Below are what I think John F. Kennedy might have tweeted during the Cuban missile crisis.
TheBigButtonPusher:
We welcome Castro to Power in Cuba, May this be the start of a good friendship.
1/9/1959 10:27 A.M.
TheBigButtonPusher:
I thought we had something good, I guess I was wrong.
1/3/1961 2:47 P.M.
TheBigButtonPusher:
Do not fear our military, it will not harm you for now.
4/12/1961 8:52 P.M.
TheBigButtonPusher:
Cubans attempt to rebel with our training, I guess it was not enough.
4/17/1961 9:17 P.M.
TheBigButtonPusher:
Castro, your threats do not worry us. However the Soviets do.
7/27/1962 12:37 P.M.
TheBigButtonPusher:
Well what do we have here?
10/17/1962 6:01 A.M.
TheBigButtonPusher:
I feel that we need to quarantine the problem so it dies.
10/21/1962 2:42 P.M.
TheBigButtonPusher:
It is time that my fellow Americans know the threat we face.
10/22/1962 6:59 P.M.
TheBigButtonPusher:
Let the negotiations begin.
10/26/1962 3:54 A.M.
TheBigButtonPusher:
We will remove missiles from Turkey in return for the removal of them from Cuba. Its all over now.
10/28/1962 4:38 P.M.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Media is a Strong Tool.
Sometimes we let the media control how we take things. Take Vietnam for instance. The media during this time was not reporting a lot of the good things the troops were doing. Instead they were talking about communistic forces advancing and how they were winning. Where as with the war in Iraq and Afghanistan we are seeing a lot of media coverage showing the good that are troops are doing, rather they are winning o not. I think this is a big deal because we base our opinions on the information we are being given around us. I think that is a big reason why we are Pro-war now and was Anti-war during Vietnam.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Good Ol' American Pride
"Oh, justice will be served and the battle will rage:
This big dog will fight when you rattle his cage.
An' you'll be sorry that you messed with the U.S. of A.
'Cos we'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way.
Hey, Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list,
And the Statue of Liberty started shaking her fist.
And the eagle will fly and it's gonna be hell,
When you hear Mother Freedom start ringing her bell.
And it'll feel like the whole wide world is raining down on you.
Ah, brought to you, courtesy of the red, white and blue."
During the Early 2000's we were faced with an attack on American soil. Terrorist hi-jacked planes and flew them into various buildings and fields throughout America. We were shocked, caught off guard, and infuriated. Music around this time took two sharp turns, some turned to remember the people who's lives were lost in the attacks, like in Allan Jackson's "Where were you". However some singers lashed out at the groups who had coordinated this attack. Toby Keith released "Courtesy of The Red, White, And Blue" This song was kind of opposite of Vietnam era music where we were singing to bring our soldiers home. This time period saw a lot patriotism where we wanted to go fight and to get revenge on our attackers.
This big dog will fight when you rattle his cage.
An' you'll be sorry that you messed with the U.S. of A.
'Cos we'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way.
Hey, Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list,
And the Statue of Liberty started shaking her fist.
And the eagle will fly and it's gonna be hell,
When you hear Mother Freedom start ringing her bell.
And it'll feel like the whole wide world is raining down on you.
Ah, brought to you, courtesy of the red, white and blue."
During the Early 2000's we were faced with an attack on American soil. Terrorist hi-jacked planes and flew them into various buildings and fields throughout America. We were shocked, caught off guard, and infuriated. Music around this time took two sharp turns, some turned to remember the people who's lives were lost in the attacks, like in Allan Jackson's "Where were you". However some singers lashed out at the groups who had coordinated this attack. Toby Keith released "Courtesy of The Red, White, And Blue" This song was kind of opposite of Vietnam era music where we were singing to bring our soldiers home. This time period saw a lot patriotism where we wanted to go fight and to get revenge on our attackers.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
12 cg
Truman Doctrine:
-President Truman set up this policy with the goal to provide military and economic aid to fight communism.
