Mrs. Kambara's Studies

  Westward Movement  Reading Notes:  American Yawp  Chapter 17 II. Post-Civil War Westward Migration Reasons for westward migration Gold Rush, to escape Religious Persecution, to acquire land Many of the first American migrants had come to the West in search of quick profits during the midcentury gold and silver rushes .  (page 2) a significant portion of the mining workforce were single men without families dependent on service industries in nearby towns and cities. There, working-class women worked in shops, saloons, boardinghouses, and brothels. Many of these ancillary operations profited from the mining boom: as failed prospectors found, the rush itself often generated more wealth than the mines. (page 3) Others came to the Plains to extract the hides of the great bison herds. Millions of animals had roamed the Plains, but their tough leather supplied industrial belting in eastern factories and raw material for the booming clothing industry. (page 3) ne...

Reconstruction: An "Unfinished Revolution"  Reading Notes:  American Yawp  Chapter 15 II. Politics of Reconstruction When Black Americans and their radical allies succeeded in securing citizenship for freedpeople, a new fight commenced to determine the legal, political, and social implications of American citizenship. (page 2) Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment on January 31, 1865. The amendment legally abolished slavery “except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.” Section Two of the amendment granted Congress the “power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” Lincoln’s policy was lenient, conservative, and short-lived Assassinated in April 1865 Propelled Vice President Andrew Johnson into the executive office in April 1865. Johnson, a states’-rights, strict-constructionist, and unapologetic racist from Tennessee, offered southern states a quick restoration into the Union. Black Codes were passed to "to regulate ...

  Meanings of the Civil War: How can it be argued that "the slaves emancipated themselves"?  Include in this discussion the importance of the following: the slaves’ ‘misinterpretation of the war’; slave agency; slave communication network; non-confrontational resistance; African Americans in the Union Army. Explain Lincoln’s political interpretation and approach to the Emancipation Proclamation. How did this political strategy change the ‘meaning’ of the war from the northern perspective? Reconstruction: In the lecture, what is meant by the “Logic of Reconciliation” vs “Logic of Black Justice", and how do each connect to the 'meanings" of the Civil War?  What were the 3 phases of Reconstruction, and which “logic” guided each phase (be able to provide examples for all 3 phases)? What were the factions within the Republican Party, and how did they differ? What is meant by "interracial political and democratic order" achieved during the Radical Reconstruc...

 Civil War  1861 - 1865 Guiding Questions: How do people's interpretations of past events shape the future? How did the various interpretations of the Civil War's outbreak influence its outcome, as well as post-war events? (example: Vietnam War, 9/11 - varying interpretations) The Outbreak of Civil War in 1861 Union North   Industrial - factories utilizing free wage labor (people working for wages) Confederate South   Agrarian - agriculture  Southern cotton was a primary export for the US (roughly 1/2 of GPD 1830) utilizing unfree save labor The Dividing Question Should this new territory (gained from the US/Mexico War) allow or prohibit slavery? Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, California Civil War End - marked a profound change in the US - 4 million Slaves of African descent - What accounts for this high number, if the transatlantic slave trade was abolished in 1808?  1808 - end of the transatlantic slave trade in 1788 - agreed south could keep its...