former slaves

Former slaves did not really have it any better or worse. Because they were forced to work for the plantation owners again because they didnt know how to do anything else. So they worked on them for a cheap contract paying them almost nothing. Also the slaves had to pay for the tools they used and the food they ate and the land they used to live. So really it was no different than being in slavery. In fact it may have been worse then being in slavery.

Granting Amnesty

I think that the north should not have granted amnesty to the south. I think because of all the lives they took and damage they did they should not be completely forgiven for it. I think that they should have had to make some form of a payment whether it was with crops or people or something. They should have helped maybe rebuild the north and given the north something significant. In a way though i do think that the south was in the right simply because they were trying to defend their Constitutional rights as american citizens.

treatment of people

The treatment of the African american community through both times was extremely unfair. It was unfair because in both times they were treated like they were inferior to all the other races except native Americans. They were forced to eat in separate places, go to separate restrooms,  and drink from different water fountains. It was incredibly unfair and in the slavery reconstruction days and were sometimes killed then. They were also killed in the civil rights days because some people did not think they should have the same and equal freedoms. This was an incredibly harsh way to look at it and unjust in my opinion.

that is an awesome mustache!!!

Lt.Chamberlain is completely right and moral is an extremely important thing to any army. If the army feels like they will not win or are not sure what they are fighting for then they start questioning things like "why am i doing this?" or making statements such as "we are going to lose this battle". It starts to get the troops to think negatively  and will have a higher chance of losing. Troops and soldiers need to think that they are going into a war or battle for something and a reason. Moral is one the most important weapons an army can have in a fight. In football, if the team thinks they are going to lose they will most likely not play as well if they believed that they could overcome the other team using a new strategy or something similar. They need to believe they are going to go in and win!

stereotypes

Stereotypes are so widely known simply because there is SOME truth to each stereotype. I mean they are not all completely true, but they are stereotypes for a reason. Also the reason we see so many stereotypes are because they are seen everywhere and in media sometimes. Also statistics prove them sometimes; for example the stereotype of asians being extremely smart is a lot of the time true because in asia the children are much more challenged then they are in the United States. Also their parents make them do really good in school, it is just part of the culture and its that way with a lot of stereotypes they are just part of the culture. Also look at the statistics for testing scores on asians they generally are a little bit higher. Not always but its just a small statistic and its just their culture to challenge themselves more. I think stereotypes are wrong but in a way they are simply implanted in us as humans, its human nature.

less is sometimes better

I think that less government is much better than having too much government. I believe it is because if you have government stepping in controlling everything then that takes away the purpose of having a freedom. I would defiantly not want the government telling me i can only eat 20mg of salt per day. Also i do not think it would be fair and it would potentially ruin capitalism if government tried to step in to prevent people from making money. The only exception is if people are dieing or being treated EXTREMELY harshly but we now have state laws that change that. All the government in my opinion is really meant for is for the defense of the country, maintaining peace, and foreign policy.

Leaving little gaps makes a big hole

I do not think that they should leave things out of their education simply because something went wrong or they are shamed of it. Yes i agree it is not something to be proud of for killing a bunch of innocent people or slaughtering PoWs, but i think that people should know somethings about what their country did. For example the bataan death march should be recorded in United States History textbooks. I think they should also cover more of the Vietnam war even though people look down on it. I think that they should look over ALL the history of a country because it will teach people that yes everyone makes mistakes and we are no different. It gets to a point where people are wondering what happens at that point in time. I can honestly say i know almost nothing about the Vietnam war and all i do know is basic things and what i learned from hearing horrifying stories, playing games, and watching war movies.

The Importance of History

Yes, i believe history is VERY important because we need to know what mistakes people made before so we do not make them. People always say history repeats itself and i believe that because people are not as educated on history as they should be. In a way it is like buy a new T.V., would you buy a  TV that people were having problems on based on reviews online? no you most likely would not, its a mistake someone else made so that you would not make the same one as they did. Looking at things that failed for other countries would help us learn what we should not do to keep ourselves alive.

history

History is sometimes referred to as the lie that is commonly agreed on, because the people that write history are usually the ones who make it. History can sometimes be altered a little to make one country, race, or faction look a lot better. Also sometimes history is twisted so that people will believe something. If you are told something from when you are a child at around 6 or 7 all the way until you are 16 then you will believe it is 100% true. Meaning that most people will commonly agree on Christopher Columbus being the first to discover america because we were taught that for all our life.