tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29114273332732290722024-02-08T12:04:14.171-08:00THE HISTORY CONNECTIONCollege of the Canyons
History 111 - T/Th 5:00
Professor ArrowsmithUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-60094916291820374322017-05-30T09:15:00.002-07:002017-05-30T09:15:48.771-07:00Reconstruction by B. M.1 The documentary we watched was about the reconstruction of America
after the civil war. The south wanted America to be returned to its
“former glory”. While now freed slaves wanted, what had promised them in
the constitution. We learned about Mr. Campbell and his term as
president on a South Carolina costal island, and the importance of
education for freed slaves. We learned about land freed slaves were
given and how President Jackson took it all back. All this information
was from documents written in first hand by the men that experienced
these situations. There was no real argument made here but more
education and information regarding what happened.<br />
2 The purpose of this documentary was to educate. There was no
hidden agenda. All the information was provided was done so in a fair
manner. We heard from freed slaves, from former slave owners, betrayed
freed slaves, angry confederate supporters. The voices missing were
those of the women that lived in these times. What their perspectives
were.<br />
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<li>In class all of this was brought together through images some even
graphic images that let us know how freed slaves felt and what
confederate supporters thought. We learned about the struggles freed
slaves faces in terms of racism and discrimination, and a divided
country between how we conducted ourselves and how we should have
conducted ourselves in relation to how we treated freed slaves in a
post-civil war country.</li>
<li>One of the conclusions we drew was that for most freed slaves they
had a rougher and more anxiety ridden life as free men. As freed men,
they now had to be leery of all white men retaliating because the
freedom slaves now had. They had to endure physical violence along with
verbal abuse. There were lynching and murders across the south with
virtually no repercussions to White men.</li>
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5.A question I had was what happened to the freed slaves after they
were displaced from their island off the South Carolina coast? What did
white and black women think and feel about what was going on?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-3426662924533322692017-05-26T17:09:00.001-07:002017-05-26T17:09:05.091-07:00Reconstruction by S. A.<div class="paper user_content enhanced" id="submission_preview">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">In the first part of the first
half of the documentary titled Reconstruction show the events following
the end of the civil war and the dealings of the freedmen and the
plantation owners who came to claim back their land and the freedmen who
learned their lives in this country is going to be long and hard. To
begin during the war in order to get the slaves off the union armies
tail Sherman signed field order fifteen and essentially gave every
freedman forty acres and a mule since the army had no need for them.
After a couple years the land granted to the freed man after being
cultivated now belonged to them. Until the southern landowners mainly
the wealthy plantation owners came back and told all the freedmen to
leave the land the government that field order 15 had granted them.
Northerners believed that the treasonist southerners should be punished
but the North believed the road the recovery and reconstruction was
through rebuilding the south rather than punishing them. The author
shows the actual field order that had been archived by most likely a
military scribe. Shows one special case which was an island only
inhabited by blacks and no whites were allowed guarded by an black
militia it only seen as trouble for the government to deal with such
sensitive matters.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The author wanted to show the
hardship of the south as it was difficult and unpleasant time for
everyone in the south. For those who were seeking their pardons for the
government were being hung out to dry and it became evident they would
need to have official help to sort out all the conflicts of men and
freedmen.The government formed the freedmen's Bureau to settle any
disputes with the southern landowners and the freedmen who lived on the
government seized lands. The only voices missing would be of the
landowners who wouldn’t be pardoned so easily since Andrew Johnson
wouldn’t handle out the pardon without the groveling he thought they
were required to perform. You can hear the voices of the slave who were
utterly disappointed to learn that the land that once held their hopes
dreams were going to be taken from them and the road they had ahead of
them would be worse than the slavery they were forced to endure.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Ever
since the book of Frederick Douglas we saw from a primary source of
someone who could read and write and had experienced slavery and his
harshest possible treatment any human will undergo. From the harshest of
religious slave owners to ones who would allow their slave to leave the
land to complete labor contracts. Until he found his opportunity to
escape and he ran to the north where he became a published author under a
different name and showed the world what it is to be a slave. Questions
i’m left wondering whether or not the island of the all black community
ever came to combat the local white population. A population of around a
thousand black slaves versus the an entire gathering of the local white
supremacists back then it was normal to look down on blacks but now i
guess that would be the correct term for them. Overall the situation for
every freedman look grim from owning land and their very own community
being taken away the next couple year will hold even more suffering in
pain that will only grant their freedom as second class citizens.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-89601535772303224242017-05-26T17:08:00.000-07:002017-05-26T17:08:50.966-07:00Reconstruction by D. C.<div class="paper user_content enhanced" id="submission_preview">
1) The speaker's main argument was that white men made it
increasingly difficult to become regular people after slavery no matter
how hard they tried. The narrator of the documentary provided examples
of the hardships that African Americans had to face such as; no
education, limited job openings, no money, no skills besides
agricultural work and white prejudice.<br />
2) The purpose is that although slaves were now emancipated, now they
were faced with a new task; independence. Going from being totally
dependent on their white masters, African Americans has to find jobs,
fend for themselves, and try to build up a life after slavery. A voice
in the documentary that seemed to be missing was that of the women. We
focused on the men because they were the ones, back then, to make the
political moves and policies. Men carried them out such as Field Order
15 that General Sherman put in place to make the freedmen stop following
the Union Army. Women were hardly mentioned except for the ex-slaves
that moved onto St. Catherine's Island.<br />
3) Some of the in-class sources we used were the images about
Reconstruction depicting the negativity of blacks and white power. One
specifically that showed the KKK, lynching, and quotes from the era. A
quote we discussed in depth was "The Lost Cause" which was the point of
view of the South on the Civil War, although they lost the war
Southerners said they were set up for failure but fought valiantly
anyways.<br />
4) A question that a student asked in class was about why
Lincoln chose Andrew Johnson to be his Vice President for his second
term. As we talked about it, we concluded that Lincoln's reasoning
behind is that Johnson was a Southerner so that would be very beneficial
to Lincoln's re-election. Perhaps that may be why he was assassinated,
so a Southerner with their current ideas and values could be in charge.<br />
5) I'd love to know how long it took for Blacks to become independent
of Whites. Even with the Labor Contracts, Blacks were still
dependent but they were not treated as cruelly. Also, did any other race
besides African Americans ever have to face a hardship like slavery? I
know the Jewish people did in Egypt but what about the Irish, or
Chinese, or Spanish/Mexican peoples.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-9696702694363544012017-05-26T17:05:00.002-07:002017-05-26T17:05:58.745-07:00Reconstruction by A. P.For Our final assignment this semester we watch a documentary “The
Second Civil War” on the reconstruction of the country after the Civil
War. The Narrater talk about the thing that unfolds after the Civil War
was over in efforts to reconstruct the country, and there are many
things going on at this time. The slaves are now freed, and the
government has no clear idea of what they are supposed to do with the
freed man. The freedmen had to find their own place in the country. The
country has to find a way to come together after a war between its own
people. Southerners have to accept they lost, and that thing will not be
the same. The southerner also fear what will happen to them. If they
will be punished for their rebellion, and how. When Lincoln dies all the
plans he had to die with him as well. The country now has a new
president who shared very different view than those of the former
President Lincoln. The documenter is really good at explaining how both
sides feel about the future that is ahead of them and how everyone is
trying to deal with it. For example, it gives you the case of Kate Stone
And how her family almost lost everything during the war being of the
side of the Confederacy. They showed how the freedmen felt when having
to give the land back to the owners and work as controlled laborers. We
saw the struggles that the whites had because the African Americans no
longer obeyed.<br />Before Lincoln was murdered his approach was to send
Stanton to the south to talk to black minister in the south he wanted to
know what was their vision for their future in the south. Lincoln even
Wanted to know what the Civil War had meant to them. We saw a little of
what Lincoln and thought the country should look like. Such as he
thought that African American veterans deserved the right to vote. He
was moving Toward more equality for all. When Andrew Johnson took
Lincoln place as President of the United Sates. Johnson had very
different views he was from the south, and he was known to own a few
slaves, but he had a strong belief in the union. One of the reasons
Lincoln chose him was to show the south he had some tie to them. The
vision that Johnson had of the reconstruction was very different.
Johnson was not worried about the freedman he was more sympathetic to
the poor white people. We saw how he took back the land that was given
to the freedman by the special order #15 of General Sherman. Johnson’s
action gave way to a very horrible future for the now Freedman.<br />During
class, we saw four different pictures that depicted the past, and what
the African American went thought. We discussed how they were, lynched,
how their schools were burned down and the different way they were kept
from voting. We also read through a laborer contract and discussed how
this labor contract just made the freedmen dependent of the whites. Not
only by the south but by northerners to, their fate as freedmen were
turning out to be more uncertain and brutal than before. All we spoke in
class left me wounding what if Lincoln had never died would the future
of the freed man have been the same or would they had a better life?
