1. Note two ways women's fashions changed.
-skirts/dresses were shorter
-skin colored silk socks
2. Note two ways women's social behavior changed.
-a lot of woman started to drink and smoke
-woman also wanted an equal social status as men
3. Note two words that describe the attitude reflected by these changes.
Flapper and double standard.
4. Note one way women's work opportunities improved.
more woman started to work in offices, mostly as secritaries
5. Note two ways women's home and family life improved.
New inventions for the home were created such as the ice box and canned food.
6. Note three negative effects that accompanied women's changing roles in the 1920s.
Well teens were becoming more and more indepent and not spending much time with the family so mothers had to deal with then and many women who decided to take on a job had to strugle to taking care of the family and keeping their jobs
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Prohibition and the Scopes Trial
Do you think the passage of the Volstead Act and the ruling in the Scopes trial represented genuine triumphs for traditional values? Think About:
I beleive that the passing of the Volstead Act was a (maybe not "triumph" but an) atcheivement americans with traditional vallues. It was an attempt to lower crime rate in america and to, in the eyes of some americans, rid America of a very dangerous sin. Many of the people who supported Prohibition were native born American christians who deeply believed that to drink alchohol was a sin. I do not believe that the Volstead Act was a triumph for traditional vallues. The acts goals were to cut down the amount of alcohol consumetion in the US by establishing a Prohibition Bureau which would enforce the prohibition. The act on the whole failed miserably. It was largely underfunded and lact the men that were needed to enforce Prohibition. I also believe that alcohol was also to large a part of american culture that it would have been imposible to stamp it out completely no matter how much funding the bureau got.
I believe that the Scopes trial was a triumph for the american traditional values because Scopes was ruled guilty however it wasn't a large one. It was one trial that had ruled in favor of many religious people who believed that evolution should not be taught in schools. However the law banning teachers from teaching evolution in school still remained so on the whole it was a success for curtain people. However the american trational values were starting to change in america particularly in the cities so for some who believed in free speach and separation of church and state this was most certainly not a triumph.
• changes in urban life in the 1920s
• the effects of Prohibition
• the legacy of the Scopes trial
I beleive that the passing of the Volstead Act was a (maybe not "triumph" but an) atcheivement americans with traditional vallues. It was an attempt to lower crime rate in america and to, in the eyes of some americans, rid America of a very dangerous sin. Many of the people who supported Prohibition were native born American christians who deeply believed that to drink alchohol was a sin. I do not believe that the Volstead Act was a triumph for traditional vallues. The acts goals were to cut down the amount of alcohol consumetion in the US by establishing a Prohibition Bureau which would enforce the prohibition. The act on the whole failed miserably. It was largely underfunded and lact the men that were needed to enforce Prohibition. I also believe that alcohol was also to large a part of american culture that it would have been imposible to stamp it out completely no matter how much funding the bureau got.
I believe that the Scopes trial was a triumph for the american traditional values because Scopes was ruled guilty however it wasn't a large one. It was one trial that had ruled in favor of many religious people who believed that evolution should not be taught in schools. However the law banning teachers from teaching evolution in school still remained so on the whole it was a success for curtain people. However the american trational values were starting to change in america particularly in the cities so for some who believed in free speach and separation of church and state this was most certainly not a triumph.
• changes in urban life in the 1920s
• the effects of Prohibition
• the legacy of the Scopes trial
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues
1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
Palmer was a strong leader in the american movement against communism. He wrote an book called "The Case against the Reds" the title makes its subject quite clear. He saw communism as a threat to every aspect of the american life. He is best known for leading the "Palmer Raids" which were named after himself. These "raids" were his attempts to subdue any kind of support for communist. And he was rather successful. His attacks were rarely legal and nearly always against foreigners, who possessed less rights and less influence. When some one was suspected of supporting communism Palmer would arrest him (with out a warrant) and send him out of the country. Palmer and his men destroyed many of the communist and socialist headquarters.
2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
Eventually Americans saw that Palmer wasn't really helping the situation he wasn't finding anything that would support evidence of a revolutionary conspiracy.
3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
The KKK was not at all welcoming to foreigners. They were extremely prejudice against them and would even destroy saloons and they avidly opposed workers' unions.
4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
The KKK was an extremely radical group that often engaged in illegal activities that were destructive and extremely discriminatory. This caused the KKK to lose a lot of members and supporters.
