Cole's US History Blog

      According to New York Times,   the U.S. has 270 million guns and had 90 million mass shooters from the time of 1966-2012. No other country has more than 46 million guns and 18 million mass shooters. We have more guns than any other country and have had more mass shootings than any other countries.  There were  13,286 people shot and killed by a gun in 2015, and  26,819 were injured by a gun the same year. Although that is a big number for amount of deaths done by guns there are more deaths done by cars, in 2016 there were 37,461 deaths by car. So more people die by car wrecks or getting hit by a car annually than by getting killed by a gun.          Also most of the mass shooters were white men but only 1/4 of them were actually mental ill according to Dr. Michael Stone.   According to John Kruzel, " Under this definition,  Mother Jones  found that non-Hispanic white men have been responsible for...

One Sentence: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." One Phrase: "because the goal of America is freedom." One Word: Freedom.

Department Stores and Urbanization Picture of a women as a sales clerk During the 1910's - 20's department stores totally changed the amount of freedom women had. Before then women would be at home doing motherly things like taking care of the kids, cleaning, cooking, and more. But once department stores were booming, the role of the women changed in a way. Women were able to work, get a paycheck, leave the house alone, and were given a sense of freedom. Although they were given this they were not fully given the right to freedom. During urbanization department stores gave women autonomy and a sense of freedom while reinforcing their private sphere. Women could now spend their time out of the house and shop. Shopping led women to believe they were gaining independence, according to Amy Henderson , “shopping was a declaration of independence.” So women left their homes alone and went to shop. Not only did they just shop but Ladies Mile in New York which was a h...