Chapter 30 Journey

9. To prevent the western influence. To stop East Germens from fleeing to the west.

10. To force the soviets to remove the missles from Cuba, the Cuban missle Crisis.

11. Allowed him to use American forces in Vietnam.

12. Herbicide they spray to clear out forests and tall grasses in Vietnam, but it was believed to have contaminated many Americans and Vietnamese causing serious health problems.

13. The north Vietnamese and Vietcong attacks on south Vietnam that took place on the Vietnamese new years Tet.

14. there was no direct attack on American soil, the generation gap the new generation didn't believe in fighting the war like the old one did, we weren't winning, it cost us a lot of money, people were being forced to join the military.

15. Reasons why LBJ should or should not run:
Not run: 1. Didn't have the support of the younger generation
2. It was a good idea to put someone new in office who had a different view of approaching the war since Johnson was already losing.
3. No one trusted his decisions involving the war.

Chap. 27 and 28 questions

Chap.27
9.) Winston Churchill coined the phrase, because he believed that the division between east and west was permanent. He meant that the soviets had cut off Eastern Europe from the west.

11.) In June 1947, George Marshall proposed a plan to provide massive economic aid to Europe. Between 1948 and 1951 the marshal plan contributed nearly $13 billion to rebuilding of the countries of Western Europe.

13.) It was the servicemen’s readjustment act, the law provided billions of dollars in loans to help returning GI’s soldiers sailors and marines attend college, receive special training, set up businesses, or buy homes.

15.) The 2 sides of the Korean War began negotiating in 1951 and it lasted for 2 years, before the cease-fire agreement was signed on July 27, 1953. The agreement ending the war created a demilitarized zone, a region where military forces could not enter. Neither side achieved victory, and there was no change in territory. More than 54,00 Americans died in the war and 103,000 were wounded.

16.) they began investigating communist subversion in the nation. The committee questioned people about their knowledge of communists or communist sympathizers.

Chap.28
5.) Hawaii, and Alaska

9.) Fidel Castro

10.) The construction of super highways, the perfection of the jet engine, the creation of suburbs, TV, television advertisement.

14.) It appealed to many Americans, in addition to affordable homes, they offered privacy, isolation, from urban problems, spaces for cars, and a sense of belonging to a community, formed by people similar in age, social background, and race. It did not however offer opportunities for home ownership to African Americans, and Hispanic Americans.

Don't know much about history prt.2

1) Why did FDR want to pack the Supreme Court? Did it work? Do you think this was constitutionally correct?

· So they would be in favor the new deal so it could get passed. It didn’t work and it wasn’t really constitutionally correct.

2) What is a theory about Amelia Earhart's death? Why was she important?

· That Japanese shot her down, and there was another one that she ran out of fuel and crashed into the ocean. She was the first female to cross the Atlantic, she was going to go across the world but she didn’t make it. A model of a rugged feminism.

3) What was Lend-Lease?

· America would lend tanks, warplanes, and ships that could be returned in kind after the war. He granted un presidented powers to aid any country whose defense was deemed vital to any defense.

4) Discuss the BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

· It was a 16-week air war, which caused Britain more then 900 planes and thousands of civilian lives, Germany lost 1700 aircrafts. England was about to run out of the cash it needed to keep their defense alive.

5) What were some of the reasons isolationists wanted to stay out of the war?

· They didn’t want the ammunition makers making a large profit.

6) What was the traditional definition of Fascism? Who were the Fascists of Europe in the 30s?

· A military dictatorship built on racist and power for the nationalistic foundations generally with the broad support the business class. They were people who didn’t like other governments. Hitler and Mussolini.

7) Who were the Axis Powers?

· Germany, Japan, and Italy.

8) In what year and month did Japan invade Perking?

· July, 1937.

9) What were the aggressive actions of Germany and Italy before the start of WWII?

· They marched into Austria and Hitler declared Austria re-untied with Germany. And he demanded the Sudeten land in Czechoslovakia and then they took the rest of Czechoslovakia and then he took Poland. And everywhere in Western Europe.

10) What are the two views of Pearl Harbor?

· The first was that FDR was preoccupied with the war in Europe and didn’t want war with Japan. The other one is that he wanted to be in the war and he knew about the attacks and that Japan was going to do something.

11) What does Japan cite as reasons to go to war?

· America stopped giving them oil. And America loaned money to the nationalists in china.

12) What is the date of Pearl Harbor?

· December 7th, 1941

13) What is the date of D-Day?