Would Lincoln had found a better was to reconstruct the nation and
really give everyone a better future?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-4090244235735542922017-05-25T12:12:00.002-07:002017-05-25T12:12:28.906-07:00Lincoln Ch 7 & 8 by E. C. In Abraham Lincoln chapter 7, author George McGovern writes about
the ways which Lincoln utilized federal power for the war effort. After
his reelection, Lincoln happy gun to replace many of his cabinet
members. He would hire her man he greatly respected such as Secretary of
State William Seward, but he would even hire men whom he didn't get
along with personally, but would form great working relationships with
them, such as his Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton. Lincoln put aside
his personal views and pride for the good of the country. Lincoln was
very pleased with the make up of his second cabinet, choosing men such
as Gideon Wells as Secretary of the Navy, John Usher as Secretary of the
Interior, and Edward Bates as Attorney General. After Bates was called
home to St. Louis by his family, Lincoln chose Joshua Speed as attorney
general. Mc govern also explains that financial measures to fund the
war had been enacted such as the Legal Tender Act of 1862, which
authorized the production of paper money to fuel the bond program, the
Internal Revenue Act of 1861, which was the first federal income tax,
The Subsequent Revenue Acts of 1862 and 1864 which created moderately
progressive tax brackets and set rates at 5, 7.5, and 10 percent. These
measures greatly reversed the downward spiral of the trends issued by
the Democratic Congress. The author also tells us about the landmark
acts, the Homestead Act of 1862 which made it possible for any adult
citizen to obtain 160 acres of land just by living on it for five years,
the Morril Land Grant College Act, which gave federal lands to states
to establish agricultural and mechanical arts colleges, and the US
department of agriculture to look after farmers. Lincoln also proposed
the Ten Percent Plan, Which allowed states back into the Union as long
as 10% of its citizens gave an oath of allegiance to the national
government. We also read about how Lincoln worked tirelessly to gain
votes for a new constitutional amendment, which was passed by a vote of
119 to 58. McGovern uses evidence to support his claim by giving
specific dates and locations, making his claims credible. Chapter 7
gives us readers an insight of how Lincoln dealt with the political
aftermath of the war.<br />
In Abraham Lincoln, chapter 8, make a governor examines the toll that
the war took on both the people and Lincoln. The four years of hard,
bloody war had begun to drain Lincoln,he did not eat or sleep very well
and people who are close to him commented that he was extremely
depressed and his same to you are hardly ever appeared, the weight of
thousands of deaths weighing on his shoulders. Though physically, he was
weak, Hisperia remain strong and he had to bend his faith in God. The
author also describes the battle against Lee and his honorable
surrender. McGovern uses the last few pages to recollect the death of
Lincoln at Ford's theater and the happiness he had experienced in the
moments before. Much like chapter 7,The author uses specific dates and
even specific times as evidence.<br />
The authors main purpose in these two chapters is to dig deeper into
Lincoln's political choices at the end of the war and explain the
negative told that the war took on Lincoln. From the authors point of
view, Lincoln did everything he could to stabilize the country and put
it back together in the end, even if it meant losing hundreds of
thousands of lives.we mainly here Lincoln's voice in chapter 8, but I
would like to hear you little more about his opinion on the many acts
passed in the early 1860s, as discussed in Chapter 7. Did he agree with
all of them?<br />
in class, we formed groups of three to discuss some of Lincolns
views. In Lincoln's point of view, we were to finish the sentences, "I
believe that..." "I hope that..." and "I insisted that…" How would he
finish the sentences? For the first, I am reminded of a quote of Lincoln
in chapter 7. "If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong." I feel that
these two statements work well together. "I believe that if slavery is
not wrong, nothing is wrong." For "I hope that..." I think Lincoln would
choose to say, "I hope that our nation can unify and become one as the
Union again. For "I insist that..." I think that "I insist that all men
are created equal and United States is stronger when we are unified." We
also read "War by the Numbers" which debunks the previous death total
of the war at 620,000 as calculated by two amateur historians to the new
2012 estimation of 750,000 as reported by Dr. J. David Hacker. This is
possibly the closest number, but we will never really know for sure
because no one ever kept any proper death tolls back then. Our
discussions in class helped us get a better understanding of Lincoln's
views and choices at the end of the Civil War.<br />
We also discussed in class some historical questions we had about the
reading. One question was, "after the war, how would the states make
sure that no one was illegally owning slaves?" According to our
teacher, states would hire agents to make sure everyone was abiding by
the law. Another question was, "what does the author do well?"in my
opinion, the author uses direct quotes from Lincoln along with his
claims to prove that it's not only his opinion, but also Lincoln's
opinion. We also discussed how the war affected soldier's family
members. They upset Stover dying soldiers constantly, asking, "did they
have a proper death?" "Did they have any last words?" "Did they die with
others around them or were they all alone?" Proper deaths were very
important to people in the 19th century, especially to wives and
mothers. These questions really helped us dig deeper and better
understand the reading.<br />
Some questions still remain: were the financial acts well accepted?
Were they successful? Did Lincolns former cabinet members still remain
in politics? Were they angry with him because they let them go?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-64386567899934200692017-05-25T12:10:00.001-07:002017-05-25T12:10:33.629-07:00Lincoln Ch 7 & 8 by M. R. In Abraham Lincoln Chapter Seven, author Mc Govern talks about
Lincoln’s second term to the presidency. His reelection hardily won,
Lincoln was hopeful that his second term would be marked by peace,
progress and prosperity instead of war and discontent. During his second
term Lincoln was exhausted, it was hard for him to rest, he kept
staggering his workload. His wife Martha noticed the toll the
presidential duties was doing to him not only physically but
emotionally. Lincoln was broken hearted about the war and the damages it
was doing. The war was breaking families apart, innocent people where
dying and the separation of the states was making Lincoln sad. During
his second term Lincoln had to clean up his cabinet, there had to be
some replacements on his top advisers. However, some of the adviser had
already resigned in prior months during his first term in the
presidency. After the replacement of the cabinet Lincoln was satisfied
with the newly formed group formed by radical Senator William Fessenden
of Maine and William Dennison of Ohio. Lincoln particularly enjoyed
working with Secretary of State William Seward, they had a respectful
relationship. Seward was the one to give thoughtful and reasonable
advice to the President. Lincoln found a true friendship with Seward
that was true and sincere. Seaward also admired Lincoln. The president
was less friendly with his secretary of war Edwin Stanton, but the two
managed to build a working relationship and they both put their
differences aside. There was many that disagreed with Lincoln in regards
the policy matters and Welles was one of them. He was Secretary of the
Gideon Navy, instead of telling Lincoln his concerns and disagreements
he would write them in his diary that he faithfully kept. Welles was
great at his job, while the Navy was under his charge the Navy had grown
from 76 vessels to 671, and the number of seamen from 7,600 to 51,000.
Lincoln had made significant changes to the Supreme Court and in his
cabinet, however one of his previous members of his cabinet died and had
to choose another person to replace him and he ended choosing Chase to
do the second term along him. Even do Lincoln did not like Chase he
admired his abilities. Within months of being in the second term
Lincoln’s hopes began to be at least partial realized: In January, Chief
Justice Chase approved the admission of John Rock of Massachusetts,
making him the first black man to practice before the Supreme Court. By
the second term President Lincoln was more confident and was going
forth with his plans to reshape society. One of the things he did to
assist war was the 10 percent tax on state bank notes; state banks then
had to choose to comply or go out of business. He also did the Homestead
Act, any adult citizen who headed a household could win title to 160
acres of frontier land simply by living on it for five years. He was
determined to end slavery and to unify the Union. Lincoln did everything
in his power to accomplish his goal.
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It had been four painful, catastrophic years for Americans. More than
ten thousand battles had been fought in sixteen states, three million
men who took arms against each other, more than six hundred thousand had
died; two-thirds of those deaths were by disease. This is the
statistic that the author Mc Govern gives in the book. This war sets a
record for American fatalities because all the people that dies were
Americans from the North and the South. Not only was the war ending
humanity but so where these horrible diseases. Woman also played a big
role during the war as well During this time there was groups of women
help with the cleaning and taking care of the wounded soldiers. Since
there were not many places to take the wounded soldiers Churches became
hospitals, homes became military headquarters. From the Atlantic Ocean
to the Mississippi river, American waterway were streaked with blood.
The war had taken a heavy toll on the president. Four years of war had
hunted and drained him. Not only was the war taking a toll on Lincoln,
but in 1862 the death of his favorite son Willie had devastated him, but
he took to heart the advice of a Presbyterian minister who told him to
turn to God. Lincoln acknowledge, and depended upon, higher power.
Lincoln saw himself as an instrument that God was using to trust with
great responsibility, however he didn’t believe that a miracle would
happen to stop the war. In his second inauguration, Lincoln spoke of
the need for mutual forgiveness and the promise of a reunited America.
Fedrick Douglas was one of the attendees when Lincoln gave his speech
and Fedrick told him that it was a, “scared effort”. Not many shared the
same sentiments as Fedrick. <br />
In 1864, Lee’s army was rendering immobile in Petersburg. Grant knew
that if he attacked Richmond where Lee was he would take Richmond
itself. For months Grant, had launched a series of assaults on the city
but had a weakening resistance in all fronts. Grant believed that Lee’s
line of defense would stretch so thin that it would break. The war was
almost coming to an end. Grant invited Lincoln and Mary to visit the
Union headquarters at City Point, Virginia. Edwin Stanton stayed behind
to in Washington and covered while Lincoln was away. For the first time
in weeks Lincoln could relax and enjoy the trip. While on his trip
Lee’s army had broken way. It appeared that Lee’s plan was to move his
army to North Carolina with Joe Johnston to avoid Sherman and Grant to
join forces. Grant moved quickly.<br />
Lincoln toured the battlefield on a horseback, seeing evidence of the
most recent carnage, Lincoln remarked, “upon the sad and unhappy
condition” of long lines of Confederate prisoner, most of whom appeared
undernourished and resigned for defeat. Lincoln visited hospital and
spent amounts of time with the wounded Union and Confederate soldiers.
