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Dramatically changed. It destroyed everything people believed about america and the american government. Once the wars over and this is an important day to talk about it, the anniversary of firing at fort sumter everybody has different ideas of what the nation is supposed to become. There were ideas about what africanamerican people should be. The northerners had ideas of what america should be. The indians and chinese out west had ideas about what america should be. And certainly the northern man who had won the war had thoughts on what america should be. But the critical question on was what it would be was who was going to have a say in it. He will go through that as well. Who was going to have a say on what that nation would be would have a dramatic effect on what that nation became. Today, i want to talk about lives in theens 19th century, and their role in what was the reconstruction and the rebuilding of the north, south, and west. The story of women is way more crucial to that ....
And womens lives. Their role in what was the reconstruction and rebuilding of the north, south and west. The story of women is way more crucial than what people realize. Most people start here and you probably know about this from your High School Days with the seneca falls convention. When a number of women came together in seneca falls, new york they talked about womens rights. And the idea of rights for women came from the abolitionists went there and when they spoke about human rights, those women were not allowed to speak. They were not allowed to talk so on the way home, a number of them get talking and say this is not right. If really people are supposed to be free and equals, they should have rights as well. This is a group of people who issue these sentiments. It calls for rights for women and tries to fight back. You all learn about this and everybody talks about this being the beginning of womens rights in america and ....
Between america and the american government. So once the war is over and this is a good day to talk about this, today is the anniversary of the firing on fort sumter. Everybody has different ideas about what the nation is supposed to become. Weve really gone through a lot of that with ideas that African American men who fought for the union had ideas what america should be and certainly white southerners had ideas about what america should be. The northerners had ideas. The indians and chinese who were out west had ideas about what america should be. And certainly the northern men who had fought and won the war had ideas. About what the country should be. But the critical question as to what it was going to be was who was going to have a say in it. Weve gone through that as well. Who had a say in what that new nation was going to be was going to have a dramatic effect on what it eventually became. So today i want to talk about w ....
Say something about robert la follette jr. And how he what his career in the u. S. Senate was like. I presume he was one of the socalled isolationist senators. Correct me if im wrong. Junior like what was la follette junior like as a senator. La follette junior did not want to be a senator. This was his obligation as a member of his family. His younger brother wanted desperately to be senator, but he was too young. So he is a dutiful senator. Yes, he opposes u. S. Entry into world war i. Hes a solid senator. He does good work. All of these years, but he hates campaigning. At one point hes campaigning, someone brays out from the audience, youre not as good as your paw and you never will be. And he said, no one knows that better than i, my friend, no one knows that better than i. But he does his duty and he stays in the senate for 21 years. And then hes supposed to go back to wisconsin and do some campaigning. So he doesnt and is defeated by joe mccarthy. Which as you can imagine is pret ....