To many peoples, even before european encroachment. It was always an important crossroads for many ancient people to come to this area. It was rich in resources. The rivers had fish in them. There was a lot of game in this area. We think as many as 14 different tribes used this area. No one tribe had a monopoly in this area. I would like to welcome you to missouri headwaters state park. We are at the headwaters of the missouri. Just west of where we are standing is where the madison and Jefferson Rivers come together to form the missouri. On our right, below us is the gallatin river. Some people refer to this as the three forks area. We have these three rivers that come together and form the missouri. This park has a lot of historical significance, especially with the lewis and Clark Expedition that came through here in 1805 searching for the headwaters of the missouri. When they arrived in this area, they realized they probably were not going to find a water route to the west. They ha
Developments shaped the civil war, and hopefully get a sense of whats going on outside, in the rest of the world. In some ways, this is not a new thing. People have been writing diplomatic histories of the civil war really since the years after the conflict ended. But the combination of the sesquicentennial, a new rethinking of 19thcentury globalization, and really the current context in which americans are sort of rethinking what it means to be part of a larger world, in a postcold war era, has generated a lot of rich scholarship that situates the u. S. Civil war in a broader context. Were fortunate to have three young, excellent scholars who will help guide us through this, and we of course look forward to your questions at the end. Im going to start here to my left. Dave thomson is assistant professor of history at sacred heart university, and is proud to acknowledge he was a High School Scholarship student some time ago. [applause] his research focuses on finance during the America
Slavery in the united states, through 1950. This was a period that witnessed both progress and backlash. For black americans. After the civil war black virginians and americans embrace new opportunities with new education, new civil rights, political participation, building new communities, starting new businesses and so forth. On one hand, black lives flourished under the new promises afforded by freedom in American Society. Black people suffered from backlash from the white establishment that wanted to reassert its power and supremacy and control over people of color. At the same time that we see the amazing strides in black process, we also see regress in the form of disenfranchisement legalized segregation in American Society. We will look at a few stories that exemplify push and pull dynamic of progress and backlash. The section starts with reconstruction and key legislative amendments that fundamentally shape the rights of black people in america. The 13th amendment, first in 186
In some ways, this is not a new thing. People have been writing diplomatic histories of the e the conflict ended. I think a combination of the centennial rethinking of what 19thcentury globalization is. And our current context in which americans are rethinking what it means to be part of a larger world in a postcold war era has generated a lot of rich scholarship in the last decade or so that situates the u. S. Civil war in a broader context. We are fortunate to have three young and excellent scholars who are going to help guide us through this. We look forward to our questions at the end. I will start here to my left, assistantson is professor of history at sacred heart university. Proud to acknowledge he is a High School Scholarship student some time ago. His research focuses on finance during the American Civil War and his first book Global Financial markets and civil war era is slated for publication in 2020. Left of him is andre fleche, a professor of history. His first book, the
Primary sources, secondary sources, and thinking critically about that and why their topic was important in history, as related to the annual theme. This year, the theme is triumph nd tragedy in history. We have at all kinds of different angles, perspectives for kids to look at, and this year it is triumph and tragedy. So we have topics ranging from indian treaties to world war ii, to helen keller, the partition of india, you name it. Really fascinating, interesting topics, and they present findings in different formats. For one of the categories, you see behind me, the exhibit category. Also a paper category, and dramatic performance, documentary, or website. So history day gives kids an opportunity to be creative in the way in which they present their information. And they enter at a local level, students who win move up to the state level of competition, and then the winners come here to the national event. So about 600,000 kids participate at the first level, in every state, d. C.