Everyone saw a different side of Lincoln, one of the observers said that
he was, “kind and his handshake just as hearty, his interest was real
for the welfare of the men as when he was among our own soldiers”.
Lincoln was very humble and that showed how much he wanted unity for the
North and the South.<br />
Finally, on April 2 the Confederate lines has fallen. Lee had
surrendered. When word of Richmond’s fall reached Washington, thousands
of people ran into the streets, “talking, laughing, hurrahing and
shouting in fullness of their joy.” Celebratory crowds gathered in front
of the War Department and called for Stanton to speak; he was so happy
that his voice trembled and his body shook. Stanton expressed his
gratitude to God and to President Lincoln. As Lincoln walked in
Richmond by himself, crowds of black men, women, and children surrounded
him, shouting, “Bless the Lord, Father Abraham’s come.” Some knelt but
he wouldn’t have none of that. Lincoln was a humble man and he didn’t
expect to get praised for what he’d done. He did what was right for
America. He told the crowds of people that they should thank God for
their freedom.<br />
The last full day of Lincoln life was Good Friday, April 14, 1865. He
was the happiest he’s ever been in a long time. The war had ended and
the future looked cheerful. Lincoln was shoot in the head by Booth.
Lincoln took his last breath the morning of April 15. It was one of the
cruelest paradoxes of American History that Abraham Lincoln, whose heart
was filled with compassion and love for his nation and fellow human
beings, North and South, should have been killed by a man whose soul was
filled with hate in a theater loved by both the killer and his victim.<br />
In we discussed, that it took 400 million dollars to reconstruct the
states that were affected by the war. We also discussed how Lincoln was
trying to reshape society in the South and how he included the black
man to vote. Black men also where able to own property and how it made
white people uncomfortable.<br />
There was still a lot of unanswered question that are left
unanswered. Did the next President continue with Lincoln promises? Why
weren’t the women mentioned during the civil war? Did Lincoln change his
mind about being an Abolitionist? Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-8609498174021741162017-05-25T12:09:00.002-07:002017-05-25T12:09:10.310-07:00Lincoln Ch 7 & 8 by K. P.1. In chapters seven and eight, Abe Lincoln is in his second term of
presidency and the war is going in the right direction. Abe's final Das
were spent in a state of peace before he was assassinated. The authors
main argument was that Abe did not want the war to continue and he
really did try his absolute best to improve the leadership roles in the
country an abolish slavery completely. The author provides evidence by
inserting quotes from Abe's speeches in the text.<br />
2. In the text we hear the voice of Abe Lincoln mostly. We hear
about. His thoughts on the war, his thoughts about his cabinet, and his
aspirations. We also briefly hear about the thoughts of some of his
prior cabinet members-turned-running competition. For example, we learn
that a few people often disagreed with Lincoln such as secretary of the
navy Gideon Welles. Welles disagreed with Lincoln on the matter of
suspending habeas corpus. Welles didn't actually tell Lincoln of this
but kept it in a diary.<br />
3. Our work in our class reading really helped me to understand just
exactly how much death the war caused. Reading the sort article on the
REAL estimate on the total deaths helps to truly understand not only the
direct causes but the indirect causes of death. People not only Died
from fighting , but from disease, hunger, living conditions and many
other factors. This brought the number of estimated deaths from around
600,000 all the way upwards of 800,000.<br />
4. Some questions that came up included how could the number of death
be so off? What did women do to contribute during the civil war? And
what were john Wilkes booths motives for killing the president? we
concluded that the reason for the death toll being off is that not
everyone that died was accounted for , there were many unknown men
gifting in the war and after death had no one to survive them. Also
people died from indirect causes of the war. During the civil war
women's most important role was either tending to the wounded or trying
to reclaim the dead soldiers and sending their bodies back home.
Although we didn't discuss the motives of john Wilkes booths actions ,
it's safe I assume that it was due to a disgust for Abe Lincoln and
disagreement with his policies.<br />
5. The biggest question I'm left wondering is was Abe Lincoln truly
happy in his last days? Depression is a difficult thing to deal with and
doesn't suddenly go away , so even though those around him saw him in
an improved state, what was he really feeling on the inside?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-59870394928815742752017-05-25T12:07:00.001-07:002017-05-25T12:07:36.611-07:00Lincoln Ch 5 & 6 by B. M.<div class="paper user_content enhanced" id="submission_preview">
1.In Abraham Lincoln by George McGovern chapter 5 and 6. Capture 5
is titled Lincoln and total war. George writes about Lincolns thoughts
and feelings about war, at first Lincoln’s views on war are almost
passive, very gentlemanly with rules and consideration for the southern
solders. Lincoln, felt he needed to stay out of the war and focus more
on running the country. As the war progresses Lincoln realized he needed
to be more assertive and tougher if he wanted to win. Through this way
of thinking and strategy he saw results. Capture 6 focuses on Lincolns
political aspirations and how he could use the war to his advantage.
Lincoln felt it was his duty or obligation to see the resolution of the
war while he was president. He used his accomplishments of war to his
advantage.<br />
2.George McGovern point of view seemed indifferent I think he laid
out the facts and his examples well. I would have liked to hear a little
more about Lincolns home life and upbringing.<br />
3. In class I assume we talked about Lincoln and how he met criticism
from his peers and how he overcame adversity in relation to what we
read. We probably talked about how he developed his strategy for war and
how he used this knowledge to win a second term as President.<br />
4. Some conclusions we drew were that Lincoln was a good man and a
good president. He tried initially to avoid slavery but eventually had
to stand firm in his belief that it was not a good practice.<br />
5. What were Abraham Lincolns parents like? Where did he get such a
work ethic? How did his upbringing help him go from an unknown lawyer to
a political powerhouse?<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-31798548748049055382017-05-18T13:55:00.002-07:002017-05-18T13:55:55.216-07:00Lincoln Ch 3-4 by C. M. The reading on chapters three and four of George Mcgovern’s,
Abraham Lincoln, are about how the Southern States wanted to secede from
the United States; beginning with South Carolina. In chapter four, the
main focus of the chapter was the Emancipation proclamation that would
free slaves in the Southern States. The author’s purpose is to inform
the reader of the events leading up to the Civil War, how it ended, and
how Abraham Lincoln handled the situation. The author provides evidence
such as quotes from Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address in March 4, 1861.
Mcgovern also provides quotes from historians such as Richard Striner.
<br />
<br />
The Author does not really present a point of view, the purpose is
to inform readers and present their own point of view. The author
expresses how Abraham Lincoln was highly criticized by Southerners and
other politicians. For instance, when Lincoln read his draft of the
Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet, Salmon Chase and Montgomery
Blair thought that the idea was beyond the president’s power and would
make the border southern states into the Confederacy. Another example on
how Lincoln pushed the boundaries on what was legal was the removal of
habeas corpus and enacting the very first military draft. We heard the
Southerners’ point of view, which was that the government should not
interfere with state laws in order to protect slavery. The voices that
were left unheard were the bordering Southern states.<br />
<br />
The in class discussion to the reading better helped my
understanding as to why the Civil War happened. For example, the class
activity in reading the Inaugural Address and summarizing paragraphs
helped me understand that Lincoln was criticized for being a hypocrite
about not having any interest in changing the slavery laws and after he
ordered that the “rebelling” states give up their slaves. After having
further discussions in class, it was concluded that yes, Lincoln was
hypocritical but that the Secession and the Civil War was inevitable and
it took a man like Lincoln to resolve the issues regardless of the
approval of the American people. Lincoln wanted to preserve the Union
and would do whatever it took.<br />
<br />
In a separate discussion with Professor Arrowsmith, we spoke
about how Senator Henry Clay came up with the Great Compromise of 1850
to resolve issues between the North and the South and settled other
disputes regarding territory. But the compromise was only a temporary
solution and with the ongoing feud between the north and south. We
concluded that Abraham Lincoln was the one that would find the solution
whether his ideas were popular or not. The questions that still remain
is if Lincoln’s critics changed the way they viewed him as a President;
if he became more respected or more hated.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-74637706548622670702017-05-18T13:54:00.002-07:002017-05-18T13:54:37.624-07:00Lincoln Ch 3-4 by D. C. In addition to our sixteenth president biographies author George
McGovern writes in detail about interesting political deals that helped
more of my understanding of this famous president in the book titled "<em>Abraham Lincoln"</em>
. Abraham Lincoln is a very popular figure in American history and in
his life story has defined what America is today. McGovern argues about
Abraham Lincoln; in his fight to abolish slavery , the manipulation and
talent that won him presidency, and the development of several southern
states consider secession. In the evidence that McGovern provided was
early on Lincoln was elected congress in where he then moved to
Washington for his term and was unsuccessful to abolish slavery in
District of Columbia. McGovern in his writing states that Lincoln was an
abolitionist who morally believed slavery was wrong along with his
legal and economic view against slavery. McGovern write about Lincoln`s
attempt to reinforce Fort Summers in South Carolina, and so began the
civil war and the secession of several more states along with Virginia ,
which Lincoln believed the civil war was fought for the union to remain
together. Along with the civil war happening it also played a role in
the fate of slavery. McGovern writes the political manipulation Lincoln
took part in by suspending rights in the constitution and expand the
power of the executive and federal government. And most importantly
McGovern writes Lincoln`s remarkable action as president The
Emancipation Proclamation.
<br />
The purpose for me in reading the writings of George McGovern
gave me more information in the sense of i did not know in detail
sequently how the Emancipation Proclamation take a start and initiated
the thirteenth amendment along with the amens of the abolishment of
slavery in the United States. I did not change my outlook of Lincoln`s
character because i overall believed it was a fight that had to be done
in order to accomplish something morally great that now seems to be the
most positive accomplishment in American history. I was reading about a
person overall who is very educated , strong and was fighting for an
importance that he believe was the right thing to do. <br />
In our class discussions George McGovern argument as a group;
classmates discuss the executive power and authority that took place.
The evidence to support this was by newspapers and laws. As a group we
realized that chapter 3 from <em>"Abraham Lincoln" </em>was more about
the civil war and chapter 4 was details about the civil war. We
discussed the Lincoln used the political system to his advantage, for
example what Lincoln sought to support something and was illegal he made
them legal. We discussed Lincoln moving towards emancipation and unify
the north. We read an article <em>"First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln"</em>
and discuss a very significant and relatable quote from the article
supporting our discussion as a group about the secession and union " A
husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond
reach of each other , but the different parts of our country can not do
this" (23). What he says is so relatable to an everyday man and women as
a fact and adequately support the unity among states is not able to
function properly on it their own.<br />
The most important questions we drew was now we see the result of
the civil war brought upon in the end the abolishment of slavery. We now
see it was a positive outcome but actually living in that point in time
was not seen positive. The civil war ended slavery but did not start of
that way. We discussed at the time how the enslaved people would
respond to emancipation as happy but unsure of the result in the end if
it would push through. We discussed about George Washington saying war
is an expense and ought to be avoided at all cost , but Lincoln believed
that slavery was a reason for the war.<br />
My questions remains with the manipulation of use of the
Constitution what can be done to prevent this from happening again ? ,
because if it were to happen what can be stated it will result positive
again ? and not negative that would impact humanity?. How deeply did it
effect the suspension on laws at the time?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-28229523802584716052017-05-18T13:52:00.001-07:002017-05-18T13:52:39.497-07:00Lincoln Ch 3-4 by E. C.In Abraham Lincoln Chapter 3, author George McGovern writes about
some of the difficulties Lincoln was faced with and how he used his
priorities to try and resolve these difficulties. No other American
president had ever faced the challenges of disunion, rebellion, and
Civil War. Southerners viewed the election of Lincoln as a preemptive
act of war and just six weeks after Lincoln's election in 1860, South
Carolinas legislature was already drafting articles of secession.do
union came apart after six cotton states had follow in their footsteps.
Even through all of these disputes and the growing number of the Souths
military, Lincoln was still not convinced that the crisis was real and
decided to stay silent on the matter until he was inaugurated, believing
that he had no power to do anything about it until he officially took
office. McGovern also writes that Lincoln chose a very unusual tactic
while choosing the members of his cabinet, selecting his chief rivals in
the Republican nomination and men who were former Whigs and Democrats.
On Inauguration Day, May 4, 1861, Lincoln is highly anticipated address
was an attempt to assure wary Southerners that their property, their
peace, and their personal security would remain intact. This attempt to
prove to be unsuccessful and then more weeks after Lincoln's
inauguration, secessionists took control of federal farts, eventually
leaving only Fort Pickens in Florida and Fort Sumter in South Carolina
under federal control. McGovern also tells us that link and used extra
legal actions without congressional approval which were critical to his
administration such as the suspension of habeas corpus, the censorship
of the press, And ordering a blockade of southern ports. Congress later
passed a law that those who were drafted could pay a fee for someone
else to take their place in the war. Every action Lincoln truck was
ultimately to save the Union.<br />
In Chapter 4, McGovern writes about the changes in Lincoln's views on
slavery and emancipation. The Emancipation Proclamation greatly
transformed the notion of freedom in America, freeing up to 4 million
slaves. At the beginning of his political career, Lincoln had made it
clear that he didn't want to abolish slavery where it already existed,
only to halt the extension of slavery. The author also informs us that
Lincoln wanted to balance his personal views on slavery with his
interpretation of the Constitution. His politically diverse cabinet was
deeply divided over the issue of slavery, so much so that they had
stopped meeting regularly until Lincoln had instructed them to meet
every Tuesday and Friday. Lincoln decided to issue the Emancipation
Proclamation after coming to the conclusion that he had the authority to
free slaves under the circumstances of the rebellion. This proclamation
was absolutely essential for the salvation of the Union and the powers
of the president overrode the constitutional protection of slavery. By
providing freedom for the slaves, this also gave them the motivation to
fight for the Union. In both chapters of Abraham Lincoln, McGovern uses
strong evidence by tying in some of Lincolns quotes to support his
claims and make them more reliable. Lincoln's views on both slavery and
emancipation were both greatly altered during the span of his
presidency.<br />
The purpose and point view of the author is to educate his readers
about the hardships that Lincoln faced in his presidency and to express
his changing views on slavery and emancipation. The author really sheds
light on Lincoln's struggles to make both parties content, although
ultimately failing to meet both of their demands and having to choose
one side over the other. We mainly hear Lincoln's voice in this text,
but I would also like to hear a little more of Lincolns cabinets views.
How many of them supported The Emancipation Proclamation? How many
opposed it? Even though Southerners greatly opposed the proclamation, it
proved to be extremely successful in the end.<br />
In class, we talked about Lincolns views against secession after
reading from his first inaugural address. We discussed how Lincolns
views were greatly influenced from his experiences as a lawyer and
referred mostly to the Constitution when making decisions. We also
talked about some of the warnings Lincoln gave to the South. The South
couldn't demolish the contract without the agreement from the North and
they could violate the contract, but not without suffering from the
repercussions. Lincoln greatly relyed on the lawyer part of his brain
and his knowledge of the Constitution to convince the South that
secession would be a mistake. We also discussed the extra-legal steps
that Lincoln issued, such as suspending habeas corpus, censoring the
press, and issuing a draft law in which people who were drafted could
pay a fee for someone else to replace them in fighting in the war. Our
discussions in class greatly enhanced our understanding of the topic and
made many of us eager to continue reading.<br />
We also asked some historical questions about the reading. One in
particular was, "what is the authors argument"? Though he doesn't make
his personal views known, he makes it clear that Lincolns efforts in his
presidency greatly shaped the country and their treatment towards
others. He also makes it known that Lincoln did his best to prevent
secession and stay true to the Constitution. We were also asked, "what
evidence does the author use to support his claim"? The author uses a
lot of evidence by giving specific dates and locations and using many of
Lincolns Direct quotes to tie into the reading, expressing Lincoln's
views in a more personal and relatable way. These questions really
helped us to dig deeper and analyze his personal and political views.<br />
A few questions still remain; what was President James Buchanan's
views on slavery? Did he support or oppose Lincoln? Also, were any of
Lincoln's cabinet members so frustrated that they deserted Lincoln and
dropped out of the cabinet?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-89312526910814104732017-05-18T13:51:00.001-07:002017-05-18T13:51:23.859-07:00Lincoln Ch 3-4 by H. T.<div class="paper user_content enhanced" id="submission_preview">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">In Abraham Lincoln chapters 3 and
4, author George McGovern details the many controversial choices
Lincoln made throughout the Civil War and the changes in his thinking as
he gained war and presidential experience. McGovern provided evidence
through explaining the events that occurred. For example, President
Lincoln revoked Habeas Corpus, and allowed for civilians to be arrested
without reason or trial. This was a very controversial decision as many
felt as though it went against the Bill of Rights and was not legal.
Many men were arrested for reporting their opinions or for reporting
false information, a crime you’d otherwise never hear a word from the
law for. Another controversial decision he made was the decision to form
the Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln initially had no intentions of
writing such a document that could free the slaves from bondage. He
initially believed that the institution of Slavery, while horrible,
should not be removed, just be limited. The idea was flirted with after
the North won a battle in the South and the general at the time had
attempted to free the slaves there as a victory of the North, but
Lincoln forbid, it, saying that was not the goal of the war. Eventually
he came to the conclusion that the slaves needed to be freed once he
believed that it would help assist the North in winning the war. Once he
did this, he declared all the slaves free, an action he wasn’t entirely
sure would even hold up in court. Lincoln experienced many different
difficulties throughout the war and made many controversial decisions
that, at the time, were commonly seen as going too far. </span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">His goal of these writings are to
inform the reader of how the Civil War evolved, as did Abraham Lincoln,
as the war continued. The voices he used in his attempt to tell this
story were those of Lincoln himself, government officials, and citizens
of both the North and the South. Most voices heard not named Lincoln
were of those whom often doubted, or disagreed with, President Abraham
Lincoln. This were to illustrate the fact that it wasn’t as easy as
North vs South, and Lincoln faced conflict from both sides of the war.
