Describe how the industrial revolution created new forms of freedom for some workers while restricting some freedoms for others. How did industrialization affect all workers? Be careful not to generalize.

Chapter 15 and 16 History Forum
1. Sitting Bull stated, “The life my people want is a life of freedom.” Likewise, Chief Joseph simply asked the government for equal rights enshrined by the laws. Describe what freedom meant to the Indians and how that conflicted with the interests and values of most white Americans. Also, explain why white Americans did not allow Indians the opportunity to have American citizenship.

2. Describe how the industrial revolution created new forms of freedom for some workers while restricting some freedoms for others. How did industrialization affect all workers? Be careful not to generalize.

3. What might account for the emergence of a mythic “Wild” West during the Gilded Age? Given the rapid post–Civil War expansion of industry beyond the Mississippi River, why would perceptions of a West, at once a lawless but timeless romantic frontier dominated by cowboys and Indians, permeate American popular culture in the late nineteenth century?

How was convict leasing in conflict with the promises of emancipation and Reconstruction?What kinds of labor systems did the Freedmen’s Bureau agents report during Reconstruction and what kinds developed after?

Watch the video Slavery By Another Name in the Media and Videos File on your Menu, read the “Sharecropping Contract,” and/or explore the documentary’s website Then answer 4 of the following questions, at least one from each section.

1. In what forms has forced labor been practiced in the past?
2. What kinds of labor systems did the Freedmen’s Bureau agents report during Reconstruction and what kinds developed after?
A. How did these systems operate?
B. How can contracts be used to take advantage of someone?
C. How was the criminal justice system manipulated to aid forced labor?
D. What role did contracts play in forced labor? How were contract terms extended?
E. How were men and women bought and sold through forced labor
a. For Conflict Leasing:
a. What role did convict leasing play in the South after emancipation?
b. How was convict leasing in conflict with the promises of emancipation and Reconstruction?
c. What impact do you think convict leasing had on blacks in the South?
a. For Sharecropping:
a. How did the process work
b. In what ways did African Americans in the South demonstrate an understanding of their
c. Sharecropper contract?
d. of sharecropping claimed it was “slavery with a paycheck.” To what extent do you agree or disagree with this evaluation? Explain your answer.
e. In what ways did sharecropping perpetuate the dependence of African Americans on white landowners

Illustrate the course of your historical event. In other words, tell the story or narrative of your event. Who were the important participants? What did they do? Why? How do the perspectives of the key participants differ?

Historical Analysis Essay Progress Check 2- Womens Suffrage

Specifically, in this assignment, you will submit the following elements of your Project 2: Historical Analysis Essay for review by your instructor:
In Module Six: Analyzing History, continued, learning block 6-4 (page 1) in the webtext, you worked toward the following elements:
II. Body: You will use this section of your essay to provide further detail about your historical event while supporting the claim you made in your statement. Make sure to cite your sources. Specifically, you should:
A. Describe the causes of the historical event. In other words, what were the underlying factors that led to the historical event? Were there any immediate causes that precipitated the event?
B. Illustrate the course of your historical event. In other words, tell the story or narrative of your event. Who were the important participants? What did they do? Why? How do the perspectives of the key participants differ?
C. Describe the immediate and long-term consequences of the historical event for American society. In other words, how did the event impact American society?
D. Discuss the historical evidence that supports your conclusions about the impact of the event on American society. Support your response with specific examples from your sources.

What did being indentured mean to those who settled in Virginia and the southern colonies, versus those who came as indentured and settled in the northern colonies?

Terms: Americanization; “asylum theme”; indenturers; American “Wake”; “push”/”pull”/”passage” ; ethnicity; nativism; assimilation; “Great Famine”; Federalist Party; Know Nothing Party; Homestead Act, 1862; Immigration Restriction League; “hyphenates”; other terms that fit into these narratives.

Question Choices:

Many immigrants came to America as “indenturers”. Their experiences, however, would vary considerably depending on their origin and circumstance, where they settled, and what they faced after having worked off the terms of their contracts. Your task is first to explain what being “indentured” meant. For example, the first Africans to be brought to America were originally considered “indentured”. Yet their fate would be very different from the whites who also came as “indentured”. What did being indentured mean to those who settled in Virginia and the southern colonies, versus those who came as indentured and settled in the northern colonies? Finally, use testimonies for each of the groups of immigrants you present.