1. Experiences in the workplace
in 1950, only one out of three women worked for wages. In this time certain jobs were considered "men's work" and women were shut down. The jobs available to women-mostly clerical work, domestic service, retail sales, social work, teaching, and nursing- paid poorly.
2. Experiences in social activism
This led women to dicuss their concerns. These turned into "consciousness raising"
3. "Consciousness raising"
Women talked about what they experiences and realized they were not unique. They noticed a pattern in sexism. This created more problems because they realized how big the issue really was.
4. Feminism
The belief that women should have ecomonic, political, and social equality with men. Feminist beliefs had gained momentum during the mid 1800s and in 1920 won women the right to vote.
5. Betty Friedan and The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan was living the american dream, she had healthy children, a husband and a house in the suburbs. She wrote a book "The Feminine Mystique" in which she adressed the "Problem that has no name". This answered the questions for african americans, latinos, and native americans in the first for a greater cibil rights and equality in society.
6. Civil Rights Act of 1964
The civil rights act of 1964 had caused women to gain strength with the passage of the act, which prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and gender.
7. National Organization for Women (NOW)
To pursue women's goals. Was created by Betty Friedan and other women. The founders of NOW declares, "to confront with concrete action the conditions which now prevent women from enjoing the equality of opportnity...which is their right as individual americans and as human beings."
8. Gloria Steinem and Ms. Magazine
She was a journalist, political activist, and ardent supporter of the women's liberation movement, made her voice heard on the subjects of feminism and equality. Her grandmother had serced as president of the ohio womans suffrage association. She had inherited her passion and conviction. She helped found the nation womens politcal caucus, a moderate group that encouraged women to seek political office. She and other women created a new womens magazine, Ms, designed to treat contemporary issues from feminst perspectives.
9. Congress
Passed a ban on gender discimination in "any education program or acticity receiving federal financial assistance" as part of the higher education act. As a result many all male colleges opened their doors to comen. Congress expanded the powers of the EEOC and gave women partents a tax breaj for child care expenses, in the same year.
10. Supreme Court
11. The Equal rights Amendment would have guaranteed equal rights under the law, regardless of gender. Who opposed this amendment? Why?
Congress introduces this in 1923, the ERA would guarantee that both men and women would enjoy the same rights and protections under the law. The amendement scared many people and a stop-era campaign was launches in 1972. Many anti feminists felt that the era would lead to "a parade of horribles," such as the drafting of women, the end of laws protecting homemakes, the end of husbands responsibilitys to provide for his family, and the same sex marriages.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Watergate: Nixon's Downfall
. How were the "plumbers" connected to President Nixon?
They were connected to president Nixon because the thieves were hired by Nixon and they were to break into DNC. They urged the FBI to stop the investigation into the burglary on the grounds of national security. In addition to that the CRP payed the "plumbers" 450000 dollars to keep silent after September of 1972
2. Who was the judge? Why did he hand out maximum sentences?
John Sirca was the judge and he handed out maximum sentences because he believed that they thieves lied under oath.
3. How were Mitchell and Dean connected to Nixon?
They were connected because Nixon had dismissed the white house counsel John Dean and announced the resignations of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and attorney General Richard Kleindienst who had recently replaced John Mitchel. People thought that Nixon was trying to cover up the burglary.
4. How were Haldeman and Erlichman connected to Nixon?
Because they both had announced their resignation from the white house which was seen as a cover up made by president Nixon.
5. What did the following men tell the Senate about Nixon?
a. Dean: Said that Nixon had been really involved in the cover up. he also said that he and nixon along with several advisers had discussed strategies for continuing the deceit.
b. Butterfield: Said that Nixon had taped virtually all of the conversations in the White house. The senate committee said that the tapes were the key to revealing what NNixon knew and when he knew.
6. Who was fired or forced to resign in the "massacre"?
Attorney General Richardson was told to fire Cox, but he refused and resigned. Then, the deputy attorney general refused the order of Nixon and he was fired. Finally, Cox was fired by Gerneral Robert Bork.
7. Why weren't investigators satisfied with the transcripts?
The investigators we rent satisfied with the transcripts because they wanted the unedited tapes and Nixon had sent out ones that were edited.
8. What did the tapes reveal?
The tapes revealed that President Nixon had known about the role of administrators in the burglary and that he approved the plan to distract or take the investigation away from the FBI
9. Why did Vice President Spiro Agnew resign?
Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned because he had accepted bribes from engineering firms while governor of Maryland
10. What did the House Judiciary Committee charge President Nixon with?
The house Judiciary Committee charged President Nixon with obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of congress for refusing to obey a congressional subpoena to release the tapes.
11. How did the Watergate scandal create a constitutional crisis?
The watergate scandal created a constitutional crisis because 25 members were convicted because they were just connected to watergate. Watergate also produced a "imperial" presidency
They were connected to president Nixon because the thieves were hired by Nixon and they were to break into DNC. They urged the FBI to stop the investigation into the burglary on the grounds of national security. In addition to that the CRP payed the "plumbers" 450000 dollars to keep silent after September of 1972
2. Who was the judge? Why did he hand out maximum sentences?
John Sirca was the judge and he handed out maximum sentences because he believed that they thieves lied under oath.
3. How were Mitchell and Dean connected to Nixon?
They were connected because Nixon had dismissed the white house counsel John Dean and announced the resignations of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and attorney General Richard Kleindienst who had recently replaced John Mitchel. People thought that Nixon was trying to cover up the burglary.
4. How were Haldeman and Erlichman connected to Nixon?
Because they both had announced their resignation from the white house which was seen as a cover up made by president Nixon.
5. What did the following men tell the Senate about Nixon?
a. Dean: Said that Nixon had been really involved in the cover up. he also said that he and nixon along with several advisers had discussed strategies for continuing the deceit.
b. Butterfield: Said that Nixon had taped virtually all of the conversations in the White house. The senate committee said that the tapes were the key to revealing what NNixon knew and when he knew.
6. Who was fired or forced to resign in the "massacre"?
Attorney General Richardson was told to fire Cox, but he refused and resigned. Then, the deputy attorney general refused the order of Nixon and he was fired. Finally, Cox was fired by Gerneral Robert Bork.
7. Why weren't investigators satisfied with the transcripts?
The investigators we rent satisfied with the transcripts because they wanted the unedited tapes and Nixon had sent out ones that were edited.
8. What did the tapes reveal?
The tapes revealed that President Nixon had known about the role of administrators in the burglary and that he approved the plan to distract or take the investigation away from the FBI
9. Why did Vice President Spiro Agnew resign?
Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned because he had accepted bribes from engineering firms while governor of Maryland
10. What did the House Judiciary Committee charge President Nixon with?
The house Judiciary Committee charged President Nixon with obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of congress for refusing to obey a congressional subpoena to release the tapes.
11. How did the Watergate scandal create a constitutional crisis?
The watergate scandal created a constitutional crisis because 25 members were convicted because they were just connected to watergate. Watergate also produced a "imperial" presidency
United States v. Nixon
The Cover-up
1. Regardless of the outcome, should the President of the United States have a right to privacy in regards to the Oval Office tapes? Explain.
