BRIAN

 May 27th What conclusions can you draw about Republicans and Democrats? Republicans are from the South and are very conservative. They tend to stay like the old days and have a lot of social issues regarding things such as gay marriage, abortion and others. They prefer free markets for others. On the other hand, Democrats support government programs such as welfare systems. They stand for the lower to middle class people when it comes to the economy. They support things Republicans don’t such as gay marriage, which is mentioned above.

Give a one paragraph summary for each. Pete W. is a typical Democrat who supports most of the Democratic ideas. He supports conservative economic policies. He’s from Nashville.

Dave K. is a Republican and supports most of the Republican ideas. He graduated Harvard. He imputes his political ideologies to Texan, a traditionally Republican state.

Describe one thing about these interviews that surprised you. It was kind of weird that democrats tried to stay just like the old times. Things like gay marriages and abortion were developed as time went by. Things always change in the society and I think it will be better to have the flexibility to accept such changes. Dave was some what special in the way that he wasn’t a supporter of gun control and war.

How does each interviewee fit and Not fit into the typical party member? They both support the typical ideas of each side. However, Dave K. doesn’t support gun control and going against war, which is ironic. Pete W. goes against the Democratic values when it comes to economic policies.

May 12th How can you keep authority figures honest? Make strict requirements to be an authority figure. Make strict punishments against whoever violated their honesty. Make them be responsible for their rights and power as a figure.

The Sentence People have the right to write or talk about anything they want and the right to know the truth. However, the government is basically violating the first amendment through restricting newspapers and people from knowing such information about the government's dirty side.

April 15th It shows how the soldiers who fought at the war are suffering after the war just like they did during the war. It shows Vietnamese people naked, running away from war, and U.S planes bombing the shelter of civilians there. People from American protested hardly against war. Even women had to hold guns and fight for their country.

April 14th who wrote the doc Douglas Pike, from Cambridge, Massachusetts. •summarize main points . Their goal is to construct a new, democratic government. • what important information does the doc give you Ten things Americans are had planned to do few years before the declaration of war. The wanted to control. • explain significance of the document: consider the effects it may have had
 * PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY PARTY OF VIETNAM**

• explain what the doc adds to the understanding of the War - What is the attitude towards the US in this document? It sounds like they're against U.S. - do you see anything "wrong " in this document? Meaning do the goals seem just? It kind of sounds too aggressive, some kind of sound hard to afford and make happen. - who or what country do you think has the right to resist these goals, if anyone? U.S. can maybe force them.

April 3rd He had to risk his relationship with his family and give up getting a job in Mississippi. His family were scared of encountering him since he was doing something very risky, which can be the target of white peoples' violent acts. Also, even though he succeeded in getting his rights to vote, he won't be able to live an ordinary life since he won't be able to get a job anymore. He'll have to move to a state where voting rights for African Americans aren't guaranteed at all. If I was him, I won't risk such things to get the right to vote. I don't want to sacrifice my whole life just to vote.

March 30th Is it ever justifiable to treat people differently based on race, religion, gender, handi-caped, etc? Race, religion, gender, or handicaps should not be discriminated. It can never be justifiable since everyone has equal rights and it's morally wrong to do so. However, people like rapists or other criminals deserve some kind of punishment which can be harsh treatments against them. Criminals who were given chances to act properly, but didn't use it, should get treated harshly. Students with disabilities should be treated in a different way based on their handicap in a positive way, to help them.

Research Question What variety of weapons were developed and implemented by the U.S. during WWI and WWII?

March 5th 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?

CIA intervention in Guatemala was an unknown, secretly done action by the U.S. Jacob Arbenz Guzman, the democratically elected Guatemalan president, distributed the land of uncultivated sections to the poor, which was an act that reflected communism. In communism, the government gets to share everything equally to people, which includes land. This was definitely something that was against the American idea of capitalism, where people earn depending on how hard they work. Thus, U.S interpreted Arbenz’s acts as a kind of sympathy to communism. President Eisenhower made CIA to oust Arbenz so that the U.S could set up a new pro-U.S government at Guatamala.

The unknown, secret intervention of CIA was also held on Suez Crisis in Iran. In 1956, the Suze canal was nationalized by the Egyptian leader Nasser, even thought U.S withdrew an offer to finance a large dam in Egypt since it was could’ve affected Western oil trades in a negative way by limiting sea routes for the U.S. And by 1956, Egypt was attacked by Israel, and Britain and France blocked the water way of the Mediterranean sea. However, the USSR claimed that they would start a war if the three countries won’t stop their intervention in Egypt. As a result, Eisenhower withdrew the military forces from Suez Canal, and USSR had a better relationship with the Arab nation by supporting Egypt in the Suez crisis.

The intervention in Guatemala seems to be more like a political issue since U.S had a goal of getting rid of potential communist ideas that might’ve been spread by Arbenz. On the other hand, the intervention in the Suez Crisis was more like an economical issue since the concern of U.S was the sea routes for oil trades. I think U.S handled the issue better in the Suez Crisis since they tried to keep it peaceful by not making conflicts with the USSR and others.

