Eric Foner

Many of our parents, textbooks, and even teachers fail to mention the early life before European arrival onto American soil. Most Americans don’t even know about the complex irrigation systems Natives built, the glorious cities which stood before the Europeans, and even the thousands of diverse tribes who had their own language, cultures, and history. Many textbooks illustrate and write about how Europeans have had a huge impact on our country, but what about the impact Natives had? Native…

a small house with a fire burning in the middle for warmth. “If any one that shall come into their houses and their fall asleep, when they see him disposed to lie down, they will spread a mat for him of their own accord, and lay a roll of skins.”(Foner, 5) The quote describes the Native American culture of having guest over their house. Morton also includes they were a culture not to complicate things explaining their minimal utensil set. This account is accurate with Native American culture…

“They had dreamed of freedom; of a chance to look about them and learn something; to be decent and clean, to see their child grow up to be strong. And now it was all gone” (Sinclair 1906, 138). This is the bleak picture painted in Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel The Jungle. A disturbing critique of turn-of-the-century industrialism with pervading themes of poverty, anti-corporation, and socialism. A commentary that exemplifies the Progressive era and the embodiments of freedom that came with it.…

When reading, “The Sharon Statement” people will realize how mature and knowledgeable these young Americans are. In the first sentence of, “The Sharon Statement” their understanding of freedom is seen when stated, “In this time of moral and political crisis, it is responsibility of the youth of America to affirm certain eternal truth.” Here the young people are saying while grandparents and parents quarrel in the past about inequality and war the youth should look with their eyes and heart. It…

President Johnson and his view of the countries reconstruction began working against the efforts of the Freedmen’s bureau. According to Eric Foner “...New southern governments were established, elected by whites alone, and Johnson ordered lands on which the army and Freedmen’s Bureau had settled former slaves returned to their former owners.” (109) Johnson took a very soft position when it…

blackness in a white-dominated world, Robinson created drama throughout his life. He fought racism viscerally--in his California childhood, at college, and in the army, where he faced a court-martial for defying illegal segregation on an army bus.” (Foner, Eric, and John A. Garraty. "Robinson, Jackie." The Reader 's Companion to American History. Dec. 1 1991: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 28 Mar. 2016.) Jackie played 4 sports in college and was most notable for his football talent but he had…

farmers to plant less. The AAA succeeded to raise these prices and incomes, but benefits only flowed to property-owning farmers initially ignoring those who worked on the farms. (Foner, pg.…

Anglo-Americans. Different as they may seem, they’re still human beings who should have been granted citizenship. According to Eric Foner, “Many laws and treaties in…

In the First Amendment, “congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise” (Foner A-38). After 9/11, the police tapped into broader powers of surveillance and interrogation, many antagonizing the Muslim community (Egger 212,213). During his time in jail, Zeitoun develops a conflict between his religion and his “adopted country”…

1. Owners hope their fugitives will be identified that they have strong body and good skilled because they are more valuable so the owner seek and want them to be returned. Eric Foner who is an American history states that “Advertisements seeking information about runaways often described them by African origin (young Gambia Negro, new Banbara Negro fellow) and spoke of their bearing on their bodies ‘country marks’ - visible signs of ethnic identity in Africa” (147). In the ads, the owners…