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July 18 1847 Today I learned that when President Theodore Roosevelt's term was done became part of the national park system. He added five new parks and sparked the idea of the antiquities act.This enabled new presidents to make new landmarks and national monuments. President Roosevelt did not hesitate to use his power. he made four national landmarks including Devils Tower, Wyoming on September 24th. One of the parts that the park system made was The Augusta canal. The Augusta canal was…

For my Museum report I chose to go to the Ralph Mark Gilbert Museum. Someone I knew told me this was one of the best museum to go to and they had a lot of information on Savannah way back in the days when slavery was around. The civil rights movement made Ralph the father. When I walked into the museum the first thing that caught my eye was the parts on segregation. They had information on how colored people were treated and how whites acted towards colored. I saw things about how black kids had…

Culture Awareness: Venezuela Following Venezuela’s withdrawal from its federation with Colombia in 1830, the United States established diplomatic relations with Venezuela in 1835, and maintained a generally close relationship throughout most of our history. However, the U.S.-Venezuelan bilateral relationship has been tense in recent years due to a variety of policy differences. Recognizing that this tension is based on significant differences of analysis, opinion, and policy, the U.S.…

Throughout life we as humans experience many stages of life, learning and developing different ideologies beliefs. As a child growing up, I heard this speech and thought that it was dedicated to African-Americans, in order to help build a new image, a new future restore dignity to a community and build unity worldwide. My views of this speech grew in me and the words from the speech took on a new life, when my adult working life grabbed whole to a new reality. The voice of bigotry and hatred of…

Eleanor Roosevelt’s even just after her first year changed the moods of many Americans. Eleanor shared in the adulation that flowed toward the White House from a reviving people. But it was more than that. Eleanor and her husband set a precedent on how people would look at the Roosevelt era. It’s ironic because Eleanor did not want the job of being this first lady she thought it would hamper her own self-development as an independent person. Through the efforts she transformed what it went to be…

Dr. Steven Hahn discusses through multiple points and resources the political views of American slaves during Lincoln’s presidency. Hahm references personal accounts, historical events, and political agendas to discuss the argument of what slaves thought of Lincoln. Hahn’s discussion commences with the Lincoln’s election spring 1861. The first argument is that even without any political power the slaves throughout the nation knew that Lincoln opposed slavery. This was due to the word of mouth…

Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd President of the United States. He also made up the Declaration of Independence in 1766. Thomas Jefferson has a long history behind him about how he lived life before he was President of the U.S. Jefferson is well known for the Louisiana Purchase and how it helped by purchasing it.There was also a very big conflict with the Federalists vs. the Anti - Federalists which involved Thomas Jefferson being a big Anti-Federalist. Lastly, this information will provide the…

The first route I used to go about finding sources on the freedom riders was a simple Google search. The source I chose from the Internet was a page from history.com. While this article was published in 2010, it tells the stories of the violence that occurred in many places. This source tells how the original group of seven African Americans and six whites became known as the Freedom Riders, who would protest segregation throughout the South. Even though the Freedom Riders were brutally…

What a beautiful day to be alive in the United States of America. When this country was first established, our forefathers had hopes and dreams for our country. They had a vision for what it would be like today. My hopes and dreams for America is to restore this wonderful nation back to the way our fore fathers had dreamed of, and to fix the problems our country has now. There is a man sitting on the park bench. He is cold has no food, no money, and no home. As he watches the snow fall from the…

Do We Need the Electoral College Megan Browe Wayne State University Do We Need the Electoral College The Electoral College is a process that the founding fathers created as an agreement between election of the president by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens (Barbour & Wright, 2006). This system is fixed in the Constitution and it consists of 538 electors. To elect the president, a majority of 270 votes are needed. Every state’s…