U.S. Foreign Policy (Korea & Vietnam)
- In
Intervention - In
Cold War Development
- The main cause of the Cold War was the growing fear of communism. Nuclear power development also contributed to this heated time period of stress and worry.
WWII Foreign Policy vs Post WWII Foreign Policy
- Before WWII, the U.S policy was isolation; we tried to stay out of foreign affairs and focus on building up our economy. After the war our policy began to intervene and get more involved with countries in need of help.
Limited War
-A limited war consists of participants not using all available resources
Containment Policy:
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Examples of Containment in
- The
Main Points of Division of
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Douglas MacArthur Dismissal
- MacArthur failed to adhere to President Truman's orders, this led to his dismissal.
Korean War Similarities with Persian Gulf War
- The Korean and Persian Gulf war were similar in which they both had the assistance of the U.S in order to prevent a government from gaining power.
Nuclear Test Ban
- In August 1963, nuclear powers agreed to stop testing nuclear weapons. Many, including the
Nixon's Détente
- Eased tensions between the Soviets and U.S
Long Term Effects of
- The Long Term Effects of Vietnam included high death rates, separation and tension between pro and anti war people. Also the returning troops were physcologically messed up because of what they had seen.
Peace Corps
- An American volunteer program run by the United States Government. Helps in times of distress.
End of Cold War
-The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of the Cold War.
Domino Theory
-The theory that if one country became communist, all other surrounding countries would as well.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
I am
I am
I am a part of the lunch counter sit-in.
I wonder why they think what they are doing will help them.
I hear people yelling mean things at me.
I see people fighting arround me.
I want to be treated like everybody else.
I am a part of the lunch counter sit-in.
I pretend that my feelings are not hurt.
I feel the hot coffee running down my back.
I need to stay focused for what I am fighting for.
I worry about my survival.
I cry, but only on the inside.
I am a part of the lunch counter sit-in
I understand that I might die.
I believe that everyone should have equal rights.
I dream that one day my children will not be judged based on the color of their skin.
I try to keep calm and block out the violence happening arround me.
I hope that we will win.
I am a part of the lunch counter sit-in
I am
I am a part of the lunch counter sit-in.
I wonder why they think what they are doing will help them.
I hear people yelling mean things at me.
I see people fighting arround me.
I want to be treated like everybody else.
I am a part of the lunch counter sit-in.
I pretend that my feelings are not hurt.
I feel the hot coffee running down my back.
I need to stay focused for what I am fighting for.
I worry about my survival.
I cry, but only on the inside.
I am a part of the lunch counter sit-in
I understand that I might die.
I believe that everyone should have equal rights.
I dream that one day my children will not be judged based on the color of their skin.
I try to keep calm and block out the violence happening arround me.
I hope that we will win.
I am a part of the lunch counter sit-in
I am
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Is the American Dream still alive?
Do you think you can be born and the Ghetto and still grown up to be a powerful CEO? Seems like a long shot right? Well back in the day people would come to America for that dream. Thats why its called The American Dream. These people believed in something called meritocracy. Which was anyone who worked hard enough could become successful. I do not think that is true. In todays world the people who are born in the lower classes have it very hard because they are looked down upon. This makes them feel like no matter how hard they work they will not make it. I think this means the success rate of the american dream is falling. Which is a pity because that is what America was about for the longest time.
King or X.
Recently we have been discussing the civil rights movement and some of the greats of that time. Two in particular being the famous Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. We know both of them inspired great movements and could move masses of people with their words. While MLK moved people with his speeches including his "I have a Dream" speech, pushing for government change. Malcolm X wanted African Americans to be treated as though they were human, and equal. His quotes all discuss wanting to be human. Which is an easy idea for everyone to see. That is why I think Malcolm X was the better influence of the time. It is a shame though that both of these men had to die before there words could really take effect.
Racism today
When reading a article about a group of 6 teens in the south who were being charged with attempted murder I felt as though we were back in the 1970's. Yes what these 6 kids did was wrong and they should be punished, however they did not need to be punished to the extent they were being prosecuted. This shows similarities to the Little Rock 9 in a couple ways. The first being that it was only a select group of kids who were being targeted. Second being that local government was causing the issue, when the Federal government stepped in the charges began to get reduced and straightened out. It is a shame to see our country is still stuck in its old ways. We can only hope we can tell our kids the right way and that they listen.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Rockwell
Look at me!
