Sarah

May 26, 2009
Red-neck Support low federal taxes Less government regulation Old people Pro-life || Young Freedom Pro-choice Want more equal rights || Dave K. is a Harvard grad Republican who supports fiscal policy which most Republicans usually support even though he doesn't support several traditional Republican values: For example,he goes against gun control war. He refers much of his political ideologies to his childhood in Texas, a traditionally Republican state. Pete W. is a Democrat that grew up in Nashville who is a typical Democrat, supporting most of the typical Democratic values. However, he also supports fiscal conservative economic policies. I was surprised how Dave wasn't a fan of gun control even when he lives in Texas and a republican. Most of the times, republicans support the traditional republican values. Also I wasn't that surprised when Peter supports strong conservative economic policies. People wouldn't want to give up money for taxes jsut for the poorer people in the nation. Dave supports most of the policies that most Republicans usually support. He goes against the usual social rights that most Republicans go against, such as abortion and gay marriage. However, he doesn't fit because he doesn't support some traditional Republican values such as gun control and war. Peter supports most of the typical Democratic values, such as gay marriage, abortion, nationalized health care, gun control, climate change, and strong federal government.
 * What conclusions can you draw about Republicans and Democrats?**
 * Republicans || Democrats ||
 * Conservative
 * Give a one paragraph summary for each.**
 * Describe one thing about these interviews that surprised you.**
 * How does each interviewee fit and Not fit into the typical party member?**

p1012 "Eyewitnesses to History"
- Unlike the preceding presidency in the United States, president Nixon valued that having too much welfare programs will bring bad influences to the nation because president Nixon worried that people will depend too much on the social welfare programs. Also, president Nixon sees the preceding welfare programs to be impractical because it costs too much money.

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- To promote the maintenance of international peace and security in Southeast Asia, the United States regards as vital to its national interest and to world peace the maintenance of international peace and security in Southeast Asia. The naval units of the Communist regime in Vietnam, in violation of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and of international law, have repeatedly attacked United States naval vessels lawfully present in international waters, and have thereby created a serious threat to international peace. - The resolution is created to ensure the freedom and defense of Southeast Asia. - The United States, as the President determines, to take all necessary steps, including the use of armed force, to assist any member or protocol state of the South-east Asia Collective Defense Treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom. -The resolution shall expire whenever the President perceives that peace have been made in Southeast Asia.
 * How does the US justify escalation?**
 * What are the stated US goals?**
 * What does it authorize the President to do?**
 * Does the resolution have a firm expiration date?**

What does this tell you about the risks and resistance Black activists faced in working to get the vote? Is it worth it? What would you do in the situation?
-Even though the Black activists had hardships and risks, it was valuable enough for them to face it and try to gain the right to vote. It is worth fighting for their right to vote because the 1st amendment in the constitution clearly states the freedom of rights and speech granted to everyone in the United States. Not giving the right to vote would be violating the 1st amendment and the ideologies of the U.S.

Is it ever justifiable to treat people differently based on race, religion gender, handicaps, etc.?
-Inequality over race, gender, handicaps, and religion is a worldwide-discussed issue. It happens everywhere regardless of nations. Many organizations support equality of human beings. However, regarding physical and mental abilities, it is justifiable that people could be treated slightly differently based on gender, race, handicaps, and so on. For example, in South Korea, men are required to be part of the army for at least 2 years. Many males complain how their duty to join the army for 2 years is a waste of time and takes away their most fruitful year, possibly leading to success in life.

