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HIST 1321 Discussion Board Week 5 Good afternoon! I am currently writing from the hospital as I expect to give birth to our second child in the next 48 hours (fingers crossed for sooner). One interesting topic from this week’s reading is the opportunity that young women had to work outside of the home. Young women in the New England states would work in the mills for wages. Part of the salary went towards their room and board, and the remainder of the money the ladies earned would be sent back to their families. It gave these women the opportunity to be more than what society stated they could be and gave them independence away from their father’s house. Chapter 10 Review: In reading chapter ten, many political issues stemmed from different viewpoints and biases. For example, Anglo-Americans viewed native Americans as a minority group that was not born to have the same rights as their white counterparts. Although people viewed them differently, the Native Americans accustomed themselves to the ways of the Americans by converting to Christianity and speaking English. Few of them even enslaved people. Today, one of the saddest moments for minority groups is the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears was the forceful removal of the Indians from their native lands and moving westward towards what is today known as Oklahoma. 4,000 Cherokee Indians died on this passage. The Indians, before removal, took to the Federal court in the Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, where the Cherokee fought to stay on their land-based on the argument that the Cherokee were an independent foreign nation and the rule of Georgia to eradicate them should cease. Unfortunately, the Supreme court did not see that the Cherokee met the requirements to be a foreign nation and lost the legal fight. It is a shame how Americans treated other minority groups but seeing how far we’ve come, and we hope that people and ideas can change. Mini Research Week 5: As a kid living in Pennsylvania, the circus would come to Hershey Park every year. I was about ten when I got to see the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. In this week's lesson, the class learned about the Industrial Revolution, and one interesting item that came out of this age is the modernization of the circus attractions. One of the world's renowned circus trainers, P.T Barnum, started in 1841, opening his American Museum in New York City. He later operated his circus show in 1870. In 1876, Barnum returned to the circus after two years of being the mayor of his home state of Connecticut. This new show and attractions he co-created with fellow circus competitor James A. Bailey who is now known as the Barnum and Bailey Circus (McGill, pg. 1). The widespread interest was the white elephant named Jumbo, a hit and beloved by the circus family. I love the circus and the magical element of illusions. Learning a bit about P.T Barnum brought back childhood memories of lion tricks, clowns, and tight rope acrobats. References: McGill, Sara Ann. P.T. Barnum. 2005. Download 14.38 Kb. Share with your friends:
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