I am not like you,
My collar is not white, it is blue.
I do not drive the cars you do.
My hands are weathered and abused.
Look at me!
I have something to say.
This is America, I do as I please, and say what I want to say.
I may not have went to college, I may not be well groomed,
But I have wants and needs too.
It is my money that keeps your company alive.
I don’t like the way you decide about your company on your own.
You need to change your ways, or lose my business.
Yes I am just a normal, rural man, but hear me speak,
I may be alone, but there are many more like me.
So I say,
Look at me!
Topic 10 Study Guide
McCarthyism Impact on Society
-People especially Hollywood actors, writers, producers were "blacklisted" or banned from working because of being accused of communistic beliefs.
Communist “Witch Hunt” and impact on those accused
-put a lot of businesses and people out of work
Space Race impact on government policies
- funding for science and technology exploded
-increased foreign tensions
Cold War mind set for the United States Government and public
-we needed to be the Superior country in every way possible
-we need to stop the spread of Communism
Relationship of suburbs, automobiles, and roads
-the suburbs formed because people were emigrating out of the cities so they could find a good place to raise their families and live like a "nuclear" family
-Roads were needed to connect the "burbs" to the city because people still worked in the city.
-More people needed cars for commuting and travel so the sales went up.
-the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 also increased the the amount of roads with 41,000 miles of new roadway
Baby Boom
-occurred when WWII soldiers returned home to their wives and families and joy was throughout America
-started a new generation of children and teenagers who broke away from the previously traditional lifestyles that their parents believed heavily in.
Urban-Suburban Pattern
-the city is where low income classes live, but the business district within the city also has high class residents
-the sub-urban houses closer to the city are for middle income families and the houses further away are relatively larger and also cost more.
GI Bill
-if you sign up to join the military and complete your training, your college tuition would be paid by the government
Expansion of the Middle Class (why were things “affordable)
-because the middle class was expanding, demand for products increased and so did production which made things cheaper because there was more being produced.
-Americans began buying goods not available during the war, which created business expansion and jobs
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Casa Blanca outline.
