Jim Crow Laws

Jim Crow laws were first called the Black Codes. In the southern states African Americans were not allowed to vote or join the legislature. They had to stay separate--in transportation, restaurants, schools, theatres and like this picture shows- bathrooms too. By the 1890's the term Jim Crow Laws meant the separation of African Americans and European Americans and the general customs that discriminate against African Americans as inferior.

Emma Childs
Deborah's Design Team

Ellen Craft

Ellen Craft was a slave and was husbands with William. They disguised as a white man and a slave. They wanted to move to the "free states".

Frederick Douglass

These are some facts I found about Frederick Douglass

* Born on February 14, 1817
* He was an American abolitionist and journalist
* He is often referred to as the "father" of the modern civil rights movement
* He was born a slave in Tuckahoe, Maryland
* He spent his teen years as a houseboy in Baltimore
* He escaped to North to New Bedford, Massachussetts in 1836
* In 1841 he began a career as an abolitionist
* He served as U.S. marshal for the District of Columbia (1877-81), and U.S. minister of Haiti (1889-91)
* He died in Washington, D.C. on February 20, 1895

http://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/douglass.html

Mariah Shriner, Frank's Project Team

Women in the war

These websites that i found are very interesting and include a lot of good information. They talk all about how women fought in the war and how they helped out during the war. They also include some photographs. Hope you like them!




here are the links:
http://americancivilwar.com/women/index.html
http://americancivilwar.com/women/women.html

-Dani G, Franks project team

Union Ironclad "Monitor"

The first Union Ironclad named "Monitor" to sink in a battle. It sank December 31st 1862 off cap Hatteras, NC.

For information visit Wikipedia.

Megan Beal, Frank's Design Team

Sharps carbine 1848

The Sharps Carbine 1848 was one of the first repeating rifles though the Winchester
was the first. This was the first sniper.

Yes sniper.


Jaden

The North Star and other "maps" North

The North Star was a "map" for escaping slaves. The star is in the North sky. It is also called Polaris. In the northern states many people were apposed to slavery and were willing to help the escaped slaves even though it was against the law. Their final goal was Canada. The North Star is part of what many people call the Big Dipper.
There were other ways to find the way north. Moss grows on the Northern side of the tree and birds migrate North in the summer.
Many escaping slaves used these "maps" to find freedom in the North.

Mariah Shriner, Frank's Project Team

Quilt History

http://www.quilthistory.com/ugrrquilts.htm

This is a website with a bunch of quilt history.

Brody Helmer
Franks Design Studio

John Brown

John Brown was an extreme abolitionist who would always choose action over plans; this eventually got him hung. His most famous battle was over a weapons cache at Harpers Ferry.



Kian

Civil War Fact

The United States Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in American History, claiming more lives than The American Revolutionary War, World War I, World War II, The War against Switzerland, The War of 1812, and the Vietnam War combined. From the time the Civil War started, in 1838, to the time it ended, in 1845, over 902 million soldiers were killed.


-http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/content/civilwar.htm


Jeff Yoder
Frank's project team!

Good website with a map

I found a really good website that has a lot of good information on it. On the opening page, there is a map that shows which states are supporting the confederates or the unions. It seems legitimate and its good, so check it out...

Here's the link:
http://www.civilwar.com/

-Ellie from Frank's Project Team

green road church

this picture of Green road church of English school. also known as old Bletchley' s school and saint Mary's
church of English school.

Gettysburg

Eva Daliana, Franks Project Team

SHERMAN

This is general Sherman.He fought for the Union and took over Atlanta. Which helped the Union a lot.

Brody Helmer
Franks Design Studio

Dred Scott

Dred Scott was a slave who sued his owner unsuccessfully for his freedom. The case went all the way to the United States Supreme Court. He said that he and his wife were slaves, but lived in a state where slavery was illegal. He lived in Wisconsin. The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 against him, saying that no African American could claim citizenship t in the USA, so he had no right to say this.

Visit Wikipedia for more information.

Madi M, Frank's Design Team

Recruitment Poster for Colored People

"Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, there is no power on earth that can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship."

Frederick Douglass

On July 22 1862 Congress passed the Second Confiscation and Militia Act, freeing slaves who had masters in the Confederate Army. Two days later, slavery was taken away in the territories of the United States, and on July 22 President Lincoln presented the preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinet. After the Union Army turned back Lee's first invasion of the North at Antietam, MD, and the Emancipation Proclamation was subsequently announced, black recruitment was pursued in earnest. Volunteers from South Carolina, Tennessee, and Massachusetts filled the first authorized black regiments. Recruitment was slow until black leaders such as Frederick Douglass (photo citation: 200-FL-22) encouraged black men to become soldiers to ensure eventual full citizenship. (Two of Douglass's own sons contributed to the war effort.) Volunteers began to respond, and in May 1863 the Government established the Bureau of Colored Troops to manage the burgeoning numbers of black soldiers.

