Talked about Semester Test topics-Assigned blog this week.We will finish the songs and the President Assigned blogs.We will talk about Vietnam. Then we will start up the other president blogs.
Last assigned Blog-I will be doing George H. W. Bush-Scandels-assination attemps i got the first election result
Semester Test-worth 16 %of your grade-I will probably take it oraly,
Questions 1-3: One of the three-10 points
Questions 4-6: One of the three-10 points
Questions 7, 9, 10: Two of the three-20 points
Question 8: Three of the topics-30 points
Question 11: Two of the topics-20 points
Semester Test Blog-10 points
Driving Ideas for Semester Two:
1. What were the causes of the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression?
2. What impact did the stock market crash and Great Depression have on the lives of people in the United States?
3. What did the United States government do to help alleviate the problems the Great Depression brought to our country?
4. What long lasting impact did the Great Depression have on the US and world?
5. What were the causes of WWII?
6. What impact did the United States have on WWII?
7. What were the goals for the US during the Cold War?
8. What were some of the major events that took place during the Cold War?
-Berlin Blockade/airlift, Cuban Missile Crisis, Red Scare/McCarthyism, Space Race, Bay of Pigs, Berlin Wall, End of the Cold War
9. Why did the US go to war in Korea and Vietnam and what were outcome of those wars?
10. How did the Cold War come to an end?
11. Know these major major post-Cold War Events:
-JFK Assassination
-Watergate
-Iran Hostage Crisis
-Persian Gulf War(1991)
-9-11
-War in Afghanistan
-War in Iraq
-Civil Rights Issues(African Americans, Women)
Movie Dicussion
Berlin Wall-Berlin Capital of Germany-
West Democratic east communist,East were loosing thousands,Communists didn't want to build the wall because it would make them look bad. People wanted to leave so they would help people over the wall. The communists would shoot the people that tried to get over the wall.
The communist block was weakening. People started chipping at the wall after the President of Russia said that the USSR wouldn't get involved with eastern europe anymore. eventually the wall came down.
Mr. Bruns-Berlin Crisis Blockade and air lift-–took place shortly after WW2-Germany itself split into four zones . Berlin lied right in the middle of the soviet zone and was also split into 4 zones. Stalin thought Berlin should be all theirs. Stalin blockaded the road that led to berlin so the allied couldn’t bring supplies to berlin. We decided to take supplies in by air. Stalin eventually decided to lift the blockade and allow supplies to come back in. This all happened before they put up the wall.
Cuban Missile Crisis-
--Cuba was communist under Castro
--worried about a second invasion
--made friends with the soviets
--soviets tried to send nuclear missiles over to Cuba
--War was minutes from breaking out
--We made a compromise to secretly remove our missiles from turkey, they remove from cuba--we dont invade cuba and leave it alone or help to invade cuba.
Space Race-
--A race to space between the US and the USSR
--Started when the USSR launched their Satellite-Sputnik
-- We put more money into NASA->more stress on education->Science&Math
--Yuri Gagarin-Russian-First person ever in space
--JFK-1960-Moonshot speech
--Apollo 11-Man on Moon-Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong
--1970's-Space Shuttle
--1985-Challenger exploded
--International Space Station-MIR
--Hubble Telescope
Red Scare/McCarthisim
ours-Redscare-fear of communism-drove a lot of the things we did at the time
Bay of Pigs Invasion-a place in cuba that was invaded
--an invasion of cuba
-Fidel Castro communist leader of cuba
--made a plan to invade
-DRF planning to over throw the government
-CIA trained cubans to go in and overthrow Castro
1500 soldiers went to over throw cuba
they were hoping that the people there would help them overthrow castro
didnt end well
the cubans found out about it and faught back
America was supposed to provide airsupport
The anit-castro cubans were not happy with the americans
was Richard Nixons idea- Eisenhower was supposed to carry it out- Kennedy decided to carry it out
Korean Conflict
-Not an official war-congress never declared war-
--Nicknamed-Forgotten war--Between ww2 and vietnam
-Split in half after ww2
North was communist south was democratic
-we had troops in South Korea
-we left
-as soon as we left NK invaded, and pushes them all the way to the tip south korea
-NK-China, SK-UN--Us made up ninty percent of UN forces at the time
USSR didnt go to the meeting of the security council at the UN which is why they werent able to veto the decision.
We push them all the way up to china
china got involved because they were affraid that we would invade them.
China at the time was Tawain which is why they didn't veto the plan to help out
We actually had a plane skirmish with the USSR it was kept hush hush from both countries general public.
