Kelli Janssen US History 2017/2018!

Gun Laws and Rights Around the World Over the years debates on gun rights and laws have increased due to increase in mass shooting done by civilians. Such as the mass shooting of twenty school children in  Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012. This horrific shooting also p rompted a new national discussion about gun laws. Although  legislation in the United States  attempted to ban  semiautomatic assault weapons, it  was defeated in the Senate . Gun rights and laws in the US are rooted in the second amendment of the US constitution. Furthermore, there are restrictions on gun rights in United States. For example, t he U.S. Supreme Court upheld bans on concealed weapons and on the possession of   certain types of weapons , as well as prohibitions against the sale of guns to certain categories of people. Furthermore, the Gun Control Act of 1968 prohibits persons under eighteen years of age, convicted criminals, the mentally disabled, dishonorably discharged mi...

  Today the phrase “fake news” is mentioned time and time again, and although it seems to be a fairly new term, the idea of it has been around for centuries. As technology in the late 19th century became more advanced, so did the news, and the way of reporting news. Similar to the term “fake news” the term “yellow journalism” was coined in the late 19th century and 20th century. Yellow journalism, is an early example of how our technology and news holds a significant amount of power in the world. The power of the press originated in the late 19th century and early 20th century, because of new technology, powerful personalities of individuals, and their ways of expressing their opinion. Industrialization created thousands of jobs, provoking many to move from rural areas to the places the jobs transpired. This mass migration formed big cities (urban areas), affecting the views of those living their. Inventions created during this time of industrialization (19th a...

All three articles made very clear, great points on their views of how we should handle confederate monuments and the confederate flags placed in the US. J. Pepper Bryars seems to think that all the monuments should stay. He tells a story of a confederate soldier, Elijah Morrison, who had courage and " did his duty best he could", he left his family behind and died fighting. He then mentions that grandchildren and children that never knew where their loved ones were buried erected memorials across the south to remember them and their courage and now people are trying to tear them down, but "Elijah Morrison and those like him deserve to be remembered and honored."  - J. Pepper Bryars LeeAnna Keith believed that "monuments must be removed or effectively supplemented by new and more sensitive materials" to help end things such as arrests, defacements, and deadly confrontations. she talked a lot about republicans then and now and different perspectives they...

Crime in the Public Press...The Gilded Age: I chose to do my research on the topic of crime during the Gilded Age, and others interest in crime.  I am interested in the topic because I would like to know what type of crime was going on then and how urbanization caused are security to evolve, such as professional police forces. In addition I want to look at how what was going on during this time period prompted such people to commit these crimes. For example urbanization may have caused crime because there was so much change, and so much to adapt to. The first "serial killers of America" came about during this period, which interests me because it proves how much urbanization affected others. During the Gilded age others were so interested in true crime...they almost saw crimes as entertainment. Others were so interested in reading about crime because media, such as newspapers told these stories and spread them. During the gilded age newspapers would continue to play an ins...

Knights of Labor  I read the newspaper article " The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo ". The article was dated  March 09, 1886, and was based out of Sedalia Missouri. It referenced the Knights of Labor numerous times throughout the article, and touched on many different issues and events involving the organization. First it mentioned the strike that took place in Ft. Worth Texas by all the members of the Knights of Labor on the Missouri Pacific, Texas and Pacific and International and Great Northern. This strike nearly blockaded Texas and Pacific Yards, and twenty one locomotives and 400 freight cars were side tracked...the Knights claimed that the trains will not get past Wetherford West or Dallas East, and the Missouri Pacific was completely blocked. The community agreed with the organization, because they where all fighting for the same cause, an increase in wages. The article goes on to talk about strikes associated with the Knights of Labor in other to...

SMOKE SIGNALS               Smoke Signals   is different from most Native American films, because it sheds light on the problems natives face with their historical background, and stereotypical culture.  The main character, Victor, wrestles with what it means to be a "true Indian" and what being an Indian truly means to him, these struggles are portrayed through stereotypes and historical circumstances the characters face throughout the movie.               Native Americans have many stereotypes, which lead to expectations natives have on themselves and others have for them. In the film Victor struggles with these stereotypes and his identity as a native American. The film opens with mentioning Victors father, and his issue of being an alcoholic. This, along with many other scenes involving drinking, portrays the stereotype of all indians being alcoholics. Although the rate of substance abuse is high...