Happy October!!!We talked about what the next blog assignment is this week...I'm going to do the one where you do the background of your family and have a description of where they came from.Blog Discussions:Taryn: the railroads that threatened the Indians and the Indians were very afraid of the railroads and what they might bringShena: Andrew Carnegie-started a steel company in his name, was a philanthropist (wealthy, but shared his wealth with others), donated to a medical institutes and universities. He was not a man of showing off his wealthConnor: how factories were very unsafe; the factories had workers that were as young as 4 years old because they were small, they could get their hands into small places, and they would work for less pay. A child labor commitee tried to end child labor.Jaz: 18th Amendment out of chapter 9-companies couldn't manufacture, sell, or transport any alcohol. It didn't necessarily mean the consumption of alcohol. Lasted from 1920 to 1933, government didn't do a very good job in enforcing the amendment. Speak Easies were places that illegally sold beer and other hard liquor.Prohibition ended in 1933 and manufacturers could only make certain kinds of liquor. It would be extremely hard to ban drinking now...Taylor F.: cowboys were herders, ranglers tended to the horses, cowboys would perform in rodeos. A boy at ten years old drove a herd of cattle from Texas to Nebraska and said "the eperience changed [his] life forever".Zach G: Native American culture-stayed in the Great Plains for over a century, traded many items like animal skins and hand made objects like bowls and weapons. Boys would take up the job of men at a very young age and learned to take care of himself and possibly a family very early in life.
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