USS Maine

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The U.S.S. Maine was a American war ship that had blown up from unknown causes, most likely a fire near the ammunition room. When the ship blew up the U.S. believed that this was done by Spain as an act of war, which was a major stepping stone in this war.


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In this photo of the ship, it shows the ship after the explosion


 

WW1

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In this image, soldiers are hiding underneath and overturned carriage in search of safety. I feel as though this picture helps us to better our understanding of WW1 because it show the desperation of many of the soldiers. In the war many people died, and I think that in this image, I feel like if these two soldiers had to resort to this, then how many other people were forced to find safety.

JFK

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In this photo it shows JFK winding up to throw the first pitch of a baseball game. I feel as though this image shows how people considered JFK to be just another person as well as their president. This photo allows you to see how people interacted with him in the 1960's, and how much of a normal person he was, instead of being just a president. By being able to interact with the people and share their views, i feel as though he made himself the best president he could possibly be. 

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              The Native American experience with western expansion was a horrible one. With the Americans forcing them off of their own land, they were basically forced to leave their homes and be forced to live on small amounts of land. as the Americans began to make budget cuts, they began to supply the Native Americas with less and less, forcing many into starvation and death. At the beginning when the war was still going on, the American killed off all of the Indian supplies. By eliminating the buffalo, the Americans were getting profit for themselves off of the skin, and getting food to feed the soldiers, but the native Americans were stuck with nothing. when they were left with no supply of food, they were forced to have the American government help them. Another affect on the Native Americans was that the Americans were forcing them to end the practice of their religion. The Americans tried to force their own religion onto the native Americans, and to make sure that they would except them, the Americans made it against the law to do anything related to Native American religions, including singing, dancing, and even praying to the wrong god. To be forced out of your homes and to be made to believe a new religion must have been a traumatizing experience, leaving the Native American's with a lasting hatred towards the Americans who ruined their ways of life.





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           The intersections between the native Americans and the whites that had just arrived, was that of a horrible experience. The were butchered and slaughter in huge numbers, all for the sake of a little bit of land, and some natural resources. They were forced off of their land, and made to live on very small amounts of land, with many people on them. They had no animals to hunt for food, and many went hungry. They had no access to medicine, and if you had gotten sick, you had a very high chance of dying. These communities because filled with poverty, and eventually destroyed the  ways of these people. In some areas, there were even laws against practicing their native religions, and they were forced to become new Americans. To be forced out of their homes must have been a horrible feeling, and I can not imaging myself ever feeling this way.

New York City Tenements

 



 

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During the many times of poverty, the tenements were buildings in which anyone could afford, but were very low quality building. These buildings housed many people in a single building. These areas were also very commonly filled with poor people, who in return, lived very unhealthy life styles. This picture describes the tenements in a very particular way that I felt necessary because it shows how low quality even the daily necessities were. This toilet is just a box with a hole cut in it that would be shared by everyone in a building. This made it easy for disease to spread, and shows how low quality these tenements were.

Red Sox

I chose this photo to represent the hard work and team effort of the Red Sox because it shows them celebrating. The Red Sox have come a long way this season, and have been what some call the bringers of new hope. Every fan is relying on the Red Sox to be able to carry on the hope and spirit of Boston in memory of the bombing. Boston red sox are now branded with the saying "Boston Strong". The team is fueled by all of the excitement and energy given by the  fans, and the fans are fueled by how the Red Sox are the representatives of Boston. If not for the hardship and the teamwork combined with the hope and inspiration from fans, I don't believe they would have gone as far as they have.

Ellis Island

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At the time that this photo was taken, many different kinds of people were coming an going from the U.S.. Many people would come just to visit, and see what life was like in America, where as others would come to live here because they had heard of many different kinds of opportunity. As seen in this photo, a Jewish and his wife had come to America. Many of reasons could have caused them to come here, whether or not they were trying to escape religious prosecution, or coming in order to start a new life in the "land of opportunity".


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The people who came to America came from all over the world. Maay came from Europe, such as the Jewish people in the photo above, while others had come from Canada, Scandinavia, and even Africa. No matter where they had come from, whoever they were, they were welcomed into the U.S with open arms, after they went through the process of the Ellis Island. 

Present Day Child Labor

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I chose this photo because I personally know how hard it is to work in car and auto mechanics repair, and for someone to be like him and be young, that would be a hard job to do. I also chose this picture because this is a very dangerous job as well as a hard job, as shown right here where the boy is under a car. This is a very good description of how bad child labor in other countries has gotten, but I also feel as though it is better than before, when young children were working in the mills. The child labor laws may be a bit excessive in some places, but here is a place where they should be enforced.

Lewis Hine's Photos of Child Labor

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            I chose this photo because I believe this photo describes how hard life was for young children of this time. Children at the time were forced to work in order to help support their families. This specific photo shows a young boy who just came back form working in a mine. At the time children did all kinds of dangerous jobs, such as mining, and working in mills. Many would lose limbs, get diseases, or die in horrible accidents. At the time children were also paid less than women were. They would be used to do jobs that only small bodied persons could be, and forced to work. If they weren't doing horrible jobs like working in mines, they were working as farm hands, or doing anything they could to guarantee a meal on the table for their families and themselves. If not for the child labor laws, the kids of todays world would be very uneducated, and suffer from these horrible wages and working conditions.

Native American Name (2)

 

          The first half on my Native American name is Deer. I chose this because the deer is a fast animal and I believe that it properly describes me. Deer is one of the lowest amount of fats, when It comes to their meat, so I think that due to my small size and low percentage of fat, this properly describes me physically. I also believe that the deer is an animal that will avoid confrontation, unless it is forced to fight, which is something that I would also believe in. this is why I believe that the first name deer describes me.

          I chose the second name Fish because it is something I'm very passionate about. whenever I have free time I go fishing. when I'm not fishing I'm either sleeping, eating, or working. Its what I do when I'm feeling stressed, and what I spent most of my summer vacation doing. Whether or not it I'm ice fishing in the freezing cold, or fishing off of a rock into the Merrimack, there will always be time for fishing. I spent over 300$ on fishing gear this summer, and I believe that there is nothing better than a cold drink, and a fishing rod. 

Native American Portraits



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              The Native American experience with western expansion was a horrible one. With the Americans forcing them off of their own land, they were basically forced to leave their homes and be forced to live on small amounts of land. as the Americans began to make budget cuts, they began to supply the Native Americas with less and less, forcing many into starvation and death. At the beginning when the war was still going on, the American killed off all of the Indian supplies. By eliminating the buffalo, the Americans were getting profit for themselves off of the skin, and getting food to feed the soldiers, but the native Americans were stuck with nothing. when they were left with no supply of food, they were forced to have the American government help them. Another affect on the Native Americans was that the Americans were forcing them to end the practice of their religion. The Americans tried to force their own religion onto the native Americans, and to make sure that they would except them, the Americans made it against the law to do anything related to Native American religions, including singing, dancing, and even praying to the wrong god. To be forced out of your homes and to be made to believe a new religion must have been a traumatizing experience, leaving the Native American's with a lasting hatred towards the Americans who ruined their ways of life.