I believe in a criminl trial it would act as normal evidence that could be confiscated for the trial.
2. Was President Nixon justified when he fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox? Explain.
No he wasnt because that position wasnt appionted by the presedent it was appionted by the Legislative branch and therefor not under Nixons control.
3. Was Nixon creating a Constitutional crisis by refusing to hand-over the tapes? Explain.
Because he was telling the public that he was above the law by going against the other 2 houses which was destroying the checks and balances.
Closure
4. Why do you think the American public was so outraged by Watergate?
Because Nixon was a crook for tring to cover up the scandle with lies and diseatful actions.
5. Do you think President Nixon should have resigned? Explain.
Yes he certainly wouldnt have been re elected, and was on the verg of being impeached, it was more for the global image of america.
6. Do you think President Nixon should have been prosecuted? Explain.
Yes, he commited a crime and therefor should be punished. The laws of the US apply to all its citizens no matter there position in the Gov't.
1. Regardless of the outcome, should the President of the United States have a right to privacy in regards to the Oval Office tapes? Explain.
I believe in a criminl trial it would act as normal evidence that could be confiscated for the trial.
2. Was President Nixon justified when he fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox? Explain.
No he wasnt because that position wasnt appionted by the presedent it was appionted by the Legislative branch and therefor not under Nixons control.
3. Was Nixon creating a Constitutional crisis by refusing to hand-over the tapes? Explain.
Because he was telling the public that he was above the law by going against the other 2 houses which was destroying the checks and balances.
Closure
4. Why do you think the American public was so outraged by Watergate?
Because Nixon was a crook for tring to cover up the scandle with lies and diseatful actions.
5. Do you think President Nixon should have resigned? Explain.
Yes he certainly wouldnt have been re elected, and was on the verg of being impeached, it was more for the global image of america.
6. Do you think President Nixon should have been prosecuted? Explain.
Yes, he commited a crime and therefor should be punished. The laws of the US apply to all its citizens no matter there position in the Gov't.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Vietnam War Turning Points
The assignment is due by 3:10 on Wednesday.
1. Why was the Tet Offensive a turning point? Explain your answer.
The Tet offensive was a considered a turning point in the war because the Viet Cong fighters attacked over 10-0 cities and other military targets. They tried to capture the US embassy in Saigon. They had the US and South Vietnamese force in Saigon for two days. In Many ways the Tet offensive was a disaster for the Communists. They hoped that the people of south Vietnamese would rise up and join them but they didn't. However, the Tet offensive proved to be a turning point in the war because it raised hard questions about the war in the USA. There were questions like why had the communists been able to launch a major offensive that took US forces by complete surprise. Ad there were many civilians killed and the ancient city of Hue was destroyed, was this right?
2. Are Sources 51 and 52 making the same point about the My Lai Massacre?
Source 51 was written Ronald Ridenhour and he is saying that it was a mistake that what happened at My Lai. He is basically sticking up for the soldiers saying that they had never been away from home before and they have never served before. he is saying that they were so excited that they were sticking up0 for there country and thought they were doing good. He is saying that they didn't mean to slaughter the villages, women and children.
Source 52 Is saying that they did the right thing by slaughtering these houses, children and mothers. They say it isn't bad because they were trying to destroy communism. They weren't there to kill men, they were there to kill intangible ideas.
These two sources have entirely different ideas.
3. Why do you think it took 12 months for
anyone to do anything about the massacre?
I think it took 12 months for anyone to do anything about the massacre because the soldiers and the US saw it as a good thing and were praised. But, 12 months later, a letter arrives in the offices of 30 leading politicians and government officials in Washington. It was written by Ronald Ridenhour, an American soldier who had served in Vietnam and personally new alot of the soldiers. He had evidence, he said, of "something rather dark and bloody:" that had occurred in my Lia. He recounted in detail all the storied he had been told about what had taken place and asked congress to investigate.
4. Why was the massacre so shocking to
the American public?
The massare was so shocking to the american public because they were aware of what was actually happening in vietnam. The war was a media war and the US could see everything that was happening. They could see people getting shot, burning themselves, children screaming for their lives. It was very shocking for them to see because they never got to before.
1. Why was the Tet Offensive a turning point? Explain your answer.
The Tet offensive was a considered a turning point in the war because the Viet Cong fighters attacked over 10-0 cities and other military targets. They tried to capture the US embassy in Saigon. They had the US and South Vietnamese force in Saigon for two days. In Many ways the Tet offensive was a disaster for the Communists. They hoped that the people of south Vietnamese would rise up and join them but they didn't. However, the Tet offensive proved to be a turning point in the war because it raised hard questions about the war in the USA. There were questions like why had the communists been able to launch a major offensive that took US forces by complete surprise. Ad there were many civilians killed and the ancient city of Hue was destroyed, was this right?
2. Are Sources 51 and 52 making the same point about the My Lai Massacre?
Source 51 was written Ronald Ridenhour and he is saying that it was a mistake that what happened at My Lai. He is basically sticking up for the soldiers saying that they had never been away from home before and they have never served before. he is saying that they were so excited that they were sticking up0 for there country and thought they were doing good. He is saying that they didn't mean to slaughter the villages, women and children.
Source 52 Is saying that they did the right thing by slaughtering these houses, children and mothers. They say it isn't bad because they were trying to destroy communism. They weren't there to kill men, they were there to kill intangible ideas.
These two sources have entirely different ideas.
3. Why do you think it took 12 months for
anyone to do anything about the massacre?
I think it took 12 months for anyone to do anything about the massacre because the soldiers and the US saw it as a good thing and were praised. But, 12 months later, a letter arrives in the offices of 30 leading politicians and government officials in Washington. It was written by Ronald Ridenhour, an American soldier who had served in Vietnam and personally new alot of the soldiers. He had evidence, he said, of "something rather dark and bloody:" that had occurred in my Lia. He recounted in detail all the storied he had been told about what had taken place and asked congress to investigate.
4. Why was the massacre so shocking to
the American public?
The massare was so shocking to the american public because they were aware of what was actually happening in vietnam. The war was a media war and the US could see everything that was happening. They could see people getting shot, burning themselves, children screaming for their lives. It was very shocking for them to see because they never got to before.
Monday, May 3, 2010
The U.S. struggles against the Communist in Vietnam
1. Now think about the overall picture - how the strengths and weaknesses work together.
a) Were the armies finely balanced or was the balance strongly weighted to one side or the other?
The balance of was shifter waaaaaay to the side of the Veit Minh because they had most of the advantages of terrian experience and the desire, while in pure numbers, american forces were by far the larger.
b) Which quality was most important in determining who won the war? Was one feature so important that being ahead in that area meant that other advantages or disadvantages did not matter?
Qualities such as being able tt learn from the enenmy and the will to win. Yes, those two were very import because being able to learn and wanting to fight will keep you on the winning side as well as demoralize your opponent.