I. Setting
A. Casablanca, Morocco
1. World War II
II. Introduction
A. Rick Blaine
1. Owns Rick's Café Américain
2. Very unknown, careful man
B. Ilsa Lund
1. Rick's ex who left him in Paris
2. Married to Victor Laszlo
C. Victor Laszlo
1. Resistance leader
2. Escaped from Nazi concentration camp
III. Rising Action
A. Ilsa Lund and Victor arrive at Rick's cafe
1. Ilsa spots Sam, the cafes piano player
2. Ilsa asks Sam to play the song her and Rick liked
3. Rick comes to investigate why Sam is playing that song.
B. Laszlo and Ilsa plan to escape to America
C. Laszlo gets word that Rick has the letters of transit he needs to escape safely
IV. Climax
A. Laszlo attempts to get the letters
1. Rick refuses to give them up
B. Rick's Cafe is closed because of German military
C. Ilsa tries to get the letters
1. Rick doesn't buy it
2. Flashback to Paris
V. Declining Action
A. Rick tells Ilsa that he will help her
1. Isla and Rick are in his office
B. Police arrest Laszlo
1. Rick tells police to wait until Laszlo has the letters of transit.
VI. Ending
A. Police try to arrest Laszlo as they had planned.
1. Rick tricks them so Victor and Isla can escape.
B. Rick makes Ilsa leave with Laszlo
1. Ilsa disagrees but then is convinced.
C. German officers arrive
1. Rick kills the lead officer
D. Rick and officer become friends and walk off into the distance
A. Casablanca, Morocco
1. World War II
II. Introduction
A. Rick Blaine
1. Owns Rick's Café Américain
2. Very unknown, careful man
B. Ilsa Lund
1. Rick's ex who left him in Paris
2. Married to Victor Laszlo
C. Victor Laszlo
1. Resistance leader
2. Escaped from Nazi concentration camp
III. Rising Action
A. Ilsa Lund and Victor arrive at Rick's cafe
1. Ilsa spots Sam, the cafes piano player
2. Ilsa asks Sam to play the song her and Rick liked
3. Rick comes to investigate why Sam is playing that song.
B. Laszlo and Ilsa plan to escape to America
C. Laszlo gets word that Rick has the letters of transit he needs to escape safely
IV. Climax
A. Laszlo attempts to get the letters
1. Rick refuses to give them up
B. Rick's Cafe is closed because of German military
C. Ilsa tries to get the letters
1. Rick doesn't buy it
2. Flashback to Paris
V. Declining Action
A. Rick tells Ilsa that he will help her
1. Isla and Rick are in his office
B. Police arrest Laszlo
1. Rick tells police to wait until Laszlo has the letters of transit.
VI. Ending
A. Police try to arrest Laszlo as they had planned.
1. Rick tricks them so Victor and Isla can escape.
B. Rick makes Ilsa leave with Laszlo
1. Ilsa disagrees but then is convinced.
C. German officers arrive
1. Rick kills the lead officer
D. Rick and officer become friends and walk off into the distance
Topic 9 study guide
Roles Of Women During WW2: These rolls varied from nurses to working in factories that made supplies. Either way they just wanted to help the war effort.
Atomic Bomb, Cause and Effect
cause- Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, and we need a quick end to the war
Effect- We bomb Japan killing millions of people and devastating a country.
US Foreign Policy
Before we were involved in foreign affairs
During - U.S Was Isolationist
Then the U.S Got Attacked amd we went to war.
Effects Of The War On Europe
Loss of life
Financial turmoil
Effect Of Pearl Harbor
We declared war on Japan
We imprisoned Japanese-Americans in concentration camps
Dropped 2 Atomic Bombs
Neutrality Acts
Embargo with countries at war.
US battle ships could not be armed with amunition
Purpose Of PROPAGANDA
Propaganda
Rationing
Food Rationing
Sacrifices
Results Of WWII
Poverty throughout the world
Cold War Started
Atomic Fallout
Baby Boom
Atomic Bomb, Cause and Effect
cause- Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, and we need a quick end to the war
Effect- We bomb Japan killing millions of people and devastating a country.
US Foreign Policy
Before we were involved in foreign affairs
During - U.S Was Isolationist
Then the U.S Got Attacked amd we went to war.
Effects Of The War On Europe
Loss of life
Financial turmoil
Effect Of Pearl Harbor
We declared war on Japan
We imprisoned Japanese-Americans in concentration camps
Dropped 2 Atomic Bombs
Neutrality Acts
Embargo with countries at war.
US battle ships could not be armed with amunition
Purpose Of PROPAGANDA
Propaganda
Rationing
Food Rationing
Sacrifices
Results Of WWII
Poverty throughout the world
Cold War Started
Atomic Fallout
Baby Boom
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
We Took What We Could
When asked to show an object from WWII with importance to you, I decided to take a diffrent route. Most people went to Ebay and found something that interested them. I turned to my stepmother whom had some of her grandfathers buttons from WWII. What I found were these two German Nazi buttons. The larger one belonging to a worker for the German Red Cross. It shows you that no one was safe. Red cross people were supposed to be protected, but this was not the case. The other was a button he removed from a dead German soldier so he could send it back to his family to show what he had done. These are significant to me and my family because they show our part in the war. They also show that no one was immune to death by war, and you took whatever you could off the dead.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Questions for the Past
When reading about a Jewish man named Michel Margosis I had a few questions.
1. When you heard the bells was it always a bad thing? or did it mean come together?
2. Did you ever think you would be on the run for escaping a detention camp?
3. What kind of mental toll does being forced into hiding for a year do to you?
4. Did you loose much of your hope when you were not able to obtain exit visas?
5. After it was all over and you made it to the USA, did you think you were finally safe?
Friday, February 25, 2011
Censorship only hurts us.
