Clear that were not talking about the indian wars in this kind of lecture thats going to be in a couple weeks and were gonna use that as as a way to link. Kind of wars throughout the 19th century all the way up to it including the spanishamerican war so our focus is were kind of around that. Were thinking more kind of legal policy and issues and and such so the goal is to think in that broad 19th century way so our start point is a couple key things we need to kind of deal with the second half of our semester one of the Big Questions were picking up on is what does it mean to be an american . All right who can claim to be an american . Thats one of the Big Questions thats going to kind of . Take us through the end of our semester into as we deal with the 19th century. So in upcoming weeks were going to talk about, you know, immigrants. Were going to talk about kind of the progressive error and things like that. I think this is a good start point. To think about who is claiming american
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of eco africa im now tigray in Lagos Nigeria im here to bring you interesting and Inspiring Stories on Environmental Issues from across africa and europe but i am not alone my colleagues sharon joins us on my will be kenya hello sourly. Thanks anti im sharing my money in Nairobi Kenya welcome to the show heres what we have lined up for you today. We meet environmental activists were trying to save north salt the capital of mauritania is on the Atlantic Coast much of it is actually below sea level on the sea level is rising in kenya we find out how a Solar Energy System is lighting up a group of communities and in senegal with just who are coming together to do something about environmental degradation. First in nigeria in the country around just to be precise its a wetland area where they also used to be mined say now and the government and local organizations are trying to create new jobs by helping people set up face fox lets go take a. Chill m
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of eco africa im now tigray in Lagos Nigeria im here to bring you interesting and Inspiring Stories on Environmental Issues from across africa and europe but i am not alone my colleagues sharon joins us on my will be kenya hello sourly. Thanks entry. In Nairobi Kenya welcome to the show heres what we have lined up for you today. We meet environmental activists who are trying to save. The capital of mauritania is on the Atlantic Coast much of it is actually been all sea level on the sea level is rising in kenya we find out how a Solar Energy System is lighting up a group of communities and in senegal with just who are coming together to do something about environmental degradation. First in nigeria in the country around just to be precise its a wetland area where they also used to be mined say now the government and local organizations are trying to create new jobs by helping people set up face fox lets go take a. Chill my okafor does what she lov
Unexpectedly rosy jobs report could turn the tide. More on jobs in a moment. The story today, as it has been all week, was the stock market. Today was bad, the week worse, historically so. In fact, the s p 500 lost nearly 1. 1 trillion in market value over just the past five sessions. This was for stocks the worst first week of a trading year ever. Today the Dow Jones Industrial average gave up 167 points to finish at 16,346. The blue chip index actually started the day with a tripledigit gain. The nasdaq dropped 45. The s p 500 slipped 21. And for the week, the three major averages fell 6 or more. The dow and s p having their worst week since 2011, and it was only the third time in history that the dow has lost 1,000 points or more in a weeks time. And oil hit hard since the start of the year. It fell 10 overall this week. Heres a look back at the doozy of a week that was. [ cheers and applause ] theres the opening bell. The whole world, happy new year, everybody. All hells breaking l
Unexpectedly rosy jobs report could turn the tide. More on jobs in a moment. The story today, as it has been all week, was the stock market. Today was bad, the week worse, historically so. In fact, the s p 500 lost nearly 1. 1 trillion in market value over just the past five sessions. This was for stocks the worst first week of a trading year ever. Today the Dow Jones Industrial average gave up 167 points to finish at 16,346. The blue chip index actually started the day with a tripledigit gain. The nasdaq dropped 45. The s p 500 slipped 21. And for the week, the three major averages fell 6 or more. The dow and s p having their worst week since 2011, and it was only the third time in history that the dow has lost 1,000 points or more in a weeks time. And oil hit hard since the start of the year. It fell 10 overall this week. Heres a look back at the doozy of a week that was. [ cheers and applause ] theres the opening bell. The whole world, happy new year, everybody. All hells breaking l