History is always being created, but never changed or altered. Although something may have happened yesterday, today, it is now considered historic. The irony here is that whether it happened a few hours ago, yesterday, last week, or many years ago, it is still considered historic because it is now in the past. As stated by Dr. Drake in many lectures, “history does not necessarily repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” From 1865 to the 2000s, different areas of history have a stronger rhyming scheme than others. Looking back to 1860s and comparing it to the 2000s, we can still see how the role of the federal government, the benefits and drawbacks of economic growth, and the United States role in world affairs has been reoccurring, however, the
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When the country elected its first black president, Barack Obama, Republicans plotted not to pass anything that he tried to accomplish. There was much doubt in the country due to the fact that an African American had taken office. In this instance, the president was not causing racial conflict, but the people around him in the White House were. They did not like the fact that a black man was trying to change the racist ways of America and so this caused racial conflict in the White House. Now, with the impending president Donald Trump about to take office, Americans of different races other than white are beginning to get worried. During his campaign, he made racial comments towards Mexicans, African Americans, Latinos, etc. His campaign speeches caused racial conflict to outbreak in the crowds. Although he is not officially in the White House yet, it is easy to see how the United States next president may bring back and continue the alterations of racial conflict in the White House and try to bring back slavery or segregation, thus causing racial conflict among …show more content…
Racial Conflict and slavery also existed within Native Americans, Asians and many other races. Slavery did not just evolve, there were choices made to continue the racial conflict between Americans in the US, in order to keep slavery and to hold certain groups of people down. As noted by Dr. Drake in the Reproduction Prohibition lecture, “racial conflict in America existed not only between whites and blacks, but also between whites and Native Indians.” Whites were expanding westward where Native Indians occupied much of the land. They believed that the Native Americans should be eliminated or eradicated so they could own and occupy all the land. This conflict led to many brutal fights because the Native American refused to just give up their land and become slaves to the whites. Whites also disliked Chinese. As discussed in Urbanization, Immigration, and the Huddling Masses lecture, “The Chinese Exclusion Act was put into place and it stated, no more Chinese were allowed to immigrate into the US.” As the evidence shows, whites disliked any race that was not white. The widely known racial conflict was also still taking place between whites and blacks. Many southern whites treated blacks horribly. They would separate blacks from their families to sell them off as slaves. They would rape their slaves and sometimes
When the country elected its first black president, Barack Obama, Republicans plotted not to pass anything that he tried to accomplish. There was much doubt in the country due to the fact that an African American had taken office. In this instance, the president was not causing racial conflict, but the people around him in the White House were. They did not like the fact that a black man was trying to change the racist ways of America and so this caused racial conflict in the White House. Now, with the impending president Donald Trump about to take office, Americans of different races other than white are beginning to get worried. During his campaign, he made racial comments towards Mexicans, African Americans, Latinos, etc. His campaign speeches caused racial conflict to outbreak in the crowds. Although he is not officially in the White House yet, it is easy to see how the United States next president may bring back and continue the alterations of racial conflict in the White House and try to bring back slavery or segregation, thus causing racial conflict among …show more content…
Racial Conflict and slavery also existed within Native Americans, Asians and many other races. Slavery did not just evolve, there were choices made to continue the racial conflict between Americans in the US, in order to keep slavery and to hold certain groups of people down. As noted by Dr. Drake in the Reproduction Prohibition lecture, “racial conflict in America existed not only between whites and blacks, but also between whites and Native Indians.” Whites were expanding westward where Native Indians occupied much of the land. They believed that the Native Americans should be eliminated or eradicated so they could own and occupy all the land. This conflict led to many brutal fights because the Native American refused to just give up their land and become slaves to the whites. Whites also disliked Chinese. As discussed in Urbanization, Immigration, and the Huddling Masses lecture, “The Chinese Exclusion Act was put into place and it stated, no more Chinese were allowed to immigrate into the US.” As the evidence shows, whites disliked any race that was not white. The widely known racial conflict was also still taking place between whites and blacks. Many southern whites treated blacks horribly. They would separate blacks from their families to sell them off as slaves. They would rape their slaves and sometimes