The conventional idea is that Georgia did not succeed at its intentions is challenged by the interpretations of Noeleen McIlvenna, who wrote The Short Life of Free Georgia, a contradictory story of the colonization of the thirteenth colony. First and foremost, the proprietary colony was a place that was meant for debtors and the worthy poor. The colony was created to rid England of the poor and find suitable work for them. The elite looked at them with disregard; there was constant separation, such as The Black Act, which didn’t allow hunting and fishing on private property. This new colony was to be built for the betterment of English debtors.
Susan B. Anthony In this video, Susan B. Anthony is described as a “master strategist”. She would veer right or left with the intention of trying to win women’s suffrage. This documentary described her as the “first women politician” even though she never held office. Susan B. Anthony seems to have been destined for greatness.
How Did the Cotton Gin shape Georgia's Economy? In 1794, Eli Whitney made the Cotton Gin. The Machine was made to increase the cleansing of Cotton seeds. Before the Cotton Gin was made a person could only clean 1 pound of cotton a day. After the Cotton Gin was made a person could clean around 50 pounds of cotton a day.
In her speech, “For the Equal Rights Amendment” Shirley Chisholm addresses her views on securing women’s equality to ensure women have better opportunities. She is an American politician, educator and author that became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm supports her claims about equal rights for women by using examples of statistics to prove a point. Her purpose is to persuade her audience that women in America are neglected by equal rights and excluded from things that men are not. Throughout her deliverance she expressed an inspiring and informative tone to uplift her audience so that Congress can make a change for women.
Chisholm responded by appealing to women voters to support her as a way of fighting discrimination against women.with the help of a strong grassroots campaign by women's organizations, Chisholm Beat farmer by substantial margin and became the first black woman in congress.(Morin pg3) “ Others believe that Shirley Chisholm didn't help the country because she didn't do much but when one reads articles and looks at the statistics she did amazing things to help America. like Shirley Chisholm did help decrease discrimination not just African Americans. However, shirley chisholm proved to be great leaders and trailblazer because “ Chisholm responded to Farmer by appealing to women voters to support her as a way of fighting discrimination against women with the help of a strong grassroots campaign by women's organization chisholm beat farmer by a substantial margin and became the first black women in congress” (Morin,pg3).
Women had bigger success in state-level politics, like the positions such as secretary of state and secretary of education. Women 's success in state-level politics was because of women exercising voting rights by voting other women into the political office. Even though most women held positions that were very limited to state administration or to what was thought to be considered "women 's issues," women were unfortunately unable to make an respectful impact through political office. Politically, the Women 's Suffrage Movement achieved the Nineteenth Amendment which gave women the right to vote. At this time, women also had the Women 's Rights Movement also pushing for equality.
Our country has been through many struggles to get where it is today. Both women and African Americans in history overcame many obstacles in order to achieve the goal of having equal rights. Both have been sent to jail, beaten up, been on protests, and much more to get what they need. These people have faced many obstacles, find the goal they needed to achieve, and overcome the obstacle. Alice Paul, a woman from New Jersey who later moved to England to Washington DC.
The 1970s were a rough year for African-Americans, still fighting for social and political rights in the United States. Consequently, women still did not receive equal rights. However, in 1972, “Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the Constitution, which reads: ‘Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex’ (History.com Staff).” Out of the thirty-eight necessary states only twenty-two ratified it right away, it was relieving for the moment because the feminist advocates had been trying to be ratified since 1923. The First African-American woman elected into Congress was Shirley Chisholm.
Shirley Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress, and represented New York 's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. On May 21, 1969 Washington D.C Shirley Chisholm delivered a speech to the United States House of Representatives about equal rights for women. Being an African American woman, Shirley personally was able to relate to the speech she gave. Based on her own personal proof and fueled by experience, her “Equal Rights for Women” speech was very persuasive.
In Mark Bauerlein’s, Negrophobia: A Race Riot in Atlanta, 1906, the political and social events leading to the riot are analyzed. The center of events took place around and inside Atlanta in the early 1900’s. The riot broke out on the evening of September 22, 1906. Prior to the riot in 1906, elections were being held for a new Georgia governor. Bauerlein organizes his book in chronological order to effectively recount the events that led to the riot.
The world we live in now is, but a shadow of what use to be. The poor rural and segregated Georgia that generations before us saw; is no more. The process of federalism has let government evolve. The generation of today sees a new Georgia. After World War 2 the view began to shift something called the white flight occurred and large concertation of white families left their rural life’s to the urban sprawling cities such as Atlanta.
The Expansion of Georgia came with many conflicts such as the treaty of New York that was established in 1790 and caused the creeks to move west of the Okeene River. There was also the Yazoo land fraud that started in 1795 and caused Georgia to give up all of the land involved in the fraud to Georgia. Indian removal caused a decrease in population within Georgia but made Georgia to gain more land. Events that accrued during that time affected Georgia economy, social growth and population. Abraham Baldwin wrote the first charter for the University of Georgia.
Besides the more prominent Black male leaders of the Civil Rights Movement both black and white women played an important role in the struggle for racial equality. Women’s experiences in the Civil Rights Movement can tell us a lot about the lives of extraordinary women and their ability to gain power in the movement towards equality. Although Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King were major women leaders of the movement, there were numerous other women that played key roles in the fight for equality, such as Ella Baker. Ella Baker fought for civil rights on the front lines for over half a century. Ella Baker was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1903 and grew up in Littleton, North Carolina.
In 1848 Black women made their first bid for equality in meetings with black men. “At one meeting of the National Convention of Colored Freedmen in Cleveland, Ohio a black woman proposed that women delegates be allowed to speak and vote as equals, eventually, they reclassified eligible voters as “persons” instead of men and women were allowed to participate equally”. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton changed the 15th Amendment by supporting that it should voting rights to former slaves, and that it should also include women. The northern part of the country often gave more rights to black women, the southern part of the country was sadly more close minded and still saw women as incapable and not as good as men. During the Civil War white and free black women in the North established soldiers’ aid societies.
Aiden Michlig English 10th Mr. Ebert 4/18/2023 Were the bombings of Hiroshima ethically or morally correct? August 6th, 1945, World War II was in its final days with Germany out of the war after the death of Hitler, and what seems the end of the worst war to happen to humanity. America had been working on a weapon that could obliterate their enemies. They completed a weapon able to harness the power of the literal sun and use it.