1. Were Southern politicians more or ...

1. Were Southern politicians more or less likely to own slaves than other white Southerners?

More likely over 50% in country government and in state legislation owned slaves.

2. Were higher level politicians more likely to own slaves than other politicians?

Yes county government owned 53%  legislation owned 68% .

3. What do these facts suggest to you about the nature of the Southern political system?

That the southern Politics were way different from the North and that they did what their people did no matter if it was right or wrong.

4. How uniform were the proportion of slaves in the population and the proportion of whites owning slave across the South?

They were pretty close most there were at most a 10% or 15% chance that slaves were in the population.

5. Was there a relationship between the number of slaves in a state's population and whether and when it seceded from the Union?

States that succeed 1st in the union had more slaves all across the board and the ones that remained in the union had the least.

6. What material advantages did the North possess on the eve of the Civil War?

Money , People, factories, railroads, input and outputs

7. Do you think material advantages are decisive in the outcome of wars? Why or why not?

yes if you don't have money to produce the materials needed or if you don't have the people to make and use them.

8. Why did troop strength peak in 1863?
The Emancipation Proclamation

9. Do you think that the differences in troop strength were responsible for the war's outcome?

Yes and No because they could have had strengths along with many weaknesses they just knew how to use it to their advantage.

10. How does the cost of the Civil War--in casualties and expense--compare to the cost of other American wars?

The casualty and death rate seemed to be higher then most any other wars but the cost was 3rd or 4th on like list using the union only so if you added the confederate i assume it would be the highest in price too.

11. Why do you think that the Civil War was so lethal?

because it was free northern states fighting against slavery and keeping the southern states as part of the country because they formed their own succession .

12. What was the radical Republican program for reconstructing the Union?
A way to try and better everything by giving free schools, spiting up places by military

13. What were the goals of the radical Republican program?
To make them not go against the Union anymore, To give everyone land and freedom, to protect them.

14. Why was the program unacceptable to President Andrew Johnson?
Because all the southerners were democrats.

15. Why do you think the North failed to follow through with policies that would have secured the rights and economic
status of the freedmen?

16. What were the major political and social achievements of Reconstruction?
prohibited slaver, defined national citizenship, denied confederates the right to hold office, denial of votes based on color or race was prohibited.

1. Use evidence to describe the econ...

1.  Use evidence to describe the economic impact of casino ownership and gambling on Native American tribes.

Only less then 25% off Native American tribes own casinos. People think that because of FoxWoods a famous large casino owned by Native Americans that most Indians are rich. However around 400,000 live in highest poverty so because of gambling the views of Native Americans are way off and some have no money at all.




2.  What is the most significant problem of trying to understand the condition of the modern Native American population?

It is hard to group them all under 1 category of rich/ poor or w/e else because there are so many different tribes in different locations with different living standards.

3.  In what ways are Native Americans a unique minority group in the United States?  Do these reasons seem justified today, or should Native Americans be considered as a "regular" minority group (like African Americans, Asian Americans, women, etc.)?

They have many different tribe names, different locations, different languages and They are just like everyone else there is something different about them but they live in the same country as we do so they should be considered regular minority group.

4.  Please find 4 specific examples of the sorts of events generalized in this paragraph.  For each specific example, include a hyperlink to a website explaining the specific event, and a summary of that event.

1. making treaties with them Treaties between US and Native Americans
   
2. War Cival War + Native Americans
   
3. Increase funding for the BIA BIA
   
4. Allowing gambling operations to be run Casinos
   

5.  What is meant by the phrase 'diseases of the poor'?  What is the relationship between economics and health implied by that phrase?

That poor people usually get more sick and diseases because they can't pay for help and medicine and that they will probably get like germs and infections that are associated with poor dirty people. that if your poor your not going to get good health.

6.  Is John McCain correct in his assessment of the treatment of Native Americans?  Why?

yes he is correct because we see them as stereotype ( dark skin , dirty, rich form gambling) when really we took over thier land when they were here 1st and its pathetic. 

