their parents and their kind owner and are being sold away from everything … Read more
“Because the truth is, today’s immigrants as they have for a generation after generation, work the longest hours at the hardest jobs for the lowest pay, jobs that are just above impossible to fill” (“Luis Gutierrez Quote. ” Brainy Quote). This quote, spoken by U. S. Representative Luis Gutierrez, speaks volumes to his stance on … Read more
America was a divided nation during the Civil War, starting in 1861 and ending in 1865, the battles were fought on Northern and Southern lands. The Union was faced with eleven states in the South for secession, who wanted nothing more than to be disconnected from the United States. This war was fueled by many … Read more
They created so many job opportunities, built industries that benefited the whole country and gave away much of their hard earned money. Capitalists of the nineteenth century may have been considered robber barons but they were for the most part captains of industry. The American Industrial Revolution fundamentally changed politics, society, and the economy. Factory … Read more
The Stamp Act A new act was passed by the Parliament in March 22 , 1765 and made colonist very mad. It was called The Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was a law passed by the Parliament because of the French and Indian war dept. The Stamp Act tax the colonist on any use of … Read more
During the Progressive Era, writers and investigative reporters known as Muckrakers wrote about political corruption and injustices among known leaders in the government. They also raised awareness in social and economic issues. They received this name from president Theodore Roosevelt in reference to “The Man With the Muck Rake” in John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” which … Read more