Pg 890 q's 9-15

9) The Berlin wall was built to keep people from fleeing from east Berlin. Because the west side of the wall had American allied troops.
10) Kennedy blockaded Cuba because of their rising threat of them creating nuclear bombs. Anyone who helped or participated and continued to go to Cuba would be considered enemies of the state or America.
11) The Gulf of Tonkin was the alleged attacks on American ships by the Vietnamese that allowed Kennedy to take it to congress in order to have authority to use American forces in Vietnam.
12) Agent Orange was a chemical agent that was used in the bombing of the Vietnamese. It was originally used to clear fields and jungles because it was so dense.
13) The Tet offensive was the turning point of the war. it was a series throughout south Vietnam.
14) Because the war with Vietnam wasn't necessarily declared and could have been considered unnecessary. The war with Vietnam wasn't really provoked not to mention the fact that America was still trying to recover from the devastation of war in Europe, Japan and Pearl Harbor.
15)

1) Why did FDR want to pack the supreme court? Did it work? Do you think this was constitutionally correct?
He wanted to pack it so that everyone would be on his side. So he filled it with republicans who didn't support the new deal. This did not work for him and i do not think this was right.
2) What is a theory about Amelia Earhart's death? Why was she important?
people thought that she crashed into the atlantic ocean or that the Japanese shot her down
3) What was Lend-Lease?
He was granted unprecedented powers to aid any country whose defense was deemed vital to the defense of the United States.
4) Discuss the BATTLE OF BRITAIN.
It would be the first air battle attack on England by the Germans
5) What were some of the reasons isolationists wanted to stay out of the war?
Everyone was still feeling the effects from WW1 and the great depression and most of the people did not want too go through that again.
6) What was the traditional definition of Fascism? Who were the Fascists of Europe in the 30s?
A military dictatorship built on racist and powerfully nationalistic foundations, generally with the support of the business class to keep their power.
7) Who were the Axis Powers?
Japan, Italy, Germany
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?
Germany takes Poland and then takes Austria. Signed a neutrality pact with Russia and then annexed Check
10) What are the two views of Pearl Harbor?
that we knew about about it but we underestimated the japanese army. second was that we knew about it but we just let it happen so that we could enter the war

11) What does Japan cite as reasons to go to war?
because their oil supply was cut off
12) What is the date of Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
13) What is the date of D-Day?
June 6, 1944
14) What was the cost of World War II?
38 million deaths
15) What was the Yalta Conference?
Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Josef Stalin conducted the war against Germany. The idea was to clean up.
16) What did Stalin demand in return for his agreement to enter the war against Japan?
The soviets got control of Manchuria and Mongolia, and would get half of Sakhalm Island and the Kurile Islands. They would also get occupation in Korea as well as a vote in the United Nations.
17) What is FDR's legacy?
for being a indispensible man for when their was war and the great depression
18) Did the U.S. have to drop Atomic weapons on Japan? List the various PROs and CONs to this argument.
The U.S. did not have to drop the bomb. The war in Japan was however extremely deadly, they had a mentality that they should never surrender. The culture was very much about honor so the idea of surrender was horrible to them. They knew they were doomed, but surrender was far worse than death, and fighting people like this was terrible. They would run at you with no regard for their own life and could inflict terrible casualties this way. The bomb helped stop these terrible battles. The bomb was terrible but maybe helped stop thousands of American deaths, at the cost of hundreds of thousands of deaths. It was terrible and not neccesary, but the military in Japan probably happily welcomed it.
19) How did the Cold War start?
having both sides, the soviets and the americans built up their ammo of nuclear weapons as everyone started to get uneasy with the threat of the possibilites

1) Name five important books of the 1920s. great gatsby, main street, arrow smith, three soldiers, elmer gantry 2) What was the first "talkie"? How did it change America? The Jazz Singer. It caused the nation to be drawn too showbiz and it transformed Hollywood 3) Discuss the "Red Scare of 1919". it was the idea that anything that had something to do with socialisim was considered a threat. And any people who were a threat would be deported. 4) What was the 18th amendment? Why was it enacted? How did it go wrong? the prohibition of liqours. it was supposed to fix social disabilty however it was unable to be enforceable and caused an unrising. There were a higher rate of fatalities 5) Who were Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul? Susan B Anthony was called the Napoleon of womens rights. They both fought for womens rights nationally as well as for black rights 6) What is important about Henry Ford? How did he change America? he created the perfected versions of the automobile. he believed in for making a car for the masses which revolutionised the assembly line 7) What is important about Charles Lindbergh? How did he symbolize the times? first man to fly solo over the atlantic ocean. he symbolizes that idea to do anything 8) What were "pool operators" and how were they crooked? they would buy stocks and would sell them for a high amount leaving the person who bought it with an inflated stock that was only to go down 9) How were stocks inflated? How did this cause the crash? as people bought stocks it caused prices to go up and to be worth more and as people started pulling out everything they had from banks to invest it cause the banks to be completely broke and as the prices of stocks got lower as people went into a frantic rage they sold everything so they lost out and didn't make a profit. leaving everyone and every bank broke. 10) What was Black Thursday and Black Tuesday? on black thursday over 13 million stocks were sold. People thought the crisis was over but on black tuesday over 16 million were sold 11) What was Hoover's view of Government relief programs? he figured that things would work themselves out. So he just left things be and kind of go about their way. however it didn't work. 12) What was the "Bonus Army"? over 10,000 thousand veterans wanted their bonus now so they lead a riot right to washington D.C. 13) What happened during the "Hundred Days"? the FDIC was designed in order to protect peoples savings after the crash as well as other corporations in order to protect the nations financial securities 14) What was the WPA and what did it do? it gave jobs for construction and landscaping. as well as artists and musicians 15) What were Roosevelt's FIRESIDE CHATS and why did they become important? it was FDR's way of securing the nation. by talking on the radio next to his fireplace

