How might have American history been different if the Puritans, instead of landing at Plymouth Rock, actually reached their original destination in Virginia?
Of course your question is hypothetical and history didn't happen that way.
But, one might suppose that the life style of the Puritans might have led to agriculture that differed from the plantation system thereby reducing or eliminating the slavery issue that arose in the South.
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I have to do a project for my history class, and I can study anything I want that has to do with American history. Any ideas?
Ha. I'm doing the same project.
the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Incident
what influenced The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
the policies of Angel Island or Ellis Island
I'm thinking anything disgusting or that killed a lot of people.
The day I was born.
The deception and slaughtering of Native American (Indian) by England invaders and how America become USA that we know today.
The Confederate invasion of new Mexico and Arizona Territories and the lives of two amazing men, Jacob Snively and Jack Swilling, including their involvement in the above incident.
American Revolution
you should watch it on History channal it is awsome! and you learn alot to
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When the US put the first humans on the moon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
i need an event to do a project on and it has to be about American history. it has to be between 1877- current day. i want an event more current day though. also something interesting and adventurous… i was thinking first American to climb Everest or even Lewis and Clark! it can be a person, event or place!
Well, first of all Lewis and Clark explored America in 1804, so that's out. why don't you do something like Limbaugh's flight, or Earhart's final flight. but there are a lot of things to choose from. Personally, I would do the Little Rock 9 event. It's pretty straight forward. 9 black students sign up to go to an all-white Central High School in 1957, 3 years after the Supreme Court's ruling on Brown V. The Board of Education. Governor Faubus of Arkansas wants to be reelected and knows he needs to get the segregationist vote. seeing the event as a good way to get it, he calls in the National Guard to keep out the black students. Eisenhower, angered by Faubus, meets with him and gets him to recall the troops, leaving the black students to be protected by the local police. when the black students cannot get into school, the police, being racist, refusing to 'protect' the students, Eisenhower calls in the 101st airborne to protect the students throughout the year. after the end of the year, Faubus closes the school for an indefinite period in an attempt to keep out black students. That's a huge event right there. do some research. I could write a very long paper on that. good luck.
How about the Apollo 11 landing on the moon in 1969. Neil Armstrong was the first human to set foot in the moon. it was "one small step for man; one giant leap for manking."
A very interesting and adventurous historical even that not very many people talk about is called the Doolittle Raid. On April 18, 1942 a group of American fighter pilots were sent on what was considered a suicide mission to bomb the heart of Japan targeting their weapon installations in retaliation of Pearl Harbor. It's a very interesting part of WWII history.
One interesting tidbit in history is that Robert Todd Lincoln, president's son, was present at the assassinations McKinley and Garfield. Meriwhether Lewis died in 1809 and was a giant and political heir to Thomas Jefferson. if he had survived, some thinkers have concluded that the Civil War may have be avoided. Further, Jacksonian Democracy was ushered in by Lewis' suicide. Diplomacy was replaced by mr. Jackson's bias to armed force. it affected not only America's formation; but, leads many libertarians to extend to your U.S. only the minimum loyalty required by law. Lewis and Clark was a much more important event that your instructor might realize. if only for the loss of a potential leader for the ages, Merriwether Lewis.
Try this. did you know that McKinley was the last Civil War veteran to assume the Presidency? He was the same man who liberated Cuba in 1898 when he waged war against Spanish in Spanish-American War. did you know that Theodore Roosevelt was a commander during the Spanish-American War and was Vice-President of William McKinley in 1901 and became the 26th President when someone killed McKinley? Go and ask Pres Obama about this because he has info on all presidents
What are some events of American history after the civil war?
The most underappreciated generalin U.S. history, according to readers who responded by e-mail or in thecomments section, is Nathanael Greene, a hero of the Revolutionary War, who gotmore than twice as many votes as any other candidate.
I like "RPM’"s reasoning inexplaining in the commentswhy he went with Greene: "if you combine the ‘unknown/under rated’ labelwith ‘most critical to victory in a really important war’ then the easy answeris Nathanael Greene. The British had conquered the South and were aggressivelymoving north. without Greene’s victories in NC the Revolution might have been abust."
Here are the top 10 mostunderappreciated generals in American history, according to you all:
1. Nathanael Greene2. O.P. Smith3. George Thomas4. John Buford5. Winfield Scott6. Lucian Truscott7. George Crook8. George Kenney9. George Marshall10. John Reynolds
That’s a good spread, with a lot of interesting choices.clearly Greene had a good strategy here — as the only candidate from theRevolutionary War, he was able to be the standard bearer for that party, whilethe more popular wars dissipated their votes, with the Civil War and World WarII each posting three finishers. (I hereby dub this "the Ken Burns effect.")Given the competition, I was impressed that Truscott finished so high. Ithought Crook and Pete Quesada would have done better, but the Indian Wars areobscure and have a taint to them. And I suspect that in Quesada’s case, thereaders of this blog tend to be ground-centric, as I am. Also, it apparentlyhelped to be a general named "George," who account for 40 percent of the list.
