Pop Culture 1950's

1. What media exploded in the 50's and how did business?Television industry exploded and business reacted to the explotion by advertising, TV dinner, and TV Guide was introduced.

2. Why did critics not like television?Because of sterotypical portrayal of women and minorities, effects on the children, male characters outnumber women characters, and did not say the truth of American.

3. What's so ironic about rock and roll music in the 1950's? Africian Americans started it and it was produced by the white people. Peopl thought that it would lead to teen pregnancy

The American Dream 1950's

1.What were some causes for the baby boom?
-Husbands and wives got together after war, large families were desirable, decreasing marriage age, advance in medicine and economic prosperity.

2. What did American have to do in order to support all the new babies being born?
-New toys, more schools = more teachers also the need for child care.

3. How did roles of women change in the 1950's?
-Homemakers and mother but they felt isolated, bored, and unfulfilled.

4.What changes allowed the American car explosion to occur?
-American car explosions occurred because there was a lot of gasoline and it was cheap. Another reason would be that it was easy credit, extensive advertising, new freeways, etc.

Truman's Labor Policies

1.What were some of the significant challenges President Truman faced after WWII?
2.How did Truman try to help returning G.I.s get jobs after WWII, and how effective was he?

The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

1.Bruno moved with his family so his father could be closer to the Nazi death camps. At first only father knew the real reason for moving to the country. Why do you think father was so secretive about why the family moved?
-I think the father was secretive about why the family moved because he did not want his wife or children to back out of the moved. This was proven when the wife found out that Nazis were being burnt at the concentration camp and it was at a see-able/smellable distance from their home.

2.Bruno was taught the think of Jews in a certain way. What was Bruno taught about Jews?
When Bruno fell from the swing a Jewish man helped him. Why was this event significant to Bruno’s mother’s thinking of Jewish people?
-Bruno was taught the Jews were bad and the reason the war began. This was proven when the tutor taught Bruno about "horrible" things Jews have done. A Jew helping Bruno when he fell off the swing was significant to his mother because it made her think Jews were not actually bad people and placing them in concentration camps, using them as slaves, etc. was mistreating them.

3.Bruno’s father evolved and transformed from a loving father to what? Why?
Bruno evolved and transformed as well. What kind of boy was he at first, and what did he transform to?
-Bruno's father evolved and transformed from a vicious soldier because he was more invovled in Nazi containment rather than his family. Bruno also transformed from a innocent boy to a caring developing person. He transformed from a innocent boy to a caring developing person. He transformed when he began communicating and creating a friendship with the boy in the concentration camp.

4.Describe your feelings about Bruno’s actions. Include descriptions of the scene and the choice(s) Bruno made, and what difference his actions made.
-Bruno's actions to help the boy in the concentration camp resulted in his life because Bruno died.at the end of the movie. The scene was intense because Bruno changed into striped pajamas and crawled under the fence and went into the concentration camp to help his friend find his father but during that process him and his friend got caught up into a group that was being transported to be brunt and they was told they were "taking a shower."

Japanese Internment & Justice

1.What does the world "internment" mean to you?
-To lock someone up during war.

2.Why were Japanese-Americnas interned in Manzanar?
-Because of pearl harbor. They were no longer looked at as Americans,they were looked at as the enemy.

3.Why were Japanese internment policies wrong?
-They had to survie by themselves because they had everything taken away from them like money, cars, houses, etc.

The End of WWII

1.Was Gen. MacArthur a successful general? explain with evidence.-Yes because He sucessfully led the Allied troops to batann,Leyte,Iowa,Jima and got the prime Minister Hideki Tojo to surrender Japan.

2.Explain how successful the G.I Bill was to returning soldiers. - College education and tranning for the veterans paid for the Federal government. Loans guarantees to veterans buying homes or farms of strating new buisnesses.

3.Why were Mexicans in L.A unfairly treated after the war?-Because 11 sailors said that they were attacked by zoot-suits Mexicans Americans and caused the Zoot-suits to be beaten because of prejudice.

WWII in the Pacific

1.Who promised to “return” to liberate the Philippines?
-Douglas MacAruther

2.What reasons did the POTUS use for using atomic bombs?
-To save lives.

