went over more assigned blogs today
All Posts (75055)
Sort by
Hoover- Was the president of the U.S. and was the only president born in Iowa. Banks were supposed to use money to create jobs for people. He wanted people to help themselves.
Women- Flapper Girl, girls with skirts, shorter hair, and make-up. They co
1. Red Scare-scared that we would become a communist country. Lots of strikes. Us was afraid of a communist revolution. Government had to take measures to prevent communists from taking over government. Red Scare hysteria drove Sacco and Vanzetti cas
map blogs
Today we discussed the assigned blogs.
Causes for invasion of Afghanistan- 9/11 was the main reason for invasion. President Bush wanted the culprits for the attack.
Obama's Highlights and Low lights from the war in Afghanistan- A few times he sent more
Blog Discussions again.
Rise and fall of the Taliban: started in 1980s. Muja Hardin are the rebels in Afghanistan fighting the Soviets. They have a lot of harsh laws for the women. They had to wear head bail things and they banned television and music
We went over the map. Then continued on with blogs. Dakota talked about the rise/fall of al Qaeda. Maria taled about the causes of the war in Afghanistan. Then deven presented. After that Alan presented. Then Brandon talked about Afghanistan.
Blog Discussion continues
- Rise of the Taliban
- 1980's
- Started to fight back the Soviets
- Didn't become a force until 1994
- Mujaheddin
- Controlled 90% of Afghanistan
- Harsh laws for women
- Jailed men with beards too short
- Extremely religious
- Fall of the Taliban
- Within
At the beginning of class we went over the map of Canada. Following that we went back to doing our blog decision.
Taliban
- Was started in the 80's
- After the war with the Soviet's they controlled 90% of the country
- They were started to fight back against t
Then we studied the Canadian Provinces and then went over it as a class
Causes of Afghanistan war:
High lights and low lights of President Bush:
-First major conflict of 21st century
-2003 we invaded Iraq
Obama:
-Couple of different time he sent more troop
Practiced the Canada map, learned that the upper half will be learned tomorrow. Then went on to blog discussion.
Hoover Accomplishments- Set aside millions of acres for national parks, built many veterans hospitals, began production of the hoover dam. formulated good neighbor policy, built San Francisco Oakland bay bridge Negatives- did not do much to help ease
The Taliban are based in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Taliban started in the 80's and were freedom fighters against the Soviet Union. After the Soviet's left there is a civil war in Afghanistan, and in 1995 the Taliban took control of 90% of Afghani
Rise/Fall of Taliban: an Islamic group based in Pakistan/Afghanistan, Islam movement began in the 90s in Afghanistan; started in the 80s when the Soviets invaded; they controlled about 90% of Afghanistan, in power for 5 yrs till; Islamic law-banned m
Went over the Canada maps, finishing up blog discussions.
Taliban- based out of Afghanistan/Pakistan. A war broke out with Afghanistan and Soviet Union, after Afghanistan won the Taliban got power. The Taliban and Al Qaeda are sort of mixed together,
Today we reviewed the Canada Map. Then we talked about blog discussions again.
Taliban is based in Afghanistan. Started in the 80s because the soviet invasion. They gained strength as time went on. They were involved in a civil war for power in the co
We went over the map and then we reviewed a little of what we talked about yesterday.
Taliban
- Started as freedom fighters against Soviet Union in 80's
- Came to power in Afghanistan in 90's
- Coming to power in Pakistan also
- Had a civil war, over powe
Taliban- Is kind of a freedom fighting group. They don't want people on their land that don't belong their. Their was a civil war in Afghanistan and Taliban ended up winning. Made a law that made woman wear very long clothes and that their would be
Taliban gaining strength in Afghanistan fighting off Soviets. Then after there are groups and Taliban wins Afghanistan Government. now they have democratic lead country. Saadan Hussian good and bad dictator of iraq.
Causes of the War in Iraq
The war in Iraq had a few different causes.
Some people think that the war in Iraq was a "just cause" war, and that the United States going into Iraq was an unprovoked attack on Iraq. They say that President Bush claimed going