Thanks to all who voted and discussed. I was impressed bythe e-mailers who wrote in to say that they had nominated one general, but onreflection had decided to vote for another. I think we’ve demonstrated thatthere are a whole lot of underappreciated generals out there. it makes me thinkI need to read a good book on the American wars against the Indians/FirstPeoples. any recommendations?
Among the most interestingwrite-ins were Raymond Odierno, Sir John Dill, and Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt(Rolling Thunder) AKA Chief Joseph, who got two votes despite some questionsabout his citizenship. And, of course, good old Galusha Pennypacker.
Most underappreciated general in U.S. history: Nathaniel Greene – By Tom Ricks
Lorrie Williams and Bud Waltman live a few blocks away from where they once worked from a boat, trapping crabs off a marshy beach in Ocean Springs, miss.
With BP’s oil spill officially under control, and crabbing waters reopened, the mom-and-pop crabbers could go back to their work, but they won’t.
“We talk about going back to crabbing,” Williams says, holding back tears, “but our conscience won’t let us do it. because I don’t believe the seafood is safe.”
One day BP’s oil spill was the worst environmental disaster in American history. The next, it was mostly just gone.
Most of the oil, the official reports say, was cleaned up. some of it, though, was sunk thousands of feet below the sea using millions of gallons of chemical dispersants.
What happens to this toxic, undersea soup over time? Williams and Waltman believe it is already washing up on their beach.
“It’s this thick nasty, bubbling-looking, rainbow-colored mess, and it’s all over the beach,” Williams tells me. “The marsh grass is dying like crazy.”
They take me to an unfrequented beach that is grassy, marshy and silted with Mississippi mud.
It is littered, here and there, with pieces of polystyrene oil containment boom that once protected this shore. Splotches and rivulets of milky, multi-colored chemicals linger on the surfaces of tide pools and a bayou. Wide swaths of dead marsh grass have been reduced to blackened stubs.
I do not know with any certainty what this stuff is, but it does not look like it should be there, naturally. All I can do, for now, is point to conflicting reports.
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has said that no oil has been documented in federal waters from its shores since July 12, and only scattered light sheens since July 29.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently analyzed shrimp and finfish samples from the area and said it found oil and dispersant well below levels of concern.
But then there’s this report from Boston Chemical Data Corp.
New Orleans law firm Stag Smith LLC hired the private testing company to take samples along the Gulf Coast as it prepares lawsuits against BP. Boston Chemical recently reported that it found high concentrations of dispersant between Biloxi and Horn Island.
It may be difficult for crabbers to know who to trust — the state, the feds, or a trial lawyer. they said they’ve complained to authorities only to be told the white, filmy substance they see everywhere is some kind of deteriorating plant matter. but Williams and Waltman rely on their own observations.
“Every time the ocean is stirred up, it will come to the top,” Waltman, said of the deep-sea dispersant stew.
At 46, Waltman has walked this beach and fished from its shores all his life.
“My first day on the shrimp boat, I was 6 years old, with my uncle,” he said. I’ve been a commercial fisherman all my life: “fishin’, crabbin’ oysterin’.. And I ain’t seen nothin’ like this.”
“Sometimes you can smell it in the air,” said Williams. “It smells like muriatic acid and burned power steering fluid.”
“Every time you get a southern wind blowing, we can smell it at the house,” Waltman added.
Lately, the couple have been worried about their health after their 10-year-old son took a bike ride to the beach.
“He was only there for 10 minutes, and when he got home, he was complaining that his throat was burning,” Williams said.
Eventually, all their throats started burning, and then came persistent coughing and sniffling. A doctor told them it might just be allergies, or asthma, or just about anything but emulsified oil and chemical dispersants.
They only thing they know for sure is that they don’t want to sell crabs to Maryland, West Virginia and the other parts of the country were their catches go.
Said Williams: “If we were to sell crabs and then hear people started getting sick…from crabs, I would swear it was our crabs.”
Al Lewis: , 212-416-2617 or tellittoal.com
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One of the most frequently asked questions related to television is, `Where`s the remote?` When the first simple television (televisores) was built in 1928, it did not come with a remote. The entire wonder consisted of a disk, a light (which tended to make the images orange in appearance) and a moderate need for electricity.
World War II slowed recreational television progress while turning that technology to the necessary military communications. many communication devices were made accessible using television cable. Unlike the Viet Nam War, civilians were not able to watch the battles that had been fought and radio was still highly sought for news and entertainment.
Technically, the ability to produce programs in color occurred in the late 1940`s, however it was in the mid 1960`s that major broadcasters began to produce their programming in color. Early colored televisions did not provide exact color replication. one often noticed unnatural tint which was correctable by manipulating the `tint` dial on the television.
