Gladiator

Imperialism is a big role in alot of the things we see today. A movie that i have seen where i feel imperialism which is a strong nation taking over a weaker one would be gladiators. I feel gldiators shows imperialism because in the beginning of the movie the Roman empire was taking over Germania. The Romans were trying to take over Germania to expand there empire by taking over all the other countries. The Roman Empire was a form of government that had large territorial holdings In Europe and in other places. Early Rome was governed by kings but after 7 had ruled the romans took power and ruled themselves. Instead they had a senate. Roman Empire had 4 diffferent classes of people, the lowest class which were slaves, the next class was known as plebeians the middle class was known as equestrians and the highest class were known as the nobles. The Roman empire lasted almost 500 years. So as you can see the Roman empire was well put together and was a very strong empire. Germania consisted of many different tribes the majority were Germatic. The German system was important to the economy in germany, most of the Germans were farmers but alot of the population were herders. Some crops that were grown were weat,oats etc, Cattle hearding was very important. Germania as you can see does not seem as powerful and strong as the Roman empire but very much as well useful. This all relates back to the movie gladiators because as you have read you can see that the Roman Empire was a much stronger enemy than Germania and as in the movie the stronger ruled the weaker, and throughout history various problems have existed and imperialism has taken place between stronger countries and weaker countries.

air combat

Flying in a plane is frightning for me with 30 people or so. Imagine flying by yourself having a huge target on your back and people wanting to attack your plane and have it fall. They must have been nervous but knew what the task at hand was and knew what they had gotten themselves into and did the job. Planes being shot down, knowing one wrong turn move or shot could put you in danger of having your plane go down or not getting other planes at the right time, basically not completing the task that was asked. It takes alot of training, courage, strength and knowlege to fight in air combat.

communication

Technology has advanced so much since back in the days. People wont believe what type of technology we have. Now a days we dont have to do anything technology does it all for us. Back then during war, solders to communicate with there families and the outside world used paper and pen, because that was all they had. That can cause alot of frustration, using technology is much faster than doing anything by hand. Technology really cant be lossed, loose paper and other things can be lost though. technology and what is written from it is pretty easy to understand. Some people dont have the best hand writing, when you send letters you want people to be able to read your letters. as well as being more effeciant technology is much faster when recieving and sending things out to whoever, wherever. Technology has advanced so much in time.

Panama

Working on the Panama Canal has been strenuous on everyone. Working long long hours, not much break going time and days without eating or taking a break. That is a tuff task to ask of a human being. Noone was physically prepared for this. Being away from family devoting all your time to help and build something useful to everyone. Knowing people were dying and not survivng due to the conditions while building the Panama Canal. Tuff task for anyone to deal with idk how some people may it through but they are very strong and capable human beings.

embelishing

Yellow journalism is commonly known and used by many companies and businesses to make people want to by listen or be interested in what they have to say. For example TMZ deffinately is an example of yellow journalism. They may not know the facts but they will say whatever and do whatever with the things they heard or the resources even though they may not be right. They juice up there stories to make it more interesting and appealing to the audience or there readers.

African Americans

When the civil war ended all the African Americans thought that they had retrieved their freedom, but little did they know it was not what they thought. During reconstruction African Americans were discriminated.. There were laws created that put a strain on African American right. These set of laws were called the Black Code. The whites treated the black very poorly the blacks were under the whites authority. There hope for freedom seemed like it would very long to get to that point. The black code consist of these kind of laws. Blacks who are unemployed could and would be arrested but the trick was they did not make finding a job easy for them either. All these codes made the way the African Americans were living much like slavery. The codes (laws) wanted to make sure that slaves were for sure treated this way. The African Americans have been taken advantage of.   
    The civil rights movement in the 1950's and the 1960's was considered the Southern Freedom Movement. This act was to disagree and band discrimination against the color of your skin, race or religion.The difference between the way African Americans were treated during the Reconstruction era and the civil rights movement was this.During the reconstruction era white tried to do everything possible to restrain African Americans and have them under there authority, wanted to control every aspect of their lives. In the civil rights movement also known as the Southern Freedom Movement tried to help African Americans. The movement tried to enable Africans Americans to have some of their rights and give them what they deserved which was freedom.All these african american people who we can look up to who are icons have chnaged todays society although discrimination is still around and is still know and happens, due to these laws, movements and acts now it is less likely to occur.

the reality of a cowboy

There are many different perceptions about cowboys and their lifestyle. Noone really knows how hard a cowboy has to work unless you are one..Hollywood makes the life of a cowboy way easier then it really is. In Hollywood cowboys are either known as these heroes who saves there lady or some as a bad guy. But that is not it at all the life of a real cowboy is where hard labor takes places working on the farm, Taking care of cattle, the crops and having the strength and courage, Not everyone sees that now a days and they take for granted how hard cowboys really have it.

         Usually in Hollywood or the programs everyone watches today, all you see is cowboys on a horse with a rope, riding through the town with there vest and cowboy boots. Skinny average sized man. Being a cowboy is a lot of responsibility and takes a lot of strength. REAL cowboys do dirty work, for instance tending to the cattle, feeding the animals cleaning up after them taking care of their horses and riding the horses. That is pretty much a cowboys way of transportation is his animal. Cowboys mainly use their horse to work the cattle. These horses did not just get the sense to round up cattle themselves the cowboys had to train them to do these things .They needed to survive and have money. The cowboys had to make sure that they had enough cattle and in good condition to be able to sell.

    Cowboys have to and should be strong and ready for whatever. Not just the horses would do the job for a cowboy. The cowboys worked all day wether it was super hot or super cold the cowboys were out getting their job done. They had to endure some hard labor. They had task such as repairing fences, maintaining the ranch equipment, Not only that they had to know how to care for the animals in whatever condition they were in, wether they were sick, wounded or were in really horrible conditions. Especially if they were on a small ranch, and did not have much help.

    Cowboys also had to know how to be a caretaker. Not only for themselves but for the family they had to feed and for the cattle they had to take care of. The cattle was their main way of either food or the money they received for selling the cattle. They had to make sure before they went to sell the cattle that they were healthy and in good condition. The cowboys had to brand the cowboys with a hot iron, this is usually done when they are calves. Since a cowboy was a provider it was important for one to preform all the task at hand no matter what conditions or situation they were in. They had to get there job done.       
       
    In conclusion these so called “cowboys” we see on tv or movies are not real. Not even half of what we see or hear bout cowboys is the truth. I think Hollywood is giving the wrong message to everyone about cowboys. They endure a lot more then what we thing. Hollywood does not give cowboys enough credit. Everyone should know and learn about the real cowboys and all the hard labor and the conditions and pressure they were under to complete there task.