Stage 3: Explaining your conclusions
The failure of the U.S. army to beat the Communist in Vietnam was the result of its own weaknesses and Viet Cong strengths.
a. The U.S. weaknesses were:
there inability to learn as well as unable to adapt to teh new place and fighting style of the enemy. And they had not enough determined soldiers, and no true support from Vietnam.
b. At the same time, the Communist strengths were:
good guerrilla tactics, the understanding of the jungle, determined soldiers, the support of Vietnam, equipment supplied by the Soviet Unions and China.
c. The U.S. forces did have some successes. For example:
they were able bomb North Vietnam, interupted war efforts and stopping supply from the communists, and they demonstrated how strong our army was and inevitably how U.S. opposed comies.
d. However, there were some major failures as well. Examples of these were:
not winning the Vietnam war as a whole, not stoping communism, support of a corrupt government and leader in Vietnam.
e. The Viet Cong had some major successes, such as:
successfully bombing U.S. and Southern Vietnam air bases and supply fields, ultimately winning the war, keeping communism present in Vietnam and supporting Ho Chi Minh which resulted in the communists winning the war.
f. However, they also suffered defeats, for example:
the TET offensive. During the offensive, the Viet Cong lost around 10,000 experienced soldiers and it showed that the people of South Vietnam did not stand up to support the Viet Cong.
g. If I had to identify one major American weakness, it would be sucking at fighting in the jungles with gurrilla tactics/ learning because:
The U.S. was very head strong, ie thick skulled not inteligent, and it kept attacking straight on with no concern for lose of life. And they were every innifective against the Viet Cong's tactics.
h. The key Viet Cong strength was guerrilla tactics because:
they were able to attack as quick as lightnin', get the job done, and retreat while kung-fu fighting, cause them Viet Kongs were a lil' bit frightning.
Actualy those were the real reasons, and that they were able to
a) Were the armies finely balanced or was the balance strongly weighted to one side or the other?
The balance of was shifter waaaaaay to the side of the Veit Minh because they had most of the advantages of terrian experience and the desire, while in pure numbers, american forces were by far the larger.
b) Which quality was most important in determining who won the war? Was one feature so important that being ahead in that area meant that other advantages or disadvantages did not matter?
Qualities such as being able tt learn from the enenmy and the will to win. Yes, those two were very import because being able to learn and wanting to fight will keep you on the winning side as well as demoralize your opponent.
Stage 3: Explaining your conclusions
The failure of the U.S. army to beat the Communist in Vietnam was the result of its own weaknesses and Viet Cong strengths.
a. The U.S. weaknesses were:
there inability to learn as well as unable to adapt to teh new place and fighting style of the enemy. And they had not enough determined soldiers, and no true support from Vietnam.
b. At the same time, the Communist strengths were:
good guerrilla tactics, the understanding of the jungle, determined soldiers, the support of Vietnam, equipment supplied by the Soviet Unions and China.
c. The U.S. forces did have some successes. For example:
they were able bomb North Vietnam, interupted war efforts and stopping supply from the communists, and they demonstrated how strong our army was and inevitably how U.S. opposed comies.
d. However, there were some major failures as well. Examples of these were:
not winning the Vietnam war as a whole, not stoping communism, support of a corrupt government and leader in Vietnam.
e. The Viet Cong had some major successes, such as:
successfully bombing U.S. and Southern Vietnam air bases and supply fields, ultimately winning the war, keeping communism present in Vietnam and supporting Ho Chi Minh which resulted in the communists winning the war.
f. However, they also suffered defeats, for example:
the TET offensive. During the offensive, the Viet Cong lost around 10,000 experienced soldiers and it showed that the people of South Vietnam did not stand up to support the Viet Cong.
g. If I had to identify one major American weakness, it would be sucking at fighting in the jungles with gurrilla tactics/ learning because:
The U.S. was very head strong, ie thick skulled not inteligent, and it kept attacking straight on with no concern for lose of life. And they were every innifective against the Viet Cong's tactics.
h. The key Viet Cong strength was guerrilla tactics because:
they were able to attack as quick as lightnin', get the job done, and retreat while kung-fu fighting, cause them Viet Kongs were a lil' bit frightning.
Actualy those were the real reasons, and that they were able to
Friday, April 30, 2010
The U.S. Enters the Vietnam War
1. Describe how people struggled to survive during the depression.
People lost jobs, were evicted from homes and ended on the streets. People slep in parks. Shantytowns were made, which was a bunch of little shacks made out of scrap material. People waited in bread lines and soup kitchens for hours to get food.
2. How was what happened to men during the Great Depression different from what happened to women? Children?
Men had trouble coping with unemployment because they were used to working every day and supporting their families, everyday men went out searching for jobs. Some men could not handle it and gave up and left their families. There was up to 300,000 hoboes wandering around in the 1930s. Women were different then men because they worked hard to help their families survive adversity in the great depression. A lot of women canned food and sewed clothing. Some women worked outside of the home and they usually received a lot less money than men did. People believed that women had no right to work when there was unemployed men. Women would starve because they were too ashamed to admit their hardships. What happened to children in the Great depression was different then what happened to men because with no money for health care and bad eating habits, a lot of children became sick. Thousands of children were forced to work in sweatshops with bad conditions.
3. Describe the causes and effects (on people) because of the Dust Bowl.Causes of the Dust Bowl: Farmers used tractors to break up the grasslands and plant millions of acres of new farmland. Plowing eliminated the thick protective layer of prairie grass. Farmers had worn the crops out by overproduction and left the fields unsuitable for farming. When the drought and wind picked up in the 1930's, there was nothing to keep the soil down. Wind scattered the topsoil and the dust traveled hundreds of miles.Effects of dust bowl on people: Plagued by dust storms,many farmers and sharecroppers were forced to leave their land. Most of them headed west on route 6
6. By the end of the 1930s hundreds of thousands of families that were on farms moved out to California. Objective: Summarize the initial steps Franklin D. Roosevelt took to reform banking and finance.
4. What was the New Deal and its three general goals? (The 3 Rs)The New Deal was a program designed to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression and it's general goals were..A. Relief for the needyB. Economic recoveryC. Financial Reform
5. What did Roosevelt do during the Hundred Days?
Congress passed more than fifteen major pieces of New Deal legislation. The laws significantly expanded the federal government's role in the nations economy. His first step as president was to carry out reforms in banking.
6. Why were Roosevelt's fireside chats significant?Roosevelt's fireside chats were significant because it made Americans feel as if the president was talking directly to them.
7. Describe four significant agencies and/or bills that tightened regulation of banking and finance.Glass-Steagall Act- Established the federal Deposit Insurance Agency which provided federal insurance for individual bank accounts up to $5000.Federal Securiteis Act- Required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings and made them liable for any misrepresentations. Agricultural Adjustment Act- sought to raise crop prices by lowering production, which the government achieved by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of crop unseeded.National Industrial Recovery Act- Provided money to states to create jobs chiefly in the construction of schools and other community buildings.
