Blog assignment #2. Coureur de Bois were fur traders back in the 17th Century. they were part of new france and played a big part of hunting. These people often searched the new land and traded fur. These people wanted beaver, deer anything they coul
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Quote,"Emancipation ended slavery, but NOT its legacy."
After the Civil War was over and reconstruction began, it became necessary to give equal rights for the freed slaves. That was how the 'Jim Crow' laws came to be. Jim Crow laws were basically seg
Racial Discrimination: Education in the late 1800's.
In the south, pre-civil war and emancipation proclamation, free blacks had few rights and still had to do many things underground. When it came to education, they taught their children what they kne
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67P17420100826Doctors operated for three hours removing 24 nails from a maids arms, legs, and forehead on Friday. The nails were nailed into her by her employer because she complained of being over worked.
I think
William Tweed, born April 3 1823 in New York City started out his career as a chair maker, but then got intrigued with politics. William served as an alderman in 1852 and 1853 and as a congressman 1853 and 1855. In 1870 Tweed was appointed as commiss
The floor beneath you starts to rumble as you slowly begin to accelerate. You automatically lean your head back and close your eyes. Your mouth chomps down intensely on gum as if it is experiencing an adrenalin rush. You feel your stomach drop when h
What draws you toward junk food? Nutrition experts are saying that the pictures of cartoon characters on the the packaging are drawing the kids toward the food. A study for this took place at Yale at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. Forty
George Eastman taking a picture. one of the cameras George Eastman made.
Could you imagin not being able to take a picture of something moving? or having to carry over 100 pounds of equipment around just to take one picture?? i dont think i could, bu
For our next assigned blog, we have been assigned a section from a text book, which I thought was frowned upon in this class. The section the Remastered Team Frostbite received was 8-4, "The Dawn of Mass Culture." I got the subsection of "Spectator S
In 1867, Congress passed the Reconstruction Act even when President Johnson vetoed this Act. President Johnson wanted the Southern States to make up the new constitution and to not change anything. (To still not give the African American's political
The late 19th century witnessed the birth of modern America. It saw the closing of the Western frontier. Between 1865 and the 1890s, Americans settled 430 million acres in the Far West--more land than during the preceding 250 years of American histor
A Revolution In Printing:
In the 1890's, the literacy rate in the United States has risen to 90 percent! Publishers incressed their number of books, magazines, and newspapers to meet the rapidly growing demand of public reading.
American mills started
as more Americans started to go to school, the curtural standards started to go up. mass production led to more books, magazines, and newspapers.
because we were able to mass produce, we could mass circulate newspapers. in order to get the audiance ca
The Chile miners who have been trapped since August 5th got some good news. Engineers have said that they have come up with a "Plan B". This plan consists of getting a machine that is mostly used for drilling water holes could be used to get the mine
President Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and the 24th president of the United States. He was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. Cleveland was born March 18th, 1837 in Caldwell, New Jersey. He was named Stephen Grover after a minist
Lewis Pugh dove in the Artic ocean, and had a one kilometer swim in 29-degree Fahrenheit water. Lewis is a 40 year old man from Britain, but he moved to South Africa when he was ten. Pugh got his education in South Africa at Cambridge University. He
Paris Hilton was released from a Las Vegas jail Saturday morning after being arrested late the night before on suspision af cocaine possesion. The hotel heiress was riding in a black cadilac ascalade which was pulled over in front of the Wynn Hotel o
