Living History Interview

I interviewed my uncle, for information from our history and what he remembered. Below are the results that I received from him:

1. Q: What do you remember about the career of Jackie Robinson and his accomplishments?
A: I remember him as the first black major league baseball player and he was a member of 6 World Series

2. Q: What did you think about Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream Speech?
A: I think that he was speaking for his people and how everyone in the world should be treated equal no matter of color or where you’re from

3. Q: Describe how the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 affected you?
A: The Civil Rights Act affected me because blacks had to fight for what we felt was right and the Voting Act didn’t really affect me I’m just glad it passed for all the women to have their rights

4. Q: Where were you when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and what was the impact on civil rights legislation?
A: Well I was sitting at home with my sisters and brothers when he was killed it had a big effect on the black community because he tried to help us overcome all the misdoing in the world

5. Q: What did you think about Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society and the establishment of Medicare?
A: The Medicare was a good idea for all us elderly people who can’t afford doctor bills cause you know everyone doesn’t have the money to pay for this stuff and buy your medicine now days not even young people have the money

6. Q: Describe the anti-Vietnam movement?
A: I remember my mama talking about that anti-Vietnam movement it was people everywhere arguing and fighting over that war that was going on and the U.S. was right there in it too

7. Q: What are your memories of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; including freedom rides?
A: Well I can remember them freedom rides real good when all the black folks would get together and protest against the whites they didn’t like that, and at them Leadership Conference people would just act a fool

8. Q: How did you feel about the relationship between Congress and President Bill Clinton, and his impeachment?
A: I feel that the Congress treated Clinton wrong cause he was a good president and tried to do what he thought was right for the people, they shouldn’t have gotten rid of him no matter his mistake with that woman we all do wrong

9. Q: Did you participate in the 2000 presidential election and its outcome?
A: Yes I vote every time its time to vote for a new president because I want my vote to be heard. The election came out okay cause I think Bush knew he was going to win it anyways

10. Q: How did you feel about President George W. Bush to the attacks of September 11, 2001 on the United States, and the war against terrorism?
A: When 9/11 happened it scared me so bad I felt sorry for all the people that lost their loved ones, I didn’t think President Bush acted to wisely upon that situation though and now he got our soldiers over there in war being killed I just don’t think its right

Unit 7 Assignment 1

People Only Change after Something Bad Happens

I agree that people do change after something bad happens. I experienced this after my aunt was killed. My whole family use to be close to my aunt’s boyfriend family. After their death everyone stopped speaking because everyone was blaming each other’s family for the deaths. They both were killed but we never found out by whom, and this caused a big problem throughout everyone. I do think that people change whenever a situation goes bad. Its not right but this happen often, I’ve witnessed many occasions when people have been really close but once something bad happens everything goes wrong. In reality its just a part of life.

Unit 6 Assignment 5

The U.S. & Other Countries Affairs

The U.S. has been involved in many affairs, some they should’ve and some they shouldn’t have been involve in. For instance, they were apart of the WWI because they wanted to fight for nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and an alliance system. These were all good causes to fight for but they lost a lot in the process of becoming a powerful country. Another example, is now in present time, we’re fighting in Iraq for many causes as of to protect our country. The many problems are that in the mist of all of these wars we lose important things to us. Right now we’re losing soldiers, gas prices are rising and the economic is going down the drain. The U.S. has a lot to deal with but some things they shouldn’t get involved with.

Unit 6 Assignment 1

Have You Ever Jumped into Someone Else’s Business?

I have jumped into someone else’s business before because they were either family or close friend who needed my help so I helped. Not always is it a good idea to get into other peoples business but sometimes they just may need your help or you may relate to the situation. Never is it ok to get into someone’s business if you don’t know the meaning of the situation. I think everyone should mind their own business if they never had anything to do with it in the beginning but if you’re defending someone that you care about then it may be different. Whenever my close friends are having problems I try to help them, but not get in the middle unless I feel the need to.

Gilded Age Defintion- Unit 5

Gold
Immigration
Labor Unions
Darwinism
Ellis Island
Dawes Act (Native Americans)

American Federation of Labor
Ghost dance (Closing the Western Frontier)
Entrepreneurs (Henry Ford & John D. Rockefeller)

Unit 5 Assignment 1: The Richest People in our Country

The Richest People

The richest people in our country have their wealth maybe because they worked hard for it and others was probably passed down through family heritage. I envy no one because what they have is their property and pride, so it’s up to them how they show their appearance to others. On other terms I do feel that if you have wealth and there are people who need help because they don’t have as much as you, you should consider helping them because you may need them in some sort of way someday. Some people do let their wealth change them and forget how they got there, but I don’t think that’s the best way to be. Even though you may have worked for the money, you should consider the one’s who may have tried to work as hard as you but just couldn’t achieve the goal to be where you are.

Unit 4: Assignmnet 1

Fight

When I was in the 8th grade I got into a fight with this girl who was supposed to have been my close fiend at that time. We spent the whole spring break together but when we returned to school and rumors were spread about something she did and I wouldn’t take up for her she got angry and lied on me, by spreading note cards. Of course when you’re a youth at that age in middle school, you let peer pressure make your decisions. So I approached her about the note cards one morning and she caught an attitude so we got into a fight. At first I tried to avoid the fight by not worrying about the note cards, but it upset me that we were supposed to be friends and she went behind my back and lied. The outcome of the fight was, her and I being suspended for 3 days, but she admitted to doing it and she wanted to be friends right away again. But I refused because that was wrong, but after about a month or so I started speaking to her again. It sort of hurt our relationship a little because I will never trust her or be close to her as best friends again. In the end I learned that you can never really trust someone or consider them a true friend until you’ve known them for quite some time, and still keep them close by then to make sure they don’t betray you.