This is Cassandra R from period 6 20th Century. On April 29, 2011 the Royal Wedding was held for William and Kate Middleton. The wedding was held at Westminster Abbey, which is home to great amounts of English history. This wedding held a huge purpose in the English’s culture. After Prince William’s father, Prince Charles, takes the throne William will then become king of England. We, as American’s, are fascinated by this wedding due to it’s extravagance. Although it holds no real importance to us, we enjoy watching such a monumental moment. The wedding was beautiful and was a happy occasion to enjoy despite whatever problems America is having. A major difference I saw during the wedding was that Kate was not the only one wearing white, unlike our traditions. I found it interesting that the wedding is such a magnificent thing in England. We do not make such great deals of any weddings, no matter how important the person is. American’s do not rejoice in the happiness of our leaders. The Royal Wedding was a wonderful thing to watch and enjoy for all Americans.

I’m Cassandra R in Mr. Salvucci’s period six 20th Century class.

The Tuskegee Airmen came to be as a controlled experiment for the American Military. The purpose of this experiment was to see if colored pilots could serve as well as the current white pilots. The African American pilots in training were assigned to the training institute in Tuskegee, Alabama to begin the experiment. They were trained at a higher standards that the white pilots, which was seen unfair disadvantage. They just wanted fair treatment, but this is difficult when blacks are still seen as different from whites.

In the beginning the pilots in training were not seen as a good idea by many. They were thought too uneducated to understand the complexities of flying a plane. They were doubted until they saved a bomber plane that was not assigned to them who had lost their escorts. Eventually they were seen as good, if not better than, the white pilots.

They were soon not assigned, but requested for bomber escort by white pilots who saw them as their best chance at protection. The Tuskegee Airmen never lost a single bomber plane to enemies when they flew as the escort team. This made many change views on the capabilities of African Americans. They realized that they are just as capable of serving their country as whites. Their legacy lives on because they were great airmen in WWII.

My name is Cassandra R from Mr. Sal’s period 6 US History class. In the early 1900’s working conditions were horrible for the average worker. None of the newly made factories were safe or clean for human beings and the workers were not paid good wages. Production of meat was done in unsanitary conditions and ended up sold when it was already spoiled, leading to sick consumers. Also, in one factory locked it’s doors so workers could not leave during breaks but this led to disaster when a fire broke out and the workers could not get out to save their lives. People like muckrakers tried to fix this problem by writing about the terrible conditions. One muckraker in particular, Upton Sinclair, wrote about the terrible conditions of a meat packing plant. This brought about changes to make the factories safer and more sanitary for the workers. It didn’t make things 100% better, but definitely improved conditions for the everyday 1900’s workers.

Hey, this is Cassie R in period 6 US History. I would like to learn more about the Great Depression because it interests me and I only know what happened in foreign countries, not America. I want to learn about the Dust Bowl because I watched a program about it once and I wanted to learn more details about how America coped with it. I would also like to learn more about the iPods and the Polyvision board because we use both in class and it would benefit my grade for this class.