People lost jobs, were evicted from homes and ended on the streets. People slep in parks. Shantytowns were made, which was a bunch of little shacks made out of scrap material. People waited in bread lines and soup kitchens for hours to get food.
2. How was what happened to men during the Great Depression different from what happened to women? Children?
Men had trouble coping with unemployment because they were used to working every day and supporting their families, everyday men went out searching for jobs. Some men could not handle it and gave up and left their families. There was up to 300,000 hoboes wandering around in the 1930s. Women were different then men because they worked hard to help their families survive adversity in the great depression. A lot of women canned food and sewed clothing. Some women worked outside of the home and they usually received a lot less money than men did. People believed that women had no right to work when there was unemployed men. Women would starve because they were too ashamed to admit their hardships. What happened to children in the Great depression was different then what happened to men because with no money for health care and bad eating habits, a lot of children became sick. Thousands of children were forced to work in sweatshops with bad conditions.
3. Describe the causes and effects (on people) because of the Dust Bowl.Causes of the Dust Bowl: Farmers used tractors to break up the grasslands and plant millions of acres of new farmland. Plowing eliminated the thick protective layer of prairie grass. Farmers had worn the crops out by overproduction and left the fields unsuitable for farming. When the drought and wind picked up in the 1930's, there was nothing to keep the soil down. Wind scattered the topsoil and the dust traveled hundreds of miles.Effects of dust bowl on people: Plagued by dust storms,many farmers and sharecroppers were forced to leave their land. Most of them headed west on route 6
6. By the end of the 1930s hundreds of thousands of families that were on farms moved out to California. Objective: Summarize the initial steps Franklin D. Roosevelt took to reform banking and finance.
4. What was the New Deal and its three general goals? (The 3 Rs)The New Deal was a program designed to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression and it's general goals were..A. Relief for the needyB. Economic recoveryC. Financial Reform
5. What did Roosevelt do during the Hundred Days?
Congress passed more than fifteen major pieces of New Deal legislation. The laws significantly expanded the federal government's role in the nations economy. His first step as president was to carry out reforms in banking.
6. Why were Roosevelt's fireside chats significant?Roosevelt's fireside chats were significant because it made Americans feel as if the president was talking directly to them.
7. Describe four significant agencies and/or bills that tightened regulation of banking and finance.Glass-Steagall Act- Established the federal Deposit Insurance Agency which provided federal insurance for individual bank accounts up to $5000.Federal Securiteis Act- Required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings and made them liable for any misrepresentations. Agricultural Adjustment Act- sought to raise crop prices by lowering production, which the government achieved by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of crop unseeded.National Industrial Recovery Act- Provided money to states to create jobs chiefly in the construction of schools and other community buildings.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The answers are due on Wednesday prior to class.
1. Kennedy described Wednesday, Oct. 24 and Saturday, Oct. 27 as the darkest days of the crisis. Use the information on page 350 to explain why.
Oct. 24 -The blockade begins and the first missile-carrying ships, accompanied by a Soviet submarine, approach the 5OO-mile (800 km) blockade zone. Then at 10.32 a.m., the 20 Sovietships which are closest to the zone stop or turn around.
and on the 27 -Khrushchev revises his proposals - saying that the condition forremoving the missiles from Cuba is that the USA withdraw its missiles from Turkey. Kennedy cannot accept this condition.An American U-2 plane is shot down over Cuba. The pilot is killed. The President is advised to launch an immediate reprisal attack on Cuba. Kennedy decides to delay an attack. He also decides to ignore the second Khrushchev lettel~ but accepts the terms suggested by Khrushchevon 26 October. He says that if the Soviet Union does not withdraw, an attack will follow.
2. Do you think that nuclear war was ever a possibility in this crisis?
Yes i believe they were moments away from nulcear war at several pionts in the crisis.
3. Is Source 26 a Soviet or an American cartoon? Explain your answer by referring to the details in the cartoon.
American because it is the soviet leader who is strugiling in the Nuclear Arms War while JFK is cool and calm againts him.
4. Using Source 27 list any evidence you can find for and against each of the explanations.
Why did the Soviet Union place nuclear missiles on Cuba?
-To bargain with the USA: Yes, they planed to get thing out of us, in return for not fireing a missile.
-To test the USA: Yes Kireiedahafi, Soviet Ruler, wanted to test how good Kennedy was.
-To trap the USA: The missiles were a trap. Khrushchev wanted the Americans to find them and be drawn into a nuclear war. He did not even try to hide them.
-To get the upper hand in the arms race: Khrushchev was so concerned about the missile gap between the USSR and the USA that he would seize any opportunity he could to close it.
-To defend Cuba: The missiles were genuinely meant to defend Cuba.
5. Choose the explanation(s) that you think best fit what you have found out about the crisis.
Explain your choice.
I believe the Soviets wanted to test the Americans, especialy Kennedy, Because he looked so young. And i also believe they might haved used this to try and get supplies out tof the US on return for not fiering the misslies.
1. Kennedy described Wednesday, Oct. 24 and Saturday, Oct. 27 as the darkest days of the crisis. Use the information on page 350 to explain why.
Oct. 24 -The blockade begins and the first missile-carrying ships, accompanied by a Soviet submarine, approach the 5OO-mile (800 km) blockade zone. Then at 10.32 a.m., the 20 Sovietships which are closest to the zone stop or turn around.
and on the 27 -Khrushchev revises his proposals - saying that the condition forremoving the missiles from Cuba is that the USA withdraw its missiles from Turkey. Kennedy cannot accept this condition.An American U-2 plane is shot down over Cuba. The pilot is killed. The President is advised to launch an immediate reprisal attack on Cuba. Kennedy decides to delay an attack. He also decides to ignore the second Khrushchev lettel~ but accepts the terms suggested by Khrushchevon 26 October. He says that if the Soviet Union does not withdraw, an attack will follow.
2. Do you think that nuclear war was ever a possibility in this crisis?
Yes i believe they were moments away from nulcear war at several pionts in the crisis.
3. Is Source 26 a Soviet or an American cartoon? Explain your answer by referring to the details in the cartoon.
American because it is the soviet leader who is strugiling in the Nuclear Arms War while JFK is cool and calm againts him.
4. Using Source 27 list any evidence you can find for and against each of the explanations.
Why did the Soviet Union place nuclear missiles on Cuba?
-To bargain with the USA: Yes, they planed to get thing out of us, in return for not fireing a missile.
-To test the USA: Yes Kireiedahafi, Soviet Ruler, wanted to test how good Kennedy was.
-To trap the USA: The missiles were a trap. Khrushchev wanted the Americans to find them and be drawn into a nuclear war. He did not even try to hide them.
-To get the upper hand in the arms race: Khrushchev was so concerned about the missile gap between the USSR and the USA that he would seize any opportunity he could to close it.
-To defend Cuba: The missiles were genuinely meant to defend Cuba.
5. Choose the explanation(s) that you think best fit what you have found out about the crisis.
Explain your choice.
