Notions Discovery of gold and gold mining In 1847 in Coloma, California, James Marshall found a site for a sawmill. On January 24, 1848, Marshall went down to the river to inspect progress, and, as he later told the story: “My eye was caught by something shining in the bottom of the ditch. . . …
Monthly Archives: May 2019
“The Immigrant” by Annabel
To visualize this topic, I chose the picture seen above. It depicts how many different trusts all mostly belonging to the Rockefeller-Morgan family are all connected to one another. While discussing notions, we did talk about how rich the family was and still is as a matter of fact. It stuck with me and I …
The Immigrant
1921. An innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
The Immigrant
This graph depicts almost everything one needs to know about the four immigration waves and that is why is chose it. Most importantly, the waves are easily distinguishable together with the decades they took place in, but the graph also displays the number of immigrants who came to the USA and what were the most …
”The Immigrant” – Isabel
Visual For my visual representation of this movie I chose a photo of the Statue of Liberty. I think it fits quite well into this time period’s historical context, because the Statue of Liberty served as a symbol of friendship between the Americans and the French. The statue was built as a joint effort by …
Immigrant (by Maian)
Discovery of gold and gold mining 3 GOLD MAJOR FIRST GOLD RUSHES. North-Carolina, Georgia, California 1st rush in 1799 Gold discovered in North-Carolina. The finder didn’t know its value and used it as a doorstop. In 1802 it was recognized and word spread. First miners were FARMERS. Carolina mines evolved into mine-shafts. By 1835 there …
The Immigrant(Kaia)
Visual For the visual, I have chosen a picture of the Statue of Liberty when it was waiting to be shipped to America from France. I chose this picture because the statue is very often associated with immigration as it was the first thing they saw when they arrived in America by ship and in …
The Immigrant (Viivika)
The immigrant notions Group 1: The 19th Century 3 first major gold rushes: North-Carolina, Georgia, California 1st rush in 1799 Gold discovered in North-Carolina. The finder didn’t know its value and used it as a doorstop. In 1802 it was recognized and word spread. First miners were FARMERS. Carolina mines evolved into mine-shafts. By 1835 …
“Glory” part 2
I enjoyed watching the movie “Glory”. I think it gave a unique, and often not talked about, point of view of the American Civil War focusing on a colored unit, the 54th. While watching the movie I found it to be very interesting and historically accurate and the critics seem to agree with me. One …
“Glory” (Ott)
Notions Different developments in the North and South In the 1850s the main differences in developments were about economy and labour. Southern states were widely using slaves and their economy depended largely on agriculture. One of their biggest export products was cotton. Northern states had gone through industrialization and were practising free labour. Northern states …