Voices we didn’t hear of were those which were fighting in the war. We
rarely heard what was going on the ground in these places, and what the
military officials had thought of Lincoln’s decisions.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The handout, which was first
inauguration speech that Abraham Lincoln gave, gave me plenty of insight
as to how Lincoln evolved from before the war to during and after the
war. Before the war, it was apparent that he had no intention of
abolishing slavery, and his only goal was to prevent the secession of
more states into the confederacy. His goal was to compromise with those
of the South to create peace, while acknowledging the anger that the
South felt over his election. Once Lincoln was faced with the actual
war, Lincoln changed his mind on plenty of topics and most of what
Lincoln said during his inauguration speech was no longer relevant as
his only goal became to rejoin the union together again, and he was
willing to take any action in order to do so.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Some questions that we posed about
Abraham Lincoln resembled that of “how did Lincoln expand his powers as
president during his time in office?” A conclusion we gathered from our
discussion and the reading was that Lincoln used the fact that he was in
war to justify the extreme action he were taking within his own
government in an attempt to win the war. This allowed him to commit what
some considered crimes such as revoking Habeas Corpus, declaring all
slaves free with one signing of the pen and waging war on what was his
own country as he did not believe that secession was legal and the
Southern States were still technically part of the United States. He did
this all in the name of bringing together the union to be one united
nation once again.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Some questions I had were those such
as did the South’s elected president break any similar laws during the
course of the war, perhaps in an effort to claim victory and properly
declare its independence? Another question I had was how would the
Founding Fathers of America see Lincoln’s actions? As brave and
intelligent? Or cowardly and evil?</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-51120095944810513292017-05-18T13:50:00.001-07:002017-05-18T13:50:11.819-07:00Lincoln Ch 3-4 by A. G.<span style="font-weight: 400;">In Chapter 3 of Abraham Lincoln,
Abraham Lincoln was extremely dedicated to preserving a united nation.
Lincoln was the first American president to have ever faced the
challenges of disunion, rebellion, and civil war. It was made clear that
the southern states had been threatening secession from the Union for
many years. South Carolina served notice that if their nullification was
rejected by Washington, they would secede. But, never once had the
South carried out its threats. A Republican strategist Carl Schurz
commented about the Southern states and that they would, “secede, go out
and take two drinks, and come back again,”(50). Many Northern
congressmen had gotten tired of the empty Southern states threats so
they did not take the talk of secession seriously. The Southerners saw
the election of Abraham Lincoln as a preemptive act of war. They even
considered Lincoln as a “Black Republican” because in their view,
Lincoln advocated equality for slaves or worse, favored insurrection. On
December 20, 1860, six weeks after Lincoln’s election, the Union came
apart. Lincoln decided to fill his cabinet with his former rivals to get
different point of views. The substantial dispute between the North and
South was slavery was also discussed in the book. Lincoln utilized the
suspension of habeas corpus to enforce military conscription. The event
that leads into chapter 4 would be that Lincoln issued Emancipation
Proclamation on January 1, 1863.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">In Chapter 4, Lincoln’s order, the
Emancipation Proclamation, freed four million slaves with the stroke of a
pen. Lincoln’s views on slavery had evolved over the years. He even
described himself as naturally anti-slavery. Slavery violated the
promise of the Declaration of Independence. The border states, which
were slave states, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri did not
join the Confederacy. The thirteenth amendment was ratified in 1865. The
Proclamation announced the acceptance of black men into the Union Army
and Navy. </span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The purpose of the author was to
inform the reader of Abraham Lincoln’s decisions before and during his
presidency. The author showed the impact of Lincoln’s actions such as
the push of the Emancipation Proclamation during the war. The voices
missing were the Southern states point of view on the Emancipation
Proclamation and the Northern states point of view on the Proclamation.
Specific comments from the North and South were not mentioned in the
book from people living in those areas, only as a whole. </span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">In class we discussed the Abraham
Lincoln stretches such as the Emancipation Proclamation, censored press,
and the draft of the Northern men. The Emancipation Proclamation did
not sit well with some people in the North and most of the people in the
South. Most thought that Lincoln was supporting the rights of African
Americans, slaves. We also talked about what brought to the point of the
Emancipation Proclamation which was the wanting of unity for the Union
and the divided cabinet because of the former rivals in the cabinet with
very opinionated point of views. The last thing we talked about was the
first inaugural address of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was trying to make
it clear to the South that seceding was not a good idea and that they
were making their decision to do that too quickly. He wanted them to
stop, take a step back and think about what they were planning on doing.
</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">We questioned how the African
Americans felt about the Emancipation Proclamation. Turns out they were
happy about it but didn’t know how it was going to play out in the end.
We also questioned how the North felt about the Proclamation, were they
all on board with supporting or did they disagree like the South? Not
all of the North supported the Emancipation Proclamation, just like not
all of the South disagreed with it either. </span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The one question we are left
wondering would be, did the Emancipation Proclamation that ended up not
working out in the end, really have a strong effect on the future of the
country? </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-37695756885237985872017-05-16T09:12:00.001-07:002017-05-16T09:12:31.189-07:00Lincoln Ch 2 - by E. C.In Abraham Lincoln Chapter 2, author George McGovern writes about
Lincolns early political career. In this chapter, McGovern argues that
Lincolns political career varied from successful to unsuccessful. He
lost many battles for a seat in public office, but also prevailed in
other battles, securing a spot as the state legislator of Illinois and a
Whig Party representative, taking a seat in the US House of
Representatives. McGovern also shares with us the strong, supportive
commitment Lincoln held with the Whig Party, promoting the Whig agenda
of development and populism. After realizing the downward spiral the
party had been thrown into, he was ready to join the Republican Party in
1856. Lincoln made it clear he opposed the expansion of slavery, but
was not an abolitionist, believing that Congress had no right to
interfere with the Constitution, which protected slavery. We also learn
about the political battles between himself and Stephen Douglas, a
proslavery senator. The biography also mentions the conflict between the
Democrats and Whigs as a result of Stephen Douglas's Kansas Nebraska
Act, which divided the territory immediately west of the Missouri River
in two, the north becoming Nebraska in the south become in Kansas,
leaving residents to determine whether slavery would be legal or not in
their territory. Lincoln also opposed the war against Mexico, believing
that it was unnecessary so he introduced the "Spot Resolutions" in 1848
demanding from President James Polk where the first American blood was
shed, whether it was on American or Mexican soil, which sparked much
controversy. The evidence the author uses can be found in the specific
dates and places he uses to make his book historically accurate.
McGovern also includes many of Lincolns quotes from his speeches such as
his excepted speech at the Statehouse in Springfield, 1858. Lincoln
experienced many controversial struggles in his early political life,
but ultimately overcame them.<br />
The authors purpose and point of view, shown in this biography, is
to educate his readers about some of the possibly unheard of orforgotten
information about Lincolns early political life. Many are often only
taught about Lincolns life after he was elected president, so it is
important that we are informed about the realities Lincoln faced in his
past years which shaped his presidency later in life. We mainly hear
Lincoln's voice in this biography, but I would like to hear a bit more
about the voices of his fellow candidates for Congress, John J. Hardin
and Edward Baker, who happened to be friends with Lincoln. What were
their views on slavery? Did they agree with Lincoln's political choices?
I would also like to hear the voices of some of the members of the
Whig Party. What were their views on Lincoln? The main purpose of this
biography is to inform us about Lincolns early political choices.<br />
In class, we discussed what we thought were some of the authors
strong points such as his ability to describe the events in great detail
and write about these events in a way that was very comprehensible. We
also got into groups and arranged some of Lincolns characteristics on
small cards ranking them from least prominent to most prominent, such as
abolition and religion as least prominent and politics and humbleness
leaning towards the more prominent side. We bounced some ideas off of
each other on what we believed were Lincolns most distinguishing
political characteristics and most of the class generally put the cards
in the same places, because the author had gotten his point across clear
enough so that we were all on the same page. We discussed how Lincolns
early choices greatly affected the choices he made later in his
presidency. We also shared some memorable quotes that really stood out
to us, mine being part of his speech in 1858 at the statehouse in
Springfield, "I do not expect the Union to be dissolved-I do not expect
the house to fall-but I do expect it will cease to be divided." This
really helped us to dig deeper into his political life and get a better
understanding of his personal views.<br />
We also discussed some of the historical questions about the
reading. One in particular was, "what surprised you about Abraham
Lincoln?" One of the answers was they were surprised he wasn't
religious, even though he believed the Scriptures to be true and often
used Biblical references in his speeches. Another answer was they were
surprised that even though he opposed the expansion of slavery, he was
not an abolitionist because he believed that it win against the
Constitution, which protected slavery. We always assume that Lincoln
wanted freedom and equal rights for the slaves, but in fact, this proved
to be not entirely true. He wanted nothing more than to follow the
Constitution. Many of us were surprised about these decisions that he
had made, some of which contradicted our previous assumptions about
Lincolns views.<br />
A few questions sill remain: How did the Republican Party first get
started? We only hear that it was an emerging party and hear nothing
about who had founded it. Also, who ultimately seemed to hold victory in
the debates between Lincoln and Douglas? Were there times when one
seemed more superior to the other? Did the debates vary depending on
what region they were speaking in?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-24465021182545124992017-05-16T09:10:00.001-07:002017-05-16T09:10:25.082-07:00Lincoln Ch 2 by S. A.<span style="font-weight: 400;">In chapter two of the book Lincoln by
George McGovern we learn about his crippling depression in his efforts
to attempt to participate in congress and later climbing up into
presidency. At first Lincoln was just a member of congress trying to
eliminate slavery but keep in mind he was no abolitionist. He thought
slavery was disgusting and a disgrace and should not be held in the
capitol as it was one of America’s greatest sins. Before his attempts
at removing slavery he was trying to politically combat president Polk
about the illegal war. Asking whether the blood was shed on american or
mexican soil but in his advances to try and humiliate him he only made
himself look unpatriotic to the soldiers taking part in the war and very
much hurt his political standing as he was seen as weak and unwilling
to do anything but this how a majority of the nation viewed the Whigs
after Lincoln loses his seat in office but fails on multiple
occasions.This sank Lincoln into depression but only seeding his need to
end slavery and change the nation where it stood as a whole. After his
second attempt to obtain a seat in the Congress Lincoln and his
supporters campaigned vigorously. He became exceedingly popular with the
people and electoral college. Leonard Swett, Ward Hill Lauren, Judge
David Davis all participated in getting Lincoln his seat in presidency.