For those of us old enough to remember the assignation of John F. Kennedy, we will also remember his lying in state and his funeral and burial all shown on major broadcast stations. This was the first major event in American history that could be viewed by people all across the United States on television (televisores). despite miles of separation, people in the USA felt more connected to one another because of this new technology.
The 1970`s brought about the greatest surge of television purchases. Major appliance stores (Sears and others) had banks of televisions on display. Daytime television and `Soap Operas` became favorites of many stay at home mothers. Game shows became more plentiful as did movies which introduced us to favorites such as John Waynne, Robert Young, `Beaver Cleaver` and many, many more. these were idyllic families, devoid of abuse, less than charitable language, arguments, and other behaviors evidenced in today`s homes and societies. Television commercials changed the `tools` of childhood which previously had been invented and make believe to Barbie and Ken dolls, talking bears, more sophisticated bicycles and wagons and the like.
Satellites influenced further changes in television (televisores) in the mid 1980`s. Pay for view programming became possible through the encryption of programming and transmitting via cable and only to viewers who had the additional equipment to view such programs.
Today, digital and satellite television (televisores) deliver the clearest images to the viewer and provide several hundred channels from which to choose. Televisions have grown from 6×8 picture tubes in huge cabinets to slim instruments sitting atop pedestals. Large screen television gives the appearance of football players kicking off in one`s living room and monster trucks driving directly at the viewer. Television today may be accessed from one`s computer as well as by cell phone.
I can`t imagine what I would see in a crystal ball if I were to search for changes in television technology, but I know that improvements and innovative concepts are explored daily.
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(CNN) — you can’t miss Beauvoir as you drive along scenic U.S. Highway 90 through Biloxi, Mississippi. Its grand staircase, with the railings scrolling outward, welcomes you like open arms.
The front porch wraps around the entire front of the home, supported by regal white pillars, common during the antebellum period.
It’s the kind of front porch where you can envision someone sitting in a rocking chair with a glass of iced tea, as the breeze from the beach offers the only respite from a humid August afternoon.
When Hurricane Katrina devastated Mississippi’s coastal areas, the storm tore up the home. But it also peeled back a little slice of history about Beauvoir that might never have been known otherwise.
Beauvoir was the last home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Some call Davis a forgotten hero of American history. He was a graduate of West Point, a hero in the Battle of Monterrey during the Mexican-American War, and a senator from Mississippi.
When Davis served in Washington, he helped get the Smithsonian Institution up and running after the founder, James Smithson, died.
In the months before the Civil War, Davis resigned from the Senate and was selected as president of the Confederacy.
When the war ended, he was charged with treason and, although he was never tried or convicted, he lost the right to run for public office.
He later settled in Biloxi, and purchased Beauvoir from a family friend for $5,500, although the owner died shortly after Davis made the first payment. It was his last home.
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Five years ago, Katrina ripped the front porch completely off, taking part of the slate roof with it, and knocking down several support columns. Windows were blown out, and water flooded the interior. Furniture and pictures dating to the 1800s were waterlogged.
Winterthur Museum, out of Delaware, voluntarily restored the furniture and paintings. A paint historian surveyed the interior of the home after Katrina to ensure restoration was historically accurate.
This was a tedious project, involving Q-tips, paint remover, and a microscope. But the effort paid off, and with a bonus — because things were discovered about the home that might never have been revealed if Katrina hadn’t ravaged South Mississippi.
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The historian learned the white doors were originally painted a faux oak color. The director of Beauvoir, Rick Forte, explained that the doors were too large to be made from real oak, a heavy wood.
So the original owner opted for cypress and had the doors finished in "the king of wood" oak finish, as Forte described it.
The white mantles over the fireplaces in the home were originally painted a faux marble. The historian also discovered fresco art on the ceiling of the reception hall, the front parlor and the library.
The most revealing discovery was the architecture.
Beauvoir was built in the mid-1800s by James Brown. "we always wondered whether he was his own architect or if he hired one from new Orleans," said Forte.
It turns out Brown was the architect, and in some ways, not a very good one. many mistakes had to be repaired, in addition to the restoration work after the hurricane.
"It cost $4 million to restore the Beauvoir house, but it is a priceless house," according to Forte.
Today, Beauvoir is anchored to the ground with a foundation of concrete and rebar. The last national historic landmark house on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is fully restored to its original charm and splendor.
"It looks as good today as the day they finished it in 1852," Forte boasts.
As many as 4,000 people toured the home for its grand reopening, but tourists are sparse now, thanks to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But Forte counts his blessings as far as the home’s survival of Katrina.
"It was like going from hell to heaven, to where we are now," he said.
I love history well American history I think it's amazing. So I either want to do that or become a GA history teacher. Do I just go to a college for like 2-4 years and get a degree or what?
If you are aiming to teach at a HS level you will need a BA teaching course and a major in USA History. if you aspire to a University post you will need a specialty USA History course and at least an MA degree. A doctorate may soon be necessary as so many such teachers are coming onto the market. Visit a HS or College and talk with the employment people. Find a USA History teacher and ask questions.