Forrest Gump

"Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get" -Forrest's Mom

When you buy one of those fancy chocolate boxes you are playing russian roulette. You might eat one that is so delicious or you might eat the ratchet peice that makes you want to throw up. You never know what you will pick or what life throws at you. One needs to find the posistive outlook on every situation. When you pick that ratchet peice of chocolate, simply wash your mouth with milk and move on.

Elvis Presley

When Forrest was a little kid he got to meet the King of Pop, Elvis Presley. Back then, Forrest still had his braces attached to his legs resulting him in making weird body movements. When Presley started to play his guitar, Forrest got excited; he danced to the music in front of Presley. Because of his braces his dances were unnatural. Presley ended up liking them so he took that same dance and made it his signature. He did that dance everywhere he went. Forrest ultimately provided Presley with his famous dance moves. Elvis was a huge icon back then and is still today.

Cont. roaring 1920's

This photo shows how alcohol effects your family. When men drink they go home all drunk, mad, and not themselves. This can lead to them hitting their wives, children, and other family members. Ultimately it leads to them getting violent. This image gives statistics of how many families are ruined by husbands drinking. "Alcohol is an enemy to the home"

Roaring 1920's

President Harding does not want the people to feel like the prohibition enforcement is only temporary. He explains that people are feeling too confident that this will soon pass over.

This image shows how drinking alcohol will lower your moral values. It will make your ethics lower than it should be. It even layed out a chart and everything giving step by step ways how it leads to immorality.

WWI part 2

Reasons why US entered the war
- New weapon- u-bout: 1
- Transatlantic cable cut: 4
- Lusitania: 2
- Sussex Pledge: 6
- Zimmerman Telegram: 3
- Sinking of the Vigilancia, Illinois and the city of Memphis: 5

The russian revolution is missing. The Russian revolution helped lead america to war because the US did not like the kaiser so when he got kicked out we were more willing to help/join the war.

WWI part 1

Militariasm- Countries were getting ready for war. They were building their armies and navies. Expanding navy bases and inventing new war weapons.
Alliances- countries were making alliances so whenever one country went to war all the countries went to war. It was like a domino effect.
Imperialism- countries felt threatened that other countries were growing. They were fighting for territory. The countries being taken over was not happy so it caused disputes.
Nationalism- everybody had pride in their own country. So typically they would put themselves first when they do something. This sometimes caused unintentional problems to other countries.

American Imperialism

When bigger empires took over smaller countries they would take alot of there natural resources. In this picture you can see how America and most of Europe took most of Africa's resources. They just marched onto Afircan territory and took whatever they wanted.

Reasons why America became an Imperialistic country:
            They felt comptetition form other countries
             New markets and trade
             Natural resources
             Wanted to put naval bases in good spots
             It was the White Man's Burden.  (our duty)

Railroads expanding! They are now reaching to islands off the southern coast of Florida.

Workers are hard at work building the railroads across Florida.

Industrialization on the rise! Be the first passenger to ride down to Key West

KKK- EXTRA CREDIT

The KKK was formed after the American Civil War; it stands for Ku Klux Klan. There goal was to get rid of all the non whites in America. They were basically a hate group against blacks. After a while they started hating non-Christians. For example: Jews, Catholics, immigrants and other minority groups. They would torture, beat up, and sometimes even kill them. They were white robes and they believe in burning the cross. Once you think the Klan has ended, it rises back up again. Unfortunately, the KKK still exists today; it is more prominent in the South than it is in the North.

Political Cartoon- labor unions

This picture shows all the union workers coming together. It symbolizes how people are a lot stronger and more effective when they work together instead of working individually. It also shows that the real men behind Industrialism were the workers. They lead the age of Industry by all the iron and steel they produced.

Brief History of Labor Unions

In the late 1800s, workers were forming labor unions. The unions set out to improve the lives of workers. After the cotton gin and the steam-powered loom were invented, they needed lots of workers to work in the factories. These workers were frequently abused, they had very low pay, and they worked for long hours. Plus, it was not uncommon for workers to have work related deaths; working in the factories was very dangerous.

Manifest Destiny

This picture shows how the angel is leading the American settlers to there destiny. There destiny is to expand westward so they can spread Christianity to all the native Americans. The American settlers want to save the natives. You can see that everything before the angel is bright and light but infront of the angel everything is dark. This shows that the settlers believe that they need to save everyone from the 'dark'. Save them with Jesus. 

Feb. 5- Questions

Law Creating the Freedmen's Bureau

 1.       After reading the Bill, what plans do you see laid out for the former slaves?

Maybe get some free land that they were distributing then work and get money.

 

2.    What do you think could have been added to the bill to garner broader support? What could have been changed or taken away?

They could have added something about health issues. Everyone gets sick so the blacks should have more exposure to some type of medical treatment. I don't see anything major that should be taken out. If I had to pick something, it would probably be the whole part with the commissioner.

 

3.      Aside from their opposition to the abolition of slavery, what problems do you think the members of Southern States had with the Bill? Can you think of anything that would have appeased them?

A problem could have been that they were still not equal. And something they would be happy about is that the Secretary of War gave them clothes, fuel, and temporary shelters; they were also helping the blacks get jobs.

 

 

Southern Treatment by the Federal Government,

American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writer's Project, 1936-1940

 1.    What is her attitude toward white Southerners and their treatment by the federal government? 

She is not particularly fond of it.

 

2.     What do you think accounts for her views? 

She did not like it when the soldiers were shooting at the blacks to scare them off. The soldiers did not want the black men to vote and she did not like that.

 

3.      Would people with different views agree with her conclusions about "peace" in the South? Why or why not? 

There is always going to be two sides of an argument. Not everybody will agree with her because they don't like the changes that are happening; unfortunately they are anything but peaceful.

Recontruction Cartoon

Even though the blacks were giving the right to vote, people were still giving them a hard time about it. In the picture below, the black man is trying to put his vote in the box but the flies (representing the states that voted against ratifying the 15th amendent) are buzzing around him giving him trouble.

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good morning! :)