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
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