Dear Dr. Rhinehart,
It has come to my attention that we are in a society today that wants to hide stuff from us. Text books a lot of the time now are editing out events such as The Raping of Nanking was a major massacre of innocent Chinese people by Japan. Until Mr. Meechin decided to tell us about it and the Ukraine famine where masses of people were starved to death I had never heard of these event. I thinks it completely wrong that we live like this. A famous person once said, "If we forget the past, it will just happen again". So by not ever telling anyone of this event are we not setting it up to happen again? We need to know so we can prevent horrible events like this from happening. So I thank you Dr. for letting our school know the truth and I hope that others will follow in you footsteps.
It has come to my attention that we are in a society today that wants to hide stuff from us. Text books a lot of the time now are editing out events such as The Raping of Nanking was a major massacre of innocent Chinese people by Japan. Until Mr. Meechin decided to tell us about it and the Ukraine famine where masses of people were starved to death I had never heard of these event. I thinks it completely wrong that we live like this. A famous person once said, "If we forget the past, it will just happen again". So by not ever telling anyone of this event are we not setting it up to happen again? We need to know so we can prevent horrible events like this from happening. So I thank you Dr. for letting our school know the truth and I hope that others will follow in you footsteps.
Outline
Cinderella Man is a movie about boxer James J. Braddock. It starts with winning what appears to be his last fight before the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Then we see his family struggling to make ends meet due to having lost most of their money. James is on a bit of a loosing streak and because of this people began to think he was washed up. That led to the revoking of his boxing license. With no income Braddock faced hard times, but not as bad as some people who were forced to live in "Hooverville" turned to Public Relief. However his luck starts to change when boxing offers him a deal that he can fight one last fight. Knowing he would loose the boxing commission didn't worry that he did not have a license. However when he wins they agree to let him continue fighting until he loses. He fights his way to the top to finally defeat Max Baer and become the new heavy weight champion.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Don't Light the Fuse
When checking out the site I learned of some countries that could be facing genocide. Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. Then someone asked me, should the U.S. step in and help these groups who are being targeted. I personally think this is one thing we should stay away from. America is a diverse country with people from all over the world. I think if we were to try and fix the worlds problems we would just be leaving our self open to attacks on America. It could also anger other countries and provoke them into attacking us. I think we should off refuge to anyone able to escape but no I do not think we should be intervening in these countries affairs.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Killer's with words
GUILTY, and your dead
Most people when asked do not know who Sacco and Vanzetti are, or that they were convicted and executed for murder and robbery, but there remains much controversy over the case. Was it a fair case or was the nativism too strong and they were found guilty because of association.
Both men were born in Italy and immigrated to the U.S in 1908. Both worked hard low paying jobs, but remained very loyal to their home country, and many of the ideas and beliefs Italy had. Both of them ended up being associated with the wrong crowd. As time when on they became active members of the anarchist movement in the United States. This was likely a part of the reason they met, and the reason they were not given a fair trial.
The crime took place one day in 1920. These two men whose names didn't matter were picking up cash boxes to take to a local shoe factory. While they were doing so, they were jumped and eventually shot, killed, and the money they were transporting was stolen. Due to high levels of inconclusive evidence and no other close enough suspects, Sacco and Vanzetti were charged and quickly found guilty of the crime. The list of evidence includes seven so called eyewitness with their own accounts of the crime, the fact that the gunmen's race was most likely Italian. Also Sacco and Vanzetti happened to not be at work the day the crime took place. Personally I do not believe that the evidence listed above was enough to convict these two men to death row and end their life. The amounts of evidence presented in this case for both sides was staggering. However, it seems like no matter how much evidence the defense had that there were other forces at work when the jury made their final ruling. This trial took place during a time where Nativism was the mindset of most Americans , and anything or anyone that wasn't born or made in america was wrong. We have to look at all the evidence surrounding the case, and try to understand it as the scared naive american's on the jury would have seen it. The technology of the time left them to where they could not match the bullets to either gun the men owned, they had no positive identifications from prints or cameras of the two men. The case was built on testimony and here-say, and maybe a little nativism as well.
