Thursday, May 19, 2011

topic 12 review

Truman doctrine- was passed to stop the spread of communism

Containment policy-wanted to stop the soviet union from expanding

similarities between bay of pigs and invasion of panama, were done trying to over throw governments with ones that were "pro-american"

Vietnam and korea was to prevent communism

Intervention- putting in place pro american governments

Cold war started when the Soviets successfully tested an atomic bomb

War powers Act- increases power of the executive branch

WW2->post ww2 we started fighting limited wars

Limited war- concerned with civilians and other countries' land, makes it harder to win wars

containment was used in west Germany

Germany was split between US, England, France, and the Soviet Union

Douglas MacArthur was dismissed because he disobeyed the president by going farther into North Korea than he was supposed to

Korean and Persian gulf were both UN wars

Agreement to stop testing nukes, but no one listened

Psychologically damaged veterans

Volunteer program to promote peace and friendship amongst countries

1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed
If Vietnam becomes communist many other Asian countries will follow

eased tensions with the Soviet Union

Monday, May 16, 2011

Questions for some one living during the time of the Vietnam war

1. Q- did u have any friends or family that had to go to war, and how did they change?
No friends or family went to war
2. Q- DO you think the war was worth it?
No
3. Q- How were the soldiers treated when they came back?
Crappy
4. Q- how did the media portray the war?
anti- military
5. Q- What did you friends and family think of the war?
waste of American lives
too political and no major military effort to win the war

Friday, April 15, 2011

Is the American Dream true

I do believe there is more opportunity in America than most other countries. If one is willing to work hard they can become wealthy. However there is an advantage if you have wealthy parents, or have connections with people in high places. Some people that are born blind or with down syndrome are at a disadvantage to no falt of their own. Genetics also plays a role in one's potential success.

racism 60s vs 00s

The two events were similar in many ways. In both cases discrimination was used in a high school setting. In the Central High School incident there seemed to be a larger protest with the feds more involved. The lives of the nine black kids were in danger of the white mob. The nooses in the newer story seemed wrong, to me it seemed to be to harsh to be a joke. It puts a fearful memory in many people.

Friday, April 1, 2011

topic 9

1. manufactured and were nurses
2. Japan would not give up, we dropped the bomb then they did.
3. The Us became more involved in other countries affairs after the war
4. destroyed Europe's economy
5. We entered the war
6. arrested jappaneese people
7. tryed to keep us out of the war
8. to convince people to go to war
9. to get more resources to troops
10. Allys won

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Casa blanca

First the main character owns a bar where people try to go to America to escape the War. The nazis add more protection to the city. The main character sees an old love. He falls in love with her again. In the end he sacrifices never seeing her again by buying two visas to America and only her and her husband go.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/ http://www.filmsite.org/casa.html http://www.reelviews.net/movies/c/casablanca.html

Friday, March 11, 2011