Steel Plow Presentation

I must say I am quite excited to present my groups steel plow project tomorrow. I think we did a good job, and our presentation will entice the judges. I know this wasn't assigned. I'll do it anyways though. Anyways, just an update, and sophia.org is pretty awesome.

Soddies

Today in class we learned about what it was like to live in a soddie. The first activity I did helped teach me how it felt to have your picture taken in the late 1800s. The camera would take around one minute to take a picture. The people in the picture would have to stand perfectly still to make sure the picture wasn't blurry. I probably couldn't stand still for one minute, and if I was to take a picture like this it would be extremely blurry. Then we got to smell some sod. It was kind of like wet grass, it smelt pretty bad though. Although I do believe that after a while you would get used to the smell. Then we got to stay in a "soddie" made of desks. It was extremely small, and I don't see how more than one bed would fit in it if a stove and table were included in it. It would be quite uncomfortable living conditions. I would probably end up just killing myself, since the space in the room was so small. I wouldn't be able to live in such a confined space all my life. Especially if I had to do so alone.

Erie Canal has a Positive Impact on -ociety

The Erie Canal was completed in 1825. The Erie Canal offered safe, cheap, and fast travel from Ohio to New York or vice-versa. It connected The Hudson River and Lake Erie which is one of the Great Lakes. It was at one part called the eighth wonder of the world. As it should have been at the time, it helped businesses from Ohio expand and gain revenue. Although it did have it's drawbacks such as granting the cholera disease easier ways to spread, and it did cost a lot of money.  It also helped trade in the US expanded greatly. Not only were traders from Ohio given a chance to expand. It also allowed the people from the east to migrate west for a cheaper price. Instead of the normal 100 dollars to travel from Ohio to New York or vice-versa it was now priced at a convenient price of 10 dollars. All in all the goods of the Erie Canal outweighed the bads. It also payed off all of it's debts and generated excess money as well.

What I learned about the War of 1812 (STEP 9)

Today, in history class we went over some of the leading factors of the War of 1812. The factor that I was assigned to was "The Orders of the Council" in Britain. The Orders of the Council in Britain was basically a Trade Embargo that unlike the French, Britain could maintain. France's Continental Supply                   was a failure because France didn't have the naval power to uphold it. However, Britain did have the naval power to withhold it, and upheld it. I believe that this was the main factor that led to the War of 1812. Impressment wasn't as important. It could lead to a revolt but it wouldn't lead to the government declaring war. The Chesapeake Affair was a battle between Britain and USA, but there were battles during the trade embargo as well. Finally the Incitement was probably the 2nd most prevalent. With Britain arming Native Americans and having them attack us is call for a war. However, I still believe that the trade embargo is more important because it cut us off from British resources, and it was an international issue.

Corps Discovery