I believe the Soviets wanted to test the Americans, especialy Kennedy, Because he looked so young. And i also believe they might haved used this to try and get supplies out tof the US on return for not fiering the misslies.
Monday, April 12, 2010
The Arms Race
1. Read Source 12. What methods do you think Dulles had in mind to 'liberate captive peoples' without a war?
I think he plans to get the people of the Soviet Union to over throw the Govt themselfs, and well be here to help if needed.
2. Look at Source 13. Would you agree that the Communist world was encircled? Explain your answer.
Yes i do becasue they are surounded on all sides by nations that have treatys with othere nations and not the Soviet Union itself.
3. Carefully examine the verticle timeline on page 343. Then look back at Source 12. Do you think the development of nuclear weapons was what Dulles might have had in mind?
Possibly because he might have also been trying to scare the Soviets into submission, which what nuclear weappons could accomplish, but instead the Soviets also made tons of new weapons.
4. Look at Source 16. What is the Soviet cartoon saying about the U-2 plane?
It shows that america has its eye on the USSR and its movemnts because we are eather nosy or we are worried about them. Or both.
5. Read the Factfile on page 344. Explain why the USSR was so angry about the US spy flights.
We because they were spying on the Soviets and because after one was shot down, Presedent Esenhower didnt appologies no say they would stop the flights, which angered the Soviets.
6. How would the USA justify this violation of Soviet territory?
THey justified it as
7. If the USSR had had U-2 planes, do you think it would have used them? Why?
Yes i think they would have aas well, because everyone wanted the advantage over the next guy, and thell get it anyway than can.
8. Look at Source 17. Why do you think the USA had missiles based in Europe?
So that we would have a quicker time to respond to the missiles and blow up them faster.
9. Define the term 'nuclear deterrent' in not more than 20 words.
Policy that neather country would launch nulear weapons, fearing the other would also launch and both end up destroyed.
I think he plans to get the people of the Soviet Union to over throw the Govt themselfs, and well be here to help if needed.
2. Look at Source 13. Would you agree that the Communist world was encircled? Explain your answer.
Yes i do becasue they are surounded on all sides by nations that have treatys with othere nations and not the Soviet Union itself.
3. Carefully examine the verticle timeline on page 343. Then look back at Source 12. Do you think the development of nuclear weapons was what Dulles might have had in mind?
Possibly because he might have also been trying to scare the Soviets into submission, which what nuclear weappons could accomplish, but instead the Soviets also made tons of new weapons.
4. Look at Source 16. What is the Soviet cartoon saying about the U-2 plane?
It shows that america has its eye on the USSR and its movemnts because we are eather nosy or we are worried about them. Or both.
5. Read the Factfile on page 344. Explain why the USSR was so angry about the US spy flights.
We because they were spying on the Soviets and because after one was shot down, Presedent Esenhower didnt appologies no say they would stop the flights, which angered the Soviets.
6. How would the USA justify this violation of Soviet territory?
THey justified it as
7. If the USSR had had U-2 planes, do you think it would have used them? Why?
Yes i think they would have aas well, because everyone wanted the advantage over the next guy, and thell get it anyway than can.
8. Look at Source 17. Why do you think the USA had missiles based in Europe?
So that we would have a quicker time to respond to the missiles and blow up them faster.
9. Define the term 'nuclear deterrent' in not more than 20 words.
Policy that neather country would launch nulear weapons, fearing the other would also launch and both end up destroyed.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Eisenhower & The Cold War
How did the United States react to the following 7 events, and why?
1. The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb in 1949.
The US started to create more and more bombs as well as the Soviets did to.
2. In 1951, the Iranian prime minister placed the oil industry in Iran under the Iranian government’s control.
The CIA gave money to sertain people so that the oil field would turn to the Soviets for help sence GB stoped buying oil from Iran.
3. The Guatemalan head of government gave American-owned land in Guatemala to peasants.
4. In 1956, Britain, France, and Israel invaded Egypt and occupied the Suez Canal.
America and th UN steped into the conflik to stop the fighting.
5. Soviet tanks invaded Hungary and fired on protesters in 1956.
We did nothing to help the hungarians even though we had an obligation due to the Truman DOctrine.
6. In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik.
THe AMericans we so imbaressed that they got up and poure more money into the space programs wich started the space race.
7. In 1960, the Soviet Union brought down an American U-2 piloted by Francis Gary Powers.
Eisenhower said he would stop the spy planes from flying but wouldnt appologize and so the tension grew greater between the US and Soviet Union.
Monday, April 5, 2010
The Red Scare (1950s).
For each term or name, write a concise sentence or two explaining its significance.
1. HUAC
This was a committy to investigate communist activities, that influence in the movies industries.
2. Blacklist
A list of persons whom they commend as having a comunnist background.
3. Alger Hiss
Was accused by an former soviet spy for being a spy as well.
4. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Were supposed communist spies and were exicuted even after there were pleads to not execute them.
5. Joseph McCarthy
was a failing senator who decided to up his support in the govt by saying communists were trying to take over the govt.
6. McCarthyism
McCarthy used people insecurity to launch unsupported accusations on people he thought were spies, and not only did McC do this but so did other people.
7. In a paragraph, describe the motivations and actions of Joseph McCarthy during the 1950s.
What prompted his actions? What did he do? What happened as a result of his actions?
Causes were that McC was a failing senator who wanted to get his cerear going again so he decided to go on a which hunt of communists in the Govt, and the korean war ended in a stale mante and many communist action going on in the Soveit Union. He used his own tactics of useing peopless insecurity to launch unsupported accusations on people. And contiuned to call names of suspected communists in the senant. MAny people lives wwere ruined because they had to do loyalty pledges and other anti-communist actions. And many people were affraid to speak out against the govermnt now. McC's downfall was when he maid accusations against the millititary and it caused an investigation of McC, who was diso=honered and lost public support from the people.
1. HUAC
This was a committy to investigate communist activities, that influence in the movies industries.
2. Blacklist
A list of persons whom they commend as having a comunnist background.
3. Alger Hiss
Was accused by an former soviet spy for being a spy as well.
4. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Were supposed communist spies and were exicuted even after there were pleads to not execute them.
5. Joseph McCarthy
was a failing senator who decided to up his support in the govt by saying communists were trying to take over the govt.
6. McCarthyism
McCarthy used people insecurity to launch unsupported accusations on people he thought were spies, and not only did McC do this but so did other people.
7. In a paragraph, describe the motivations and actions of Joseph McCarthy during the 1950s.
What prompted his actions? What did he do? What happened as a result of his actions?
Causes were that McC was a failing senator who wanted to get his cerear going again so he decided to go on a which hunt of communists in the Govt, and the korean war ended in a stale mante and many communist action going on in the Soveit Union. He used his own tactics of useing peopless insecurity to launch unsupported accusations on people. And contiuned to call names of suspected communists in the senant. MAny people lives wwere ruined because they had to do loyalty pledges and other anti-communist actions. And many people were affraid to speak out against the govermnt now. McC's downfall was when he maid accusations against the millititary and it caused an investigation of McC, who was diso=honered and lost public support from the people.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Dropping the Atomic Bomb
1. What factors have affected viewpoints on Truman's decision?
Factors:
-Even though America was pushing back the Japanies, our losses were still huge.