2) What was the significance of the Gary Powers incident on page 850?

The U-2 incident, also known as the Gary Powers incident, was a significant incident that froze the brief thaw in the Cold War. U.S and the Soviet Union moved to improve their diplomatic relations in the late 1950s through meetings between each of their representatives. Richard M. Nixon, who represented U.S, visited the Soviets in 1959, and Premier Khrushchev then came to the U.S. Things seemed to go well as Khrushchev charmed the American media like Hollywood. He and Eisenhower agreed to meet at a summit conference in Paris the following year to discuss arm reductions, which was going to be a huge step to peace. However, as the Gary Powers incident occurred in 1960, everything was over. U.S claimed the plane as a weather-research plane, but Gary Powers had already admitted that he was a spy. Khrushchev refused to proceed with the summit unless the U.S halted such spying missions and apologized for past flights. Eisenhower promised that the U-2 flights would stop, but he didn’t’ apologized, which made Khrushchev refuse to meet Eisenhower again.

Feb 26th
 * Explain what containment theory and the Truman Doctrine are. Briefly summarize the Korean War. In detail explain how it is an example of containment. Choose one other event from the text book, briefly summarize it and explain how it is an example of containment. **

Truman Doctrine was a policy made to aid Greece and Turkey financially, proposed by Harry S. Truman. $400 million, military and economic advisers were sent to each country in order to prevent the two countries from falling into Communist countries. The whole thing was about preventing communism from spreading. As a result, U.S succeeded in preventing Greece and Turkey from turning into a communist country.

Korea was split in half by Soviet and U.S after they helped the independence of Korea from Japan, after WWII. Although the division was meant to be temporary, the Cold War converted the line in permanent mark. The rise of communism in North Korea, and South Korea supported by U.S ended up being the Korean War, which kept on moving the line up and down. U.S countered the communism from North Korea to contain the spread of communism, and save South Korea from turning into a communist country. Also, the Vietnam War was to contain communism only in Northern Vietnam. With the support of U.S, Southern Vietnam was saved from being a communist country. U.S was successful again, just like in Korea.

Sep 23rd Rights that should be guaranteed There are several rights the government guarantee to their people. Some are essential, some are not. The few rights I obviously think that should be guaranteed are the rights to vote, get protection from the government(security), and to maintain their property. First of all, the rights to vote for their nation's laws and leaders is like the most fundamental one. The majority gets to decide what they want and how the country should be. They pay the tax and contribute to these kinds of acts in order to live a happy life. It should be guaranteed. Protection from the government is also inevitable. The government should guarantee protection from harm such as war and terror. Their property should be protected as well.

Oct 2nd I think the development of the oil is the most important invention at that time. It affected the industrial practices a lot. People refer to it as "black gold". Nowadays, oil is used for basically everything. People use oil to run cars, machines, and make various things. Oil is so far the most important resource to us. There is no other replacement for it and we're starting to lack it. It's difficult to acquire and the price is going up without limits. The effects are going to be critical when we start to run out of oil.

Oct 14th Opportunities and Hardships of Immigrants Many immigrants learned of available opportunities from railroad and steamship company promoters. However, these companies painted a tempting and false picture of the United States as a land of unlimited opportunities. Most of the millions who answered these appeals found the journey difficult. They had to travel in the steerage. Many immigrants found life in the U.S an improvement on the conditions of their homeland. However, serious discrimination occurred against them. Anti-immigration groups were made and etc Picture It's showing the immigrants coming to U.S and Americans are waiting for them(?). Uncle Sam examines them, holds his nose because of the smell. He's blocking them because of anarchy, diseases, and poverty.

Nov 14th I think that shows the consequences of the U.S taking over Philippines. They are dying out of America's annexation, which is something that wasn't supposed to happen. It shows us again that the expansion of U.S will cause negative impacts.

Nov 24th 1. The present German submarine warfare against commerce is a warfare against all mankind. People who are from neutral and friendly nations have been dying out. Ships have sunk, lives have been taken, even though they had nothing to do with the war. They died just because they were on Germany's way. The United States has to make a move to prevent such things from happening. As a neutral country, they can’t just stay still and bear with the losses. Therefore, the United States should enter the war.

2. The United States goal, according to the Manifest Destiny is to spread their idea of democracy. Communism was a huge threat to them. "Our object... is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against selfish and autocratic power...We are glad... to fight for the ultimate peace. They had to enter the war to stop the expansion of Communism all over the world. It was like fighting for justice.

2. They both think America should remain honorable. 3. U.S should not be affected emotionally. || 1. The way they serve honor is different. Fight back or stay neutral. 2. Senator holds America accountable for “failing to treat the belligerent nations of Europe alike, the failure to reject the unlawful “war zones” of both Germany and Great Britain is wholly accountable for our present dilemma” U.S is not going to act irrationally. President makes an implication that U.S is innocent. "American ships have been sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations." 3. The president describes the conflict as Germany v. Everyone. Like Germany is the common enemy of all nations. 4. Senator only refers to Americans. ||
 * Similarity || Difference ||
 * 1. Acknowledgement of America as a neutral nation. Ex: