Halloween Spending

the cost of halloween is projected to rise 9% from last year to 6.86 billion. This is a rapid growth and spending 6.86 billion and its even for something thats not even a religious holiday and yet its still celebrated world wide.

Unions

 The kinds of small, individual unions of skilled crafted workers that had long existed in the
United States could not hope to do what?

These small unions could not hope to gain power against thier employer or company because they were such a small group with very little influence. This is why later these people began to form much larger unions to be able to effectively go on strike.

Women and the Knight of Labor

Who was the membership open to, and what kinds of people were excluded?

Women were excluded from the nights of labor and the membership was open to business men and skilled workers. This showed that women were not valued enough to become part of this organization.

IMMIGRANTS ...... Brah

I think it is GREAT that our country is a nation of immigrants. It is one very important thing that sets us apart from almost every other country in the world, and the fact that we are the most powerful country in the world also. Our country started with so many courage people and family's who had the courage to leave their friends, some family members, and their old life completely behind.

I do not feel a good connection with most of my ancestors because i really only know about my grandparents which is as far back in my family tree as I know for sure, I would love to get a lot more information about my family's past, because im really not sure about where my roots are. The show faces of America would benefit me in a great way because I'm very interested in my ancestors, but I just don't know a lot about them.

Faces of America

During class we watched two films in the series called Faces of America. This show focused on a few people know nation wide with many different cultural backgrounds. These films showed us the importance of knowing their own family history and the journeys many of their ancestors had to take to get to this country.

One of the films had Desperate Housewife star Eva Longoria and it discussed her family history, and how her family was very important in the state of Texas. It showed some of the sacrifices her family had to make before she was even born, and this helped her to get where she is today, This shows the importance of how family history can effect a person, because she learned some new things about her ancestors she didn't know before.