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Stereotypes in Gunsmoke

One stereotype i saw in Gun smoke as a rich white land owner. He owned the land that railroad workers where trying to build through. The white land owner runs over and says you cannot build here, this is my land and i have rights. The railroad workers do not listen to the man and escort him away to continue their work. This was true back in the 1800's when there was so much land to give out that they did not care what land was yours because they had so much of it. Another stereotype i saw in Gun smoke was a man that was hung because he was accosted with murder. With out thinking the Cowboys throw a rope around a tree and hang the man. He kept saying you have got the wrong man and later in the episode they found out that they did hang the wrong man. This a stereotype of what happened if they through you had done something wrong. You would get no trial or anything and would be put to death. Stereotypes where very clear and correct i thought in this series.

Civil Rights Movement

Discuss the relationships between the treatment of African-Americans during Reconstruction with the treatment of the same peoples during the United States Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s.


The treatment of African-Americans during the Reconstruction was very bad and in my view sick and wrong. Many white folks would come to hangings and leaching as a family event. During the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s it wasn't as bad as it was back during the civil war age but still was wrong. After the Civil War African Americans gained some freedoms, such as the segregation which means all people could have white and black schools, benches, water fountains, anything you can think of that is not private they could have segregation. Also slavery was banished but still went on after that. It even still happens today. Sharecroppers where a different form of slavery. African Americans still had there freedom but had to pay more money they earned to the farmer that gave them the land and gave them the tools to earn the cops to sell. They still had to obey everything the white farmer said and if they did not they would loose there land and house. So they would make no money have no money. So they did not really have a choice. It was still slavery in my eyes. During the 1950s it had gotten a little bit better due to more rights for the African Americans such as right to vote. But still no women could vote. Lynching went on in the United States after and before the Civil War. African Americans where burned alive or hanged because of something they where accused of doing. Many of the lynching where sick and wrong. I could never image a human doing something like that. But it just shows that mankind is sick and can do bad things. But back in those days the people who where doing the lynching thought they where doing nothing wrong. If they could see this day and age they would know they have done wrong and would regret doing it. But this happened a lot during Reconstruction. After Reconstruction was over, many African Americans gained jobs but where paid very little and did not make much at all. Only enough to live on. Also if an African American was running for something and a white man was running for the same thing, the posters would be very unfair on the African Americans, because they where mistreated. Mostly the white man would win. The Civil Rights movement changed this, so that African Americans were not mistreated as much. And the voting for something could actually be fair. Also during the lynching, the white folks would make it as painful as possible for the African American that was going to die. They would do this by cutting parts of body off. White folks would also burn the African Americans and would sell parts of their heart and liver for 25 cents. This in my mind is sick. When no one wanted it they would cut it up to the smallest parts. Little white girls would take pictures smiling while holding the legs of a lynched African American. They would act as if they where proud to be seen in the photo. This would make me sick to death if i ever saw i human being treated like this.

During Reconstruction there was great debate over whether the South should be granted amnesty. What are your thoughts? Defend your argument.

When Abraham Lincoln granted amnesty to the south, both north and south were upset. Because the south thought the north had just pitted them and let them back into the United States of America. But some people where just happy that the war was over and they were back with their own country. But the people who wanted to keep slavery were very angry and upset. They were angry because the union was forgiving them for something in there eyes had done nothing wrong and were fighting for a course. The north was also insulted by Abraham Lincoln because they were forgiving the south, when mostly the union did not want to forgive them. Abraham Lincoln was not smart in this situation because its better to have one side on your side then everyone against you. But maybe it was not that bad after all the country did come back together, with slavery abolished.

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Railroads During the Civil War

I choose this image because railroads were very important during the civil war. Not only did they transport people but equipment such as guns,artillery,bullets everything that you can think of to win a war. As you can see in the photo that we have far more advanced trains and railroad nowadays. A good tactic in the civil war was to destroy railroad lines so that either side could not get the supplies they needed. The viewer should take away from this photo that railroads were critical during the civil war. Also in this picture you can see houses along side the railroad. There was no train stop, it looked more a  bus stop back then. People are standing on top of the trains to release the doors to unload cargo and war equipment. These where steam trains the first train created. Nowadays there are electric trains and trains that burn with coal. Back in the 1800, weather can damage the tracks and a lot of times trains would fall off the track. Train tracks can also buckle due to the heating of metals.





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Union Was America

Why was Abraham Lincoln's concern more focused on preserving the Union, rather than slavery?


Abraham Lincoln was more concerned on focusing on preserving the Union rather then slavery because the Union now represented the United States of America as the two where different countries when they split. Slavery was the reason why they where fighting but they still had to protect there homeland. 

Running the Country Without a Government

When Thoreau said, "that government is best which governs least", what do you think he meant? Do you agree or disagree? Explain.


When Thoreau said this quote i think he means when the government is doing more and more work the economy is bad. But when the government does not have much to do it means there are not many problems in the country. I agree because say if taxes rise, more money is needed to fuel the government and therefore government has to do work to get there taxes. And if people cant pay their taxes, houses go into foreclosure and there is not enough  money circulating. But when the people have enough money to pay their taxes the government does not have to do much work and the economy is strong. If the government does not need to do much then the people run the country, instead of the government. This is good because the crime rate will lower and middle class will become larger.

What Really Happened

Should we change the way we teach younger students about the history of the United States? Explain.


Yes, i do think we should change the way we teacher younger students about history because we are not telling them the truth. Maybe we could leave out the killing and murdering but still explain the truth. If younger students are taught the wrong thing then they will believe it until they are told differently. Telling younger students lies could also effect the way they learn. Its not right if teachers teach students the wrong thing and saying its the truth. Even if it is bad, students cant be brought up thinking that the United States is so perfect. Nothing is perfect in this world. The way where teaching them now is not wrong but its not the truth about what really happened.