Should Andrew Jackson Be On Twenty Dollar Bill?

            Most people do not know much about the man on the twenty dollar bill. For those who don't his name is Andrew Jackson. Jackson was known for many things whether it be positive or negative, but he is most well known as the seventh president of the United States. I for one believe that Andrew Jackson should not remain on the twenty dollar bill in years to come because of his role in spoil system and in the patronage system. I also do not support him being displayed on the twenty dollar bill because of his treatment towards the natives and blacks.
           Growing up Jackson was a boy who caused much mayhem. Always wanting to fight anyone who looked at him the wrong way, and did not care who you were. Jackson once got into a bar fight with a seventy five year old man. As years passed Jackson became better behaved and became a lawyer at age twenty one. Although he was a good lawyer he was best at war. Jackson was a war hero which is what helped him get his positions in government and elected president. When Jackson was elected into office he wanted to make the States more "democratic". However Jackson did not think to include the natives even though they were sharing their land with the americans and he also didn't think to involve the black in this new democracy. If he wanted to make America more democratic that would mean he would have to listen to all the people in America including the black and natives. In addition to not letting the blacks have a say in government Jackson was also one of the biggest slave owners in the south. Many people who were not fond of jackson said he was more like a monarch because he would only pretend to listen to the people but actually do what he wanted to do.              Jackson probably would not admit it but he was a big supporter of the patronage and the spoil systems. One example of is that Jackson a man named Swartwout the job of secretary of state just because he was an early supporter. Meanwhile Van Buren was way more qualified for the job than Swartwout and Swartwout had a criminal past for stealing. Eventually Swartwout did end up stealing from the United States and Jackson had to live with his immoral decision. Jackson made the wrong decision by hiring someone just because they supported him throughout his campaign especially because the man was a criminal.
          Jackson did not only treat the rules of government with disrespect but others with disrespect for example the natives. The natives tried their best to live with the Americans. They even adopted many european ways such a fashion and agriculture, but that was not enough for Jackson he wanted them gone. The natives put up a good fight and the supreme court even sided with the natives telling Jackson to stop trying to take control of the natives land. Jackson however ignore the court and forced the natives out of their homes with nothing but the clothes on their back. The natives had no choice but to go west and try to find new land. Their voyage is known as the trail of tears and more the 4,000 natives died on this journey due to disease such as smallpox.
           In conclusion I do not think that Andrew Jackson should be rewarded for his immorality and cruelness. I think that their are many other american heros that do not have negative impacts and could display positivity, courage, and hope to many americans that should replace Jackson on the twenty dollar bill for years to come.

Revolutions of 1830 & 1848

1. The Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 took place in order to gain democracy. Many of the countries wanted simple rights that were not going to be met with a king as ruler. These rights included the right to vote and freedom of speech. In class we were split up into groups of three or four and each were given one specific revolution. We were told to describe the revolution and explain why it was successful or unsuccessful. My group had the privilege of studying the Polish Revolution of 1830.
https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/polish-revolution/26855333/?s=QyshQE&ref=app this is the link to my tutorial.

2.For the project we were supposed to answer the question "Were the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 really failures as historians have concluded or should they receive some credit for progress in the struggle toward greater democracy?" I said that the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 were a success even though many countries didn't receive the independence they wanted. For example the Polish Revolution and the French Revolution of 1848. In the Polish Revolution of 1830 many Poles wanted independence for Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The Poles were not happy with the laws and restrictions against the Poles and they were ready to take a stand for democracy, but when the Russian forces started to invade the Poles could not keep up and lost the Revolution. The French Revolution of 1848 was also a failure because after Louis Phillippe became king he did write a constitution, but as soon as the country faced economic struggles he took those rights away from the people. The people of France were not happy with Phillippes decision  and he fled. After he fled the people of French elected Napoleon as President. Napoleon made good decisions for France but as years passed Napoleon took more control and eventually named himself emperor. The Revolution of 1848 was unsuccessful because France did not gain a democracy. Even though both of these revolutions were unsuccessful they were still a step toward the struggle of democracy because the people of Poland and France know what they did well and not so well during the revolution, so if they work of their weaknesses they will come back stronger and more experienced than they were before. For some Revolutions the countries did gain democracy for example the French Revolution of 1830. Charles X ruled as an absolute monarchy and the people of France wanted more rights. When they started to dislike Charles X he fled because he was overthrown by the country. Louis Phillipe then became ruler of France and wrote a constitution. The people of France were very happy with the results of the Revolution because they were successful.

http://forquignon.com/history/global/france/1830and1848/index.htm

In class on Friday each person was given three pieces of chocolate except for two people, they were given ten pieces. We were then told to play rock paper scissors with everyone in the class and if you lost then you would have to give your opponent a piece of your chocolate. Also when you ran out of all of your chocolates you had to take a seat. I did not like this at all because those who started with ten were harder to eliminate. I also didn't like it because I was eliminated very quickly and didn't like sitting down without any chocolates as I watched people gain more. At the end we were told to give all of our chocolates back and then we were all given three chocolates each and asked if we were to play again would you play. I said that I would not play because I have really bad luck and would rather end up with three chocolates than no chocolates. This activity showed us what communism and socialism was. Communism would be when we were all given three pieces of chocolate because we were all equal. Socialism would be when some people were given three and some were given ten.

Karl Marx believed that the best way to help the poor was to have the government control how much everyone has. He thought that we should have a Utopian society where everyone had the same amount of money and everything was equal. Karl Marx felt like a communist society was the best society. Adam Smith on the other hand thought that society with work itself out. Smith theory was called the invisible hand. It was mainly focused on socialism. If you were to start everyone off unequal with some people having more and some people having less the invisible hand of society with make everything equal helping the people who have less really have more.

