Saturday, November 28, 2009
YouTube Jing
I also Jinged a youtube video which I might use with my class. The nice thing about Jing is that I could capture videos to share with my students which we can not view at school due to the inabiliy to access Youtube.
Civil War Rankings
Chris Ware
(I thought this posted before, but am reposting because I'm not finding it)
As I read the articles pertaining to the Civil War and its causes, I was reminded of many things. The Causes of the Civil War article at http://www.greatamericanhistory.net/causes.htm, and the American Civil War article at http://en.wikipedia.og/wiki/American_Civil_War, have led me to develop the following ranking seen below:
Causes of the Civil War
1. Slavery
Deep at the root of it all, I feel that if there was no slavery, there would not have been an issue to disagree about. The Great American History article mentions that even though most US citizens didn’t have anything to do with slavery, it made a big difference with those who did. It also had great political interest. (which leads to my next ranking)
2. Political division
Also mentioned in the Great American History article, there were even differences in opinions regarding slavery not only in the south and north, but also within the northern political leaders. I found it interesting that the article mentions that many leaders were also influential in many ways such as owning newspaper or businesses. I imagine that those who owned newspapers or were editors published much political propaganda.
The seeking of possible secession by the southern states would also be with this ranking.
3. Abolitionists vs. Pro-slavery supporters
I like how the Great American History article reminds the reader that although we see slavery as a moral issue today, it was really more of an economical issue in its time. Pro-slavery supporters were keeping in mind the plantations who owned the most slaves. There would not have been a way for them to accomplish what they did if they did not have the slave labor. Though it doesn’t mention it, I imagine the larger plantation owners had some political clout due to their wealth. On the opposite end of the spectrum were the abolitionists who wanted nothing more than to abolish slavery.
4. Attack of Fort Sumter
I knew little about this, but after reading about in the Wikipedia article, I understand that this attack forced many border states to decide how they sided in the slavery, anti-slavery movement.
5. Abraham Lincoln’s election
I ranked this last, but have been debating about whether or not it should be higher in the ranking. From my understanding, the Wikipedia article explains that Lincoln was not the abolitionist, but was interested in not allowing slavery to spread further. This election struck fear in the southern states that Lincoln would indeed lead to slavery being abolished, which would in turn have a direct affect on southern economy (and plantation owners).
Chris Ware
(I thought this posted before, but am reposting because I'm not finding it)
As I read the articles pertaining to the Civil War and its causes, I was reminded of many things. The Causes of the Civil War article at http://www.greatamericanhistory.net/causes.htm, and the American Civil War article at http://en.wikipedia.og/wiki/American_Civil_War, have led me to develop the following ranking seen below:
Causes of the Civil War
1. Slavery
Deep at the root of it all, I feel that if there was no slavery, there would not have been an issue to disagree about. The Great American History article mentions that even though most US citizens didn’t have anything to do with slavery, it made a big difference with those who did. It also had great political interest. (which leads to my next ranking)
2. Political division
Also mentioned in the Great American History article, there were even differences in opinions regarding slavery not only in the south and north, but also within the northern political leaders. I found it interesting that the article mentions that many leaders were also influential in many ways such as owning newspaper or businesses. I imagine that those who owned newspapers or were editors published much political propaganda.
The seeking of possible secession by the southern states would also be with this ranking.
3. Abolitionists vs. Pro-slavery supporters
I like how the Great American History article reminds the reader that although we see slavery as a moral issue today, it was really more of an economical issue in its time. Pro-slavery supporters were keeping in mind the plantations who owned the most slaves. There would not have been a way for them to accomplish what they did if they did not have the slave labor. Though it doesn’t mention it, I imagine the larger plantation owners had some political clout due to their wealth. On the opposite end of the spectrum were the abolitionists who wanted nothing more than to abolish slavery.
4. Attack of Fort Sumter
I knew little about this, but after reading about in the Wikipedia article, I understand that this attack forced many border states to decide how they sided in the slavery, anti-slavery movement.
5. Abraham Lincoln’s election
I ranked this last, but have been debating about whether or not it should be higher in the ranking. From my understanding, the Wikipedia article explains that Lincoln was not the abolitionist, but was interested in not allowing slavery to spread further. This election struck fear in the southern states that Lincoln would indeed lead to slavery being abolished, which would in turn have a direct affect on southern economy (and plantation owners).
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