Ends in increasing levels of violence and as we move towards the weekend we know that some big demonstrations are planned for saturday and sunday is about increasing levels of violence rob that ive seen china use increasingly Strong Language about the protests how nervous would you say people in hong kong about that language and also the presence of chinese troops there even if that something that isnt actually out of the ordinary. Yeah i mean that is at the back of peoples minds in china has said that if things do spiral out of control they will at some point into being which could mean deploying troops onto the streets of hong kong and doing the rounds being circulated widely on social media is this clip of video showing Chinese Military trucks on the streets of kalou now this does seem to be a bit of fear mongering by the prodemocracy activist we dont know where. In this video footage was taken but the fact that it has been widely circulated i think does indicate the kind of sense o
The Supreme Court has ruled 72 in favor of the law that prritizes keeping native american adoptees within their ibe or family. It supportshe constitutionality of the 1978 indian Child Welfare act which is being challenged on the ground tt violated the equal protection clause. The case was argued before the court last november. This is about three hours and 15 nutes. We will hear arguments this morning in case 21376 and the consolidated cases. Thk you and may i please the court. Government, in 2020 there we over 11,000 nativrican children in state foster care. The indian Child Welfare act deprives indian children of thee the best intes of the child test. It replaces the test tube the hierarchy o the placement preferences that puts nonindian families at the bottom of the list. As the court explained, this fixed rates a federal policy of sending indian children to the dian community. The problem is that there are fewer than 2,000 native american foster homes. That means each year hundreds
Centennial international exposition. It was held in philadelphia from may to november 1876. It was supposed to celebrate the centennial of american independence, and ideally it was supposed to celebrate the reunion of the nation following the civil war, which was really the first worlds fair. But in the midst of the celebration, there was terrible news. I will explain to you what it was, but i think it was a very useful moment when the Northern Plains and the delaware valley, two of the five regions we have looked at, they seem so far from each other and were in fact closely connected. What i want to do is use this moment, 1870 6, 1877, to really reflect back on what we have done this semester and give you a sense of where we are going, to talk about continuity and change in the 19th century, because right before the exam, i was emphasizing a lot of changes. In 1877, the last troops left the confederacy. In theory, reconstruction had come to an end. Union weretes in the once again in t
But in the midst of the celebration, there was terrible news. I will explain to you what it was, but i think it was a very useful moment, when the Northern Plains and the delaware valley, two of the five regions we have looked at, they seem so far from each other and were in fact closely connected. What i want to do is use this moment, 1876, 1877, to really reflect back on what we have done this semester and give you a sense of where we are going, to talk about continuity and change in the 19th century, because right before the exam, i was emphasizing a lot of changes. In 1877, the last troops left the confederacy. In theory, reconstruction had come to an end. All the states in the union were once again in the union, selfgoverning, federal authority prevailed throughout the United States. As i mentioned last week, reconstruction, or more specifically the reconstruction amendments to the u. S. Constitution, seemed to have redefined what it meant to be american, what it meant to be a u.
Prof. Kastor i want to begin today by talking about the International Exposition of arts manufacturers and products of the soil and mind. You all want to go to that, dont you . Do any of you know what this actually was . It was also referred to as the centennial International Exposition. It was held in philadelphia from may to november 1876. It was supposed to celebrate the centennial of american independence, and ideally it was supposed to celebrate the reunion of the nation following the civil war, which was really the first worlds fair. But in the midst of the celebration, there was terrible news. I will explain to you what it was, but i think it was a very useful moment, when the Northern Plains and the delaware valley, two of the five regions we have looked at, they seem so far from each other and were in fact closely connected. What i want to do is use this moment, 1876, 1877, to really reflect back on what we have done this semester and give you a sense of where we are going, to