After telling the press who had gathered outside his house Lincoln said
that your work was finished but my work was just beginning.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The author wanted you to see how much
he had gone through and how long it took for Lincoln to comeback from
losing his position in congress to campaign to have enough support to be
able to ride his wave of popularity to presidency. Another contributing
factor was the south was so broken up on dividing from the Union or
wanting to stay and compromise. Those who seeked compromised was seen as
weak and labeled submissionist and others wanted to completely leave
and it wasn't through the idea of eliminating slavery but feeling as if
they would be crippling their economy. After several states boasting
about leaving pushed them to believe that they would be outnumbered in
the Government and leaving them politically crippled. Learning about
Lincoln in elementary you would believe he was anti-slavery but in fact
he firmly believed slavery was absolutely absurd in the capitol but
thought it was a constitutional right in the south knowing it was one of
the building blocks of their economy. Also never mentioning he was
actually a congressmen and who lost his seat and failed the regain his
seat back and on the wave a public and the support in his delegates he
gain a seat as the president of the United States.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the reasons Lincoln won his
election was the south was so terribly divided among themselves they
could not ban together to form a counter the Lincoln and his supporters.
Not only was the south divided so was the north. The north being
separated into the democrats voting for Stephen Douglas and Republicans
voting for Lincoln as called the whigs. In the south John Bell for the
constitutional union those who choose compromise but still wanted
slavery they were both in the north as well as the south. John
Breckinridge as running as a strong second behind Lincoln. With 4
possible candidates Lincoln still managed to come out on top. </span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">It all began when congressmen Abraham
Lincoln trying to embarrass Polk after his war with mexico a fairly
unpopular opinion Lincoln had almost assuring he would lose his position
on the matter.. After losing his seat in the senate and his failed
multiple events to regain his political position. Also combating his
depression after his loses. His seeded hatred for slavery grew ever
deeper and drove LIncoln to move in on the presidency to eliminate
slavery once and for all. Although he wasn’t an abolitionist he wanted
to remove it from the capitol and later from the nation. He saw it as
stealing the fruits of labor of the workers so he saw it as
unconstitutional. I want to know who was his main cabinet when he came
into office? How long was his separation from the government? How did he
cope with his depression? These are the questions i am left curious
about and hope to learn in the future readings. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-11109993937186993672017-05-16T09:09:00.000-07:002017-05-16T09:09:01.948-07:00Lincoln Ch 2 by D. A.<div class="paper user_content enhanced" id="submission_preview">
1. Abraham Lincoln was a very respected man who had once started
off in the position of the wrong party. His intentions, politically,
were against the war against Mexico, in general, was unnecessary and
claimed that it might have been the fault of America itself who started
the war. His views on war caused others to see him as unpatriotic and
affected his position in politics. After leaving Congress and returning
to his home in Springfield, Illinois, he worked his way up to become a
very wanted and respected man. Many of the citizens of Illinois saw how
great of a man he was and sought to have him speak as a prosecutor and
even a judge. Working his way up again, his views for antislavery had
enlarged. When the Kansas-Nebraska Act came into play, it allowed the
people in those territories to have the decision whether or not to allow
slavery within their borders. Lincoln did not agree with this
proposition, therefore causing his views on slavery to increase, wanting
to put a stop to it all.<br />
2. The purpose or point of view of the author was to describe
Lincoln's position in the Whig party, in congress, and show where he
stands. He was a very respected man, but his point of view on war and on
the constitution and slavery caused him to lose some of that respect.
Many saw him as unpatriotic but he believed in what he felt was right
and he stood by those morals andI believe that is what the author is
trying to describe as he explains Lincoln's political life and where he
was and what he stood for.<br />
3. In class, we discussed what kind of morals Lincoln had and what he
believed in. One of Lincoln's point of views that were discussed in
class that really stood out was towards the Constitution. Lincoln
believed that the people should always have the power of the government,
to decide whether they wanted to change the government or not. We also
discussed in class his views on religion. He was not much of a religious
person but he did respect the scripture and what the bible had said and
that was very important on how he viewed slavery and many other things
in life.<br />
4. The historical questions that we discussed in class ranged around
what type of person Lincoln was. Lincoln was a very hard worker. He did
manual labor and he was very focused and determined and he did end up
failing quite a bit. He was unfortunate politically but that never
stopped him and he continued to fight for his term and to fight for
slavery and for what he believed was right and therefore showed others
his determination and efforts.<br />
5. Some questions that were left wondering were personally how he
grew up and gained the views that he did. I personally feel like how his
parents raised him and who he became as a man is certainly important. I
wonder what pushed him to want to serve and what caused his mentality
to change.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-72291198457799219822017-05-16T09:02:00.001-07:002017-05-16T09:02:09.142-07:00Lincoln Ch 2 by D. L.<div class="paper user_content enhanced" id="submission_preview">
In the novel Abraham Lincoln by George S. McGovern we start to
read about Abraham Lincoln’s early life before he came to be what we
know as the 16<sup>th</sup> president of the United States and the
issues and challenges he faced and what he did to face these challenges.
People at the time saw Abraham Lincoln’s actions as unpatriotic. For
example, we learned that Lincoln was a member of the Whigs. The Whigs
didn’t support the war against Mexico because they were afraid that the
united states wasn’t ready for such a huge land expansion therefore
looking at the Whigs as unpatriotic for this. Lincoln also questioned
whether the war was necessary and if America had been the aggressor to
begin with. Either way he funded the troops. Another huge challenge
Lincoln faced was the topic on slavery. Lincoln firmly believed that
slavery in the various states was protected by the constitution, and
that congress had no power to interfere with it there. But he did seek
to end slavery in the District of Columbia, believing that slavery was
an embarrassment to the nation’s capital. The District of Columbia had
the largest slave trading warehouse. After the passing of the Missouri
Compromise which allowed slaves, Lincoln thought that it was a monstrous
injustice because it denied the humanity of the negro.<br />
In class, we discussed a few certain qualities and went
over some paintings. In the discussion, we came up with the thought that
Abraham Lincoln was a very humble man who most certainly was not an
abolitionist. The two paintings that we looked at showed Abraham Lincoln
in a state in which we are not used to. When we think about Abraham
Lincoln, we automatically picture him in his black suit and top hat but
in these paintings, Lincoln is outside in overalls chopping wood and
breaking a sweat. This gave insight to the fact that Abraham Lincoln has
many sides to him. We also discussed the things that never come to mind
when we think about Abraham Lincoln. For example, I never thought about
people at the time thinking seeing him as unpatriotic. The man was the
president after all! I feel like I have learned so much about Abraham
Lincoln in the past few hours than I ever did in all my history classes
growing up. It’s an interesting topic that touches morality and human
rights and I cant wait to continue reading.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-38796688002234524022017-05-16T09:00:00.003-07:002017-05-16T09:00:37.902-07:00The Logic of Secession by H. T.<div class="paper user_content enhanced" id="submission_preview">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The lecture by Dr Ed Ayers,
entitles “The Logic of Secession,” details the years leading up to the
Civil War, and how complicated everything was during this time, and all
occurred over a long period of time. Ayers detailed events such as the
election of 1860, when there were many major political parties voted for
throughout the country. For example, many states in middle America had
voted for the Constitutional Union Party, a party of no extremes that
favored Slavery, yet didn’t want to secede in order to get their way.
