IB US History
Focus:
The West
CW:
notes: Reluctant Conquerors
graded discussion: I Will Fight No More Forever
HW:
review for unit exam
posted by Mr. Carlisle at 7:20 AM
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
The West
CW:
notes: Reluctant Conquerors
graded discussion: I Will Fight No More Forever
HW:
review for unit exam
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I'm a native South Carolinian and I attained my undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of South Carolina. I taught fourth grade for two years in the Mississippi Delta and two years at an alternative high school in Western North Carolina. I have been at Tigard High School since the fall of 2003, where I teach U.S. History and Psychology.
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Cont. of Graded discussion...On the topic of Manifest destiny did everyone in america believe that?
Not everyone in America at that time was religious. If it is true that not everyone believes in manifest destiny does this mean that not everyone took land in a just way and americans are just greedy people?
4:01 PM
American's in general seemed to be greedy at that time period; not all just most. Religion was a bigger deal in that time period, too, so while I'm sure there were a few nonbelievers, a large majority were religious. The small few who were not religious had a very faint chance of ever making an influence over the majority. Anyway, that minority probably believed in a more evolutionary form of manifest destiny, like Social Darwinism.
And taking land for manifest destiny isn't exactly 'just'.
4:20 PM
The people that believed in manifest destiny were the greedy people. I sure not everybody in America believed in that though.
4:20 PM
Yeah, not everyone in America actually believed that manifest destiny was right. Some of the troops didn't even agree. Just like any other bad idea in History (Holocaust, slavery, Trail of Tears), not everyone was all for it. Most were forced into it or are to few and weak to rebel.
Mr. Carlisle, was there anyone who openly opposed the seizure of natives' land or who tried to help the natives?
4:32 PM
First off, really happy to see the discussion continued online. Very nice.
Kayla to answer your question, yes, there were whites were who opposed to what was happening to Native Americans. However, their voices were in the minority.
4:50 PM
Ivan? Where are you my man?! To continue off the discussion today as well, I'd like to say on the fourth question asking if either the whites or the natives could've made a difference regarding to the possible prevention. The Native Americans could've united more and tried to build a Country within themselves... they would then be able to trade with other Countries and possibly even receive aid from other Countries as well. This would perhaps make them more superior towards the whites and conflict could've been resolved easier. I would've much rather have done this then stay out in the fields with a bow and arrow and hope that my land wouldn't be taken.
7:51 PM
I don't think that the Indians had a good understanding of what was going to happen when the white people came. Some of them thought that the white people were going to keep their word. By the time that the Indians realized that this was not going to happen I don't think that they would have had the time or the resources to organize enough tribes to put up a permanent resistance the the white population.
9:25 PM
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