· June 6th, 1944

14) What was the cost of World War II?

· More than 38,000,000 people died. 22 million from Russia, 3.5 million Germans, 1.2 million Japanese a lot were soldiers, 300,000 in the united states.

15) What was the Yalta Conference?

· It was the moping up meeting between Winston Churchill, FDR, and Joseph Stalin. They met in Yalta.

16) What did Stalin demand in return for his agreement to enter the war against Japan?

· The soviets would control Manchuria and Mongolia and would be ceded half a Sakhalin Island and Kurile Islands, off northern Japan; a Soviet occupation zone would be created in Korea; and in the United Nations, a veto power would be given to the major nations, of which the Soviet Union was one, along with the United States, Great Britain, France, and China.

17) What is FDR's legacy?

· He was the indispensable man of his time, which was the Depression and WWII. The new Deal, and the first 100 days. He was a near dictator, he had a lot of power, WPA, NRA

18) Did the U.S. have to drop Atomic weapons on Japan? List the various PROs and CONs to this argument.

· Yes, If they hadn’t they would have had to invade Japan and many American lives would have been lost. It was bad because if they dropped it out of the plane and it didn’t explode then the Japanese resistance would have been a lot less.

19) How did the Cold War start?

· The idea that we have a nuclear bomb and we have it and we are not afraid to loose it, the big stick. And it was the build up of nuclear weapons on each

Don't know much about history questions

) Name five important books of the 1920s.

· Gatsby, three soldiers, main street, Babbitt, Arrow smith and Elmer gantry

2) What was the first "talkie"? How did it change America?

· The jazz singer, it was a multi million dollar production, and Hollywood became “Hollywood.”

3) Discuss the "Red Scare of 1919".

· It was the idea that anything slightly tainted by socialism was dangerous. So foreigners started being deported.

4) What was the 18th amendment? Why was it enacted? How did it go wrong?

· It prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxication liquors. It was supposed to be an answer to social instability and moral decline at the beginning of the 21^st century. There were a lot of riots and organized crime skyrocketed. The invention of illegal things such as bath tub gin and moonshine were created to compensate for the decline of legal alcohol which in the end the amendment didn’t stop or end alcoholism and alcohol related deaths because if people wanted a drink they drank.

5) Who were Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul?

· Together they set up the NWSA, Susan B. Anthony was called the napoleon of women’s rights, and they were women activists. They pushed for reforms in New York and continued to urge the vote for women at the national level; they thought it was just as important as black people being able to vote.

6) What is important about Henry Ford? How did he change America?

· He revolutionized the automobile industry. He perfected the assembly line and the versions of the automobiles. He came out with the first Model T. The American dream of freedom on the open road became a reality.

7) What is important about Charles Lindbergh? How did he symbolize the times?

· He was the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic. It took him 33 hours. He was a symbol of “do anything” American inventiveness.

8) What were "pool operators" and how were they crooked?

· They were schemers. They would make stock prices go up really high and then they would con someone into buying their stocks at a high price and then the stock would go way down and they would take that money and run.

9) How were stocks inflated? How did this cause the crash?

· They got inflated because every one was buying them and then they would borrow money from the brokers who would borrow money from the bank and then they wouldn’t be able to pay them back so then the banks closed which was the crash.

10) What was Black Thursday and Black Tuesday?

· On black Thursday 13 million stocks were sold and then Black Tuesday more than 16 million stocks were sold.

11) What was Hoover's view of Government relief programs?

· That they need to stay out of the problems and they need just let things work themselves out and that hope and good/happy times were around the corner.

12) What was the "Bonus Army"?

· 10,000 veterans went to Washington D.C. because they were supposed to be getting a bonus in a couple years and they wanted it now so they led a riot.

13) What happened during the "Hundred Days"?

· It was the new deal, which was FDR’s attempt to bring the economy back up by making government funded programs that employed the people in order to bring the economy back up.

14) What was the WPA and what did it do?

· Workers progress administration. It was set up for federal construction projects. It also set up artistic projects that employed thousands of musicians, writers and artists.

15) What were Roosevelt's FIRESIDE CHATS and why did they become important?

· It was where FDR did radio broadcasts about what was going on in the government and it made the people feel more secure

Chap.18 study questions

7.) It allowed them to transport goods all over the country, and they could bring food and supplies to the workers.

8.) It began in Victoria, Texas.

9.) Fertile land, for farming, and the buffalos.

