This week, while Mrs. Gallagher was away, we worked in groups to learn about Andrew Jackson. As a class, we watched two videos about Jackson, then we broke up into six groups. There were two groups per topic, the Bank War, Spoil System and Indian Removal Act. In our groups we created presentations to answer the question, "Is Andrew Jackson's long-standing reputation as "the people's president" deserved? Why? Why not?"
After sharing our projects as a class, the majority of the class decided that Andrew Jackson didn't deserve to be called the people's president. My group, and the other Indian Removal group concluded he didn't deserve that title. We said this because Jackson had no consideration for the Indian tribes that he forced to move west. He didn't care that they made a life there and that their fathers built their community. Jackson threatened them saying if they didn't agree to move, he would force them out. The two groups who researched the Spoil System, also agreed that Jackson doesn't deserve to be called the people's president. They said this because, Jackson was only nice to the people who supported him. He instated people in the government as a reward for being loyal to him. He even allowed criminals to work for the government. This system that Jackson created, cost the government over $1,000,000,000 when Samuel Swartwout, a man loyal to Jackson, stole from the American government.
Both groups who had the Bank War, agree that Jackson did deserve the title that he was given. They say that Jackson noticed the unfair power that the bank possessed and knew he had to stop it. Jackson had the idea to create many small banks, rationing the power, rather than one large bank. By distributing the power from rich to poor thus forth restoring power to all social classes. Andrew Jackson slightly deserves the title of the people's president. As shown through the Bank War, Andrew Jackson did great things for America, however he is not deserving of the title, the people's president.
Indian Removal Lauren, Natalie and Regan:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ydnSUSbjJiIVPG1wlvO96OpIu0InDkpV1TpZsMkMudA/edit?usp=sharing
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Early 1800's Democracy
This week we learned about democracy in the 1800's. We analyzed a painting, two voting charts and a document about the Dorr War to answer the question. How should we define democracy? And How Democratic was the US in the early 1800's. In a group we made a poster with each source on it, under each source was a brief summary about how it demonstrates democracy. Overall, in the early 1800's, the United States was pretty democratic, although their ways vary from ours slightly.
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Monday, December 1, 2014
"Race"ing to Indpendence
In class this week, we learned about the Latin American revolutions We broke up in groups and each group studied a different revolution. There were three revolutions, The revolution in Mexico, the revolution of Gran Colombia, and the revolution of Brazil. After creating a timeline of events for each revolution, we had a jigsaw conversation, where one person from each group comes together. After gathering all of our information, we answered the essential question. For this lesson the essential question was, Why is it essential to acknowledge human value regardless of race?
How are the events in the Latin American Revolutions evidence of this social imperative?
My group created a timeline of the revolution of Gran Colombia. After reading and analyzing the evidence we narrowed the information down to a few important dates. (see timeline below) Next, we found similarities and differences between the revolutions. One commonality is that they all wanted to become independent of the ruler that wasn't there a race. Another commonality was that all of the revolutions ended in the same time period of 1823 to 1831. This could happen as a result of one country starting a revolution, other countries catching wind of it, liking the ideas, and starting their own revolutions in their own countries. One difference between the revolutions was The different people they fought against. The people from Brazil we're trying to gain independence from Portugal. The people from Gran Colombia, which is now known as Venezuela, we're trying to free themselves from Spanish rule. Lastly, the people of Mexico were fighting against Mexican Royalists, who are loyal to the Spanish. Another difference is that all of the revolutions were fought in a different place. One was in Brazil, one was in Mexico, and one was in Gran Columbia. In all of the revolutions, race was an issue because people were fearful of having a leader of a different race, that's why they revolted.
Today, race is a huge issue. Just recently, the case and Ferguson Missouri, where in unarmed black man was killed by a white police officer raised huge protests and riots. The further conclusion did not send the officer to trial brought up A huge controversy in the US are people believe that Michael Brown was only shot because he was black. Even though we are far from Larry used to be with raise issues, there are many cases were race problems are still relevant. I believe that it is still very helpful to be aware and watch out for race problems in our world.
How are the events in the Latin American Revolutions evidence of this social imperative?
My group created a timeline of the revolution of Gran Colombia. After reading and analyzing the evidence we narrowed the information down to a few important dates. (see timeline below) Next, we found similarities and differences between the revolutions. One commonality is that they all wanted to become independent of the ruler that wasn't there a race. Another commonality was that all of the revolutions ended in the same time period of 1823 to 1831. This could happen as a result of one country starting a revolution, other countries catching wind of it, liking the ideas, and starting their own revolutions in their own countries. One difference between the revolutions was The different people they fought against. The people from Brazil we're trying to gain independence from Portugal. The people from Gran Colombia, which is now known as Venezuela, we're trying to free themselves from Spanish rule. Lastly, the people of Mexico were fighting against Mexican Royalists, who are loyal to the Spanish. Another difference is that all of the revolutions were fought in a different place. One was in Brazil, one was in Mexico, and one was in Gran Columbia. In all of the revolutions, race was an issue because people were fearful of having a leader of a different race, that's why they revolted.
Today, race is a huge issue. Just recently, the case and Ferguson Missouri, where in unarmed black man was killed by a white police officer raised huge protests and riots. The further conclusion did not send the officer to trial brought up A huge controversy in the US are people believe that Michael Brown was only shot because he was black. Even though we are far from Larry used to be with raise issues, there are many cases were race problems are still relevant. I believe that it is still very helpful to be aware and watch out for race problems in our world.
Time line
April 19,1810 - a junta expels the Spanish governor of the province of Venezuela and takes control
July 1811- National Assembly in Caracas formally declares Venezuelas independence
July 1812- Spanish authorities rally, recover military initiative, regain control of the entire province
1813- as head of army of liberation , he returns to Venezuela ans wins 6 successive engagements against Spanish forces
August 6, 1813- enters Caracas, takes political control with dictatorial powers.
July 1814- bolivar lost Caracas again, recaptures bogota from Spain
1817- back in venzuela building a new army in in inaccessible region of the Orinoco river
1819- use cowhide boats to cross tributaries of the Orinoco
August 7, 1819- Spanish army surrenders
Dec 17, 1819- republica de Colombia is proclaimed
June 24, 1821- Bolívar wins a battle at carabobo
May 24, 1822- Antonio josé de sucre wins victory at pitchina
May 1830- Bolívar resigns as ruler
September 1830- Ecuador and Venezula secede from gran Colombia
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