5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
Sacco and Vanzetti were both Italian and there was a crime of robbery and murder one of the witnesses thought that the criminals looked Italian and the judge was prejudice so he accused Sacco and Vanzetti. This pertains to the Red Scare because during this time in history they was a huge fear of foreigners because of their potential influence of communism on the american people.
Palmer was a strong leader in the american movement against communism. He wrote an book called "The Case against the Reds" the title makes its subject quite clear. He saw communism as a threat to every aspect of the american life. He is best known for leading the "Palmer Raids" which were named after himself. These "raids" were his attempts to subdue any kind of support for communist. And he was rather successful. His attacks were rarely legal and nearly always against foreigners, who possessed less rights and less influence. When some one was suspected of supporting communism Palmer would arrest him (with out a warrant) and send him out of the country. Palmer and his men destroyed many of the communist and socialist headquarters.
2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
Eventually Americans saw that Palmer wasn't really helping the situation he wasn't finding anything that would support evidence of a revolutionary conspiracy.
3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
The KKK was not at all welcoming to foreigners. They were extremely prejudice against them and would even destroy saloons and they avidly opposed workers' unions.
4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
The KKK was an extremely radical group that often engaged in illegal activities that were destructive and extremely discriminatory. This caused the KKK to lose a lot of members and supporters.
5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
Sacco and Vanzetti were both Italian and there was a crime of robbery and murder one of the witnesses thought that the criminals looked Italian and the judge was prejudice so he accused Sacco and Vanzetti. This pertains to the Red Scare because during this time in history they was a huge fear of foreigners because of their potential influence of communism on the american people.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Woodrow Wilson Fights for Peace
1. What was Wilson's 14th Point?
The League Of Nations (a precursor to the United Nations).
2. What terms of the treaty specifically affected Germany?
Well the Treaty in general was directed at Germany. It did not have any positive effects on Germany. It forced the germans to give back land to surrounding (ally) nations. This was part of Wilson's 14 Points that different ethnic groups had a right to form their on country or to join an existing country. The treaty also forced germany to pay millions of dollars in reparations to the ally nations. In short, Germany took sole blame for the war, the ally powers were unwilling to be forgiving. Especially Georges Clemenceau ("The Tiger") who believed that the treaty was too lenient with germany and that it should be shown little mercy.
3. What were the weaknesses of the treaty?
It was to hard on Germany. It asked way too much from its battered economy. It also angered the germans, nearly all of whom believed that the treaty was very unfair.
4. Why did Henry Cabot Lodge object to the treaty?
Well Lodge was a republican and despised Wilson. He also believed that the League of Nations would be the downfall of america, that by involving america in european problems would only be bad for america.
5. How did Wilson help bring about the Senate's rejection of the treaty?
Wilson didn't do a very good job of pleasing the republicans when it came to the Treaty of Versailles and therefore he lost a lot of vote for it.
6. What circumstances at this time would eventually lead many Germans to support Adolf Hitler?
After the war hatred only grew between european nations. Particularly between the ally powers and Germany. Germany soon got sick of taking the blame for the war and paying millions of dollars to countries that they so deeply hated. Eventually Hitler would use the germans hatred and want for revenge to gain power. Not to long after the Great War the great depression came and germany plunged even deeper into debt. Adolf Hilter promised the people of Germany that he would get them out of their great debt and lead them once again as a powerful european nation.
7. Who is Georges Clemenceau?
Georges Clemenceau (often referred to as "the Tiger" was a french Premier who saw Woodrow Wilson as to much of an idealst.
Clemeceau also saw the Treaty of Versailles as being to soft on Germany. Being french his country had suffered much damage at the hands of the germans and he desperately wanted retribution for germany.
8. Who is David Lloyd George?
George was british Prime Minister during the peace conferences in Paris.
9. Describe the participation of Russia at the peace conference.
Russia changed its borders and boundary to accommodate the treaty of versailles and the 14 points.
The League Of Nations (a precursor to the United Nations).
