Then and Now: Bicycle Craze

Then

Now

Sources:

http://www.metaefficient.com/bicycles/schwinn-electric-bikes-now-available.html

http://www.copakeauction.com/bicycles/2004-bike-post2.html

By Beilul

Then and Now: Fashions

Then

Now

Sources:

http://nowandthen1850s.blogspot.com/2007/11/fashion.html

http://www.schenz.com/ts_costumes.html

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2008262459_webfashionlakevan.html

By Beilul

Then and Now: Problems

Racism is still rampant.

http://salaamsblog.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/20000119edhan-a.gif

By Abby

Pre-Civil War: What were the advantages of the slave system?

Provided a cheap labor source.

Helped cotton become king.

Sources:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ablueslife.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/

http://www.uni.edu/schneidj/webquests/adayinthelife/slaves.html

By Beilul

Pre-Civil War: Why was I the best choice to be president of the Confederacy?

Popular to the masses.

Eloquent Orator and able administrator.

Held many important positions in Washington.

Able military general/ strategist.

Sources:
http://southoaklandducks.net/2009/04/
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/89865188/Hulton-Archive
http://americancivilwar.com/south/jdinaug.html
By Beilul and Abby

Pre-Civil War: What was the planter aristocracy?

It widen the gap between the rich and the poor.


More of an oligarchy than a democracy.
Sources:
http://budz.wordpress.com/2007/05/
http://www.blueoregon.com/2006/07/after_reading_t/
By Beilul and Abby

Civil War: How did the unsatisfactory Southern transportation system hurt the South?

The soliders starved because food could not be transported.

Ammunition was also not arriving because of transportation.

Sources:

http://www.yesterprints.com/demo/american-civil-war-prints.htm

http://ldesign.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/on-reality-part-4-remembering-joe-rosenthal-a-personal-essay-on-war-and-photography/

By Beilul