They were mostly a part of compromises. He proved this with voting maps
throughout the lecture that showed how individual counties and states
had voted during the election of 1860 that brought Abraham Lincoln to
power. He also described the debates that Virginia had hosted near the
beginning of the Civil War which would decide whether or not to secede
along with their Southern sisters. The topics of said debates were shown
throughout charts on a website Dr Ayers had demonstrated to his
listeners. The charts displayed frequency of words such as Slavery,
which was used frequently and spiked as Virginia finally seceded from
the Union, proving how their main concern was, in fact, Slavery.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The purpose of Dr Ayers’ lecture was
to inform those listening of how truly complicated and unavoidable the
Civil War really was. In order to do this, he used the voices of those
in the South, particularly Virginia in the weeks leading up to their
secession from the Union, to prove how debated the decision was. He
discussed which topics they were primarily concerned with, and which
ones they were not concerned with. Virginia, while somewhat different
than its Southern allies, only amplified the South’s general concerns
with leaving the Union and their reasons for leaving it. Voices left out
were those of Northerners whom both did, and did not, have a desire to
keep slavery and what their stances were on how to maintain the
institution.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Things we looked at in class, such as
the map of how counties voted in the election of 1860, helped us
understand that it wasn’t as black and white as just the South v. the
North and that there were many different views throughout both the North
and the South. This really made clear the complications that states all
over the United States faced in the time before and during the Civil
War.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Some questions we asked ourselves
were those such as for what reasons did Southern States secede from the
United States and what complications they faced in doing so. From
discussions in class, I was able to learn and understand that, while
many Southerners tried to claim that the reason for their secession may
have been due to tariffs, their primary reason was the economic
advantages of having Slavery. Another conclusion we were able to draw
was how some of the Northern Southern States came to secede and the
complications that lead up to it. Having voted Constitutional Union in
the 1860, many of these Southerners were looking for a compromise that
would ensure them slavery, yet made it possible to maintain the Union as
what it was leading up to the election.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Some questions that I had regarding
this time period was whether there were any talks throughout more
Northern states to secede, despite not having Slavery. Another idea I
was pondering was how many of those middle states that had a large voter
turnout for other third-party options had citizens vote to secede
because of pressure from other citizens that did want to secede.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-3767243253988518662017-05-16T08:57:00.001-07:002017-05-16T08:57:00.686-07:00The Logic of Secession by C. D.L. In this video Ed Ayers discusses the topic of secession in America
during the 1800s and the mindset that took part in Americans. There were
three different ‘Logics’ as Ayers would mention and they would be noted
as Economic, Political, and Personal. The economic logic that was
discussed is that the South controlled a virtual monopoly over cotton.
The political logic was the South thinking that the North has created
and elected President Lincoln who did not want slavery to expand into
the West but couldn’t end the slavery that has already existed. Virginia
proposed a 13<sup>th</sup> Amendment that made slavery permanent. The
final was personal logic which was when Virginia decided to secede.
Cotton made the Confederacy become one of the most powerful economies
and ranked it the fourth richest economy in the world. With that being
said one of Ed Ayers points was that the South can economically do best.
The South was also able to succeed in Economic growth due to their
abundance of railways that added up to be more than all of Europe.
Although the South was very economically successful one would say
Southerners were very nonreligious and didn’t believe in the Bible.
Southerners believed in the idea of “slaves should honor and obey their
master” and not the idea of “treat others how you want to be treated.”
In 1860 the home of our Founding Fathers, Virginia, was the largest
slave state. The Northerners very much disagreed with Southern views and
how they went about living. Northern Republicans think the danger of
this time is the slave holders. After the South proposed the 13<sup>th</sup>
Amendment Northern States sent letters to Southern states on how they
should change their lifestyle. Once received the South would start
writing letters back but Ayers pointed out that each letter one would
send to the other, the letter itself would be disregarded. This would
lead to different views and most of all secession. South Carolina would
seceded in December of 1860 but would suddenly realize that they were
going to be outnumbered in the House and Senate. Virginia would secede
but wouldn’t join the South or the North they would be to themselves for
the moment. At Fort Sumter Lincoln would call all troops from
non-seceded states and Virginia is at a loss. Virginia is at a loss
because the state doesn’t know if it should send troops to fight the
South at which used they belong to. After Fort Sumter the Southerners
who opposed slavery left the South. Most Southerners wanted to protect
slavery through a federal system.
<br />
The purpose of secession discussed by Ed Ayers was to
give us students a better understanding of secession and why it
occurred. In history classes before we were taught that after a few
little discussions the entire South would secede which is definitely not
the case. Ayers gave us information on the views of the North and the
views in the South and how each disagreed with one another. I would like
to hear the voices of some Northern Republicans, Southerners who
believed slavery was justifiable, people from Virginia who wanted to
stay neutral, and most of all Abraham Lincoln. I think if we got the
over view from Ed Ayers and then listened to the side of each one of
these we might be able to see where they are coming from and their
thought process.<br />
The work in class that we did enhanced my knowledge on
secession a great bunch because the whole time we were discussing I took
notes. I enhanced my knowledge a great bunch on Lincoln and his views
as a Republican, Virginia and why the state decided to be on their own,
and how the South had so much economic power. I also enhanced my
knowledge on the fact that the ones arguing against secession are not
anti-slavery. Northern Democrats thought that the federal government
should be stronger than the state government so each state can have
their own laws. Unlike Southern Democrats the Northern Democrats did not
own slaves and they did not return slaves that escaped to the north to
their masters. The secession was a part of history that caused a great
deal of commotion between the North and Southern states.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-84205920091973173122017-05-09T15:06:00.001-07:002017-05-09T15:06:07.756-07:00Frederick Douglass Part 2 by A. P.This week we read the last two chapters of the “Narrative of the life of
Frederick Douglass”. Through this reading, we went more in depth into
the life Fredrick Douglass. How he and the other slaves were treated
during the 19th century. He wrote about the abuse he and other slaves
suffered from their masters. How they were beat for the smallest
reasons. Sometimes even just for the reason of showing them who was in
charge. He also wrote about how he taught his fellow slave how to read
and write, and how he built friendships with them. During this reading,
we all read that he escaped but he never revealed how, but he mads it to
New York. When in New York he married Ann Murray and changed his name
to Frederick Johnson. After that, he traveled to New Bedford where he
finally changed his name to Frederick Douglas because there were too
many Johnson's. After that was that Frederick Douglas after a while
became such an important figure in the anti-slavery moment.<br />Through
his accounts of his life, Frederick Douglas was giving us a feel of the
lives of slaves. He was trying to show us how inhuman the way they were
treated was. They were looked at as property something to take an
advantage out of and nothing more. The way he does it is by giving us
an account of his life and the abuse he went through and how he was able
to overcome it and free himself.<br />In class, we discussed we talked
about an article we read while there and we discussed how Fredrick
Douglas had many lives. His life as a slave, as a free man, an
abolitionist, and a women’s suffrage. We discovered he was the man of
many faces but they all lead to something important to him and that was
freedom and equality for all.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-64314160718265954352017-05-09T15:04:00.002-07:002017-05-09T15:04:41.456-07:00Frederick Douglass Pat 2 by C. B.<div class="paper user_content enhanced" id="submission_preview">
Fredrick Douglass was raised as an enslaved man in the south.
Douglass was treated surprisingly well for a slave in his younger years,
but when he grew up he was rented for a year to a man named Edward
Covey where he received more severe punishment and labor than he was
used too. For example Douglass is told to guide a team of unbroken oxen
that are very uncooperative; when Douglass fails Covey takes matters
into his own hands and rushes Douglass rips off his shirt and starts
whipping him. Covey is a different type of master he works in the fields
with his slaves; in fact often he would crawl through the corn fields
to sneak up on slaves to see if they were resting. This act received him
the name “the snake” among the slaves. Covey says that he is a
religious man and firmly believes is even though he is guilty of sins
like adultery and beating down another human. Douglasses first six
months as a slave under Covey were his hardest times as a slave, he was
exhausted, hungry, and lost his love of learning. One day Douglass is
in the stables and Covey tries t ties up his legs but Douglass wants no
part of this and decides to fight back after a little struggle Covey
backs off and actually never punishes Douglass in a physical manner
again. One thing that Douglass hates is religious slaveowners because he
says they use the bible and religion to justify the horrible things
that they do.<br />
The author of this piece of writing is trying to show
people a first hand look at slavery and just how bad it is. When reading
this you get a vibe from the author that they want you to feel bad that
slavery ever took place. It comes off as a learning experience with a
great triumph at the end though showing that it can be over come and
once Douglass did escape he went on to do great things for people of
color and women, everyone who didn’t have equal rights.<br />
Once Douglass became a free man he used his skills of
intellect to do wonders for man kind. Douglass wrote many memoirs on
equal writes and slavery. Douglass ended up traveling the world speaking
at conferences and spreading his beliefs on equal rights. Douglass went
to Germany, Egypt, England and many more places he was majorly
successful throughout his life. We discovered that he even went back to
his old slave master to basically say look what I’ve accomplished.
