I hope you have enjoyed our lecture and discussion concerning World War I. It is, to me, one of the most important turning points in history (which you will see, I hope, as we move on to discuss its aftermath). Unfortunately, many people do not know much about it, and we seem dangerously close to re-learning some of the war's lessons the hard way. Maybe some day there will be a memorial on the mall in Washington, D.C., or a national museum to educate students about US contributions to the war efforts. Unfortunately, none of this will be accomplished in time for a World War I veteran to see it, for the last US veteran of the war recently died. (You can read an interesting article about him at http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/feb/06/frank-buckles-americas-last-living-world-war-i-vet/ published in 2008).
But there was a great deal of other things going on in the US during those days and the years following, leading to the "hay days" that were known as the "Roaring 20s". For example, in an attempt to clean up New Orleans, the state of Louisianna banned the playing of jazz music (because so much of it was played in places where great sin was being committed), and thereby instigated America's first wave of popular music. All of those tremendous black musicians and singers moved to New York and Chicago, and their music came to American homes via new technology that was all the rage: radio and the phonograph. The "jazz age" - where European harmony melded with African rhythm to create a new American sound - would lead to the creation or modification of just about every style of music we listen to today.
Follow the link http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/jazz/jb_jazz_subj.html and choose two topics to report. You might do some additional research to find examples of some of the music or radio shows that were popular at the time (if you choose to read about those topics) and include links for others to follow. Your essay must be at least 200 words and is due by midnight, Friday, February 3. Once again we will not do responses - I'm not certain that the web site is completely restored. Best of luck in your research, and enjoy learning about an exciting time in US history!
Grand Canyon:
ReplyDeleteThe Grand Canyon in Arizona became a national park on February 26, 1919. It is now perhaps one of the most notable national parks in the United States. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long, 4,000 to 6,000 feet deep, and 18 miles across at its widest point. The canyon was created by erosion caused by the waters of the Colorado River. The canyon has alternating layers of red, black, and pink in its walls which are the layers of the earth which have been worn away by the river. Thousands of tourists flock to the Grand Canyon each year to peer over the edge at its beauty.
First Mother’s Day:
The first Mother’s Day was celebrated on May 9, 1914 to honor all the hard work that mothers do. Woodrow Wilson was the first to proclaim this holiday nationally. The holiday was started by Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia, PA who wanted to honor her own mother along with all other mothers. Jarvis worked hard to organize a celebration in her church and later campaigned to celebrate a national holidays to celebrate mothers and all their hard work. Her hard work was recognized by Woodrow Wilson when he declared the holiday to be on the date of Jarvis’s mother’s death. Today Mother’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world.
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ReplyDeleteWomen's Suffrage Was Sent to the States June 4, 1919
ReplyDeleteLydia Chapin (Taft) was a forerunner of the voting rights of women within colonial America. She was the first licensed woman voter in colonial America.
Even Alice Paul was a fighter for women's suffrage. They stitched the final star in a banner celebrating the victory of the suffrage movement. These women like Alice Paul were called suffragettes.
On 28 August 1920, three months before the presidential election, was officially announced that the 19th Amendment becomes to the U.S. Constitution. This gave American women the right to vote. The struggle for women's suffrage began in the middle of the 19th Century, and until 1900 it was introduced in eleven states, now it was also at the federal level.
World War I Ended With the Treaty of Versailles June 28, 1919
The Versailles Treaty was the most important of the Paris treaties, the 1919/20 World War I ended in international law. The Versailles Treaty was adopted by the German National Assembly and 28 of June 1919 between the German Reich and 32 allied, so combined, countries and powers signed. It appeared on 10 of January 1920 in force.
Wilson suggested as the basis of a peace treaty before its already in January 1918 featured 14-point program. In the peace negotiations, of which the losing side was ruled out and that led to the Peace Treaty of Versailles, he could not enforce the 14 points but only partially and crucial points.
The U.S. Congress rejected - associated with the Treaty of Versailles - from joining the League of Nations and the United States withdrew after the First World War back again from Europe politically.
