Thursday, April 30, 2015

Lone Star by Fehrenbach Reading Assignment #6 (p.g. 410) "Politics and Black's Right To Vote during Reconstruction"


Fehrenbach writes about how any Confederate that was in office was removed and replaced by a Union soldier or congressman. He also writes about how the some whites supported the blacks to vote and some did not.


  • Anyone who worked in office with a Confederate background were dismissed from command.
  • All Confederates were replaced with congressmen with a Union background.
  • Confederates were prejudiced or hated throughout the Reconstruction period.
  • Some whites treated the blacks in a good manor: The Freedmen's Bureau helped the blacks vote and get civil rights.
  • Some whites treated the blacks in an evil manor: The Ku Klux Klan appeared in Texas and started to protest against the black's right to vote. They would eventually start lynching amd burning blacks.  

Thursday, April 23, 2015

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" Questions


                     


  1. On the fourth paragraph, he said the event happened in '49 or '50. Does this story take place in the 19th or 20th century?
  2. What is the gender of the narrator?
  3. What is a "bull pup?"
  4. Why was Jim Smiley naming different animals that could be in his box when talking to the man?
  5. What is quail shot?
  6. Why would Mark Twain write this story?