2. What terms of the treaty specifically affected Germany?
Well the Treaty in general was directed at Germany. It did not have any positive effects on Germany. It forced the germans to give back land to surrounding (ally) nations. This was part of Wilson's 14 Points that different ethnic groups had a right to form their on country or to join an existing country. The treaty also forced germany to pay millions of dollars in reparations to the ally nations. In short, Germany took sole blame for the war, the ally powers were unwilling to be forgiving. Especially Georges Clemenceau ("The Tiger") who believed that the treaty was too lenient with germany and that it should be shown little mercy.
3. What were the weaknesses of the treaty?
It was to hard on Germany. It asked way too much from its battered economy. It also angered the germans, nearly all of whom believed that the treaty was very unfair.
4. Why did Henry Cabot Lodge object to the treaty?
Well Lodge was a republican and despised Wilson. He also believed that the League of Nations would be the downfall of america, that by involving america in european problems would only be bad for america.
5. How did Wilson help bring about the Senate's rejection of the treaty?
Wilson didn't do a very good job of pleasing the republicans when it came to the Treaty of Versailles and therefore he lost a lot of vote for it.
6. What circumstances at this time would eventually lead many Germans to support Adolf Hitler?
After the war hatred only grew between european nations. Particularly between the ally powers and Germany. Germany soon got sick of taking the blame for the war and paying millions of dollars to countries that they so deeply hated. Eventually Hitler would use the germans hatred and want for revenge to gain power. Not to long after the Great War the great depression came and germany plunged even deeper into debt. Adolf Hilter promised the people of Germany that he would get them out of their great debt and lead them once again as a powerful european nation.
7. Who is Georges Clemenceau?
Georges Clemenceau (often referred to as "the Tiger" was a french Premier who saw Woodrow Wilson as to much of an idealst.
Clemeceau also saw the Treaty of Versailles as being to soft on Germany. Being french his country had suffered much damage at the hands of the germans and he desperately wanted retribution for germany.
8. Who is David Lloyd George?
George was british Prime Minister during the peace conferences in Paris.
9. Describe the participation of Russia at the peace conference.
Russia changed its borders and boundary to accommodate the treaty of versailles and the 14 points.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
1. How did the United States raise an army?
At first Woodrow Wilson had wanted the american forces fighting in the Great War to consist only of volunteers unfortunately by the time the US declared war on the central powers it was clear that the US army did not have enough volunteers to have any chance of winning the war. A draft was put into affect so that there would be enough soldiers.
2. How did U.S. soldiers help win the war?
When the US entered the war morale on the allied side was increased this helped them win the war. In addition to being a morale buster it also was a huge increase in fresh men who had not been fighting for 4 years in trenches.
3. What were the estimated economic costs of the war?
The war cost an approximate $338 billion.
4. What did the war cost in terms of the number of civilian deaths; military deaths?; injuries?; and refugees?
The Great War cost the world 22 million lives (half of which were civilians) and 20 million injuries.
5. Define armistice.
An armistice is an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting at the same time like a truce. It comes from the latin arms meaning weapons + stitium meaning stoppage.
At first Woodrow Wilson had wanted the american forces fighting in the Great War to consist only of volunteers unfortunately by the time the US declared war on the central powers it was clear that the US army did not have enough volunteers to have any chance of winning the war. A draft was put into affect so that there would be enough soldiers.
2. How did U.S. soldiers help win the war?
When the US entered the war morale on the allied side was increased this helped them win the war. In addition to being a morale buster it also was a huge increase in fresh men who had not been fighting for 4 years in trenches.
3. What were the estimated economic costs of the war?
The war cost an approximate $338 billion.
4. What did the war cost in terms of the number of civilian deaths; military deaths?; injuries?; and refugees?
The Great War cost the world 22 million lives (half of which were civilians) and 20 million injuries.
5. Define armistice.
An armistice is an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting at the same time like a truce. It comes from the latin arms meaning weapons + stitium meaning stoppage.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
World War I Begins
1. What are the four main causes of World War I? Give an example for each as to why it was a cause.
-Military growth: European countries were expanding their militaries to match the size of their rival nations.
-Ally system: Many European nations formed alliances with other countries in order to protect themselves from countries they saw as threatening. This is the reason the war escalated to a world war so rapidly. Once a nation had declared war on an other nation its allies were obligated to not only support its desition but to also declare war against their ally's enemy.
-Imperialism lead to emense competition between the European countries for more land and resources.
-Nationalism was taken to the extreme durin the time before WWI each nation and each ethnic group wanted their own indipendent nation and each of them were eager to join the war when it came because they saw it as an opportunity to win their freedom.