-Were were excpected to lose 22000 more men on the mainland.
-Should were warn the Japan people about us using the atomic bomb.
2. Do you think he made the right decision? Give your reasons.
I believe his intentions were good, as in he wanted less casuties for this war, and end this war quicker. But i dont think he should have used it. He could have done thousands of bombing raids and still not have killed as many people. THe civilian casulties were just to high, and he kneew they would be high when he ordered it to drop.
Factors:
-Even though America was pushing back the Japanies, our losses were still huge.
-Were were excpected to lose 22000 more men on the mainland.
-Should were warn the Japan people about us using the atomic bomb.
2. Do you think he made the right decision? Give your reasons.
I believe his intentions were good, as in he wanted less casuties for this war, and end this war quicker. But i dont think he should have used it. He could have done thousands of bombing raids and still not have killed as many people. THe civilian casulties were just to high, and he kneew they would be high when he ordered it to drop.
Friday, March 12, 2010
War in the Pacific
1. What was the importance of the Battle of Midway?
It was the turning point of the war in the paific, and the allies stared island hopping to gain ground.
2. What strategy did the United States adopt in fighting Japan?
They started taking island by island one at a time to capture everything and win the war in the pacific.
3. Why did the Japanese fight so hard on Iwo Jima?
They tried so hard because they knew that if america got "Sulfer Island" than they would have a base in which they could launch bombers to main island japan.
4. Why did the Allies believe Okinawa was a foretaste of an invasion of Japan?
They believed that because they reliezed the japanies would do anything to deffend there home. Even if it means dieing.
5. What was the Manhattan Project?
It was the group of developers who developed the atomic bomb.
6. Ultimately, why did President Truman decide to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
Because he wanted to end the war, and he thought that by droping the atomic bombs on two Japanies targets that it would end the war, which it did.
It was the turning point of the war in the paific, and the allies stared island hopping to gain ground.
2. What strategy did the United States adopt in fighting Japan?
They started taking island by island one at a time to capture everything and win the war in the pacific.
3. Why did the Japanese fight so hard on Iwo Jima?
They tried so hard because they knew that if america got "Sulfer Island" than they would have a base in which they could launch bombers to main island japan.
4. Why did the Allies believe Okinawa was a foretaste of an invasion of Japan?
They believed that because they reliezed the japanies would do anything to deffend there home. Even if it means dieing.
5. What was the Manhattan Project?
It was the group of developers who developed the atomic bomb.
6. Ultimately, why did President Truman decide to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
Because he wanted to end the war, and he thought that by droping the atomic bombs on two Japanies targets that it would end the war, which it did.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
War for Europe and North Africa - Part II
6. What was D-Day?
D-day was the first day of our envasion into germany, which was the largest assult in history, which comprised of parracute troopers and thousands of water troops.
7. What happened at the Battle of the Bulge?
At this battle, german tanks pushed 60 miles into our territory creating a bulge in our line of deffences. They captured 120 American GIs at this battle, which were slaughted by SS troopers.
8. What did Allied troops find in Germany?
Allied troops found death camps and thousands of starving inmates and piles of shoes, which show the horror of thease camps.
9. What happened to Hitler? What happened to F.D. Roosevelt? Who became U.S. President?
Hitler: Shot himself and his corpse was burnt along with his wife who also killed herself.
FDR: Had a heart attack and died a couple months into his 4th term.
Next prez became Harry S. Truman.
Monday, March 8, 2010
War for Europe & North Africa
1. To what did Roosevelt and Churchill agree early in the war?
They agreed to go attack Germany and Italia first instead of Japan. And they had a bromance going on.
2. Why was winning the Battle of the Atlantic so crucial to the fortunes of the Allies?
Because if they hadnt won and Hitler had succeded in destroying our shipping lanes to GB,, then GB would have lost to the Germans.
3. Why was the Battle of Stalingrad so important?
Stalingrad was a major Industrial center on the Volga River, so the Soviet Union wanted to keep it, and Hitler wanted it as well. What made the battle so important was that the Soviet Union lost 1,100,000 men protecting it, just tobe able to turn the tide of war and march westward.
4. What happened in the war in North Africa?
D.E. Eisenhower led allied troops into the north African shores and proceded to fight the enemeys out of north Africa.
5. What happened after the Allies invaded Italy?
After they invaded Mussolini was striped of power and office. Then Italy selibrated the end of the war. But they were to soon because Hitler decided to fight them in Italy. It raged for months and lots of people died.
They agreed to go attack Germany and Italia first instead of Japan. And they had a bromance going on.
2. Why was winning the Battle of the Atlantic so crucial to the fortunes of the Allies?
Because if they hadnt won and Hitler had succeded in destroying our shipping lanes to GB,, then GB would have lost to the Germans.
3. Why was the Battle of Stalingrad so important?
Stalingrad was a major Industrial center on the Volga River, so the Soviet Union wanted to keep it, and Hitler wanted it as well. What made the battle so important was that the Soviet Union lost 1,100,000 men protecting it, just tobe able to turn the tide of war and march westward.
4. What happened in the war in North Africa?
D.E. Eisenhower led allied troops into the north African shores and proceded to fight the enemeys out of north Africa.
5. What happened after the Allies invaded Italy?
After they invaded Mussolini was striped of power and office. Then Italy selibrated the end of the war. But they were to soon because Hitler decided to fight them in Italy. It raged for months and lots of people died.
Mobilizing for WWII.
1. Selective Service System
This expanded the drafting of young soldiers who really wanted to jion the war effort.
2. Women
They were in the auxilllery branches and build alot of the weapons while all the men were away.
3. Minorities
They were forced to fight because of the draft wich not many were happy about fighting because they were discriminated against.
4. Manufacturers
Many were cahnged from luxery manufacturing companies to war material facturies, i.e. tanks airships ect.
5. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD)
It started to develope more war time machines like new guns and new tanks.6 Entertainment industry
The entertainment brodcasted propaganda and way that people could help the war effort.7. Office of Price Administration (OPA)
it was incharge of8. War Production Board (WPB)
9. Rationing
It suggested that people rationed there food to help lthe oldiers out in the war by allowing them to get mor food.Monday, February 22, 2010
World Events Set Stage for Isolationism
1. What was the Japanese reaction to the Treaty of Versailles? (pgs. 4 - 5)
In Japan, some worried that the proposed League of Nations would be used to keep Japan as a secondtier power. Others believed that the great powers, particularly Britain, France, and the United States, would never treat Japan fairly. And there were some in Japan who believed that their country should engage the great powers and support the international system as means of obtaining the natural resources and markets its growing economy needed.
2. Read the pull-out box on page 4 entitled, "Japan Becomes a Great Power." Cite specific evidence Japan was becoming a strong power that rivaled European & American interests. And, why specifically was Japan threatened by U.S. actions?
