Week One – Question #1
This novel deals with alternate history. Think about other major events in history and what might have happened if they turned out differently.
Give an example of one historical event and then explain how the world would have been different if the event had ended differently.
A major event in history is th holocost.In the holocost if Hitler would have not have been killed.And the natzis won the war.I believe that the world would not be free.Everyone that is jewish would be distroyed.The military would be made of natzis.Hitler would rule the world.Which would not be good.
I choose the Holocaust because of all the things that happened. Over a million people died due to one racist and closed minded person. After the Holocaust Jewish people have made it a long way. The Holocaust is like an inspiration to most people because people feel like, wow they went through so much and they are still standing and succeeding at anything they do!
The first (and one of the worst) things I think of when I think of historical events is the day of 9/11/01. On that day that the terrorists came and attacked, over 1000 Americans died, and it got alot of people to actually understand how dangerous and violent our world really is. If that never happened, I think Americans reactions to things nowdays, and also their view of life here in America wouldn’t be as enthusiastic as it is now.
Everyone here seemed to choose somethig like the Holocaust or the Civil War so Ive decided to pick not only the first event in history that popped into my head, but also the one nobody has chosen. The Boston Tea Party. I value this act because of all the people who stood up for what they wanted, and what they thought was right. If the Boston Tea Party never occured then taxes would have still been going on and maybe even increased or merged to other acts, lets say taxes on clothing or something. The Boston Tea Party was also said to spark the American Revolution. What if this never ocurred either…
I have a question.. We are all Americans. So why do they refer to some people as: AFRICAN AMERICANS?.
I wasnt born in Africa. Also racisim still occurs everyday. Did you know calling someone “Black” isnt just refering to dark skin. When slave owners had slaves they needed a way to put the slaves down and feel low. So in the Bible it says when u get baptized your soul will be as “WHITE” as snow. Or if you diddnt believe in the Lord; your soul would be “BLACK” and evil. What Im trying to say is calling someone “BLACK” doesnt define a “Brown” person its just “RACISIM IN DISGUISE”.
I chose the Holocaust. Many people think that only jews were effected. But if you werent in the guidlines of Hilters “Aryan” race then you to would be effected. Not many people know this but African Americans and Hispanics were also in the Holocaust. I myself dont know the amount of other races that were killed. But I think if the holocaust never happened Jewish people would have a better relationship with German people.
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Facts about Hitler:
-Hitler was born in Braunan am Inn, Austria, on April 20,1889
– Was born to a Civil Servant Alois Hitler and his cousin/wife Klara
-He was a slow learner and did poorly in school as a result of his authoritarian father
– He was freed when his father died in his mid-sixties and he was only 14yrs and his mother died when he was only 18yrs
-Lived in Vienna between 1909 and 1913
-Tried to enter the Academy for Art in Vienna and was rejected once and failed the second time
– Then moved to Munich (Germany) in 1913 and was there when WW1 broke out in1914
– Hitler tried for the army but failed the fitness examnation
– But then volenteered in a Bavarian Regiment an was assigned as a message runner but also saw combat on the front line
-Was wounded in a gas attack
CHRiSTiNE PERiOD 5., FOR THE COMMENT SUBMITTED ABOVE THiS.
One historical event in history is 9-11. September 11th, 2001 affected the world big time! If it never happened people wouldn’t be so paranoid about airplanes. Also the twin towers would still be standing here today as a trademark of New York City. Lastly, If 9-11 never happened thousands of people would still be living today.
SiNCE i AM JEWiSH MYSELF, i FEEL THAT THE HOLACAUST iS A MAJOR EVENT THAT iF NOT ENDED WOULD AFFECT ME PERSONALLY. LETS JUST SAY THE HOLACAUST WAS STiLL GOiNG ON TODAY……..iM SURE BY NOW THAT JEWiSH RACE WOULD BE DEAD. i kNOW WHAT YOUR THiNkiNG MR. MOSHE…..”HEY THATS ME!” AND YOUR RiGHT..iT’S ME TOO =/ THAT WAS A HORRiBLE EVENT, AND THANkFULLY iT WAS ENDED.
