History around Us
Apart from “Remember the Alamo,” I suppose it is also worth it remembering both the First and the Second World Wars. The two had different impacts on America and particularly when it comes to liberations of the black people. We also need to remember the remarkable migration of the Black people during the onset of the First World War. All the latter were taking place within America in the quest to attain democracy and social justice for Black people. Alongside this, it is also of importance to flashback on how the African Americans did not wish that America joins the war, but unfortunately, their wishes were in vain. As far as the war was concerned, I suppose going back. Down the history lane, then it will be significant if we can remember the recharged aggression of African Americans for democracy and equality moments after the war begun in 1914.
Additionally, there is a lot to remember as far as American civilization is concerned. One of them being the American Indian boarding schools where extinction of native American cultures and their respective tribes begun. The latter was attained through forceful assimilation to fit into the new system of civilization. It took the Europeans’ intervention to eradicate primitive cultures among the American Red Indians between the years 1850-1880. This era is marked with great fights between the natives and the European foreigners who had come along with education and civilization.
On the other hand, it is worth it reviving the memories of Yellow Journalism. The era of media in America and presumably the pioneer era for the political influence of media. America, for that matter, will always remember the newspaper by the name Yellow Journalism that ignited the war between America and Spain in Cuba and the Philippines. This journalism reporting criterion involved sensational reporting of events that always created anger among the people and eventually led to America rising against Spain over the false news that the Spanish were oppressing the Cubans. That famous journalism era was between 1919 and 1930.
Nevertheless, all the events mentioned above have a connection in one way or another. First of all, the events left America with remarkable lessons for the future of its generations. For the case of both the World Wars, new realizations were ignited, especially for the matters of democracy and social justice for the African American community. The experiences were a stepping stone for unique struggles or rather new battles in the racial lines. In that regard, going back to the American Indian boarding schools foundation, the idea gave birth to a civilization which then eventually made America what it was during the 20th century.
In summary, there is incredibly a lot to learn from history. As such, history is every unfolding around us. It is only that the magnitude of events will determine if they can be recorded in books for future reference. As seen from the historic events learned in the course, one event leads to another, or if that does not occur, then at least an impact of the previous event will manifest in the subsequent. That is the work of history to avail past events in a chronological pattern. However, as far as the course is concerned, the topic of civilization came along as the most exciting topic for me. That is so basically because I consider the era between 1850 and 1880 as the bedrock of every advancement so far noticed in America.
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