Read the following web page:
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/government/excluded.htm
Write a reaction to the information you learn. In your response, include specific details from the web page. Please also include a connection pertinent to what we have been discussing in class, whether it be Cisneros, minority groups, or women's rights. Comment on at least one other post.
This article shows how the rich people were not equal to the black people, poor people, women, and Native Americans. In fact, The wife of one of the men writing the Constitution, proposed to give equal rights also to women, but he answered saying that he must safe "masculine system." At the end, he "did not include equal any rights for women in the Constitution."
ReplyDeleteOn the Jews' perspective, the Constitution was not very successful. It looks very unethical, because even though they had the protection from the government as part of the citizens, they couldn't vote or be elected in the Congress. Finally "in some states, like Maryland and North Carolina, non-Christians could not legally be judges or elected officials for more than fifty years after the Constitution passed."
The wowen and the jewish people were not the only one to ask for equal rights. The black people felt equal to all the citizens in the United States, so they asked to change the actual Constitution. There were people who agreed with them suck as Thomas Jefferson and Henry Laurens, but other people as James Otis who believed it was"the most shocking violation of the laws of nature."
The Native Americans asked for equal rights, but there were not included in the Constitution until 1889 because the people who wrote the Constitution thought that they were not part of the United States. Some people like John Adams were surprised about that, because the Constitution states that "all men were created equal."
The Constitution said that people who did not own a property couldn't vote,so the poor people didn't have the right to vote.
It's possible to see how many disadvantages had most of the population who formed the United States. The Laws were not ethical and were not considered equal to all the citizens. The majority group was formed by white men who believed to be "smart and sensible", so to have the right of voting. Also, the article describes the power of rich men as a "masculine system" which must not be changed. In conclusion, the article about Constitution and the right to vote describes the traditional "masculine system" dominated by inequality among the people in the United States.
This article reveals the disadvantages among the mexican population. As the author wrote in her book " The House on Mango Street", there was a lot of differences between boys and girls. In fact, the men were considered much more important and the ones to led the family. The women's job was to get married and to have children. This way of acting, it is also showed also in the first chapters of the book when Esperanza says that their brothers treated her and her sisters with superiority without interact with them outside the house. In conclusion, the article is pertinent with the book read in class "The House on Mango Street."
After reading the web, I was not surprised because I have already studied the history concerning women’s right however I felt very disappointed when I read John Adam’s response to his wife when she suggested him to include women’s right in the Constitution, he answered " As to your extraordinary Code of Laws, I cannot but laugh...We know better than to repeal our masculine systems," a response that shocked me because his personal thought reflected the general point of view in that time. The situation reminds me of Esperanza’s great grandmother who could not live the life that she desired and was forced to stay at home and be submitted to her husband.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this article I acquired more knowledge on the human rights in America. This article is about how people were treated differently because of where they were from, how much money they had, the color of their skin and their religion. I already knew most of the facts in this article because I have been studying history for a lot of years, but there were still two parts of the article that shocked me reading them. On of them is the Native Americans that could not vote, they were the first real Americans and I thought that after the Indian wars they gained the right to vote. The other part was the one of the poor white men. They could not vote just because they did not have as much money as other white men and they did not have private property. The other rich white men said that the poor were not intelligent as the rich but I do not think that its a right statement. Finally I do not agree with what the first Bill Of Rights said.
ReplyDeleteThis article shows how in the United States there were no equal rights for people. Only who was white and rich had privileges, women, jews, African- Americans, Native Americans and poor white people couldn't even vote. This article makes me think about the essay we did, "Who Are You" and about the factors that can determine your race. It also makes me think about almost all the discussions we had in class, about Sandra Cisneros, the minority and majority groups and women's right. This article include almost all the topics of "The House on Mango Street", minority groups, women's right and the demand of equal rights for everyone. Getting back to the article, I think its unbelievable that in the 19th century there were no equal rights in the United States.
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This article is about the difference of races that came out when it was time for the United States to do the constitution. As we learned in the article, many of the groups of different people that lived in the US at that time did not have the same rights as others, especially the white and rich people. As we learned in class minority groups can influence a lot. In this case, because the non white ones and the non-christian ones were a minority group, when it came to the rights they suffered this "difference". In conclusion, fortunately today almost in every part of the world, rights are the same for everybody.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was reading this article, in my head i was thinking how difficult it was for women's, jews, african-american to live a normal life. With this article I acquired a lot of important informations on human rights. All people should be treated in the same exact way. You cant penalize a person because of his skin color, sex, or religion.I feel sorry for the people that were considered a minor race. The thing that really shocked me of this article is that people could not vote just because they did not have money.
ReplyDeleteAs I read the article, it seemed that I was reviewing for a history test. These points were obviously things that I already knew. The Jews situation is similar as Sandra Cisneiros situation. They didn't have the same rights of other people. I was not shocked as I read "As to your extraordinary Code of Laws, I cannot but laugh...We know better than to repeal our masculine systems". These are things that happened during that time period. The "masculine system" was strong and it had much power. Obviously the women had to fight for their right, that later they achieved. In conclusion I didn't really learn nothing, as I have a passion for history and I personally think it is the knowledge of all human beings, I already knew all of what is stated in the article. I can only say that the women faced an awful period but afterwards they achieved what they wanted. I want to state that in my opinion John Adams was a great man.
ReplyDeleteI all ready knew about the inequality between man and woman. This problem is getting better very slowly. Today, women still have a lower salary, the right of voting is still banned for women in Saudi Arabia. Native americans were discriminated, and could not have the right that all the other white people had. In the world there are still places with high discrimination and powerless women, while most of the world is slowly reaching equality between humans. I think that some places will never change but I'm glad that most of the world is on the right track
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this website, I was not amazed about it because I studied the American Revolution and Women's rights in Western Civilization class 2 years ago. However, I believe in equality and freedom. I think all women, African-American,Jews and Moslems (Muslims is correct spelling), and Native Americans should have the right to vote for the Constitution. It is not fair to judge a person for something they were born with/born to be (skin color, religion, race,etc.)
ReplyDeleteThis article is particularly regarding the differences present during the period of the constitution of the United States. The major differences were between the black people and the white people. When they began to wrap togehter the best for all there had to be someone that had less, as always they chose the ones which had never had the same rights as other human beings , the black people. From this point in his story there began racism.
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