Monday, May 5, 2008

chapter 29 section 2 guided reading: the triumphs of a crusade

1. What was the goal of the freedom riders?: the goal of the freedom riders was to provoke violent reactions so the kennedy administration would enforce the law.

2. What was the Kennedy administration’s response? the kennedy administration responded was to send over 400 U.S. to accompany these freedom riders on their trip to Montgomery.

3. What was the goal of the march on Washington?: the goal of the march on washington was support the civil rights bill.

4. Who attended the march? over 250000 people attended the march including Martin Luther King Jr.

5. What was the goal of the Freedom Summer project?: the goal of Freedom summer Project was to help blacks to gain voting rights

6. Who volunteered for the project?: mainly college kids vounteered for the project.

7. What role did the violence shown on television play in this march?: it helped to show others what the march was about.

8. What did the march encourage President Johnson to do?: to sign the civil rights act of 1964 which prohibited discrimination.

9. What did the Voting Rights Act outlaw? the voting rights act outlawed literacy tests for black voters

10. What did the law accomplish?: the law had risen the black voting percentage by 10 percent.

chapter 29 section 1 guided reading: Taking on Segregation

1. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1875 do? : the civil rights act of 1975 declared that all public facilities were to be equal and to be to be accommodated to every person.

2. How did the Court rule in Plessy?: in court case Plessy vs Ferguson, the court ruled that all things would be "separate but equal" for both blacks and whites.


3. In what three ways did World War II help set the stage for the
modern civil rights movement?
a. the shortage of white men (who were fighting in the war) created an opportunity for blacks, latinos and women to establish a place in the work area.
b. millions of black men served along side white men in World war II in itegrated regiments and battalions.
c. president Roosevelt issued an executive order that integrated race in the workspace during World War II

4. Who argued Brown’s case? : thurgood Marshall argued for this case and won it.

5. What did the Brown ruling declare? : the brown Case declared that all schools were to be desegregated and integrated with both black and white students.

8. How did President Eisenhower respond to the Little Rock crisis? :Eisenhower responded to the little rock crisis by taking control of the Arkansas national guard and sending in paratroopers to ensure the integration of Little Rock high school.

9. Who was the president of SCLC?: the president of the SCLC was Martin Luther King Jr.

10. What was SCLC’s purpose?: the purpose of the SCLC was carry out non violent protests agaisnt the southerners.

11. What did SNCC accomplish, and how? SNCC was famous for performing sit ins. this was when black men would sit in all white diners. and refuse to move.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

current events summary

the city of dubai is under accusation of an Citi Bank rumor. Citi group is accused of taking money from the oil investments. also, the oil rich countries of the Middle East are starting to invest in places that are not so wealthy. some companies are building places in poorer parts of the world. jordan is hosting iraqis. the cost of this will be somewhere around 2.3 billion dollars. finally syria adn iran created a co-op and had exchanged trade stock

Sunday, March 2, 2008

the new project

theme:Assess the effects of geography on the history of civilizations and nations.

standards:

  • USII.14 Explain the strength of American isolationism after World War I and analyze its impact on U.S. foreign policy
  • USII.18 Analyze the factors that contributed to the Cold War and describe the policy of containment as America’s response to Soviet expansionist policies
    The Truman Doctrine (1947)George Kennan, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct” (1947)
  • USII.22 Analyze the causes and consequences of important domestic Cold War trends.

chapters

  • chapter 20
  • chapter 26
  • chapter 27

Friday, February 8, 2008

current events

Many different things have happened in the Middle East these past weeks. Saudi Arabia has decided to build a car factory to keep up with the demand of cars. This factory will be created by the UAE automobile company. The Middle East has suffered a massive inflation due to some countries not being able to sell oil and export and import problems. the country of Lebanon is undergoing a state of civil strife over a new form of government.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

history outline...so far

Thesis: Growth of centralized state government was bad.

Explain important domestic events that took place during the war.
GI bill of rights-eased returning soldiers back into jobs
Japanese relocation camps-relocated Japanese Americans into guarded camps due to thoughts of Japanese loyalty.
Hollywood movies-Hitler’ beast of Berlin

Analyze the factors that contributed to the Cold War and describe the policy of containment as America’s response to Soviet expansionist policies
The Korean war
The atomic and hydrogen bomb: distanced the two countries and the world between the threat of nuclear war adn radiation.
NATO: an organization that united all countries fo west europe and the united states. excluded russia and western europe countries.


describe the accomplishments of the civil rights movement
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Kennedy sends troops to force governor Wallace to honor the court order on segregation

Analyze the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
iran contra scandal
grenada
stratigic defense initiative

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

further progress

chapters from textbook:


  • 25( world war 2)

  • 26(cold war begins)

  • 33(reagan and cold war)

My progress thus far is: the formation and action of the soviet union, and government actions during the cold war.

the most important thing that i need to research is the positive effects of a growing centralized government.

first project redone

history project