WW1 Q's 5-20

5) Why did the European nations form alliances?
because alliances created strength and unity among nations to make peace and so that not one nation could rise and dominate everyone.
6) Why did the Zimmerman telegram push the United States toward war?
after word from a messege on telegram got out. it spread and showed that Germany was going to team up with Mexico to get land back. So the U.S. did not respond well to this.
7) What was the Sussex Pledge?
8)Who won the presidency in the election of 1916?
Woodrow Wilson
9)How did Russia's withdrawl affect World War 1?
with the withdrawl of Russia it would then allow Germany to move their troops forward to the front line. On the Western front.
10)In what ways did the war help improve the conditions for American workers?
It created jobs all over the nation because they needed people to create tanks, trucks, guns, ammo and any other supplies needed for the war. Women were more open to getting jobs as well, now that the men were needed to fight the war.
11)Who were the leaders at the Paris Peace Conference?
President Wilson, Prime Minister David Lloyd Clemenceau of France, and Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando of Italy
12)What was Henry Cabot Lodge's greatest concern about the League of Nations?
he figured that they would try to control the United States and have them order their ships around for them.
13)What advantages did airplanes provide during the war?
airplanes gave several advantages like being able to see the land, the enemy men and where they were. they could take out the enemy without having to be in close combat wether it be with bombs or by shooting. they could also take out enemy planes.
14)How did president Wilson use Russia's revolution in March of 1917 to gain support for then war?
Russia would no longer be getting in their way during the war because they would be too busy dealing with their own problems back home so the U.S. took advantage to attack the enemy powers head on and right to their source or capital.
15)What four nations dominated the Paris Peace Confrence?
United States, Great Britain, France and Italy
18)About how far from Paris was the Battle of Amiens?
roughly 50 miles
19)In which direction did the Allied forces move after the battle of Ypres?
Eastward
20)In what country were the battles of Amiens and Verdun fought?
France

Journey #'s 7-23

Journey Pg. 552 #7-23

7. The transcontinental railroad brought many jobs to America, and the wild west. It made it easier and faster to transport goods and people. It boosted the nation's steel industry and coal industry. It also set up new towns along the railroad. It helped construction and agriculture companies flourish. It helped out ranchers and farmers a lot because they were able to transport crops and cattle.
8. The Chisholm trail led from central Texas to Abilene, Kansas.
9. There were buffalo and other game they weren't used to. It was basically unsettled so it wasn't crowded. It was nice and flat for planting crops. Free land was offered by new laws, and the railroad made it easier and cheaper to get there. There was also the promise of gold out west.
10. They were a very large group of African Americans who moved from the south to settle in Kansas, escaping former slave states.
11. It addressed the lack of rain and moisture in the midwest and western states.
12. There was a mass hunting of buffalo by white people for a few years. They did it to feed the railroad workers and so buffalo wouldn't be in the way. This led the buffalo to near extinction.
13. Oklahoma.
14. He was an Indian leader. He was a chief of the Apache. He led raids against white settlers and he kept attacking them. He escaped them multiple times. He ended up being the last chief to surrender to the whites, holding on long past his contemporaries.
15. It offered farmers education, fellowship, and support. It gave them things such as libraries, social gatherings, and cooperatives.
16. They supported shorter work days, free silver, private companies owning the railroad and telegraph lines, limiting presidency and vice presidency to a single term, secret ballots, and electing senators directly, and a national income tax.
17. People set up boomtowns (like Skagway!) near gold fields as a place for miners to live while they searched for gold. They also set up towns along the railroad to run railway stations for gold and goods and people to pass through.
18. The railroad was able to transport cattle to places they wouldn't have been able to go otherwise. This allowed ranchers to be able to make money off of their cattle by selling them to people in places where there wasn't cattle.
19. The banks were charging them astronomical interest on their loans. The price they could sell their crops for was getting lower and lower, but the price they paid for equipment and seeds and things stayed at the same high place. They were consistently going into debt and being unable to get themelves out until they had to sell their farms or go bankrupt.
20.

• The movement of whites onto Native American lands, and the slaughter of buffalo.
• The United States Army attacked Indians a bunch.
• The Reservation Policy forced Indians into small, unfarmable plots of land.

21. Montana.
22. North.
23. They lived in the Arizona territory.