Think about how life would be different if Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was never born. This world as we know it wouldn’t exist. We would have different schools, bathrooms, waiting rooms, restaurants, stores, and so much more. Most of us wouldn’t even be friends with people of a different color because in that world it was wrong. We would still be told it was wrong if Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t right that wrong.
(THE THiRTEENTH AMENDMENT)
THE THiRTEENTH AMENDMENT iS WHAT STOPED SLAVERY. iF THE THiRTEENTH AMENDMENT WAS NEVER CREATED THEN WE MIGHT STiLL BE SLAVES. WE WOULD BE GETTING PAiD IN FOOD AND BE OWNED BY OTHER PEOPLE.
If Christopher Columbus had not made the mistake of taking the wrong way to India, would America ever have been found? Or if the king and queen of Spain would have denied Christopher’s request once again to find a better rout to India? Would America still be an unknown territory with only Indian inhabitants? China would probably be the world’s leading country instead of the U.S.A. Without the U.S, people of all differnet nations would not have a place to have freedom and live a better life. It’s funny how a mistake can lead to a giant discovery like America.
I think that an important historical event was the Louisiana Purchase. What if America didn’t buy the Louisiana Territory from France? Then America would just be on the East side and on the West side, no interior. No Missouri! America doubled after the purchase. Right now, France would control the interior and we would probably be taught a little French culture. America would be a divided country.
Charles P2, the second war with Iraq happened in Bush’s first term as president. If John Kerry was voted as president, he would have A: tried to bring the troops home quicker, or B: do the same thing Bush is doing. Both the republicans and the democrats want our soliders home, but it is a matter of time of how quick they can do that.
If the americans never helped defeat germany help i mean then russia would have fell to germania because the U.S. would of not have been attacking the germans from the East. And after russia which would have fell to germany they would have put a full scale attack on the U.S. after taking out Great Britian.
~The (HOLOCAUST)~
-Imagine! what if we did not participate in World WarII? and did not stop Hitler and let him proceed in his genocide and murders carried out by his 1 million men army?I know he would have spread into Russia killing maybe even wiping out any hope of peace and tranquil out there wiping out all jewish people in the land he has taken over and to make matters worse probally even make plans to take over America starting a genocide of anyone who wasn’t his perfect human and maybe even succeeded! :0
~SEPTEMBER 11, 2001~
-If people new about what was going to happen and didn’t go to work that day a lot more people would have still been alive. Also, we could have prevented by having security guards on the 2 planes that were high jacked. We could of also, evacuated the Twin Towers sooner so we could have saved even more people. Some things are just ment to happen and if this never had happened then it could have changed the future and the time line so some things are good even if their bad.
Jason B-
Wait what if someone didn’t know what the holocaust was? and they did’nt know what an allie was. I don’t think your post would have helped them much(no offense to you personally)
~Judline
The period of time that I think would alter history the most if it didn’t happen would have to be the Civil Rights era….
Imagine that you are fourteen years old and the year is 2007, you live in South Florida, and you are an eighth grade student.(Seems familiar right?) One thing you noticed as you walked into the classroom on the first day of school is that your whole entire class is either all Caucasion or all African- American. You ask your self ‘Why is this?’ The answer is because in September of 1957 the “little rock nine” from Little Rock, Arkansas never attended the all-white Central high School. This would have begun the movement for school intergration.
Imagine that you are a 15 years old, an African-American, living in Brooklyn, New York and its the year 2007. You are on your way to your summer job. You climb on to the transit bus, put in your dollar, then get back off to go through the back door. When you get on the bus you have to stand there are no more seats in the back. You ask your self ‘Why do I have to do this everyday?’ The answer is because on December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks never refused to give up her bus seat and did exaclty what she was told. This would have begun the montgomery bus boycott which after a year desegragated buses.
Imagine that your 16 years of age and Caucasion and the year is 2007. You and your friend Stacey(who hapepens to be African-American) walk into a resturant and are told by the manager that you two are not allowed to sit together in that particular resturant. You ask yourself ‘why can’t we sit together?’ The answer is because on August 28, 1963 the March on Wasington never happened. This was one of the biggest days during the Civil Rights movement. This occasion eventually helped to stop all segragation in public places such as resturants, diners, bathrooms, etc.