EVIDENCDE: Japan modelled its navy on Britain's, its banking system on the United States's, and its army andconstitution on Prussia's. constitution on Prussia's. Between 1885 and 1920, its gross domestic product, or all of the goodsand services produced by Japan, increased threefold. Manufacturing and mining increased six-fold.
Japan was threatened by the US because Japan was interested in expanding into China, but US saw Japanese interests in conflict with theres.
3. Why was the Washington Naval Conference convened and what was accomplished? (pg. 6) (Note: Japan signs the agreement.)
It was convened when the 9 nations decided to limit some aspects of naval development for all contries, durring and out of war.
4. The Senate's willingness to ratify the Kellogg-Briand Pact relected two strong and widely held sentiments. What were they? (pgs. 6 - 7)
First, theU.S. was entitled to act inself-defense militarily, and second, that it was not required to enforce the treaty by taking military actionagainst those who violated it.
5. Why did Hitler enjoy popular support in Germany for most of the 1930s? Give three reasons. (pgs. 9 - 10)
He gained support by: blaming a large fire on German communists, improving the economic situation and reducing unemployment, and also restored national pride for Germans still humiliated by the defeat in World War I and by how poor they hadbecome.
6. Japan voiced its intentions to invade China for what two reasons? (pg. 10)
Japan needed China because: China was a means of obtaining rawmaterials and increasing Japan's power, and someone blew up a section of railroad owned by Japan's South Manchuria Railway. Japan blamed the event on Chinea , and the Japanese military invaded.
7. Compare the Reichstag fire and the explosion on the Japanese railway in Manchuria. What did they accompllish?
They accomplished to boost public support for thease two nations from there own people.
8. Why was the united States unable to oppose Japan in the early 1930s with a significant military force? (pgs. 11 - 12)
We didnt invade because: The US had drastically reduced the size of its military since World War 1.
9. Describe the major similarities and differences among liberal democracy, fascism, and socialism. (pg. 8)
Both socialist and fascist leaders saw their systems as the wave of the future and thereforeas a challenge to liberal democracies of Europe and the United States. Fascism puts the economy under government control, and Socialism hoped to create a classless society that would end the exploitation of the workers.
In Japan, some worried that the proposed League of Nations would be used to keep Japan as a secondtier power. Others believed that the great powers, particularly Britain, France, and the United States, would never treat Japan fairly. And there were some in Japan who believed that their country should engage the great powers and support the international system as means of obtaining the natural resources and markets its growing economy needed.
2. Read the pull-out box on page 4 entitled, "Japan Becomes a Great Power." Cite specific evidence Japan was becoming a strong power that rivaled European & American interests. And, why specifically was Japan threatened by U.S. actions?
EVIDENCDE: Japan modelled its navy on Britain's, its banking system on the United States's, and its army andconstitution on Prussia's. constitution on Prussia's. Between 1885 and 1920, its gross domestic product, or all of the goodsand services produced by Japan, increased threefold. Manufacturing and mining increased six-fold.
Japan was threatened by the US because Japan was interested in expanding into China, but US saw Japanese interests in conflict with theres.
3. Why was the Washington Naval Conference convened and what was accomplished? (pg. 6) (Note: Japan signs the agreement.)
It was convened when the 9 nations decided to limit some aspects of naval development for all contries, durring and out of war.
4. The Senate's willingness to ratify the Kellogg-Briand Pact relected two strong and widely held sentiments. What were they? (pgs. 6 - 7)
First, theU.S. was entitled to act inself-defense militarily, and second, that it was not required to enforce the treaty by taking military actionagainst those who violated it.
5. Why did Hitler enjoy popular support in Germany for most of the 1930s? Give three reasons. (pgs. 9 - 10)
He gained support by: blaming a large fire on German communists, improving the economic situation and reducing unemployment, and also restored national pride for Germans still humiliated by the defeat in World War I and by how poor they hadbecome.
6. Japan voiced its intentions to invade China for what two reasons? (pg. 10)
Japan needed China because: China was a means of obtaining rawmaterials and increasing Japan's power, and someone blew up a section of railroad owned by Japan's South Manchuria Railway. Japan blamed the event on Chinea , and the Japanese military invaded.
7. Compare the Reichstag fire and the explosion on the Japanese railway in Manchuria. What did they accompllish?
They accomplished to boost public support for thease two nations from there own people.
8. Why was the united States unable to oppose Japan in the early 1930s with a significant military force? (pgs. 11 - 12)
We didnt invade because: The US had drastically reduced the size of its military since World War 1.
9. Describe the major similarities and differences among liberal democracy, fascism, and socialism. (pg. 8)
Both socialist and fascist leaders saw their systems as the wave of the future and thereforeas a challenge to liberal democracies of Europe and the United States. Fascism puts the economy under government control, and Socialism hoped to create a classless society that would end the exploitation of the workers.
Monday, February 1, 2010
FDR & the New Deal
1. Describe how people struggled to survive during the depression.
People were layed off for years on end with no work, therefore no food, and almost everyone had lost all hope. Also many went homeless.
2. How was what happened to men during the Great Depression different from what happened to women? Children?
Men wondered the streets and some times left their familys because they couldnt find jobs.
Woman were looked down apon because they were working while men couldnt, and women always made less money too.
Children went to work too because schools closed. Most kids went around the counttry looking for jobs, like older men do. They also had bad diets and many were sick and in poor health.
3. Describe the causes and effects (on people) because of the Dust Bowl.
Farmers had broken up the top soil, destroying the parts hich held the dust down, and they never rotated crops, changing the plants type every other season. And after the wind picked up the dust it flung it every where the winds went, and so many farmers left their farms behind because they couldnt stand the dust.
Objective: Summarize the initial steps Franklin D. Roosevelt took to reform banking and finance.
4. What was the New Deal and its three general goals? (The 3 Rs)
The new deal was THe presidentail election of 1933 and
5. What did Roosevelt do during the Hundred Days?
He and congress passed 15 major pieces of New Deal legislation and in the first day, he declaired a bank holiday, where all the banks would be inspected and if they passed theyd be reopened and if not they would stay closed.
6. Why were Roosevelt's fireside chats significant?
They informed the public of what would help the plan move forward, and it also gave courage back to americans.
7. Describe four significant agencies and/or bills that tightened regulation of banking and finance.
Glass-Steagall Act: established by the FDIC to protect an idividuals bank accounts.
Federal Securities Act: 1933, which required corperations to provide complete and accurate information on thier stocks.
SEC: was put inplace to regulate the stock market.
FDIC: Provided federal insurance for bank acounts up to $5000.
People were layed off for years on end with no work, therefore no food, and almost everyone had lost all hope. Also many went homeless.
2. How was what happened to men during the Great Depression different from what happened to women? Children?
Men wondered the streets and some times left their familys because they couldnt find jobs.
Woman were looked down apon because they were working while men couldnt, and women always made less money too.
Children went to work too because schools closed. Most kids went around the counttry looking for jobs, like older men do. They also had bad diets and many were sick and in poor health.