The First Woman Senator Takes Office
ReplyDeleteIt’s no surprise why I chose this for the first part of the assignment. Rebecca Felton was an inspirational woman who graduated from college and was married by the time she was twenty years old. She worked as her husband’s campaign manager and was considered one of the most politically active women of her day. Since women had hardly any rights, she and her husband were heavily criticized for her active role in the political scene. In 1909, her husband died, but that didn’t stop her from achieving her dream and she began writing which increased her popularity. Finally, on November 21, 1922 she became the first woman senator as well as the oldest at age 87.
Robert “Bob” Fosse Was Born
Bob Fosse is considered the greatest choreographer of all time for a reason. By age thirteen he had his own dance act and by age twenty-one he performed in road companies and Broadway. Many of the famous dance genres today take their styles from Bob Fosse’s original work. Aside from being a phenomenal dance and monumental choreographer, he was also a famous actor, performer, writer, and director. His amazing career exceeded fifty years, but his legacy will last for generations to come.
Thank you,
Rebecca
The grand canyon in Arizona became a national park on February 26th 1919. Its now probably the most noticeable national park in the U.S. The grand canyon is 277 miles long and 4-6 thousand feet deep and eighteen miles across at its widest part. The canyon itself was created by erosion of waters of the Colorado river. The canyon has many big and small different layers of different colors in its walls. Which has been worn away by the riverover the years. A lot of tourists have come to the Grand Canyon each year to look over the edge and see its amazing beauty.
ReplyDeleteRobert Fosse was born, he was considered the best choreographer of all time for many different and memorable reasons. By the time he was thirteen, he had his own dance act! And by the time he was twenty one, he performed in road groups and on Broadway. Many of the famous dance genres today take their many styles from bob’s original work. Aside from being an amazing dancer and choreographer he was also a famous actor and writer director and person. His amazing life was longer than fifty years! But his life will be remembered forever!
Today I wanted to talk a bit about the fantastic Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon is a huge National Park in the state of Arizona. It's almost impossible to visit all! It's 277 miles long, ranges from 4,000 to 6,000 feet deep, and is 18 miles across at its widest point.On February 26, 1919 the Congress recongnise that park as a National Park. For generation and generetion, the Colorado River passed into the rock of this park and he excavate it. This river form the lastest canyon in the world. This process is called erosion. The colors of the rock change a lot they range from black and red to lavender and cream.The park contains more than 1 million acres. It's awesome that million of people are coming from all over the world to see this wonderland! I've never been to Grand Canyon but I hope to go once or more!
ReplyDeleteFor the second assiment I want to talk about the first flight from New York City, NY to Paris, France. At that time a flight like that was pretty impressive! No one before had tried to crosss the Ocean. The first man that tried this adventure was Charles Lindbergh.In May 1927, he flew his monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis and it took him thirty-three and a half hours to make this amezing trip. All theose hours he was alone. He won a prize of $25,000 and he became an American hero. When he returned everybody was waiting for him and doind a parade. Another person did a long flight, that person was Amelia Earhart. She flew from California to Hawaii. She died years later in 1937 in a plane crash because she wanted to travel all over the world. I think it's pretty awesome that now flights are really comune, and I have to say thank to Mr. Linderberg because without his courage I couldn't be able to take my plane and cross the Atlantic Ocean and so, be here!
Music is an upbeat and wonderful thing. It is so much fun to just DANCE to. Bob Fosse was one of the most famous choreographer, director, and writer of plays and musicals. At the age of thirteen he had already had a dance act, a professional one if I may add. Also, by the age of twenty-one Bob was going on Broadways which is pretty awesome! Bob was one man who pretty much laid a big foundation of dancing. Musicals wouldn’t be the same without dance. Many movies and plays we see, the dances, were probably originated by Robert (Bob) Fosse.
ReplyDeleteSo just like dance the copyright was also founded quite a few years ago. The American Society of Composer’s, Author’s, and Publishers were founded so people would be able to keep their songs. The man who founded felt like it was wrong by using others music without having permission or paying money to use it. The ASCAP (American Society of Composer’s, Author’s, and Publisher’s) is still in effect today. Today of we were to use a song we would have to buy it or ask permission to use it. Even today some of the most hippest people who singing is in this society.
Robert Fosse.
ReplyDeleteMr. Robert Fosse was born in Chicago Illinois on June 23, 1927. Fosse was a bit of a phenom in the dance world by the time he was 13 he has his own dance studio and by the age of 21 he was well on his way to Broadway. Fosse is somewhat of a father in the dance world many dance moves you see today had some influence from Fosse's original style. He had a 50 year long career in the industry and it was a very successful one! I think it's so interesting to come across people like this that set the motion for extremely famous things we have today.