2. How did the June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand become the spark for WWI?
-Franz Ferdinand was the archduke of Austria and when he was killed be a serbian it was a perfect excuse to declare war against serbia and ultimately against Russia, France and Britain. Because many of the powerful European nations had formed alliances with each other they had no choice but to join the war.
3. What happened within the first few months of fighting?
Well Germany had what it believed to be a brilliant plan to capture both France and Russia all with in a few months. It involved crossing over the western border into Belgium then on to France where they were to seize Paris gain supplies and solders then swiftly move east across Germany and invade Russia. Unfortunately for Germany this plan relied to heavily on precise timing on the soldiers' part and had over looked or underestimated the power and speed at which the British army would come to the aid of Belgium. At any rate the Germans never even got as far as France as they were crossing Belgium the British met them and for four years neither side was able to advance much more than a few yards. All in all the plan epically failed for the Germans.
4. Generally, why did the United States want to stay out of the war?
THey didn't want to get involved in a war of that magnitude they would much rather stay out of the batle line and subtly help the side that they liked best.
5. Specifically, Why did the following groups of Americans tend to oppose U.S. participation in the war? Naturalized citizens; socialists; pacifists.
Neutralized citizens wanted nothing to do with the war they had no or mixed feeling on who they believed should win the war and therefore didn't want to get involved. The thought that if the US got invovled it would only make a biger mess in Europe and with in America.
Socialists believed that the war had been brought about by imperialistic competition between the vaarious powers of Europe they believed that America should stay neutral throughout the war.
Pacifists didn't want the US fighting in the war because they oppose to all violence and didn't want people to die.
6. How did Germany respond to the British naval blockade of Germany’s ports? What was the U.S. response?
They used their U -boats which were like submarines and could sneak up and attack a ship with out it ever being able to see it. The Germans inflicted much more damage to the British ships but Britain maintained its control of the water.
7. What forced the United States into the war?
Germany was attacking U.S. civilian ships.
-Military growth: European countries were expanding their militaries to match the size of their rival nations.
-Ally system: Many European nations formed alliances with other countries in order to protect themselves from countries they saw as threatening. This is the reason the war escalated to a world war so rapidly. Once a nation had declared war on an other nation its allies were obligated to not only support its desition but to also declare war against their ally's enemy.
-Imperialism lead to emense competition between the European countries for more land and resources.
-Nationalism was taken to the extreme durin the time before WWI each nation and each ethnic group wanted their own indipendent nation and each of them were eager to join the war when it came because they saw it as an opportunity to win their freedom.
2. How did the June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand become the spark for WWI?
-Franz Ferdinand was the archduke of Austria and when he was killed be a serbian it was a perfect excuse to declare war against serbia and ultimately against Russia, France and Britain. Because many of the powerful European nations had formed alliances with each other they had no choice but to join the war.
3. What happened within the first few months of fighting?
Well Germany had what it believed to be a brilliant plan to capture both France and Russia all with in a few months. It involved crossing over the western border into Belgium then on to France where they were to seize Paris gain supplies and solders then swiftly move east across Germany and invade Russia. Unfortunately for Germany this plan relied to heavily on precise timing on the soldiers' part and had over looked or underestimated the power and speed at which the British army would come to the aid of Belgium. At any rate the Germans never even got as far as France as they were crossing Belgium the British met them and for four years neither side was able to advance much more than a few yards. All in all the plan epically failed for the Germans.
4. Generally, why did the United States want to stay out of the war?
THey didn't want to get involved in a war of that magnitude they would much rather stay out of the batle line and subtly help the side that they liked best.
5. Specifically, Why did the following groups of Americans tend to oppose U.S. participation in the war? Naturalized citizens; socialists; pacifists.
Neutralized citizens wanted nothing to do with the war they had no or mixed feeling on who they believed should win the war and therefore didn't want to get involved. The thought that if the US got invovled it would only make a biger mess in Europe and with in America.
Socialists believed that the war had been brought about by imperialistic competition between the vaarious powers of Europe they believed that America should stay neutral throughout the war.
Pacifists didn't want the US fighting in the war because they oppose to all violence and didn't want people to die.
