Question #12

Q: What did strikers do?
A: Strikers would disrupt rail service from Baltimore to St. Louis, destroyed equipment, and rioted in the streets of Pittsburg and other large cities. 

"Nation of Immigrants"

A “Nation of Immigrants” is like a common group for any and all cultures, genders, and ethnic groups. It is commonly referred to as a Melting Pot. The characteristics of those who decide to immigrate and leave their homeland is that of someone who is taking a leap of faith, and is being extremely courageous. Those who leave their homeland for America generally leave do to: sees little opportunity for themselves in their homeland; or they are seeking a setting that fits them; is seeking shelter from oppression; or seeking a way out of a bad situation. Those who have immigrated have a profound effect on how America was shaped, they take the jobs that most wouldn’t do, their cultures, traditions, and holidays have become imbedded into our own calendar. They also bring along their cultural dishes and foods.

                I do not feel a great connection to my ancestors, but I do feel very aware of my ancestry in many cases. That is because as you go further back in your ancestry the amount of documentation decreases rapidly, I do not have a wealth of knowledge on my ancestors that those in the film are presented with. But I am very aware of my ancestors because my, father, grandfather, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother would tell me stories that as a child they had heard about those before them, about who they were.

Faces of America Film Response

               The films were documentaries about discovering a persons, which in the films were all famous American celebrities, family tree and their ancestry and to show that everyone has an immigrant to the U.S. somewhere in their family tree. The films showed the host with one person at a time going over a book that had been put together for them. Through that process, the guest with whom the host was telling them about their ancestry would come across at least one, and at many times more, surprising fact or item they hadn't known.

                People learn new things and come to appreciate things that they didn't know before or didn't appreciate as much. They learn about what type of culture, background, environment, and hardships their ancestors come from and endured. This brings cause for a new appreciation of what they went through to get to the U.S. and their experiences, which if not taken from diaries or journals come from secondhand accounts. This leads you to the realization that there are many things about our past history that we aren't aware of.