10.) African American settlers, who migrated from southern states into Kansas in the late 1870’s.

11.) There was a lack of moisture, flash floods would wipe out all their crop, and when they planted it down deep the plants would not produce large crop yields.

12.) They slaughtered them, to feed the crews who were building the railroads, and to get them out of the way of the railroad.

13.) Oklahoma

14.) He was the Apache leader who was stuck on an Arizona reservation, he led raids against settlers in the army in Arizona. He escaped to Mexico.

15.) It prevented them from getting into debt. It offered farmers education, fellowship, and support.

16.) Free silver

17.) It created large cities including Denver, but there were many ghost towns as well, and boom towns. Virginia city became very popular.

18.) They needed railroads to transport their cattle.

19.) They got into debt and lost their lands, the cost of crops went down, while the prices to buy went state high.

20.) Actions:

-Put them on reservations
-They forced them to adopt the white ways, like education
- The united states army attacked them

21.) Montana

22.) North-east part of Montana

23.) In the north east part of Arizona

Don't Know Much about History Questions

1) Why does the author suggest that John Brown had a sense of humor?
Because when President Buchanan put a price of $250 on Browns head, Brown responded with a bounty of $2.50 on bachanans.

2) What was John Brown's plan?
To march south and arm the slaves who would flock his crusade and establish a black republic in the Appalachians to wage war against the slaveholding south.

3) Why did John Brown become a symbol?


4) When and why did South Carolina succeed from the Union?
1860, they did not like that the republican candidate, lincoln, had become president.


5) List some of the advantages of the North at the beginning of the war. List some of the advantages of the South at the beginning of the war.

North: Had more people and more states, They were industrialized, they outproduced the south.

South: They knew the land they were fighting on, They were fighting a defensive war, they had better leadership.

6.) List tome of the (5) famous battles of the Civil War with a brief description of each.

Bull Run: It was the first battle of the Civil War, it was a confederate victory.

Gettysburg: The confederacy were actually looking for shoes and they ran into the Union. It was a 3-day battle. The union pushed the confederates back. It was the turning point of the war.

Shiloh: Confederate forces attack Grants army, The union almost lost but they were sent reinforcments whom helped pushed the confederate soldiers back.

Chancellorsville: Lee's army defeats Hookers army. Stonewall Jackson is shot by one of his own soldiers and dies.

7) How do you view Lincoln's suspension of "the writ of habeas corpus"?
I don't agree with it because it gave generals the right to arrest people based on a thought that they were a threat.

8) What if Lee's plan had not been found at the battle of Antiem?
The south would have most likely won because the Union wouldn't have nown his plans for splitting up his army.

9) What was the reconstruction?
It allowed the southern states to readmit into the Union.

10) Why did the Klu Klux Klan form?
It was a group led by former commaders and soldiers of the confederacy who were trying to prevent any black people from having a part in politics.

11) Discuss Andrew Johnson's impeachment.
He tried to dimiss War secretary Edwin M. Stanton without senate approval, which led to his impeachment.

Don't Know Much About History Questions

1) Discuss the significance of Thomas Jefferson's quote: "A little rebellion now and then is a good thing...God forbid that we should ever be twenty year without such a rebellion...The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

Thomas Jefferson saw the importance of preventing the government from taking too much power. A rebellion would frighten the people in power cause they don’t want to many rebellions.

2) Why did Shay's Rebellion happen?

The new government was taking away the rights of the farmers, they were being sent to court and jail and they were being taxed.

3) The constitution is "a political creation, hammered together in a series of artfully negotiated compromises. Discuss these compromises.

A slave count as 3/5 of a person because the slave owners didn’t think they had a right to vote but they wanted the slaves to count for their senate vote. There would be a Bill of Rights.

4) What was the Virginia Plan?

Becomes the Constitution with some compromises; New Jersey did not like the Virginia Plan. James Madison came up with the Virginia plan.

5) "No person held in service" was a euphemism for what?

Slaves.

6) List the basic Powers and Checks of the three branches of the government.

A bill must be passed before it can become a law. The president can check congress by vetoing, or rejecting, the bill. However, congress can then check the president by overriding, or voting down, the veto. And for the judicial system the president appoints the Supreme Court justices but the senate has to approve the appointments.

7) Who wrote the Federalist Papers and why did they write them?

John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison. They wrote them to state their side about wanting a central government. They were backing up the ratification of the constitution. It was a debate.

8) Briefly outline the first ten amendments.