3.* In 1942, why were the Allies under-strength to fight Japan?
-Because they were not prepared and disabled by the weather.

4.* Were American submarines effective in the Pacific? Explain.
-Yes because they were responsible for 63% of the suken ships, and were kept a secret for surpise attacks.

WWII Across the Alantic Ocean

1. Who has the Supreme commander in Europe, and what was successful?
-General Dwight David Eisenhower

2.What was the signifacance of "D-Day"? -That hiitler needed to be moved out of France

.3.Was Gen Patton an effective leader?
-He was effective because he achived his goals by liberating Paris.

4.Why was the battle of the Bulge significant?
-it was Hitlers desperate last-gasp offensive and last ditch offensive to win the war.

U.s gets ready for the fight

1.) Who was Philip Randolph, and why did he and President Roosevelt meet? - He was President and founder of the Brotherhood of sleeping car Porter's. And he and President Roosevelt met because of the march on Washington.

2.) Who were the WAACs, and why were they important to the war effort? - Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, they would serve in noncombat positions. They would serve as nurses, ambulance drivers, radio operators etc. Nearly every duty not involving combat.

3.) How well did African Americans do during WWII?
- African American did not do well until the march on Washington. And after that African American job opportunities increased after the war

"Coping with the war at Home"

1. What was the OPA, and what was their job?
-Office of Price Administration. They fought inflation by frezzing prices on most goods.

2. What was the purpose of the OSRD?----To bring science to the war.

3.In What ways did Americans sacrifice during WWII?
-They had to ration.

4. How simiiar or different were the sacrifes druing the Irag & Afghanisthian war?

World War II: Part 2.

1.List all the countries the Nazi's invaded.- -The Nazi's invaded Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Yugoslovakia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, France, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, and the Soviet Union.

2.What did Winston Churchill say about the peace agreed upon the Munich Agreement?
- Churchill was not happy. He thought that if there was an appeasement, then Hitler would want more. He also predicted a war.

3.What is Blitzkrieg, and what's the purpose?
- Blitzkrieg is a lightning war which means heavy duty, action and going all out. The purpose is to take the enemy by surprise. To bring them down with overwhelming force

U.S Inches Toward WWII

1. What was Lend-Lease, and what countries did it benefit?
- Roosevelt created a plan that the president would lend or rent weapons or any other supplies to any country whose defense was vital to the U.S.

2. What did Roosevelt call German U-boats?
-Rattlesnakes of Atlantic

3.How would you describe Roosevelt's opinion on war?
- He was on the Soviet Unions side and he was against Germany.

World War II Key Terms

Allies: United States, England, Soviet Union.

Axis: Germany, Japan, Italy.

Defense Spending: Amount of money the Government spends on the Military.

Unemployment Rate: Percentage of people unemployed.

Federal Outlay: Money that the Federal Gov. spends.
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Rattlesnakes of the Atlantic: German U-boats.

German U-boats: German submarines.

Isolationists: A policy of "minding your own"

Appease: To give in to demands. To pacify to a persons demands.

Lend-Lease Act: A law in which the POTUS(President of the United States) could have the government supply other countries with weapons.

Office of Price Administration: A way to prevent wartime inflation. By doing this, they kept prices for everyday things a minimum.

Inflation: When prices for goods/service increases but incomes remain the same.

Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt: The 32nd President of the U.S. who created the New Deal in which several programs were released in order to help citizens.


Pres. Harry S. Truman: 33rd President. He lead America into the Cold War with the Soviet Union.

Phillip Randolph: Organized one of the first predominantly black labor unions. Randolph was the leader in a march to Washington. This march was to convince FDR to ban discrimination in defense industries during WWII which eventually happened. He also got Pres. Truman to end segregation in armed services.

General Patton: Served as a U.S. Army general who fought in both WWI and II.

General MacArthur: Served in the U.S. Army and fought with the Pacific theatre in WWII.

General Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of U.S. Forces: A former president who served in the U.S. Army during WWII and also helped with the invasion of France and Germany. http://goo.gl/XKYaq

Adolph Hitler: The founder of the Nazi Party. He was the centerpiece of WWII in Europe and the Holocaust. Believed that the perfect kind was the "Aryan" which he was not even a part of.

Benito Mussolini: Dictator of Italy who was called II Duce.

Joseph Stalin: Was the leader of the Soviet Union. He entered the non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany.

Winston Churchill: The leader of the UK during WWII. He was also a officer in the British Army.

Battle of the Bulge: A way to set a signal that a new war was coming.

D-Day: A specific time in which a sudden attack or battle will take place.

Auschwitz: A concentration camp ran by Nazi Germany.

Atomic Bomb: One of the weapons used as a nuclear weapon.

Interment: The burial place of a corpse.

Income Tax: Money either given from or owed to the government.

Wage and Price controls: To maintain the price for goods at a stable rate.

War bonds: A way for civilians to support the troops with supplies.

WAAC's: A chance for women to serve in the Army

WWII Battles of the Pacific: When a war between Japan and the Allies happened on the Pacific theatre(area of war)

GI Bill of Rights: A range of rights that WWII veterans were given.

"The Help" and the Struggle for African American Society

In the 2011 movie "The Help", directed by Tate Taylor, a group of African American maids that work for families decide to share their stories with a writer who is white. At this time, this is very controverscial due to the fact that blacks and whites were segregated. In the time of the movie, the 1960's, blacks were opressed badly by whites. The main goal of sharing these stories was to expose how the black maids were being treated.

There are several scenes in this film that not only offend the maids, but also himuliates them. In one particular part of the movie, Hilly, a white woman who has a maid work for her by the name of Aibileen, pushes the issue on having seperatre bathrooms. She believes that this will be seperate but equal which is really wrong. Also, when a maid by the name of Minny hears about this, she is not to flattered. Minny, being the outspoken person she is, decides to use the same bathroom as the whites.

A main theme within the film that stands out is the level of uncertainty that is going on. The fear of getting to know others is not only a thing for whites, but for the black maids also. When Aibileen agrees to share her personal stories with Skeeter, she keeps this to herself. She also gets Minny along with her. Minny at first is not all in with the idea but she gives in. Overtime, Minny came past the fact that Skeeter was white and began helping with the book also. In the end, the maids realize that what Minny and Aibileen are doing is setting for change. This triggers the other maids to began sharing stories as well. That is how the maids turned a negative into a positive.

In the end, the maids overcame something. They overcame the fear to open up to people of a "different kind". The were given a chance to share their stories and put an end to the rumors about the lives of "The Help". The reactions from the community were just about positive. This book changed peoples views on African-American women in Mississippi during the 1960's.

Reflection

3. Which of the was not a cause of the dust bowl?
C.thick layers of prairie grasses

8. in calling shantytown "hoovervilles," people conveyed their
C.disgust with hoover

14.which of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work?
D. Works Progress Administration

19.How many states were part of the dust bowl?
A. 5 states

21.how far did migrants on Route 66 travel from Oklahoma City to Bakersfield, California?
C.about 1,200 miles

22.Going from east to west on Route 66, what states did Dust Bowl migrants pass through?
C. Oklahoma,Texas,New Mexico,Arizona,California

Reflection: I have learned that I am a better test taker then I was. I could become a better test taker if I would slow down and look at the questions carefully.

TGD- How TND Afftected Peoples of Color PT.1

1. Why did Pedro Gonzalez becaome a Mexcian-American hero?

-He was known as the first spanish lanuage disc jockey in Los angles.

2.Why was Frances Perkins a hero for to women?

-Frances Perkins became a hero as a women because, she had became the firsst female cabinet member.

3.What was the "Black Cabinnet" and who as the leader.

-The black cabinent was influential to African Amercians to advise the Roosevelt adiministration on racial issues.

FDR-The new deal

1. Who was FDR? (write a summary of your three most important facts)
- TDR was a governer from
- Theodore Roosevelts distant cousin.-

2.Who were FDR's carefully pick advisers and why were they important to the president?

-His carefully picked advisers were called the Brain Trust and they were Professors, lawyers and Journalists.

