LAD/Blog #11: Monroe Doctrine

Monroe Doctrine

Declaration of Independence

forced Britain to recognize the

United States as a sovereign nation

and respect their rights

1. Summarize

       President Monroe delivered this speech to Congress, declaring against any future foreign colonization in the Americas. They were to be respected as free and sovereign countries of any foreign nation. Plus, the United States was to assume a position of neutrality in any European war going forward and would not be dragged into another European conflict. Only if the rights of American citizens are threatened or if there was an attack on home territory would the United States take up arms and prepare for defense. The overall message was that if European countries would leave the United States alone, they would reciprocate.

LAD/Blog #10: Jefferson's First Inaugural Address

Jefferson's First Inaugural Address

Washington's Farewell Address 

warned the people to stay united,

which is what Jefferson believed

made a good government. The

ability to keep people united.

Summarize Jefferson's first inaugural address.

         Jefferson looked to the legislators and people who voted on issues to guide him towards the right path. Under his leadership, the citizens were entitled to free speech because that is one of the amendments that Jefferson supported wholeheartedly. Also, the election came to pass without violence from both parties, and if there was, it would divide the nation, something Jefferson was against. Even so, if one were to speak out their beliefs to destroy unity, they would be protected at all costs to speak their mind. Plus, a good government should be able to unite all political beliefs into one and keep the union of the nation. Furthermore, Jefferson earnestly insisted upon protecting other rights listed in the Constitution, besides the first amendment. Those included habeas corpus and trial with an impartial jury. No matter how much he hated the Constitution, he followed those rules in pursuit of peace, liberty, and safety for the citizens he was leading. Finally, Jefferson apologized for the mistakes he was bound to make, and asked the people to forgive him and help lead him the in correct direction.

LAD/Blog #9: Columbus

Columbus making landfall 1492

Trail of Tears under Andrew Jackson forced

Native Americans to move from their homes

and march along the cruel wilderness, killing

many in the tribes

Was Columbus a hero or villain?

          Though Christopher Columbus is portrayed as a  hero, he was nothing other than a cruel man and villain to the Indians. In his log, he wrote that they would be perfect servants to the Spaniards. Even with Queen Isabella's objection to enslaving any native people Columbus found, he explicitly ignored her instructions and went ahead with his ideas. Also, Columbus was a greedy man who took gold and money from others without a thought. He captured multiple natives to question them about gold and when one of his men spotted land, he took the reward from that too. On Columbus' orders, his men began raiding villages on the coasts of islands, taking slaves for sex and work. Eventually, the natives figured it out and began to abandon their villages to avoid the Spaniards. Plus, he gave the Indians a quota for finding gold. If they could not make this quota, their hands would be cut off and they would bleed out. Many tried to run away from this impossible task, but they were hunted and killed. Furthermore, the natives could not stand being held in captivity. They began to die off in waves, once exposed to new, European diseases. Besides being mutilated, hunted, or killed by disease, the Indians started to commit mass suicides with poison and smothered their infants to protect them from the Spanish. They were willing to die and kill each other instead of surrendering to the cruel sufferings of enslavement. All of this happened under Christopher Columbus' watchful eye, showing how cruel and how much of a villain he was.

LAD/Blog #8: Washington's Farewell Address

Washington's Farewell Address

Federalist Paper No. 10 also warned against factions

because they split the country apart in ideas,

interests, and opinions.

1. Summarize.

         Tips of advice for the future of the United States. He warned about multiple different ways the government could go and suggested that staying together as a group would be the best option. He said that having political parties would become factions that would tear the nation apart.

2. 3 biggest warnings?

      Avoid political parties and remain a cohesive group, stay away from long-term alliances with other countries, and avoid excessive geographical distinctions.

LAD/Blog #7: Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality

Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality

World War II and the United States policy

of neutrality until the bombing of Pearl Harbor

1. Summarize.

       In conflicts between any European nations, the United States would take a neutral position and not get involved. Any United States citizen will be punished if they make any attempt at aiding the countries in their hostilities. If they do get involved the government will not back them and get them out trouble.

LAD/Blog #6: Federalist Paper #10

Federalist Paper No. 10

1. What is a faction?

         The class a person is considered in when there is a difference of money made, property owned, interests, and opinions. Most factions make alliances within their own and infringe on others.

2. Are factions good or bad?

      The factions are bad because they separate out the minority and discriminate against them. The majority will do whatever it takes to get what they want, even if it means stepping on some toes.

3. Why are factions so difficult to eliminate?

      Their elimination would mean having to take away the liberties fought so hard for in the American Revolution. Plus, forcing all people to have the same opinions, passions, and interests.

4. If factions cannot be removed, then how can they be controlled?

      By creating a republic, the factions can be controlled. This allows all people in different factions to vote on different matters and validating their different opinions.

US Constitution regulated how the government

was going to be run to prevent the violence

and destruction caused by factions

LAD/Blog #5: Republican Motherhood

1. What role did the American Revolution play in the transformation of housewifery to Republican Motherhood?

         It allowed women to become patriotic by raising future children to aid in the revolutionary cause. That was the mother's role in revolutionary society.

2. What were the consequences of Republican Motherhood on women?

       They were not given the same level of education as men since they were required to remain at home and take care of their children. Plus, they were expected to act proper and correct a man's mistakes, while he was allowed to go off and be ungentlemanly.

3. What is the significance of the ideology of Republican Motherhood as a stage in the process of women's socialization?

These ideologies set the basis for which women were to be treated as for the next several hundred years. Men began slowly taking away what little rights women had, making them solely dependent on their male family member.

Mary Gibson Tilghman and her sons

1. Mary Gibson Tilghman and her two sons, sitting in a chair

2. Mary Tilghman is the center of the portrait. She looks prim and proper, like ladies were supposed to be. She is republican because she is rather simply dressed, pointing to the fact that she remains at home to take care of her children.

3. The sons look as though they were well taken care of and polite. Based on the way they were dressed, they already knew the manners of society.

4. Mary Tilghman's arm symbolizes the amount of power and protection she has over her children when they were that young.

Women's suffrage movement was based on the

rules set by republican motherhood, but they decided

to fight the inequality to get votes for women

and equal education opportunities