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Talk:American History Lecture Seven (view source)
Revision as of 14:41, October 21, 2008
, 14:41, October 21, 2008→Bryan and the Cross of Gold Speech
I'd also suggest adding some more commentary around Bryan and the Cross of Gold speech, because it presents some interesting contrasts to conventional conservative economic thinking. In his speech he rails against what we'd consider Reagan's supply-side economics, and his support for special interests at the cost of national inflation is hardly what someone Like Alan Greenspan would endorse. The speech was an important milestone in American history and deserves mention, but more context would help. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 14:15, 19 August 2008 (EDT)
I'd also suggest adding some more commentary around Bryan and the Cross of Gold speech, because it presents some interesting contrasts to conventional conservative economic thinking. In his speech he rails against what we'd consider Reagan's supply-side economics, and his support for special interests at the cost of national inflation is hardly what someone Like Alan Greenspan would endorse. The speech was an important milestone in American history and deserves mention, but more context would help. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 14:15, 19 August 2008 (EDT)
==Native Americans==
The reference to the Dawes Act is is good, but the section overall seems contradictory. It starts off by discussing how some considered the treatment of the Native Americans by the U.S. to be unjust, and that the Dawes Act was a flawed way to address it. However, the intent of the Dawes Act was to replace communal living with individual property ownership - a conservative value. In admitting that the Dawes Act failed, there's an implicit statement that the culture and lifestyle of the Native Americans was incompatible with the European culture that was trying to replace it. There's also no mention of anything that was done after the Dawes Act to improve the conditions for the Native Americans, so the conclusion is that the treatment of Native Americans by the European settlers, and ultimately by the Americans descended from them, was not just unjust, but also never properly rectified. Can this section be expanded to clarify the insights you want the students to gain regarding the Native Americans? Thanks. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 10:41, 21 October 2008 (EDT)