March 9, 2009
- The CIA intervention in Guatemala and Iran was secretly carried out, a covert. President Eisenhower highly suspected that the president of Guatemala, Jacob Arbenz Guzman was trying to show care and sympathy for communism. Therefore, Eisenhower secretly made a secret plan to expel the president of Guatemala and build a pro-U.S. government. Through this confidential mission, unfriendly tensions and feelings toward the United States grew from Guatemala. There was no one word of negotiating occurring with Guatemala. However, Eisenhower used diplomats to solve the problem of the Suez Crisis instead of the hostil secret mission he did to Guatemala. When France, Israel, and Britian tried to take power of the Suez Canal that was already owned by Egypt, Eisenhower resolved the problem by enforcing the UN solution which called for immediate cease-fire and withdrawal of invading troops in to the Suez Canal. The United States was created under a main component: democracy. It was easy for me to see that Eisenhower valued democracy when solving the Suez Canal, but it is hard to find any aspects of democracy in the CIA intervention in Guatemala. Eisenhow did not ask a word to Guatemala in solving the the issue. He rather forcefully carried out secret mission so that Guatemala the president of Guatemala would be forced out of his office. This kind of action happened because the United States knew that Guatemala was an economically and politically weak country. On the other hand, Suez crisis was a problem dealt with many strong nations. Therefore, the United States had to used dimomates to cause less tension as possible and resolve the crisis. Eisenhow should have done the same method to Guatemala because then there would have been no or less unfriendly tensions and feeling between the two countries.
 * 1)Compare CIA intervention in Guatemala and Iran to Eisenhower's handling of the Suez Crisis? Did the US act justly and according to its values? What were the motivations in each case? Which one do you think was handled better and why?**

- The Gary Powers incident on page 850 is when Gary Powers got caught spying the Soviet Union in the plane. He admitted that he was on a spy mission on Soviet Union in the plane as a pilot. Because of this incident, the slight development of the relationship between the Soviets and the United States went back to the starting point.
 * 2) What was the significance of the Gary Powers incident on page 850?**

Research Question
What are the changes of African American's roles in politics in the United States?

Poster Interpretation
Red cross or Iron cross Iron cross: German soldiers Brutal and violent, got a bloody knife, child died Snake: Japanese American workers The book: The Bible Do your duty as a soldier since women are doing their best for their jobs.
 * Portrayal of men**

Positive, negative image Different images of women? What Activities do the poster encourage women to do? Would those posters be the same today or would they be different?
 * Portrayal of women**

1st post: very feminine, asking the women to join, and telling the men to do their duty, serving the nation 1nd poster anglelike helpless victims nurses, freedom garments looks like a secretary what actions are on the Home Front for soldiers? Conserve gas, don’t waste food, Waiting for the master who died. Don’t talk about war.

Explanation about the picture in p809
The poster illustrated in page 809 is the //Liberty Girl//, a cover of //Evening Post// by Norman Rockwell. In this cover, a women with various tools for several jobs has an eager passion for jobs. We are able to tell that the women is an American women by looking at her clothes: A top with white stars and bottom with blue strips indicates the national flag of the United States. This poster is created to celebrate the Labor Day in honor of women's contribution to the war effort. In this poster, various jobs including milk delivering, gardening, farming, and nursing.

How did the role of women change during the World War 2?
After all men in the United States were sent to the army to fight for the war, women took jobs which men were occupying before. The government urged the women to enter the job market to replace departing. From 1940 to 1944, the number of women in the workforce increased by about 6 million. Women worked in war plants and replaced men in a host of jobs ranging from newspaper reporting to truck driving. Many of these workers were married women. Along with the great participation of women, they now gained a new sense of pride and self-worth.

How did the war affect race relations in the United States including Japanese?
Even after the war, racial discrimination for African Americans and the Japanese has still continued. Though the African American tried to help out in the war in the front, since the White people did not like African Americans being in the same army as them, African Americans were segregated in a separate group of armed forces. Furthermore, not only the army, but also the factories discriminated the African Americans. White people did not welcomed the African Americans, and they even went on strikes to keep out African Americans. After the Pearl Harbor incident, Hatred toward the Japanese grew stronger than before in the United States. From 1944 to 1945, the United States proposed an internment which forced the Japanese to relocate themselves to the interment camps from their home. In February 1942, Japanese Americans were ordered to detention camps in Wyoming, Utah, and other states. The United States feared the Japanese because the U.S. thought there would be a possibility for the Japanese to bomb the U.S. again. The Japanese were considered as 'traitors'. Therefore, the war affected the Japanese to have severe racial discrimination and suspects.