3.What was the new deal?
When Americans would get a "new set of cards"

4. what three goals did te new deal attempt to addresses?
-Needy
-Econmic Reform
-Financial Reform

5.What was the first action FDR took as president?
-He closed all the banks.

The Great Depression- President Hoovers Handling of The Crisis

Herbert Hoover, a republician president at the begininng of the Great Depression, was ineffective because of the way he handled the crisis during Great Depression. He refused to support direct relief or any other firms of federal welfare. The Americans expressed their anger by burning the crops of corn & wheat and pouring out the milk into the highways. They all protested to Washington DC and this game president Hoover a bad reputation.


Essential Questions

1. What are examples of how americans expressed their anger frustrations with president hoover?

-They burned their corn and wheat and poured the milk out on the highways, and also took days off.

2. What were Hoovers princiables? The ones he chose to hold firm on?

-He refused to support direct relief or other forms of federal welfare.

3. Who made up the bonus army and how did what happened to President Hoover?

-The bonus army went to Washington DC to collect all the money that was owed to them at the end president Hoover had a bad repetition because he did not pay the bonus army their bonus.

WWI: Part 1

What treaty did Hitler hate and why?
- Hitler hated the Treaty of Versailles becasue his own country, Germany, were blamed for the war. They had to pay for debt and took away land in order to pay off that debt.


Who became dictators during the 20's-30's and for what country?(Japan, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia)
- The dictators included Stalin of Russia, Mussolini of Italy, Hitler of Germany, Tojo of Japan, and Franco of Spain.


Explain similarities and differences amongst the dictators.
- There were several similarities between the dictators. One of the main ones was that Mussolini and Hitler were both great speakers.


What was the U.S. thinking as several wars were breaking out?
- Most U.S. citizens felt that it was better to stay neutral because the U.S. had already lost lots of soldiers from WWI. Also, America was just getting over the Great Depression.

The Great Depression-hardships & Suffering

1. The Dust Bowl was cause by farmers using all of the land; causing the land to dry up and left dirt and sand which the wind picked up.

2. The Great Depression affected:
- Children by closing schools, poor nutrition, and health problems.
- Families struggle to make ends meet.
- Women struggle to help their family, and caused men to resent them because they had jobs and men did not.
- Men could not find a job.
- People of color suffer racism because they can find jobs and white people cannot.
3. "Hoboes" were people who moved around and don't settle. they travel by hitching on trains.

4. An enduring effect on people because of The Great Depression was saving every penny and food in order to survive.

Life Changed in the 1920's People, Places and Events

1. What are some of the beliefs held by fundamentalists?
- They Believed that the bible was inspired by God, and that all its stories & details were true. Also that humans evolved from apes.

2. The scopes trial challeneged what law?
- The role of science concept of evoulution.

3. The "double strandard" creeated two different behavior rules for who?
- Men & Women.

4. Why did Charles Lingbergh become famous? Louis Armstrong?
-Charles Lindbergh became famous because he was the first to make it across the Atlantic without stopping. Louis armstrong became famous because he was a trumpet player that got to joing the Oliver group which became known as the Creole Jazz Band.

5. What was the Harlem Rennisance?
-A literacy and artistic movement celebrating African American culture.

New Technology & The 1920's

1. How did the automobile affect America?
- It opened up new buisnesses such as the gasoline station, repair shops, and motels, there even began to be more roads everywhere.
2.What was urban sprawl and what caused it?
- urban sprawl was when cities started to move into different directions, and the automobile industry caused it.
3. What was the first use of airplanes NOT during war?
-The first job that planes did was to carry the mail across the country.
4. Predict what is going to happpen to the American econmy.
- I think the American will

Recreation in the U.S

When and why did Americans begin to recreate ? Were the reasons Americans began to recreate the same or different compared to Americans today ?

-Around the late 1800's Americans began to recreate themselves. They fought off city congestion and dull industrial work, by enjoying amusement parks, bicycling, new forms of theater, and spectator sports. Americans today still do the same thing by taking vacation days off of work and going to amusment parks with their families.

