Responses and Reactions

Periods 1,6, and 7 took a quiz today.  The quiz had questions from the map activity, the Eli Whitney reading, and from the reading on African Americans in Philadelphia.  Tonight for homework all of the classes need to do the following.

1. read pages 316-317

2. Identify the following: Little Turtle, Anthony Wayne, The Battle of Fallen Timbers, and The Treaty of Greenville

3. Answer question number 3 on page 320.

In periods 3 and 4, I wanted the connection to be made that the A.M.E. church and Free African Society were both created from the reactions of African Americans in Philadelphia.  Since white churches would not allow Africans to worship or be buried on their property, a group of African Americans decided to take matters into their own hands and form their own parish.  When charitable organizations began to take advantage of black widows and orphans, Absalom Jones and Richard Allen took it upon themselves to form a society that would provide for the poor blacks in Philadelphia. 

   History is a story of how people react and respond to events and actions in their lifetime.  On the board there was a list of events that ranged from the attacks on 9/11 to the hitting prowess of Ted Williams.  We took some time to describe how people responded to those events/actions. Some of you even came up with your own events that brought about reactions. 

Here is what was brought up in class: 

Event/Action Response/Reaction

99 cent value meal at Wendys $1.00 menu at McDonalds

Starbucks better coffee at McDonalds

people pay more $ for coffee

Ted Williams the infield shift is used

Twilight more Vampire books, movies, T.V. shows

The Beatles "British Invasion", the Rolling Stones, The Who

Toy Story (1996) other compute animated movies

Jackie Robinson other baseball teams sign African American players

Guitar Hero classic Rock becomes popular, Rock Band video game

Michael Jordan's Retirement some people felt that the number 23 should be retired throughout the NBA

McDonalds had to respond to Starbucks because billions of dollars was at stake.  The result was a premium coffee made available to McDonalds customers.  When the infield began to shift over to rob Ted Williams of base hits, it was because teams were being killed by his hitting abilities.  People respond in order to survive. 

Our next topic is going to discuss how the United States responded to the demand to expand further west, beyond the first thirteen states.  We will also talk about how Native American tribes respond to American expansion.