This is Colin Dozler and Evan Neilson’s Semester test Blog
1. What were the causes of the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression?
a. The crashed was cause by the US giving money to countries and those countries not giving the money back. There was also a day that everybody withdrew their money from the back and they banks didn’t have any money to loan people
2. What impact did the stock market crash and Great Depression have on the lives of people in the United States?
a. A lot of people lost their jobs and became poor. Only the rich were still rich and a lot of people had to work three jobs. Kids started working for companies because their parent’s money alone was not enough. A lot of business went under because of this
3. What did the United States government do to help alleviate the problems the Great Depression brought to our country?
a. Provide jobs for people and had programs for kids so they could work and still go to school. The kids would go to school then go to work right after school and the money would go to their families that were in need of the money. Women were also offered jobs like working in clothing companies. They down side was the terrible conditions that they were put thought
4. What were the causes of WWII?
a. Germany invaded Poland and Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 1939. Throughout the years leading up to the invasion of Poland Hitler was secretly building up the German army. Britain and France new about this and they were also concerned about the rise of communism. They also believed that a stronger Germany would prevent this spread of communism to the west part of the region
5. What impact did the United States have on WWII?
a. We got out of the depression and trade when up. Germany had an agreement with japan. So when we declared war on them Germany one upped us and declared war on US. So we started making more ammunition and getting young guys to go into the army. We were a manufacturingpowerhousee because we had mostly supplied the allies with all of their tanks and planes
6. What were the goals for the US during the Cold War?
a. To stop the spread of communism. It was also to kill Hitler and stop japan. But it was mostly to stop the spread of communism
7. What were some of the major events that took place during the Cold War?
a. Berlin Blockade/airlift
i. The Soviets block berlin and kept all of the people of that country in that town and so we had to airlift supplies into it and every day at noon or so they would see packages falling from the sky from us
b. Cuban Missile Crisis
i. This was over how soviet was trying to install their nuclear missiles in Cuba. We didn’t want that because then they would have the ability to fire nuclear missiles at us but not at them because they were so far away. We blockaded Cuba until they left and we weren’t joking around.
c. Red Scare/McCarthyism
i. This was the thought that there were communists in American and the US government would arrest anyone who was trying to support communists. We thought that if there were communists in America then they would try to overtake the government because of Soviet Union.
d. Bay of Pigs
i. We train Cuban people to attack Fidel Castro. We were going to send airstrikes for them but we didn’t. The CIA is the one responsible for this one because they were the one that thought that Castro was going to attack US. We wanted to take Castro down but we failed and now it is communist
e. Berlin Wall
i. It was a giant wall that split Berlin into two. One side was communist and the other was democratic. It was miserable over on the Communist side and most people were trying to escape even if it meant taking their lives. They would try and jump over the wall and escape that way but most ended horribly.
f. End of the Cold War
i.
8. Why did the US go to war in Korea and Vietnam and what were outcome of those wars?
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9. Know these major post-Cold War Events:
a. JFK Assassination
i. John Fitzgerald Kennedy flew down to Dallas Texas for a conference. Lee Harvey Oswald sniped at and killed Kennedy; Kennedy was rushed to Parkland hospital where he died later; before Oswald could be tried he was shot dead by Jack Ruby. Lyndon Johnson was then sworn into the presidency on Air Force One with Jackie Kennedy present
It is a conspiracy that there was a second shooter, that this was all arranged by the CIA, KGB, or Cuba
b. Civil Rights
i. Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1965. That started desegregation in public places. Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, KS started desegregation in schools
c. Watergate
i. Richard Nixon had a group bug rooms of political competitors in an attempt to get dirt on the politicians. He was caught and resigned from office before he was believed to be impeached by Congress
d. Persian Gulf War(1991)
i. Saddam Hussein ordered the occupation and invasion of Kuwait in August of 1990. Saudi Arabia and Egypt called upon the united states and other western countries to intervene. Saddam denied the US’s request to get out of Kuwait by January 1991 and the US led a massive attack codenamed Desert Storm; after 42 days of attack H. W. Bush declared a cease fire on February 28, 1991 at which point most Iraqi forces had fled or surrendered
e. 9-11
i. Al Qaeda hijacked US commercial airliners and crashed them into government buildings including: both WTCs, pentagon, and believed the White House was a target but passengers overthrew the terrorists and brought the plane down in a field in Pennsylvania; Bush responded by sending troops overseas
f. War in Afghanistan
i. After 9/11 allied forces and NATO intervened in the Afghan Civil War in an effort dismantle Al Qaeda and eliminate the Taliban.
g. War in Iraq
i. Saddam Hussein was screwing with the US letting inspectors in and kicking them back out until consequences were offered, constant cat and mouse game till finally we sent our troops in an helped the Iraqi people overthrow their government and Hussein was hung
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