The point of me telling you all this is to make the point that if the Civil rights movment never happened then we, as a nation, would have never advanced in society. ” The year of the hangman” is a book that is not true, but if it was America would not be as free as it is today.
I think that the civil war was important. But what if the North lost and the South won? There would be no more free African Americans. I would be under someone elses rule, like some white kid and I would never see my mother or baby brother ever again. I probably wouldn’t have been born since my mother and father met way after that, but if the south won then they would’ve never met, they wouldn’t have gone out, and they wouldn’t have had me. :[
In 1944 if the allies never invaded the concentraion camps. The holocaust would have never been stopped.
What if John Kerry had won versus George Bush for president? We probably wouldn’t be the war with Iraq and we would have much more money for the civilains. However he may have turned out to be a horrible president who becomes a self-proclaimed dictator and rules with an iron fist, oh well I guess we’ll never know…
To Daniel:
I like the topic that you chose, but if you think about it, they are 2 seperate events. Slavery happedned in the late 1800’s, as for the civile rights movement with Martin Luther King Jr., was in the 1960’s. Both are related topics, but they both affected The African American race in different ways.
-Sabrina
I THINK A MAJOR EVENT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD WAS THE HOLOCAUST BECAUSE IF THAT NEVER ENDED, THEN A LOT OF THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW. IM SURE MORE THAN 75% OF THE JEWISH POPULATION WOULD NOT EXIST. INCLUDING MY BEST FRIEND SAMANTHA J.K.
ALSO THE WORLD WOULD CONSIST OF BLONDE HAIR BLUE EYED GIRLS. NOT MUCH OF A VARIETY RIGHT? IT WOULD BE A DARK SCARY PLACE TO LIVE IN. ALWAYS LIVING IN FEAR EACH DAY HOPING THAT YOU WONT BE THE NEXT TO GO. SO THAT IS WHY I THINK THE HOLOCAUST WAS A MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENT AND IF IT WAS STILL GOING ON THE WORLD WOULD BE DIFFERENT. THANK YOU=)
During World War 1, in 1917, Britain intercepted the Zimmermann Note that told Mexico to attack the US if it stopped being neutral. If Britain hadn’t intercepted the Zimmermann Note in 1917, the US wouldn’t have been involved in World War 1 at the time time it did, as an effect of the intercepted note. Ultimately, the US would have remained neutral until who knows what would have happened. If the US entered the war later than it did, the Allies (Britain, France, and Russia) would have probably lost. Then the US wouldn’t have been able to defeat the Central Powers with the Allies. Afterward the Central Powers would have taken power, which would have caused many countries to lose parts or all of their territory. Even worse would be the governments that would rule unfairly throughout the conquered territory.
One major event in history that I thought of was the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. I honestly think that since that happened it really opened all of our eyes and made us crack down on airport security/safety, and not be so lenient. If those events didn’t happen Im not sure that America would have been as aware of the threats that are out there.
The first major event that popped into my head was The Holocaust and WW2. What if we never stopped Hitler? If he kept going.. he would have eventually killed off all the jews… no more Hanukkah.. no more christmas specials.. NO MORE MR.MOSHE?! Life would be extremely different if that event had turned out differently.
I choose the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese in December 7, 1941. If the attack never occured the U.S. might never had entered world war II. If we never entered wwII Hitler might have beaten the allies and holocaust might still be going on or Germany might still occupie almost all of europe and the world would be in chaos.
I chose the slavery of African Americans and the segregation and discrimination of all minorities. There are many things that could have changed would have made today much different if they had happened differently. For example, what if Harriet Tubman had been captured in the early years of the Underground Railroad? Or if Abraham Lincoln had not been against slavery? Things would have been very different. We probably would still have slavery today. Say martin Luther King was never born or gave up on ever trying to stop segregation. Think about it we would still have segregated schools not be able to sit with each other on a bus or at a restaurant.