Momma's Day :)
This era brought us a lot of things, but one very important thing that it gave us was Mother's Day. The idea of this day came from none other that President Woodrow Wilson, he believed that mothers should be honored for the work they do in our lives everyday. The holiday was nationalized when Anna Jarvis had her mother’s church to celebrate Mother’s Day on the anniversary of her mother’s death and then she campaigned for a national day honoring mothers. With all of this in mind Wilson decided to set the date right then in there. What would we do with out all of our beautiful mommas! :)
Congress Granted Citizenship to All Native Americans Born in the U.S.:
ReplyDeleteBefore this Act, many Native Americans lived in their own countries or reservoirs. The Act was passed in 1924, but some states held back the right to vote for Native Americans until 1957. the Act made it possible for the Government to sell some of the unused land the Native Americans owned to other people to pay for the education of and health care of the Native Americans. In 1932 they lost over 138 million acres of land. The first change of the view of Native Americans came with the Meriam Report. It showed the public and the government the bad treatment of Native Americans. A new Act was passed to stop the discrimination of Native Americans. It gave some of the sold land back and helped the Native Americans to get a better education and other government services.
Lindebergh Received the Distinguished Flying Cross:
Charles Lindebergh was the first person to fly non-stop from New York to Paris. He flew in a monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. It took him over 33 hours to complete the flight. Eight years later, Amelia Earhart flew an even greater distance from California to New York. Those pioneers made the dream of flying for everybody more likely and they helped to establish confidence in the flying.
@ Amanda
ReplyDeleteI think you did a good job with your essay, it has a lot of interesting information about the Grand Canyon. I also think it is interesting what you wrote about Robert Fosse. Good job.
@ Marta
You also did a good job with your essay! The information about the Grand Canyon is very detailed and good. I also like the part about the powered flight. I think it is a really good essay!
@Rebecca
Good job with your essay. It is full of interesting information. It shows how big the progress in woman’s right was during this time. I also like the part about the dancer, he seems to be a great talent. It is really sad that he died at such a young age.
@ Catelyn
You did a very good job with your essay. It is really interesting, especially the part about the first mothers day. I didn’t realize that this day is already so
The first of my two sections for this essay will be on Ella Fitzgerald and the style of music, scat, she made famous in America. Born April 25, 1918 Ella was said to be able to sing like a saxophone, which is practically the definition of scat, singing like an instrument, which is heard very often in jazz music nowadays. She first sang publicly on Amateur night at the famous Apollo Theater. Throughout her amazing vocal career, which lasted only about 20-ish years, she released 19 albums, that’s an album a year almost! The second topic, which goes hand and hand with the first, is jazz dance. The man known for the “creation” of jazz style dancing we see on stages all over the country and world is Robert Louis “Bob” Fosse. He was born June 23, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois and is considered today to have been one of the all-time best choreographers to ever live, by the age of thirteen “Bob” Fosse already had his own professional dance act. His career lasted 50 years, longer than that of Ella Fitzgerald, but in this time he was not only a choreographer, but he was also a performer, writer, and director.
ReplyDeleteGrand Canyon
ReplyDeleteOn February 26, 1919, the Grand Canyon became a National Park. The Grand Canyon ranges between 4,000 and 6,000 feet deep, 18 miles across at widest point, and 277 miles long. If you have never seen it in person, you can find hundreds of pictures of the Grand Canyon on the internet. But you will more than likely never see the whole thing. The park has over 1 million acres and thousands visit it every year. The Colorado River has cut through the rock for thousands of years. There are many layers in the rock that range from black to red to lavender and cream.
Lindbergh receives the Distinguished Flying Cross
Charles Lindbergh made the first solo trans-Atlantic flight in May 1927. On his monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis, it took him thirty-three and a half hours to make it from New York to Paris, France. He won a prize of $25,000 and on June 11, 1927, he received the Distinguished Flying Cross. Once thought of a stunt pilot, he quickly became an American hero. Charles inspired many people to work with planes. Eight years after Lindbergh’s flight, Amelia Earhart made a trip from Hawaii to California. In attempt to fly around the world, she died in a mysterious plane crash.