3. Describe the causes and effects (on people) because of the Dust Bowl.
Farmers had broken up the top soil, destroying the parts hich held the dust down, and they never rotated crops, changing the plants type every other season. And after the wind picked up the dust it flung it every where the winds went, and so many farmers left their farms behind because they couldnt stand the dust.
Objective: Summarize the initial steps Franklin D. Roosevelt took to reform banking and finance.
4. What was the New Deal and its three general goals? (The 3 Rs)
The new deal was THe presidentail election of 1933 and
5. What did Roosevelt do during the Hundred Days?
He and congress passed 15 major pieces of New Deal legislation and in the first day, he declaired a bank holiday, where all the banks would be inspected and if they passed theyd be reopened and if not they would stay closed.
6. Why were Roosevelt's fireside chats significant?
They informed the public of what would help the plan move forward, and it also gave courage back to americans.
7. Describe four significant agencies and/or bills that tightened regulation of banking and finance.
Glass-Steagall Act: established by the FDIC to protect an idividuals bank accounts.
Federal Securities Act: 1933, which required corperations to provide complete and accurate information on thier stocks.
SEC: was put inplace to regulate the stock market.
FDIC: Provided federal insurance for bank acounts up to $5000.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Causes of the Great Depression Outline
Prompt: To what extent was the Wall Street Crash a cause of the Great Depression of 1929? Support your argument with specific examples.
The Wall Street crash was a cause of the great depression, but it was not the largest contributor nor the only one. Another contributor to the crash was that all the farmers had over farmed and there was no demand for all that food. Another was that credit was easily obtained and many people who got credit couldn't pay any back to the loaners. Also the unemployment rate sky rocketed after many of the veterans came back from WWII.
Outline:
Main point 1: The Wall Street Crash
a. The decrease in value of the stocks panicked people and they all tried to sell their stocks, all at once.
b.And the economy also droped drasticly because of this.
Main point 2: Farmer over farming
a. During the war the farmers farmed alot for the soldiers and after there was no market for it.
b.The prices plumited after no one was able to buy them and the farmers wernt selling.
Main point 3:Credit easly availible.
a. The banks thought it would be good to loan out money to the needy but they went able to pay them back.
b. The credit was barley worth anythin in the first place because the bank had nothing to back it up with.
Main point 4:
a. Uneployment went high after war because veterians had no jobs, decreasing the economy.
b. The people who had jobs were fired because the companies couldnt pay them.
The Wall Street crash was a cause of the great depression, but it was not the largest contributor nor the only one. Another contributor to the crash was that all the farmers had over farmed and there was no demand for all that food. Another was that credit was easily obtained and many people who got credit couldn't pay any back to the loaners. Also the unemployment rate sky rocketed after many of the veterans came back from WWII.
Outline:
Main point 1: The Wall Street Crash
a. The decrease in value of the stocks panicked people and they all tried to sell their stocks, all at once.
b.And the economy also droped drasticly because of this.
Main point 2: Farmer over farming
a. During the war the farmers farmed alot for the soldiers and after there was no market for it.
b.The prices plumited after no one was able to buy them and the farmers wernt selling.
Main point 3:Credit easly availible.
a. The banks thought it would be good to loan out money to the needy but they went able to pay them back.
b. The credit was barley worth anythin in the first place because the bank had nothing to back it up with.
Main point 4:
a. Uneployment went high after war because veterians had no jobs, decreasing the economy.
b. The people who had jobs were fired because the companies couldnt pay them.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Prohibition and the Scopes Trial
Do you think the passage of the Volstead Act and the ruling in the Scopes trial represented genuine triumphs for traditional values?
I believe that in the aftermath of WW1 people should have been allowed to drink alcohol. I believe the same as many of the immigrants and the other citizens in that they should be allowed to enjoy life. Prohibition, along with the Volstead acts made it hard for Americans to relax after a had days work for the most part. Secondly, the need for alcohol was so great that many, many people made it illegal, and therefore, breaking the law and putting them in prison. Which was the opposite of what was intended to happen. It was supposedly going to illuminate all forms of violence in every community.
And along with the prohibitions, the city's were getting really crowded. It made it harder for people to find good jobs, because alot were taken by immigrants, and it tensed people up. Making them want a way to relax. Alcohol. The Scopes trial was an odd trial because before that, the onlyones who didnt believe fully in the bible were scientists, and now that it was supposidly outlawed to teach about evolution, and that was plain stupid, in a way that people should be allowed to think freely and think what they, themselves want, but as well as respect the others opinion and beliefes. So all in all, i believe that the passage and the trial were not genuine triumphs for traditional values, because they pushed the other values down forcfully, and dont allow them to even be considered.
I believe that in the aftermath of WW1 people should have been allowed to drink alcohol. I believe the same as many of the immigrants and the other citizens in that they should be allowed to enjoy life. Prohibition, along with the Volstead acts made it hard for Americans to relax after a had days work for the most part. Secondly, the need for alcohol was so great that many, many people made it illegal, and therefore, breaking the law and putting them in prison. Which was the opposite of what was intended to happen. It was supposedly going to illuminate all forms of violence in every community.
And along with the prohibitions, the city's were getting really crowded. It made it harder for people to find good jobs, because alot were taken by immigrants, and it tensed people up. Making them want a way to relax. Alcohol. The Scopes trial was an odd trial because before that, the onlyones who didnt believe fully in the bible were scientists, and now that it was supposidly outlawed to teach about evolution, and that was plain stupid, in a way that people should be allowed to think freely and think what they, themselves want, but as well as respect the others opinion and beliefes. So all in all, i believe that the passage and the trial were not genuine triumphs for traditional values, because they pushed the other values down forcfully, and dont allow them to even be considered.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues
After World War I, many Americans feared that Communists would take over the country.
1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
Palmer appointed J. Edgar Hoover as his special assistant. Together, with there agents, hunted down suspected communists.
2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
Nothing turned up in Palmer's investigations, and no explosives eather. The public thought it was just a campain issue, to try and win more support for himself, but in doing so everyone started to dislike him.
3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
The attacked immigrents, believing in "100% American" whewre there should be no other group of persons in the U.S. other than white people.
4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
They started to lose power because they had crazy rituals and there criminal behavior made some people dislike them.
5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
They were arrested because the were italians. They were sentenced to death, by a jury of the people, just because they were italian. There was no evidence supporting there charge.
Public opinion turned against labor unions as many Americans came to believe that unions encouraged communism.
6. Why was the strike by Boston police unpopular with the public?
It was unpopular because they thought the Govener had saved the people by not allowing this strike.
7. Why did Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge become so popular?
Because he was praised for stoping the anarchy and rebelion of the boston police.
8. Why was the strike at U.S. Steel unpopular?
It was unpopular because through propaganda, the company liked the strikers to communists and won over the people and police that helped end the strike.
9. How did President Wilson respond to the steel strike?
He responded by asking them to try and settle the matter by stelling the matter peacfully.
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