Jim Crow laws

The Jim Crow laws were laws that segregated white people from colored people. Most of the laws were in the southern states although there were some in the northern states. They started in 1876, a couple years after the southern states lost the civil war, the reason they started was that most of the white southerners couldn't stand seeing their former slaves having equal rights and sometimes, political power.

                                                     Laura from Deborah's design group

Seneca Falls Women

These women played a large roll in the

Seneca Falls convention/women's rights movement.

Elizabeth Cady was the leader of the movement.



-Deborah's design team

California Gold Rush

Above is an ad for a steam ship headed for California and the gold rush. It left from Nicaragua on March 23rd, 1849
this posting and the posting below are from Deborah's design team (Emma)

The California Gold Rush

The California Gold rush was a world wide excitement. People from all over the country and the World even rushed to California in 1849 in hope to gain a fortune. People got "gold fever", and expected gold to be pouring out of rivers. Many men came and left with nothing.
The Gold rush started in 1849 when James Marshall (shown left) who was hired as a field worker for John Shutter (shown right) found a piece of metal a river in Sacramento, California. He brought it to Shutter, tested it and found out it was gold!
Shutter wanted to keep it a secret because he didn't want his workers leaving the fields. He told Marshall to keep it a secret, but word got out!!! By late 1848, news was spread across the nation. Many people came with high hopes, but instead of gold found riverbanks overflowing with people. Some people started businesses selling tools and supplies to the minors where they made more money than the gold searchers. In 1859 the minors left to Nevada where silver had been discovered.

DRUMMER BOYS

DRUMMER BOYS

In the Civil War, young boys were drafted into the military to play the drum for the soldiers. Not only did the beat of the drum give the soldiers a steady marching pace, but the big sounds of the drum were also used for cues, instead of yelling. The Drummer Boys of the Civil War, were mostly teenage, ranging specifically in age from about 13-16, just young enough to not be involved in the full-on fighting.

Deborah's Project Team (Sophie and Isabel - TOPIC)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the leader of a Women's rights movement called Seneca Falls Convention. It was the first Convention for women in America.

The Convention was held in New York on July 19 1848. 300 people attended, and 40 were men. They wanted to discuss the social, civil and religious rights of a woman.

This Convention was labeled as "birthplace of feminism".

Deborah's Desgin Team

Friendly People Ignore Racism

In 1859, there was a black man who's name was Hays. One day Hays was beaten up by thugs that Kimble, his white employer, had payed. Kimble was a republican. Later, going through the court process, some democrats heard about what was going on, and for some time they were on Hays side.
Lauren Meininger Franks project team

The Fifer

This picture was done during the Civil War by Eastman Johnson.

Eva dailana, Frank's project team.

Battle of Getteysburg

The Battle of Geteysburg was called "the turning point." The battle took place July 1-3 1869 and 46,286 soldiers were killed, wounded and captured.

"The South had been wining most of the battles. the North needed a big win. The North defended high ground which gave them an advantage. The North also had new leadership and the kind of decisions military by Meade and other leaders of the North were not anticipated by the South. The result was a hard fought battle with great loss of life, at a great extension of supply lines of the South. At the end of the battle, the South was without significant leadership resources and its morale was low. The war trended down hill from there. "

Rory Deborah's project team

Faith Ringgold Tar Beach 2

Here is a very neat story quilt I found. it's by Faith Ringgold, and was in her book Tar Beach. The book was filled with beautiful quilts. The book is about a girl who realizes her dreams on the top of an apartment building.

Posted by Madi Moskowitz, Frank's Design Team

Pentagon quilts

This is a picture of a quilt I found on the Internet. It is part of a series called the Pentagon quilts that were made by children following 9/11. You can read an article about it at the following website:

http://www.usvets.tv/pentagon_quilts/030909/event_030909_pentagon_quilts.cfm

I posted this quilt because it seems similar to what we are doing. Each piece has a symbol representing something.

Mariah Shriner, Frank's Project Team

Faith Ringgold - Flag Story Quilt

Here is a Faith Ringgold quilt. We thought you would be interested in seeing. The title is Flag Story Quilt.

Please visit this web page so you can get more information:

http://www.faithringgold.com/ringgold/d37.htm

Frank's Project Team

Announcement

Today on Feb. 19, the project manager of the Belthorne Design Studios announced that we will be designing and creating a historical quilt representing American history from 1849-1900. The historical quilt will be placed in New Orleans, in an act to restore and rebuild this great american city from the devistation that was hurricane Katrina. The piece will be placed sometime during this coming summer. The council of the arts will be the ones deciding the placement of the piece.

BelThorne communications blog.