6. How did Germany respond to the British naval blockade of Germany’s ports? What was the U.S. response?
They used their U -boats which were like submarines and could sneak up and attack a ship with out it ever being able to see it. The Germans inflicted much more damage to the British ships but Britain maintained its control of the water.
7. What forced the United States into the war?
Germany was attacking U.S. civilian ships.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
1. a. After the Spanish were forced out of the Philippines, why did fighting break out between American and Filipino forces?
-The Filipinos expected that once america had defeated Spain in the Spanish-American war they would be as good as free (national independence) indeed many of the Filipinos helped the American army fight against the Spanish because the believed so strongly that America, who had once been a colony itself and fought for its freedom, would surely grant them freedom. Soon after the Spanish-AMerican war the Filipinos realized that they had been gravely mistaken. America had no intention of freeing the Philippines. This angered the Filipinos and many of them fought against the americans.
b. How was this a different kind of warfare for American forces?
-Filipinos did not recognize "civilized" battle etiquette or the "rules of war that generally prevailed in battles involving Western nations" They used "quick-striking gorilla movement[s]".
2. Why were many African-Americans strong critics of the war against Filipino nationalists?
-They were against the racist view that many americans had about the Filipinos. Even the black soldiers in fighting for America were discriminated against by other white soldiers. They were banned from many of the places on the islands, such as barber shops.
3. Explain two reasons why the United States lost some of its enthusiasm for imperialism in the early 1900s.
a. America had a very racist and harsh view of the Filipinos (and any other ethnic group that wasn't angelo saxon) this lost a lot of the enthusiasm of the black americans.
b. American literature and media was criticizing imperialism.
4. What were the positive effects of American occupation in Puerto Rico and Cuba?
-more trading
-more naval bases
5. After the Spanish-American War, the United States insisted that Cuba only receive independence after agreeing to several limitations set forth in the Platt Amendment. Four restrictions on Cuban independence set forth in the Platt Amendment were:
a. Cuba had to lease or sell certain land to the United States.
b. Cuba could not get into so much debt that it would not be able to pay back.
c. Cuba Coudn't get into a war with out consulting the United States.
d.
Was the United States justified in making these demands? Explain your reasoning.
- Well I guess that America was kind of justified in the these demands. They had, after all just fought a war against spain and they kind of deserved at least some of the benefits of the prosperous land of Cuba. But with all these limitations on the Cuban government its hardly what I would really consider independence.
-The Filipinos expected that once america had defeated Spain in the Spanish-American war they would be as good as free (national independence) indeed many of the Filipinos helped the American army fight against the Spanish because the believed so strongly that America, who had once been a colony itself and fought for its freedom, would surely grant them freedom. Soon after the Spanish-AMerican war the Filipinos realized that they had been gravely mistaken. America had no intention of freeing the Philippines. This angered the Filipinos and many of them fought against the americans.
b. How was this a different kind of warfare for American forces?
-Filipinos did not recognize "civilized" battle etiquette or the "rules of war that generally prevailed in battles involving Western nations" They used "quick-striking gorilla movement[s]".
2. Why were many African-Americans strong critics of the war against Filipino nationalists?
-They were against the racist view that many americans had about the Filipinos. Even the black soldiers in fighting for America were discriminated against by other white soldiers. They were banned from many of the places on the islands, such as barber shops.
3. Explain two reasons why the United States lost some of its enthusiasm for imperialism in the early 1900s.
a. America had a very racist and harsh view of the Filipinos (and any other ethnic group that wasn't angelo saxon) this lost a lot of the enthusiasm of the black americans.
b. American literature and media was criticizing imperialism.
4. What were the positive effects of American occupation in Puerto Rico and Cuba?
-more trading
-more naval bases
5. After the Spanish-American War, the United States insisted that Cuba only receive independence after agreeing to several limitations set forth in the Platt Amendment. Four restrictions on Cuban independence set forth in the Platt Amendment were:
a. Cuba had to lease or sell certain land to the United States.
b. Cuba could not get into so much debt that it would not be able to pay back.
c. Cuba Coudn't get into a war with out consulting the United States.
d.
Was the United States justified in making these demands? Explain your reasoning.
- Well I guess that America was kind of justified in the these demands. They had, after all just fought a war against spain and they kind of deserved at least some of the benefits of the prosperous land of Cuba. But with all these limitations on the Cuban government its hardly what I would really consider independence.
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