Truth is, they probably were innocent. The real killers lived on with the guilt of two more deaths on their soul. I think that our government isn't perfect but we should not be able to kill someone unless there is a stronger case than the prosecution had built on them
Most people when asked do not know who Sacco and Vanzetti are, or that they were convicted and executed for murder and robbery, but there remains much controversy over the case. Was it a fair case or was the nativism too strong and they were found guilty because of association.
Both men were born in Italy and immigrated to the U.S in 1908. Both worked hard low paying jobs, but remained very loyal to their home country, and many of the ideas and beliefs Italy had. Both of them ended up being associated with the wrong crowd. As time when on they became active members of the anarchist movement in the United States. This was likely a part of the reason they met, and the reason they were not given a fair trial.
The crime took place one day in 1920. These two men whose names didn't matter were picking up cash boxes to take to a local shoe factory. While they were doing so, they were jumped and eventually shot, killed, and the money they were transporting was stolen. Due to high levels of inconclusive evidence and no other close enough suspects, Sacco and Vanzetti were charged and quickly found guilty of the crime. The list of evidence includes seven so called eyewitness with their own accounts of the crime, the fact that the gunmen's race was most likely Italian. Also Sacco and Vanzetti happened to not be at work the day the crime took place. Personally I do not believe that the evidence listed above was enough to convict these two men to death row and end their life. The amounts of evidence presented in this case for both sides was staggering. However, it seems like no matter how much evidence the defense had that there were other forces at work when the jury made their final ruling. This trial took place during a time where Nativism was the mindset of most Americans , and anything or anyone that wasn't born or made in america was wrong. We have to look at all the evidence surrounding the case, and try to understand it as the scared naive american's on the jury would have seen it. The technology of the time left them to where they could not match the bullets to either gun the men owned, they had no positive identifications from prints or cameras of the two men. The case was built on testimony and here-say, and maybe a little nativism as well.
Truth is, they probably were innocent. The real killers lived on with the guilt of two more deaths on their soul. I think that our government isn't perfect but we should not be able to kill someone unless there is a stronger case than the prosecution had built on them
Trapped
Alcatraz was a island in the San Fransisco bay that for a long time was used as a "super prison" because of the governments belief that you could not escape from it before its prison time it was used as a fort to protect the bay. Figuratively speaking it was a pretty tough rock, with the harsh tides, cold water, steep cliffs, and dangerous currents. However due to high cost (EVERYTHING had to be brought to the island by boat) and an attempted escape the prison was shut down in 1963.
Concept Guide
The Scopes Trail - Case in Tennessee where a teacher was charged with teaching evolution instead of religion. He was fined, but later the charges were dropped
Prohibition- Laws that prohibit the manufacture and sales of alcohol in the 1920's, however it was not illegal to consume or possess alcohol.
Flappers- Women in the 1920's who wore short skirts, listened to jazz, drank and smoked and flaunted their disdain behavior.
Economic Issues - During this time banks began to loan money at lower interest rates and credit was a new popular idea. This led to excessive spending putting people into debt.
Dust Bowl - Now that new farming machines have made large scale cropping easier, farmers get greedy and do not rotate their crops causing them to do poorly...then a severe drought comes in killing almost all crops and causing huge dust storms that would destroy and bury every thing in their path
Agricultural issues - The same as above....farmers did not rotate crops which caused the land to become nutrient lacking.
Immigration Polices - We began to resent immigrants so we put quotas (20%) in place and outlawed Asian immigration all together.
Nativism - Native born Americans are superior to all
Literature - Jacob Ribs, Upton Sinclair and Ralph Nadar all wrote works that corresponded with life of the 1920's
Great Migration - African Americans moved north for new job opportunities
Harlem Renaissance - Time in Harlem during the 1920's where African America culture was becoming very popular
Sacco and Vanzetti - Italian anarchist (hates government) who where put on trial and executed before the investigation could be done properly.
Labor issues - after WWI soldiers came home to very few jobs and they were forced to be unemployed without government benefits. Drinking and poverty went sky high.
