Thomas Jefferson

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Influenza epidemic of 1918

Please watch my slideshow by clicking HERE! The sites I used were http://www.flu.gov/pandemic/history/ , https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ , and http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/influenza-epidemic/ . Hope you like it!!

Cholera outbreak

Check out my presentation on the Cholera outbreak by clicking HERE! The sources I used for this presentations were http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/broadstreetpump.html , http://www.udel.edu/johnmack/frec682/cholera/ , and http://homeoint.org/morrell/londonhh/outbreak.htm. Hope you like it!

Black Sunday

It was a bright, clear Sunday morning on April 14, 1935. Farmers were working, and children were playing outside in the suitable spring weather. Since the Dust Bowl of the Great Plains had started, there hadn’t been a day this calm nor the skies this clear, nor the air this, well and breathable. To the Great Plains farmers in the 1930’s, nothing could have been better than walking out of the one room churches with their families taking in the fresh air that they had longed for.

But, as “Mother Nature” would have it, a black cloud hit the area around 5:15 pm. Everything went black. Nobody could see anything except for blackness. That’s how that Sunday got it’s name, Black Sunday.

“I can’t recall any dust storms because I was born in 1933. But I do remember mother and father talking about putting wet rags in the cracks of the windows and under the doors...” recalled Marion Renner, Black Sunday encounter.

Maybe if farmers would not have cut down all of the trees, Black Sunday would not have happened. Maybe it would have still happened as a result of the great plow up. America may never find out. But we can learn from our mistakes and try to prevent any environmental disaster like this from happening again to America.

To learn more about Black Sunday, click HERE, HERE or HERE.

Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. Susan grew up in a very religious home. In her young years, she grew a sense of justice for her country after getting arrested for trying to vote. She was taken to trial and realized that everyone in the courtroom were males. Susan decided that women should have an equal chance to be in politics just as much as men.

After 15 years of teaching, she retired and made a name for herself in probation for protesting when the government said no to her suggestions. Though not aloud at rallies (because she was a women and women weren't aloud in politics in the 1800's), Susan still made a point of herself.

Susan B. Anthony, joined women's rights in 1852. She ignored all of the discouragement and abuse that could have stopped her and disappointed her. Because of that, Susan became a women’s rights spokesperson and became known throughout politics discussing that subject.

Anthony also helped abolish slavery. She believed that women in poverty should be able to earn a living for their children and families. In her later life, she persuaded Rochester University to allow women to attend. Susan B. Anthony had a great impact on America and American women. Anthony died on March 15, 1906.

To learn more about Susan B. Anthony click HERE, HERE or HERE.