That was probably the most intense experience on the ground of being in the community, still very divided over that. I hope i can get to that as well. First a guessing game. This is somebody who said a lot of things that i think people have forgotten, including me. So who said that . Isnt it fun to be told that youre going to be tricked . Come on, suckers. Come on. Essentially. It is in your reading. You did. I said that . No. No. But in fact, it is so much something i could have said because the public lands are theyre the core of the way the federal government grows. Thats one of those bedrock reasons for saying the west and the westward expansion is key to the growth of the power of the federal government. So i felt that. [ inaudible ] no. Though he would turner . Yes, yes, yes. I was going to say ive sat at his desk. Matt got it. Frederick Jackson Turner said that. I am he is totally benefited from you folks being here because i reread the significance of the frontier of American H
World under the shadow of the statue of liberty, its often told as a very uplifting and romantic story where immigrants become americans, but not many of us know the history of immigration through angel island. This is the immigration station in San Francisco and its an important site not only for what happened back then in the early 20th century, but also because its so timely today. Its timely because when we pick up any newspaper we see headlines like this. This is just from last week. Republicans slam obamas immigration town hall. Obama ill fight any attempt to reverse immigration action. Moving forward to fix our broken immigration system. House conservatives warn boehner, dont cave on immigration. U. S. Immigration dispute, threatens security, agency shutdown. Does anyone know what some of these headlines are referring to last week . What was the big debate in congress . What was the proposed shutdown . Diego. They were posing to shut down dhs funding because of obamas executive
Harney county where the National Wildlife refuge was taken over by the bundy brothers so i get ill have a presentation on that if time permits because that was probably really the most intense experience on the ground of being in the place. Community still very divided by that takeover. I hope i can get to that, as well. So, first a guessing game. This is somebody who said a lot of things that i think people have forgotten. Including me. Including me. Ive forgotten some of the things. So heres the question i guess for the sake of wider audience. Ill read it. The Public Domain has been a force of profound importance in the nationalization and development of the government. And the person who said that is probably not someone you would have expected to have said that because, in fact, it is somebody who said a lot of things and then he didnt he or she didnt end up getting credit for that. So who said that . Isnt it fun to be told that youre going to be tricked . Come on, suckers. Come on
Being here on a drizzly day at providence college. Today i wanted to share with you, i think, a story and a moment in American History that is one of the, for me, more important moments of the late 19th and the early 20th century. It holds a lot of significance in this period of the guilded age and the progressive era. It also happens to be the subject of my new book so ive been living and breathing in this period and in this moment which again i think is very, very significant for 1916 or for the nation, in ways i will try to make clear. So what ill do today is kind of start by setting up the context of San Francisco in 1916, during this moment, during this sunshine, and then ill spend some time in really three parts talking about why its significant and why its important to American History and our story. But let me begin by kind of framing this story about this 1916 moment. Many of you have probably seen this character before, mark twain, of course the famous American Play write and
Going to talk a little bit about Civil Military relations. Last time we met we talked about the cold war and the development of containment. Korea was an unusual situation in that it had been a colony of japans since 1910, during the Second World War there was fighting in korea, the u. S. And the soviet union jointly occupied korea and they agreed to divide korea. Now, northern korea, that is what we call today north korea was very much communist influenced. Southern korea, which we now call south korea was a very different situation. With the assistance of the u. N. They sponsored elections in south korea and South Koreans elected a democratic government. North korea, however, wanted to unite under its terms and so it sent inser jents into south korea to try and overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then, in january of 1950, the u. S. Secretary of state dean ach inson made a significant error. In a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions that were vital