7.  Please define each of the following terms in the context of Native American policy:

• removal- they were removed them form their lands and homes
  
• allotment - dividing and sharing their things with everyone else
  
• termination- ending to war, fighting, ect
  
• relocation- go out west and find new places to live
  
• assimilation- letting different cultures come together to " one big family"
  
• self determination- let them choose their own culture and beliefs.
  

8.  Finally, give a paragraph summary on what self determination means, and why it either is, or is not, the appropriate policy for Native American people with respect to the Federal government.

Self Determination is like having political freedom. The right to choose their own politic and what they believe in without the law or other cultures stopping them or getting involved. I think that the Native Americans don't have to like our politics but just like every other culture and group they are part of it and have to live with it. It does fit them though because we took over and they want their total freedom and own government and choices to be made by them and not by us or our government.

Research Project

Carla Brandon and I would like to go to 2 cemeteries near where we live doucument/ video/ pictures of them because they are small. Then do background research about the time period, families, and why they died if there is a common time period or age.

History Essay

America tried to make countries such as Cuba and the Philippines more humane in the late 19th and early 20th century. When looking at the 3rd world countries, their wealth and power status can not compete against countries like the United States. America went to the Philippines and refused to leave because of rivalry and power that is an example of imperialistic nation. The United States went over to foreign countries to educate them using Christianity when there are many different religions. The United States has religious freedom so why try to Christianize other countries and take away their freedoms, this is just another act of imperialism. Racism in the early 20th century was popular in the United States against African Americans and the Filipinos were darker skinned and were not like Americans. The United States has taken over countries for the wrong reasons
and in humanely they are imperialistic.

President McKinley said that one night ideas came to him one being " That we could not turn them over to France or Germany, our commercial rivals in the orient-- that would be bad business and discreditable." He doesn't have faith in the Filipinos to fix themselves so instead of letting another country try to help them he wants to stay and not lose the power. The senator Albert Beveridge in 1900 spoke and said " The pacific is our ocean.......the Philippines give us a base at the door of all East." The United States doesn't seem to care about making the country humane it is looking for bargains and deals using the location of it. The strong outlast the weak when necessary but going into other countries to help gain East territory is wrong.

Educating a country that lacks it is a humane thing to do but when it comes to religion that's not education that's more forceful. President McKinley planned to " ..uplift and civilize and Christianize them..." America can help out other countries and not push Christianity on them. The United States has religious freedom and many different religious groups so trying to force other countries to one religion is a power act. To help educate them it took a war and deaths from the United States and the Filipinos. If the United states was there for humane purposes why would they fight.

The main issue between America and other countries in the 19th and 20th century was racism. Senator Albert Beveridge said " senators must remember that we are not dealing with Americans or Europeans ... but orientals." The Filipinos are darker skinned and foreign compared to European people or American people. A random volunteer stated " Our fighting blood was up and we all wanted to kill niggers.." and on average two people a day were getting killed by being lynched or burned just in the United States. When a country is killing its own people because they are
different they will have ambition to kill as many others as they can like the Filipinos. In 1901 a Philadelphia Ledger reported that " ...and have taken prisoners people who held up their hands and peacefully surrendered, an hour later ....... stood them on a bridge and shot them down." The United States killed many innocent people who were different from them that is not a humane thing to do.

The United States went into not only the Philippines but also into other 3rd world countries like Cuba. Many innocent people were killed because of their skin color and ethnicity in the early 1900's. Racism was popular to Americans and they proved that when they killed the Filipinos. America was power and resource hungry and having territory in the East helped them out with easy access to China. They also were able to get across the religion of Christianity by going into weak countries and forcing a common religion upon them. Due to all of these things America in the late 1800's and early 1900's can be described as imperialists.

Research Project 4th quarter

Me and a few other people are going to make the " American Century" movie trailer taking clips from other movies to represent the early 1900's up to 1999.

My research project