US History Sachin Katyal

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/politics/right-and-left-on-removal-of-confederate-statues.html Down the Middle: "Why Are We Really Talking About Removing Confederate Monuments? Not For The Reason You Think." Ben Shapiro In this article, Ben Shapiro argues that removing statues isn't about removing white supremacy or the removal of the person at all. It's rather about removing political opposition. President Trump, on the right side, he mentions, is defending the removal of Robert E. Lee's statue moreso to defend those, right followers, who support him, not because he actually believes they should be kept. The Left side feels, he argues, that the statues should be removed because to protest white supremacists, when there are those non white supremacists who believe the statues should not be removed. Left: "U.S. should see Confederate leaders the way Germans see Hitler" Gersh Kuntzman In this article, Kuntzman argues that just because som...

Topic of Research In terms of composition, how were skyscrapers made in comparison to normal buildings? Are there reasons other than invention of steel that allowed for the creation of skyscrapers to happen during this time period? Where there any effects of transportation, industry, or even public opinion as a result of skyscrapers? What issues did architects have to keep in mind during the creation? What constitutes as a skyscraper? Why have skyscrapers in the first place?