Friday, November 5, 2010

Document 4

"When the Missionaries arrived, the Africans had the Land and the Missionaries had the Bible. They taught us how to pray with our eyes closed. When we opened them, they had the land and we had the Bible."

document 4 & 5

"When the whites came to our country,we had the land and they had the bible,and now we have the bible". The Africans felt like the were equal the missionaries since the missionaries
Document 4:
"When the whites came to our country, we had the land and they had the bible, now we the bible and they have the land".
Answer: the whites came with they religion and took thier land and all they had was they belief and a damage society
African proverb

4. How did the africans feel about the missionaries?
Answer: the africans felt like thier life and the families was in danger because of the missionaries advanages.

Document 5:

The white man killed my father
My father was proud
The white man seduced my mother,
My mother was beautiful.
The white man burnt my brother beneath the noonday sun,
My bother was strong
His hands red with black blood
The white men turned to me
And in the Conqueror's vocie said,
"Boy!a chair, a napkin, a drink.
An Anthology of West African Verse, David Diop, 1957

5.What were some negative effects of imperialism on Africian?

DBQ 4 and 5

Document 4: I think they feel good becouse they have more information or knowledge about who was God.

Document 5: killing, abuse,executions, and slavement becouse the whites men are doing bad things to this people, and they kill,burnt, and seduced people and then kill them.

Document 4

"When the whites came to our country, we had the land and they had the Bible, now we have the Bible."

Friday, October 29, 2010

child labor laws

the children starting working at a young age most likely at seven years old.
2. the children used to work in the factories because the factory work use to be a huge job. factory working became very successful because everyone wantd to grow their crops in order to provide for their families.
3. working conditions were extremely dangerous because the chiuldreen did not have proper chlothes and the the machines were dangerous

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Child Labor Laws During the Industrial Revolution

Question
How old did children have to be to start working?
Why did they mostly have to work in factories ?
Was the working condidtions dangerous to children? In what ways were they dangerous, explain
Do you agree with young children working, explain
Do you think the child labor laws was well over due ?