Friday, November 20, 2009

Mattie's grandfather didn't think there was any need to leave when the fever started to spread. Why did some people stay? Would you have stayed?

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  1. Some people stayed because they couldn't afford to leave. If they had business they needed to run they couldn't leave. Some people stayed because they thought it was foolish to leave. They figured everything would end up being fine. I would not have stayed. I would have left the day the first person in my town was sick. If I had a business I most likely would have stayed but if I didn't I wouldn't.

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  2. Some of the people would have stayed because they have other obligations. People might have had businesses to run, so they couldn't leave. Other people might have thought it was just foolish to leave. They may have thought that if you were going to get the disease, then you were going to get it and there was nothing that you could do about it. I am not sure whether or not I would have gone. If I had children, I would probably have left with them. If, I had a business, then I would not have gone. I would have stayed and run my business. So, it depends on my other obligations on whether or not I wou;d have left.

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  3. I think some people stayed because they didn't have any money to travel, and you could travel on foot, but most peoplechoose not to. Another reason people might have stayed is that some of their family members might have been sick and they might have wanted to stay with them and comfort them.

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  4. I think that a lot of people stayed because of their buissnesses and also because a lot of them didn't have a lot of money so they couldn't leave. But also because the fever was most by the docks. I would have left because I wouldn't want to die or have my family die. I would have found some way to leave and I defently wouldn't have stayed there even if my life deepended on it.

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  5. I think people didn't want to leave there family members behind or there home behind because they might not have anywhere else to go. If one of my family members were sick i would stay, but if we all are healthy and leaving i would leave on the first day.

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  6. I think that people did not leave because of money and family.

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  9. It is possible that people didn't leave because they had stores or shops, etc. to take care of. They probably didn't want to leave them. They probably didn't want to let all their food spoil. They couldn't let the food spoil. They also probably thought that they were safe in their homes. Also, the people of Philidelphia thought if they left they were more exposed to the Yellow Fever disease.

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  11. Some people might not be able to leave because of the money peoblem and because of the buinesses, and some of them thought that it wasn't needed to leave.

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  12. I think some people did not leave because they could not immagine that there was a wide spread disease knocking at there door. Also they might not have been able to afford to go to a new town to stay. Another reason people did not leave is because they might have family in there town. People also might not have had the transportation.

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  13. some people did not have the money to go away. and some people thought that they were safe in there homes and they wont be hurt by the disease. I would have left to a diffrent place far away and not come back till winter.

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  14. Some people stayed so they could take care of people who were already sick. Some people had businesses to take care of. Some people didn't have enough money to leave. I would have left because I would not want to die.

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  16. Some people stayed because they probably had to care for their families. I would have stayed because I wouldnt want yellow fever to spread and because I would have cared for the others.

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  18. Some people stayed because they didn't want to get there house robbed by robbers. I would've stayed because I didnt want to stay at a place I have never been before, and didnt want to get my home robbed.

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  19. Some people stayed because they couldn't afford to move. Others just didn't want to leave. They thought the fever wouldn't last long, and everything would be back to normal. They were wrong. I would have stayed because I don't think I could have afforded it. I would also stay to help the ill. If I fell ill, I would hope someone could be kind enough to help me, just like I helped them and others.

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  20. I think that the people who stayed thoought it wasn't bad. I would leave because I thought It would be hard to have the disease. I would stay and help the people who have the disease and help other families.

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  21. Some people would stay because they weren't rich enough. I wouldn't of stayed because i wouldn't want to die.

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  22. people that allready had yellow fever do not want to catch it again. people that stay away from people that have yellow fever.

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  23. Alot of people had the yellow fever and the people did'nt want to get the fever and they tried to stay away from it.

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