Fredrick Douglass was an extraordinary man who over came so much and
changed the world for the better.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-5300348062427685682017-05-09T15:03:00.002-07:002017-05-09T15:03:19.691-07:00Frederick Douglass Part 2 by K. P.1. Chapter 10 and 11 of the Fredrick Douglas narrative is about his
final yeas as a slave and his growing self empowerment and quest for
freedom. In these chapters he really begins to fight back and finally
runs away. Douglas's main argument was that he could no longer stand
living the life of a slave and was treated terribly, he proves this when
he talks of numerous times he's been beaten close to death.<br />
2. The chapters are from the point of view of Douglas himself, I feel
the purpose was to tell people how he struggled as a slave but told
himself freedom would come wether it was granted or he took it for
himself and it happened.<br />
3. I feel as if discussing the chapters in class helped us to
understand some of the things Douglas was feeling that we may not have
understood upon first reading.<br />
4. Some conclusions we drew were that during the second half of the
narrative, Douglass really became self aware of his situation and he
knew he needed to change it. We also came to the conclusion that these
chapters gave a detailed and first person point of view into the horrors
of slavery and the inhumane treatment.<br />
5. The biggest question I have is the details of Douglass's escape.
In the chapters he says he does not want to give the details but this
makes me wonder even more. I want to know how he did it, who helped him,
some of the difficulties that may have happened, I want a clear picture
of the events.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-86537054628908455612017-05-04T14:22:00.003-07:002017-05-04T14:22:19.390-07:00Frederick Douglass by D. H.<div class="paper user_content enhanced" id="submission_preview">
Frederick Douglass's autobiography served as a firsthand look
into the life of a slave and a argument against the cruelties of slavery
America. The first nine chapters gave detailed accounts of the pain,
grief, and struggles that Douglass and other slaves that he lived around
endured over the span of his childhood to his young adulthood. These
chapters explained the many of his experiences: never getting to know
his mother and never knowing who his father was, watching his family
members be beaten and abused, hearing of and seeing other slaves being
whipped, attacked, and even killed, sleeping on damp cold floors and
being underfed and under-clothed... he provides a seemingly endless
amount of traumatic accounts that he had somehow survived.<br />
<br />
Everything detailed within this reading was from the perspective of
Frederick Douglass himself. This was a powerful tool. No longer would
the horrors of slavery be explained in distant and obscure ways. His
novel made it all personal and very real. The voices of slaveholders and
anti-abolitionists are never truly heard, only documented from
Douglass's perspective.<br />
<br />
The class primarily discussed what we found shocking about slavery,
seeing as this was our first experience with a resource that documented
slavery from a firsthand perspective. We discussed Douglass's purpose
and how his skill as a writer and speaker on slavery and his experiences
drove the Abolitionist movement. Furthermore, the class spoke of how
Douglass had honed his ability to sway the hearts of Northerners and
Westerners and that this experience likely had a powerful effect on how
he worded his writing and what he did and did not share. The class
talked about the difference between the personal stories of Douglass and
the impersonal writing of abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison.<br /><br />Most questions
made by the class remained on the topic of the nature of slavery. Those
included how slave songs worked and the culture around them. We came to
the conclusion that they were heavily coded and were often used to
communicate that slaves were planning to run away. We also inquired
about the underground railroad and the ways in which Northerners helped
runaway slaves. The answers that we reached were that Northerners often
disregarded national laws concerning fugitive slaves or made laws that
directly contradicted federal laws on the topic. Northerners housed
slaves, used their homes as markers and hints to reach the railroad or
as signs that they were friendly to slaves, and that the Fugitive Slave
Act ended up creating a strong opposition of slavery in the North
because it reinforced the harsh reality and cruelty of slavery when
bounty hunters and policemen entered their communities and hauled slaves
away before their very eyes.<br /><br />These first nine chapters leave
many questions behind, despite the amount of information and detail that
it offers. What other kinds of books and newspapers did Douglass read
in Baltimore? Were slaves in households more commonly better fed and
clothed than slaves on plantations? What were some other slave songs
that Douglass knew of and what could they mean? What did he read about
concerning slavery that he found to be untrue?<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-33952109407909033802017-05-04T14:19:00.001-07:002017-05-04T14:19:53.786-07:00Frederick Douglass by D. C. In this blog post , i will be writing about an abolitionist
speaker Frederick Douglass. He is a very descriptive and emotional
writer, when reading " <em><span style="font-family: Times;">Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass" </span></em>it
was difficult to read how human beings were treated. Slavery labor in
places change overtime and dependent upon advances in the plantation
development and diverge in common labor or skills. Douglass expresses
his story in such a emotional manner in the environment he grow up in
and lived when being a teenager. He lived in a environment in where he
was controlled , disciplined , and where human rights were invisible.
<br />
In a controlled environment, Douglass was born on a
plantation in Maryland ,who was separated from his black mother and
white father (who was a master) ; an orphan boy who did not know his own
birthday because it was not allowed to know their age. Douglass parents
was an example of the cruelty of slaveholders actually profit from this
practice of rape, it gave slaveholders a chance to increase the number
of slaves they own. You see owning slaves according to the white was
profitable it was a agriculture revolution , and because of this slaves
were controlled the moment their born. For many of us we would be
devastated with the passing of a mother , because of course the moments
growing up along your mother as she molded you to the person you are all
these years it was you cherish forever; and sadly for Douglass he did
not experience what most of us have. Douglass has no pain when hearing
the devastating news of his mothers passing "<span>I received the
tidings of my mother’s death with much the same emotions I should have
probably felt at the death of a stranger" those heart felt words made me
feel such sadness on how the moment you are born you are a slave and
obey orders, Douglass did not have a childhood every child should
experience, but this comes to show that enslaved men and women where
controlled and treated inhumane from birth till death ; because the
health and financial conditions of their owners depended on it. </span><span>Douglass
first master Captain Anthony gives him the introduction of the slavery
world when he whips his aunt Hester in front of him. Douglass give his
readers a sense of what it was like being a young african american boy;
he writes about enslaved men and women get whipped , separation of
families and friends , the loss off knowledge and being </span>conscious
brining suffering. In this autobiography, Douglass speaks in a tone of
irony at times , and a person who is emotionally overcome he engages in
this book. His point is to exactly express his s<span>truggle to free
himself, mentally and physically, from slavery. Because it was a young
boys life there was no other voice needed in this book , it was <span>Frederick Douglass own voice and opinion uncut. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span><span>Douglass explains how he educated himself and even
thought he had help he learned the alphabet and his determination was
there to learn. In class we discuss the power in knowledge that literacy
would lead to question the rights white keep slaves. I learned by my
classmates slave owners committing adultery , rape , corruption , an
irresponsible power of slaveholding. What i found very sad to hear is a
classmate telling a group how parents hid children in the woods so they
were not taken , and the way slaves resisted control by rebelling
against slaveholders , slowing down work , and the songs that would be
code words. I learned that slaves were fighting back and i loved hearing
this , because enslaved men and women were aware o retain their
humanity. </span></span><br />
<span><span> I do want to hear more about why slavery was a
making of America , why in such an inhumane manner. Why did our own
founding father preach freedom but own slaves of their own. Why did
innocent men and children have to experience this? </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911427333273229072.post-52164647740195578472017-05-01T22:08:00.001-07:002017-05-01T22:08:59.532-07:00Women's Suffrage by A. P.<span style="background-color: white; color: #2d3b45; font-family: LatoWeb, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">This weeks assignment was to read about, and hear a lecture given about two women who fought for the rights of women. Their Names were Martha Coffin Wright and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. We learned from the authors what shaped these two women to become to great figure in the women suffrage movement. In our reading we discovered that Martha was born in Nantucket, Boston. She was born to a family who were Quakers. Quakers believed both men and women to be equal, and so their women were more educated than most. We also learned that growing up in Nantucket men were out working on boats so it was up to the women to do be the who ran the shops instead of the man. Another thing that influenced Martha was her father died when she has really you so she grew up with her mother being the head of the house hold. Maths also suffered on her way to becoming who she was. By the age of 19 Martha was a widow with a young daughter and was expelled from the quaker church for making a non Quaker man. She would later me Julius Catlin who die on a trip before making it back to her . She eventually marries again to David Wright how she goes on to have more children with. Later on she loses her youngest child at the age of one and anther one of her children at the age of 22. Elizabeth Cady as we learned from the lecture was born to a wealthy conservative family. she had a great education. She was the top of her class but because she was a women was not able to go to college. Her only brother died when she was 11 and she remembers that when she went to look for comfort in her father he said that he wished she was a boy. her father as a jude so she knew a lot about the law. She went on to marry Henry Brewster Stanton who was an abolitionist. With hime she went to conventions and went about abolition and continued to learn. Lori D. Ginzberg the lecture argues that Elizabeth and made comments that were at times races, and elites. Both women made their difference the speech they wrought. They used their education to make a difference and to empower women. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #2d3b45; font-family: LatoWeb, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2d3b45; font-family: LatoWeb, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">What I think the authors are trying to say is that these women where like many other of their time they were not perfect but they made a difference. Elizabeth saw it from a young age that women how women were treated like man there were look as less than. She was some time to caught up in what she wanted and didn't let anything get in the way. Martha on the other hand had a sense that women could be independent yet there were not being treat the same. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #2d3b45; font-family: LatoWeb, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2d3b45; font-family: LatoWeb, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In class we go to sit in groups and discuss different and similarities between both women. We explored thing from their point of view. I came to the conclusion that Martha was a women who fought to for woman if all races and she. While Elizabeth thought that it was more important that women who where educated where the ones who could vote, and she view nothing more important than that. I also saw that in their time both women where viewed as liberals which was what we discussed as class.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com