Treatment of colored people

1.)How did Mexicans earn a living in the late 1800's, and where did they do this work ?

- In the late 1800s Mexicans earned a living by working on the railroads where they worked in the Southwest.


2.)Describe African - American life in the 1900's (where did they move to, what was their experience ?)

-The life of African Americans was very bad. In the late 1800s, blacks were lynched without there being any trials. In the 1900s, things got worse.

Teddy Roosevelt

1.) Describe T.R's life before he became president (where he was from, date he was born etc.)
- Was born Oct. 27 1858 and died on Jan. 6th 1919. Teddy R. was born in New York City. He was the child of Theodore and Martha Roosevelt. T.R. attended Harvard University.

2.) How did T.R. become President ?
- T.R. was the 26th president of the U.S. his term was Sept. 14, 1901 through March 4, 1909. He became president when president William McKinley was shot and killed in 1901

3.) What was T.R's Bully Pulpit ?
- It was a terrific platform from which to advocate an agenda . (example - the White House)

4.) Summarize T.R's opinion on the civil rights.
- T.R.'s opinion on the civil rights was that he wanted the blacks and whites to be seperate but equal .

5.) Explain if you would like T.R as president, if he were president today.
- I don't think I would like for T.R. to be president today because seperation would not be ideal for this time period.

Post WWI United States

Describe the feeling many Americans had after WWI.

Americans were tired of death,war, econmic changes, and different changes and tired of unemployment.

What were some reactions by Americans to their post-WWI feelings?

What did the Palmer raids accomplish? Why did Palmer do the raids?

What did the KKK fear? Did their membership grow in the 1920’s

KKK against foreigners. Yes, KKK membership reached 4.5 million white malepersons, native-born citizens. The Klan believed in keepig blacks "in their place".

What was the quota system?
Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act

Was the quota system discriminatory? If yes, to whom?
The quota system was discriminatory towards the people in eastern and southern Europe.

How was Mexico affected by the quota systen?
Mexico was affcted by the quota system because the laws did not apply to the immagrants location in the western hemisphere  & almost 500,00 Mexicans had crossed the nations boarder.

How was Japan affected by the quota system?
The law was against Japenesse immigration.

Progressive Exam Reflection

1.Southern states sometimes used a grandfather clause to allow them to
A. keep uneducated whites from exercising their right to vote.
B.distinguish between recent immigrants and long time citizens.
C.keep African Americans from voting while allowing whites to do so.
D. deny voting rights to African Americans.

2. Cities in the late 19th century expanded with the devolpment of all the following except
A.subway
B.skyscrapers
C.airplanes
D.suspension bridges

5.Jim Crow laws were laws that
A.sepertated the races.
B.denied citizenship to asian immigrants
C.taxed voters
D.promoted discrimination against women.

The U.S after WWI

1.) Describe the feeling many Americans had after WWI ...
Americans were tired of a lot of things.

2.) What were some reactions by Americans to their post WWI feelings?

- Many were stressed out, and were afraid of outsiders so they became Nativist, or prejudice against foreign - born people. They also became Isolationism, which is the feeling of not wanting to reach out into the world because they were afraid of getting hurt. Americans also had a fear of communism, which was an economic & political system based on a single - party government ruled by a dictatorship, this also supported getting rid of capitalism.

3.) What did the Palmer raids accomplish ? Why did Palmer do the raids ?
- Palmer was going after political radicals. Palmer was afraid of communism, but he did not find anything when he went after the political radicals.

4.) What did the KKK fear ? Did their membership grow in the 1920's ?
- The KKK feared the Red Scares, and they didn't like any other race besides the white's.

5.) What was the quota system ?
- The quota system was a law that established the maximum number of people who could enter the United States from each foreign country

6.) Was the quota system discriminatory ? If yes to whom ?
- Yes the quota system was discriminatory against people from eastern and southern Europe, mostly Catholics and Jews.

7.) Was Mexico affected by the quota system discriminatory ?
- No Mexico was affected, because 500,000 Mexicans crossed the border.

8.) Was Japan affected by the quota system discriminatory ?
- Yes, they were affected because they already had a part in the Gentlemen's Agreement.