Presidents Discussion
Harry Truman-33rd pres.-1945-1953--Became vice president for FDR in January 1945-took over for FDR when he died April 1945-One of the most unpopular presidents of all time when he left office-rating has improved over the years-he was in one election against thomas Dewey- truman won 49 percent of the popular vote but eventually won the election. Civil Rights Accomplishments-He tried to deal with racism and tried to help the African american. He did alot for the African americans. He had a ten point plan that pushed to d......he did stuff in WW2-Dropped the a-bomb etc.-the economy was struggling going from a wartime economy to peace time economy-he helped with the United nations-Created the CIA and the National Security Council-Took a hard line stance against communism and the soviet union-policy of containment-The Buck stops here-The FAIR DEAL-similar to FDR's new deal, aimed to promote the economy and social welfare, faced alot of optimism form the southern democrats and republican, most proposal did not get passed, Civil rights, housing social security minimmum wage health labor education agriculture-got the US involved in vietnam by giving aid to France-Recognized a a homeland for the jewish people-Fired General Douglas McArther, because he talked about dropping an a-bomb on china, Truman didnt want to go to war with China and maybe the Soviet Union-There were a couple of assination attemps over Puerto Rican Independence. Assination attempts-He was sleeping and heard commotion and gunfire because police were trying to stop the attemp. Scandel- his daughter-singer-reviewer said bad things about her and he sent the reviewer a letter that contained things that he probably shouldnt have said.
Dwight Eisenhower(R)-34th pres-1953-1961-Famous WW2 general-Decided to join the republican party after ww2-guarenteed him to win the election--in 52 he ran against adly stevenston-first republican in office since hoover-he was big on civil rights he promised to end the korean war- I like ike-accomplishments-the interstate system-he feared that the people would need an excape system and the military would need to get around quickly-helped end the korean war-developed NASA-kept the new deal programs-really wanted to desegregate the country- used the CIA to do covert-operations to disrupt communist governments-Plessy vs Ferguson- Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka-really started the desegregation of schools. it took twenty years for the desegragaiton to take place.-deported a lot of illegal immigrants.
President John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 (D) (35th)
- Served in WWII
- Was a US representative and senator from Massachusetts before becoming President
- Married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier
- First and only Catholic president
- Youngest elected president and seond youngest president
- Assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
- When president had an affair with Marylin Monroe.
- Wife didnt want to ruin his career.
- PT boat he was aboard was rammed by a Japanese submarine.
- JFK saved many lifes that day by swimming them to shore
- 1960 election
- real close
- Nixon against Kennedy
- 49.7%-49.6%
- Kennedy won because of his V.P running mate Johnson.
- Televised Debates
Accomplishments
- Created the peace corps
- Made a statement that we would be to the moon
- Increased the special forces in Vietnam
- CIA over threw the communist in Iraq.
- The New Frontier
- promised federal funding for
- education
- medical care for the elderly
- economic aid to riral regions and
- government intercention to halt recession
- end racial discrimination
- Signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963-federal law aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex
Civil Rights
- All for equal rights
- Tried to desegregate in the south
- Bill was passed
Assassinations
- Killed by Lee Harvey Oswald-Marina wife-He worked at Texas School Book Depository-
- Shot Kennedy with a Mannlischer commando Riffle
- He shot an officer with a pistol-JD Tippet
- Oswald arrested in Texas Theatre
- Oswald Killed by Strip Club owner Jack Ruby
- during a parade in Dallas, Texas
- Accused and before he could be tried Jack Ruby shot him
- Conspiracy that CIA was involved
- Was in Dallas because of Election in a year
- Taken To parkland hospital
vice-President Lyndin B. Jonston
Warren Commission-Warren Report-Said that Oswald did it all by himself-There was no conspiricy-etc
Conspiracy Theories
-Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives-1978
-Said that JFK "was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy."
-Unable to identify the other gunman or the extent of the conspiracy.
JFK Act
Congress released all records concerned with the death of the President Kennedy
Who might have killed JFK--Cubans(castro-and the anti-castro),The KGB-USSR,THe US Mafia,THe CIA(US Government), The zero game. Nixon?-The Three Tramps?
President Lyndon Johnson D 36th president
JFKs vice president
took over after JFK was assassinated
64 election
-blow out
-running against berry goldwater-not very moderate
-Johnson got over 60 percent of the vote
Johnson
-interesting election
-the shift in the electorates-the people that vote completely switch-most of the black people voted for johnson because of the civil rights acts he passed
68 election-didnt run for president. vietnam wore him down
Accomplishments
Great Society
-Johnson's plan to:aid education,attack disease,Medicare and Medicaid, urban renewal, beautification, development of depressed regions, war on poverty, control and prevention of crime, removal of obstacles to the right to vote, environment.
-Education: Elementry education and secondary education act of 1965-For the first time, large amounts of federal money went to public schools and the focus was poor schools.
--Higher education act of 65, focused on funding lower income students, including grants, work study mondy, an government loans
--Set up the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the arts
--Economic opportunity Act helped start Head Start, food stamps, Work Study, Medicare and Medicaid
-Gun Control Act of 68
--regulates the firarms industry and firearms owners. Passed in response to the assassinations of JFK,RFK, and MLKJ.