In my opinion the idea of socialism is the best because the government steps in to distribute and make sure that everyone has something to start with. Then they get out of the picture and let the people of the community settle everything else out. I think this is best because the government has just the right amount of contribution. The government isn't making sure that everyone is always equal but they are making sure that everyone starts equal and then it is the peoples choice what they do with their own money.

Child Labor... It Is Still Here

During our discussion on child labor I brought up many major points. One of those points was how my outlook was on child labor before I researched the topic. In the discussion I said how I thought that child labor wasn't really existing anymore. I just figured it was a thing of the past. As I began to research I found out that it is not common but still very popular in today's world. Another point I brought up was that I didn't think child labor happened in America, and as I was researching I found out that it did happen in many agricultural fields. In these fields the children were being exposed to pesticides which would then make their skin burn after being exposed to the sun for long hours. When the question was asked would you buy products if you knew they were produced by child labor was asked I answered, that i know finding products without child labor will be hard, but I am going to give it my best effort. I just don't see how any product could be worth more than the lives of children. I don't want to be apart of nor support the act of child labor. 

While listening to others in the group I was forced to really think about some things. Someone brought up the question, if your family was really poor and needed the money would you volunteer yourself for child labor. This made me really think because I know my family would not want me putting myself in danger for them, but I don't think it would be much of a decision if my family needed the money I absolutely would volunteer myself. Someone also brought up a good point and said that children should have a say in child labor. Many of those rely on child labor to get money and food on the table, so maybe they want it to continue and then their are others who are being harmed and want it to stop but can not say anything because they are just children. I thought this was a good point because the adults aren't the ones having to do the labor so they should let the kids decide if it is something they want to continue. Lastly, I was just shocked when someone started talking about how that in many part of the west children are forced to go under water and shake up the reefs and scare the fish out with the potential of getting eaten by sharks, bitten by poisonous snakes or barracuda, or dying because of the low water temperatures or lack of oxygen to the brian. This made me really put into view how awful child labor really is. I could just think about how terrified those children were each time they entered the water. 

Overall I think my group did a really good job. Everyone was staying engaged in the conversation and bringing up many different points of views for each topic. I also think that we were very well prepared for the discussion by having to read the articles and having summaries on each one. I also really liked that we were able to have time to ask our own questions because it brought up a lot of debate. For example the question if you would buy products if you knew they were produced by child labor. Half of the group said they would while the other group said they wouldn't. Hearing everyones opinions really made you think and reconsider the question. One thing I wish that happened was that the discussion get more into depth. It was mostly people giving points, but I wanted to really get into the conversation and I don't think we quit did that I think we were getting there. I also wish we had more time to discuss each topic. It would have given us more time to get into depth. Lastly I feel as though if we had more people in each group it would have made the conversations more interesting because there would be more opinions. 

Statistics Chart Coal Mining Industry

Brianne Abrams                                                                             9/10/14

History 10  

http://www.chartgo.com/get.do?id=52e86a0c9a

Over the years 1851-1881 Britain’s coal mining industry has drastically changed in the number of employed children. I see that the number of female employees under the age fifteen decrease about five hundred people every fifteen years. I also see the the number of male employees age 15-20 increased 15,000 people every fifteen years. This could mean that the coal mining industry thought that the males were more useful to them so they hired more of them as the year passed, and the females under fifteen couldn't really work in the mines so they unemployed of some of them as the years went one. The last observation I made was that in 1881 the coal mining industry had 123,900 emplyees more than any of the previous years. This could mean that the industry had expanded significantly allowing the industry to employ more and more people.

City Inspector

Brianne Abrams

History 10

9/16/14

For this assignment we were told to pretend to be a city inspector and go around and read reports about the factories. While reading the reports we had to pick out the positives and negatives of each industry.

This report dated September 15th, 1846 has been provided for the urban planning committees of various cities in England. My name is Brianne Abrams, and as a mid-level city inspector i trust that you will use the information within to determine appropriate needs in urban planning for your municipalities. My report has been through as I have made use of all the sources available to me and have worked to guide you through my own analysis and critical thinking to a full description of the issues facing our cities.

There were not too many positives views about life and work during industrialization in the nineteenth century. Reading through all the document I found only one industry the had absolutely no negatives at all, and that was document B. Document B talked highly about the cotton industry. The workers claimed it to be a very friendly environment saying that they can get along with the owners very well, calling them their friends. The cotton factory was also stated to be clean and “glorious.”This industry was played off to be too good to be true. With that being document E was the only other document to list positives, but this document came off as a little strange to me. It seems as though the inspector as lying about the conditions in this document. The inspector wrote that the factory had no smoke, no accidents, and time to rest. Overall this factory had good conditions. I feel as though the factory new about the inspection and picked the place up just before the inspector came or the inspector was paid off.

The negative views of the impact of the industrialization on life and work in the cities over powered the positive. During industrialization many of the rivers were dyed purple due to cotton dying or dyed black due to oil. (doc. A and D) Causing the drinking water to no longer be drinkable. Document D revealed the worst working conditions compared to the other factories. The workers ears were piercing due to the extremely loud noises that the machines made. The factory also had a very noticeable stench to it. Besides the smell and the noises the unsafe working conditions caused many to get hurt. It also caused the children working in the factory to grow up with defects. The other factories had similar conditions just not all in the same factory. All of the factories had contributed to incredible amounts of pollution due to the amounts of smoke being let out through the chimneys and into the air.

In conclusion if I had to lean more to the positive or negative side I have to side with the negative. There are just too many negatives that over power the positives, yes there are friendly bosses, but there is child labor causing children to grow up with defects. People are having limbs fall off, and unsanitary drinking water. So many people are negatively affected and they are extreme to just say well one factory had a friendly environment so life during industrialization was positive.