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- 581: Booker T. Washington
- ... civil war. Of course the labor force in this country was predominately slaves, and after the civil war black people were paid little money to do some of the same work. The whole machinery of slavery was constructed as to cause labor, as a rule, to be looked upon as a sign of degradation and inferiority. The slave system took the spirit of self-reliance and self-help out of white ... he states, Ever since I have been old enough to think for myself, I have entertained the idea that, notwithstanding the cruel wrongs inflicted upon us, the black man got nearly as much out of slavery as the white man did. (13)
- 582: Injustice of Abortion
- ... However, the majority of Americans support abortion by declining to ban it. When a majority of people support one of the biggest injustices in America, it is a dangerous thing. Not since the issue of slavery has such a support for an injustice been eminent. One day, however, people will look back on the issue of abortion just people now look back on slavery and realize what a huge mistake it was and it will be deemed a shameful part of American history.
- 583: The Adventures Of Huckleberry
- ... feelings and hate almost no longer exist. These changes can be attributed to the education people now have by reading such novels as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain addresses these issues of racism, slavery and education in a humorous, almost childish way, yet the effective themes are clearly visible. Twain utilizes Huck Finn and Jim as the ideal characters because they are the ones at the end of the novel who realize slavery is wrong. Mark Twain establishes the ideals by portraying them through the protagonists and criticizes the failure to live up to them by portraying them through the antagonists. Prejudice can be observed throughout the novel ...
- 584: The Red Badge Of Courage
- ... Civil War never took place or if the South had won? Just the thought of it makes me feel ill. There would be so many things different than they are now. Would there still be slavery? Would it spread to the western United States? The Civil War shaped this country's moral beliefs in that it will not tolerate slavery. What would the government be like? Would there be communism? Would there be worldwide chaos? These are some of the questions that come to my mind when I think about if there was no Civil ...
- 585: The Political Parties in the United States
- ... know at the time as the Whig party, more aristocratic and formed around John Quincy Adams. In 1840, these two parties, together, took up more than 80% of the votes during the presidential elections. The slavery problem in the mid 1800's literally destroyed the system of parties in existence. Two new parties reformed at the end 1850, however. These two parties are the real ancestors of the parties that are existing today. The Republican party was the party of the anti-slavery North and the Midwest and the Democrat party was the party of the South and of the ethnical minorities. Democrats Nowadays, we can summarize the difference between the two parties as the distinction between the ...
- 586: Booker T. Washington
- Booker T. Washington: Fighter for the Black Man Booker T. Washington was a man beyond words. His perseverance and will to work were well known throughout the United States. He rose from slavery, delivering speech after speech expressing his views on how to uplift America's view of the Negro. He felt that knowledge was power, not just knowledge of "books", but knowledge of agricultural and industrial trades ... t do it by accusing and putting blame on others, but instead through hard work. Booker T. Washington cleared the way for the black community to fully enter the American society. Washington was born into slavery on April 5, 1856, in Franklin County, Virginia, on a small tobacco plantation. His only true relative was his mother, Jane, who was the plantation's cook. His father was probably the white son of ...
- 587: Federalism's Role In Our Government
- ... increased the power of the national government. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were also sources of power for the national government when it came to its jurisdiction over the states. By passing laws against slavery and allowing equal protection under the law, the national government gave itself the power to enforce those laws and therefore enhanced authority over the states. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery and in section 2 stated that Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. By adding section 2 to the amendment, Congress was simply ensuring their supremacy over the state governments ...
- 588: Imperialism
- ... said that they did, and back then, as now, supreme rule makes the rules. Also, they thought that they were civilizing the "poor" Africans. Unfortunately, their involvement in Africa held catastrophic results for the Africans: slavery, poverty, civil unrest, not to mention years of already successful civilization, if primitive, wasted. The worst thing in the world is a well-intentioned idiot. Not to say the Europeans were stupid, just nearsighted, ignorant ... state of affairs, however, was complex and far from stable. The old mercantile Empire was weakened during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by a number of factors: by the abolition in 1807 of slavery in Britain itself, a movement led by the Evangelicals ; by the freeing in 1833 of slaves held elsewhere in the Empire; by the adoption, after a radical change in economic perspective (due in large part ...
- 589: What is America?
- ... British in a Revolutionary War. Although America had escaped from British oppression, the struggle for justice was far from over. Social problems existed in our society that had never been predicted by Washington or Jefferson. Slavery, for instance, became more and more a controversial issue until finally, it led to a civil war within the less than united States. In 1861, the southern states seceded, and a war was fought between the rebels and the Union for four long, bloody years. However this battle did not end without a gain, for in 1863 President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves. Even after slavery was lifted from Americas moral back, the movement to reform America continued. Soon after the Civil War, women began to fight for equal rights, and in particular, for enfranchisement. After battling old guard politicians ...
- 590: Chinese Immigration into America
- ... in all the East are so well adapted for the clearing wild lands and raising every species of agricultural product as the Chinese." (Takaki, page 21) In 1833, the British Empire abolished the practice of slavery. Plantation owners desperate for field labor made use of coolies. Coolies were basically Chinese that signed labor contracts and were held in virtual slavery. They were ensnared by brokers into this system by debts, clan war prisoners, or kidnapping. (Melendy, page 13) Like the African slave trade, this method flourished over Asia and had high mortality rates due to ...
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