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One thing that I found interesting in chapter 16 would be the whole history behind it I find black history fascinating as an African American and learning how we overcame so many obstacles that we still face today but not as bad as it was back then. Chapter 16 mainly talks about The era reconstruction and the module talks a lot about multiple things like Black Codes Black codes used a variety of tactics to tie formerly enslaved people to the land. To work, the formerly enslaved people were forced to sign contracts with their employers. Another thing Ive learned was what Freeman Bureau is the Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, which was created in 1865 to ease Black peoples transition from slavery to freedom. Its amazing how hard Black people had to work just to be treated the same as our peers, now more African Americans are accomplishing a lot of things.
For chapter 17 The most interesting thing for me was the California gold rush I find it interesting because of how many people from all over came to California just to look for gold and not even strike it. Eventually, as the ore dried up, most mining towns turned into ghost towns. Even today, a visit through the American West shows old saloons and storefronts, abandoned as the residents moved on to their next shot at riches. I would love to go there just to see how it would look back in the 1860s. I think if you go to Sutters Mill in Coloma, California, to their rivers youll find gold. Also, the Mexican-American war caught my interest The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ended the war in 1848 approximately 90 percent accepted the offer and chose to stay in the United States despite their immediate relegation to second-class citizenship status but, Much like Chinese immigrants, Hispanic citizens were relegated to the worst-paying jobs under the most terrible working conditions. which is unfair.
The whole section of chapter 18 intrigued me since its the expansion/evolution of humanity. We as humans would be nowhere without technology, the late nineteenth century was an energetic era of inventions and entrepreneurship without electricity, lights oil, etc. everyday life would be difficult since we humans are used to having machinery do things for us. The post-Civil War inventors generated ideas that transformed the economy greatly day. Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, and business financier J. P. Morgan were people who invented or found things that we the people use every day. Another thing Ive learned is how people treated workers in the 1870s were treated poorly and some working communities erupted in spontaneous violence. Public opinion was not sympathetic toward labors violent methods as displayed by the Molly Maguires. But the public was further shocked by some of the harsh practices employed by government agents.
