Monday, March 24, 2014

Dorothea Lange

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The problem found in this picture was that there is an African American working on a plantation field.
One thing you can see is that the African American is wearing torn overalls  and it looks that he is attached to the machine he is using to crop the fields. Another problem found in this picture was that the African American is not wearing any shoes. The African American shown in this picture is barefoot, while working on the plantation field which is obviously a hard condition to work in.
A cause to this problem may be that the African America shown in this picture is a slave. A slave is a person who is the legal property of someone else and is force to obey them. Because of this African Americans were forced to work on plantations fields for free while working in harsh working conditions. Another possible cause for the problem was that this man is actually working on the fields after slavery is even over. This may be the harsh working conditions of a African American in the late 1800s. Because African Americans were former slaves and they often had trouble finding jobs, they would work for their former slave owners and they were being ripped off with the work hours and pay.
The governments responsibility in this is that better working conditions should have been given to workers on the field. Conditions are to harsh and they should be given at least shoes. The government must also, if this is a picture of a former slave under the black codes, end the black codes. It was unfair for African Americans to work for unfair wages and excessive work hours.

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Great Britain Involvement World War One

Great Britain Involvement World War One
Great Britain declared war on Germany when German troops invaded Belgium. Great Britain helped Belgium because they had a treaty with them to help them when ever they got in trouble. The treaty was Great Britain's reasoning for entering the war. Winston Churchill was an inspirational leader of the British navy. The Triple Entente or Allied Powers was formed by France, Russia, The United States, Belgium, and Great Britain. Great Britain's enemies were The Triple Alliance or Central Powers with Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. The main propaganda for Great Britain was posters encouraging people to join the army.
 England was an island so they used more boats and ships in war. They assassination of Franz Ferdinand caused Great Britain to go to war with Germany. Fighting for soldiers in World War One was terrible more than nine million soldiers served in the army. The war was brutal were many died from disease if not the war itself. During the war many people from the nation had to deal with lack of supplies and many women had to work. The British strategy stopped German ships from bringing supplies back to Germany and they destroyed railroads. 
              After the war caused new countries to be formed and old countries to be destroyed. As a result nine million military people died from the war. The loss of production was lost during the war because of the withdraw of men. If Great Britain would have not warn the war they would have probably not be a country today. The war was ended by the Treaty of Versailles.