Red Scare - US becomes scared of communism and people began to be arrested because of their suspicion of being communistic, Palmer Raids.
Schneck Vs. U.S. - created patriot acts, sedition acts, and espionage acts. Quota systems also came into play
Prohibition- Laws that prohibit the manufacture and sales of alcohol in the 1920's, however it was not illegal to consume or possess alcohol.
Flappers- Women in the 1920's who wore short skirts, listened to jazz, drank and smoked and flaunted their disdain behavior.
Economic Issues - During this time banks began to loan money at lower interest rates and credit was a new popular idea. This led to excessive spending putting people into debt.
Dust Bowl - Now that new farming machines have made large scale cropping easier, farmers get greedy and do not rotate their crops causing them to do poorly...then a severe drought comes in killing almost all crops and causing huge dust storms that would destroy and bury every thing in their path
Agricultural issues - The same as above....farmers did not rotate crops which caused the land to become nutrient lacking.
Immigration Polices - We began to resent immigrants so we put quotas (20%) in place and outlawed Asian immigration all together.
Nativism - Native born Americans are superior to all
Literature - Jacob Ribs, Upton Sinclair and Ralph Nadar all wrote works that corresponded with life of the 1920's
Great Migration - African Americans moved north for new job opportunities
Harlem Renaissance - Time in Harlem during the 1920's where African America culture was becoming very popular
Sacco and Vanzetti - Italian anarchist (hates government) who where put on trial and executed before the investigation could be done properly.
Labor issues - after WWI soldiers came home to very few jobs and they were forced to be unemployed without government benefits. Drinking and poverty went sky high.
Red Scare - US becomes scared of communism and people began to be arrested because of their suspicion of being communistic, Palmer Raids.
Schneck Vs. U.S. - created patriot acts, sedition acts, and espionage acts. Quota systems also came into play
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Acrostic Poem
Policing power
Raging Alcoholics
Old Americans are happy
Happy older Americans
Images Soldiers hallucinated post-war
Big business bootlegging
Invokes protest
Tipsy no more
Intoxication cannot get you arrested
On the way to being revoked
Not lasting long.
Raised interest in stocks
Obscene in the eyes of god
America is changing its views
Relaxed clothing
Indecent clothing
New clothing styles
Getting together to party!
Together we unite
We expose our legs!
Excessive Investing
New concepts
Teens disagree with elders
Intoxication becomes good
Elders in Uproar
Shaking Up America
Raging Alcoholics
Old Americans are happy
Happy older Americans
Images Soldiers hallucinated post-war
Big business bootlegging
Invokes protest
Tipsy no more
Intoxication cannot get you arrested
On the way to being revoked
Not lasting long.
Raised interest in stocks
Obscene in the eyes of god
America is changing its views
Relaxed clothing
Indecent clothing
New clothing styles
Getting together to party!
Together we unite
We expose our legs!
Excessive Investing
New concepts
Teens disagree with elders
Intoxication becomes good
Elders in Uproar
Shaking Up America
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
1920s is the time to rob
This last couple weeks we have been discussing the 1920's and we had projects to investigate different gangsters during the 20's and 30's. I think it was interesting how easily these people robbed banks and escaped prison. Compared to today the police force was weak and gangsters ran the towns. John Dillinger escaped prison twice, and the cops couldn't catch him until he broke a federal law. Then the FBI was allowed to pursue him. Overall I think that gangsters back then had it easy compared to today
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Can you handle the truth??
Wiki leaks, radical uprising or honesty at its purest form? I think what they are doing is the right idea. They are just taking it the wrong way. We should be able to know what are government is really doing if we want to know. I think its wrong that the founder be imprisoned for his actions. I think some of the videos he releases of military actions being executed is wrong. However making our government transparent so we can see the missions no one know about is the right way to go. Also if your going to release this information you have to not pick a side, it is clear in some released videos that it is to put down the American government. If he releases bad videos, he should be trying equally as hard to release video showing success in secret military operations.So yes wiki leaks has the right idea, but they are acting on in the incorrect way.
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