Separation of Church and State; The right to bear arms, Soldiers cannot be housed in a private home without the consent of the owner; The right to be free from “unreasonable search and seizure”; Provides for laws concerning prosecution, Grantees the right to a speedy public trial in the district where the crime has been committed; Grantees trial by jury; Prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment”; Defines the rule of the construction of the constitution; Grantees that any powers not specifically delegated to federal government or denied to the states and the constitution rest with the state or the people.

9) Who could Vote in the first election (what parts of the population)?

White men with land.

10) How did Washington D.C. come be located on the banks of the Potomac?

It is a secret dinner decision between Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison. Madison and wanted to insure that the capitol was close to Virginia to make sure that Virginia still had power Hamilton wanted the two to back his bank he didn’t care where the capitol was.

11) What did Jay's Treaty do?

It eliminated British control of Western Posts, increased trade between countries and averted another war until 1812.

12) What was the "Whiskey Rebellion" and how was it put down?

The farmers rebelled because their whiskey was being taxed. George Washington led 13,000 troops to fight the rebels who were more then he had led in the revolution.

13) Describe the election of 1800? How was it finally resolved?

It was the tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, Hamilton persuaded one man to vote for Jefferson because he despised Jefferson but he despised Burr more.

14) Who was John Marshall?

John Adams placed him in the Supreme Court and he makes the supreme court what it is today. The people who held his position before were only there for a couple years but Marshall was there for 35.

15) Why did France sell its North America possessions (the Louisiana territory) to the U.S.?

After losing Haiti Napoleon realizes he needs to worry about affairs in Europe rather than creating colonies and fighting in America.

16) What did Lewis and Clark do? Describe their journey?

Jefferson sent them to explore the west. A French-Canadian trapper and his Indian wife Sacagawea who acted as guides and interpreters joined them. They went through present day Indiana and then headed up to Missouri and then went on to North Dakota, and continued exploring the west and then returned home.

17) How did Hamilton incur the wrath of Aaron Burr? Was he right in what he did? How did the ordeal end?

He made Burr lose his spot as president and as governor, causing a successful political destruction of Burr. Well yes in a sense, challenging Hamilton should have been expected by what he did to Burr but Burr betraying the United States was not right. Hamilton was killed and Burr’s plan to take over and create a new empire failed.

18) What was Jefferson's Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it supposed to do?

The Embargo act prohibited all exports into America as economic retaliation for the British impressment policy and as a means to keep America out of the war. It was very unpopular.

19) What did Tecumseh try and do?

He tried to unite the native groups because he envisioned a vast Indian confederacy strong enough to keep the Ohio River as a border between Indians and White (prevent further westward expansion.)

20) Describe the Battle of Tippecanoe?

In occurred at the junction of Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers, The Indians inflicted heavy losses but were eventually pushed and all of their recourses were destroyed. And the prophet’s use of invincible magic was destroyed.

21) Most historians call the War of 1812 a draw. Why?

Both sides agreed on a truce and neither side lost or gained anything.

22) Describe the Battle of New Orleans.

It was a very lopsided War. British suffered more than 2000 dead, while the US casualties were 8 dead and a small number wounded.

23) What did the Monroe Doctrine state?

It declared that the United States would not tolerate interventions in the Americas by European nations. Or that the US would not interfere with already established colonies or with government sin in Europe.

24) What was the Missouri Compromise?

Missouri would be considered a slave state even though it was in the north.

25) How was the election of 1824 decided? Why was it called a "corrupt bargain"?

It was between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, the head of the congress, pushed to Make John Quincy Adams president and when Adams won Henry clay received a spot in the presidents cabinet. So it seems like a bargain.

26) List some of the labels attached to Andrew Jackson.

Trail of Tears, Jacksonian Democracy, Became the new idol of the American common man, Makes voting open to white men who didn’t own land as well.

27) Was Andrew Jackson an Indian hater? What did the natives call him? What "Indian Wars" did he fight in and what was the outcome? What was his native "policy" as President?

Yes he was he continued pushing the Indians westward making a ton of treaties which really didn’t help the natives at all it only helped the Americans. They called him long knife. He fought in the battle of 1812, and the creek war, and the first Seminole war. He told them that unless they completely adapt the American culture they must leave.

28) How did Jackson come to symbolize the common people?

Jackson invited the new American spirit, and became idol of ambitious jingostick younger man who called himself a democrat. He came from poverty; he was an orphan at age 16 he was the last person to fight in the revolution because he was a runner and a spy as a child.