Civil Rights
-Civil rights act of 64 which outlawed most forms of racial segregation
-Voting Rights act 65-outlawed discrimination in voting thus allowing millions of southern blacks to vote for the first time
-started affirmative action laws
-Passed immigration act of 65-allower more non-european people to immigrate to US. Immigration more than doubled between 65-70.
Nixon-37th-
Background:jan 9 1913,
only president ever to resign from office. he was a senator from california, and was vice pres for 8 years. Married in 1940 to Pat. Had four brothers who were named after kings of england. Forbidden from playing sports. He is not from a wealthy family. Family had history of tubercolosis. Lost an election to kennedy.
Only person to be elected twice to both the presidency and vicepresidency
68 election-
He decided to run-thought he had a good chance of winning because of the democrats and the vietnam war-Tried to make himself look like a figure of stability-Nixon said that he would try to bring the country closer together. George walice took alot of votes away from nixon.
72 election-
Nixon gets over 60 percent of the popular vote. It was one of the biggest blowouts in history. ran against George Mcgovern-feared edward musky-played dirty tricks on people-they sent out false things about people so he would have a good chance to win.
Assination attempts-none died from a stroke
Accomplishments-
-Vietnam Conflict dominated much of his presidency-war became very unpopular
-Promised to end the war--Peace with honor
-Expanded the war to Cambodia and Laos-bombing Ho Chi Minh Trail
-Started pulling troops out of Vietnam as promised
-The Nixon Doctrine-Vietnamization of the war
-Paris Peace Accords signed in 1973 stoppd the fighting and got the US out of the war.
-only president to have a balanced buget
-ended the required draft
-Started the process to end the cold war
-created revenue sharing
-He improved relations with China and USSR
-created the equal rights ammendment for women
-ended segregation
Enviromental Decade
-National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Air Act, Federal Water pollution Control anc, Established the EPA etc
First president to declare war on drugs
Supplemental security Income-provides money to lowincome people who are either aged blind or disabled
saw large scale integration of schools in the south
supported affirmative action
Signed Title 9(1972)-prohibiting gender discrimination in all federally funded schools-good for women
Equal employment Opportunity Act-enforces lagws against workplace discrimination based on an individual's race color, national orgin, religion.sex, age . percived intelligency
Abortion was legalied during Nixons Presidency
US austronauts landed on the moon-69
Nixon approved the development of NASAs Space Shuttle program.
WATERGATE-Hotel in D.C-burgulars broke into the demecratic headquarters stationed there.
-Biggest Presidential Scandel in US History-ruined Nixon-
-Five men were caught breaking into Democratic party Headquarters at watergate office hotel complex-june 17 1972-to find dirt on the D-party.
-Two Washington Post reporters, Carl Bernstien and Bob Woodward, investigated the story-
-Woodward and barnstein relied on an FBI informant known as "Deep Throat" to link the men to the Nixon Whitehouse--"follow the money"
-The men had gone in a second time to rebug the wires that were not working
-This became on of a series of scandalous acts involving the committe to Re-Elect the President
-Nixon downlayed the scandal and denounced the story as biased and misleading
-FBI eventually confirmed that Nixon aids had attempted to sabaotage the Democrats--Many began resigning and faced prosevution
-Nixon was involved by trying to cover up the break-in (obstruction of Justice) and eventually resigned from the presidency.
President Gerald Ford-R-38th-74-77
Nixons Vice President-he was in the house of representatives-congress choose him as vicepresident-Real name Lesly linchking-after his Biological father
-born in Omaha Neb.
-He played foot ball in collage
born in 1913, In the navy in WW2, he was on the warren commission
-Only Guy never to be elected president or vicepresident
First thing he did was pardoned a Nixon- "corrupted bargin- reason why he probably didnt win the election
he tried to send troops to vietnam but congress wouldn't let him
wanted to lower taxes to prevent economic growth
offered Conditionl amnesty program for vietnam war draft dodgers who had fled to countries such as canada
"whip Inflation Now" called for americans to reduce their spending and consumption n an attemp to stop inflation
Education for all Handicapped Children Act(75) Established special education in school througout the US
continued easing of tensions with the USSR
April 75 all of vietnam became communist
we allowed refugees to immigrate to the US
Two assination attemps
75-by lady from a serial killers family-ford was in sacramento-secret service guy tackled
Sarah j moore-San Fransisco- shot once missed-a guy stopped her from firing again- she was mentaly unstable.
Vietnam war-1950-1975
never officially declared war
helicopters were the main mode of transportation during the war
First war that americans and african americains were put together
started by something that was staged but didnt really happen
enemy used Gurillia warfare.
Only time they actually attacked us head on was the Tet offensive
Morally it was a loss- but big victory for the millitary
First Televised war
Jimmy Carter-39th close election-
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