Causes And Effects Of The Jonestown Massacre

There were many things that led up to or caused the Everett Massacre. 300 wobblies boarded two boats called the called the Verona and the Calista. They headed from Seattle towards Port Gardner Bay. They had planned to have a public demonstration, they were hoping to gain converts for one big labor union. On this day citizens in Everett had heard of a group of armed anarchists

On the early morning of Sunday, September 15th 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama four members of the KKK planted a minimum of 15 sticks of dynamite under the steps of the 16th Street Baptist church, close to the basement. At 10:22 a.m. the 16th Street Baptist Church received a phone call from an anonymous man who simply said “Three minutes,” before hanging up. Less than a minute of the call, the bombs exploded as there were five children present within the basement of the church. Out of the 5 children who were in the basement 4 of them died from the explosion 14 year old Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley, and 11 year old Carol Denise McNair. More than 20 other additional people were injured in the explosion, one of them being Sarah

After studying primary sources regarding The Baker Massacre, it has come to the conclusion that it was a two-sided predicament that resulted in many deaths. On January 23rd, 1870, a Blackfeet camp along the Marias River was brutally invaded by a white man named Major Eugene Baker and his soldiers. They were looking for the murderers who killed a white man named Malcolm Clarke, who was involved in a family feud between his wife's Blackfeet family. This event took the lives of approximately 200 Piegan Indians, mostly women and children. The lives of those most innocent souls were taken with such vile and cruel behavior.

The Johnstown Flood was a catastrophe that occurred in Western Pennsylvania on May 13st of 1889. The flood occurred when a dam on the Little Conemaugh River, South Fork Dam, failed to support heavy rainfall flow that caused the river to swell and the dam to be overloaded. Unfortunately, a short fourteen miles down the river lived the people of Johnstown. Johnstown was a prosperous yet modest western Pennsylvania town. The town had an iron company called Cambria Iron Company, which employed most of its men in producing steel products. The town, at the time, had a few phones, three local newspapers, and a handful of saloons. At the time, they were self-sufficient.

The Matewan Massacre, an armed confrontation between miners, police and the Baldwin Felts, caused civil unrest in West Virginia for many years.

Dissatisfaction is the biggest cause because it’s the domino that toppled everything into action. Nuns are known for telling the truth, so they are pretty reliable. A nun who witnessed the tragic event tells us, “Everett’s shingle workers had been on strike over pay.” ("Recalling Everett's 'complicated' Day - HeraldNet.com." The Daily Herald. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2016.) This quote lets you know that the workers had been on strike. This dissatisfaction led to Wobblies going to Everett to speak out against the issue. Their intentions were assumed, which led cops to go try to defend themselves (fear), and many people ended up losing their lives. You also know it is a labor confrontation based on the quote, “The Everett Massacre of Sunday, November 5, 1916, has been called the bloodiest labor confrontation in Northwest history.” ("Everett Massacre (1916)." HistoryLink.org- the Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2016.) These quotes both tell you that the strikers were upset about their pay. Dissatisfaction is by far the most important cause of the Everett Massacre because it is the one that started the chain of events.

The Boston Massacre was an important event in U.S. history, that lead to the American

Boston Massacre The day of 5, March 1770 have its immense significance in the history of America. It is remembered as the day of the killing of five heroes of the revolutionary process of America. It is the day of Boston Massacre. It has its strong implications in the nation’s history (Sanchez).

It held many struggles and disagreements, which lead to many retaliations, from both the Indians and the settlers. The Indians had been alliances with the white men until the massacre, which stated the settlers betrayal to all tribes.

The Tulsa Race Riot is an event that is quite possibly the most unknown and misconstrued piece of history in the United States of America. When and if it is discussed, it’s taken as a single event that happened in Tulsa and was deadly and very destructive. The many theories of what occurred and how it came to the extreme mob like violence taken on Tulsa’s own civilians. The evidence found suggest there were alternative motives in Tulsa for acquiring land that the black civilians held.

George Orwell was one of the best writers of his time. He was born in India but studied in England. After seeing all the poverty going on in England during the early 1900s he started socialism

The massacre occurred spontaneously on September 2, 1885, starting with a dispute between two white and two Chinese miners over who had the right to work in a valuable section of the mine. White miners quickly organized themselves and held a meeting to discuss actions, of which specifics are unknown. What we do know is that afterwards, white miners, now armed, mingled in the streets chanting anti-Chinese slogans. This soon perpetuated into rioting, burning, and looting in Chinatown which left at least twenty-eight Chinese dead (Swartout 26). After what is now considered a massacre, the mob of miners sought three UP officials closely associated with the hiring of Chinese (Storti 118). Whether if it was a sudden realization of purpose or planned, it is notable that the two white officials were only demanded to leave town (the Chinese official had already fled). This vast difference of treatment towards the people in charge of hiring policies, versus the Chinese miners suggest that the attack was racially charged. Only the Chinese were attacked, meaning that Mormons and other immigrant groups were not targeted (Laurie

On November 18, 1978, followers of Jim Jones shot and killed United States Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four others traveling with him on a fact finding trip to Guyana. Ryan was there to investigate complaints about the community called "Jonestown," which was largely inhabited by his former California constituents.

The following Monday, a larger headline described how “Guyana Official Reports 300 Dead at Religious Sect’s Jungle Temple.” A father of one woman living in Jonestown revealed how all the members had written undated suicide notes while still in the United States and had staged mass suicide rehearsals. “They will be all dead by tomorrow,” he predicted. Another article on Monday detailed how the “Deaths in Guyana Threaten Sect’s California Organization.” Members of the People’s Temple in California had read a statement on Sunday that declared, “Rev. Jim Jones has always deplored violence…and whatever the circumstances of the airstrip incident it is not the kind of action anyone in the temple would precipitate.” The article also mentioned that, according to an interview with his wife, Marceline, Jim Jones did not believe in Christianity but was instead a Marxist.[1]

Jim Jones started The People’s Temple in Indiana in the 1950s; however, it was when he moved to California that he truly began to grow his influence. His message of equality and harmony spoke to many, especially in the turbulent times of the Civil Rights movement and the Cold War. Jones’ charisma cemented his congregants adoration. The ideal culture of The People’s Temple, which stood in opposition to America’s real culture at the time, was what made it a counter-culture; it was their dedication to Jones that set turned them to cultism. Whether Jones