Charles Lindbergh was an american aviator who made his first flight across the Atlantic Ocean solo with no stops in one day in the year 1927.In preference to the Japan attack on Pearl Harbor Lindbergh revolted and campaigned against American revolt during World War II. The majority of fellow americans condemned and denounced him for his choice of non-violence. Lindbergh also served as an advisor for the Aviation Industry for wood and wire airplanes and supersonic Jets.
He was born on Feb. 4, 1902, in Detroit. He was the son of a lawyer and his mother was a stay at home mom. In his younger years, Lindbergh showed exceptional mechanical ability. At 18 he made it in the University if Wisconsin to study engineering, except Lindbergh was more focused on the nerve racking young field of aviation, rather then focusing on school itself. After a couple of years he dropped out and became a barnstormer, a pilot who who performed daredevil like stunts in fairs. In 1924, Lindbergh enlisted in the United States Army Air Service Reserve pilot. On Ma 20, 1927, Lindbergh had flown 3,600 miles in 33 1/2 hours. He was honored with awards,celebration, and parades. The President Calvin Coolridge gave Lindbergh the Congressional Medal of Honor and the very prestigious and distinguished Flying Cross.
http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/
Monday, February 10, 2014
Speakeasies
A speakeasy, also also known as a blind pig or blind tiger, is an establishment that illegally sells alcoholic beverages. Basically a secret bar, these establishments were built in the United States during the Prohibition era. During the Prohibition era the transportation, sale and manufacture of alcoholic beverages was illegal throughout the United States. Speakeasies largely disappeared after Prohibition was ended in 1933.Speakeasies popped up everywhere. People had said that as soon as the owner could get a padlock for the door, the speakeasy was good to go. It has also been said that for every legal saloon before Prohibition, at least half a dozen speakeasies were put up After Prohibition. There were few speakeasies that were broken into, it did not really help enforce Prohibition. Most of the bars of the early twentieth century were mainly hang outs for men. However, speakeasies were open to both men and women. Jazz also became popular during this era, the speakeasies provided an outlet for musicians to play and have a good time.
Speakeasies were also one of the reasons prohibition failed. They made it easy for people to get alcohol. There also just was not enough money, or police power to stop illegal places like speakeasies from popping up. Corruption also had a lot to do with the reason why prohibition ended up failing. A lot of wealthy citizens fed gangs that were making a lot of money from their appetite for alcohol. Even elected officials fell into the trap of speakeasies. They needed their alcohol too.
Sources:
http://www.albany.edu/wm731882/speakeasiesfinal.html
http://theroaringtwentieshistory.blogspot.com/2010/06/prohibition-and-speakeasies.html
Thursday, February 6, 2014
WAR ON METH ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY PROJECT
<pbs frontline video, listed in MLA format (sorry team, I'm not doing this for you> Produced in ....., this video explains the rise of meth in America, and the efforts Oregon, and the US have taken to combat it. Produced by the blah blah... Oregon was the first to ... (this will take 2-3 paragraphs).
<npr short article on meth> same thing, couple paragraphs.
Liljas, Per. "Mexico U.S. Government Helped Rise of Mexican Drug Cartel: Report Read More: DEA, Sinaloa Cartel in Secret Cooperation for Years | TIME.com Http://world.time.com/2014/01/14/dea-boosted-mexican-drug-cartel/#ixzz2saK5S6WT." World.time.com. Time Magaziine, 14 Jan. 2014. Web. 7 Feb. 2014.
Per Liljas reports in this article that for almost a decade, the US allowed the Sinaloa cartel to flourish, in exchange for helping in the war on drugs against other Cartels. Critics say that this is a huge violation of US Federal, and international Law.
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<npr short article on meth> same thing, couple paragraphs.
Liljas, Per. "Mexico U.S. Government Helped Rise of Mexican Drug Cartel: Report Read More: DEA, Sinaloa Cartel in Secret Cooperation for Years | TIME.com Http://world.time.com/2014/01/14/dea-boosted-mexican-drug-cartel/#ixzz2saK5S6WT." World.time.com. Time Magaziine, 14 Jan. 2014. Web. 7 Feb. 2014.
Per Liljas reports in this article that for almost a decade, the US allowed the Sinaloa cartel to flourish, in exchange for helping in the war on drugs against other Cartels. Critics say that this is a huge violation of US Federal, and international Law.
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class: I found many other articles. This is a short summary, because it was a short article.
Friday, January 17, 2014
Letter Home
Sunday Afternoon, September 1st, 1918
My dear Father,
It is a strange feeling to me but a very real one, that every single letter that I write home to you or to my little sister may be the last that I shall write or you read. I do not want you to think that I am depressed or scared. I am indeed on the contrary, I am very cheerful. But out here, in odd moments the realization comes to me of how close death is to us. A week ago I was talking with a man from Preston, who had been out here for nearly four years, untouched. He was certainly looking forward to going on leave soon, and now he is dead, killed in a moment during our last advance.
I say this to you because I hope that you will realize, as I do, the possibility of the same thing happening to myself. I feel very glad myself that I can look the fact in the face without fear or regret. Much as I hope to live through it all for your sakes and my little sisters. I am quite prepared to give my life as so many have done before me.
I hope that you will not move out of the old house yet. Write and let me know if and when anything happens.
Well I have not much time left and I must end.
Your son,
Max
My dear Father,
It is a strange feeling to me but a very real one, that every single letter that I write home to you or to my little sister may be the last that I shall write or you read. I do not want you to think that I am depressed or scared. I am indeed on the contrary, I am very cheerful. But out here, in odd moments the realization comes to me of how close death is to us. A week ago I was talking with a man from Preston, who had been out here for nearly four years, untouched. He was certainly looking forward to going on leave soon, and now he is dead, killed in a moment during our last advance.
I say this to you because I hope that you will realize, as I do, the possibility of the same thing happening to myself. I feel very glad myself that I can look the fact in the face without fear or regret. Much as I hope to live through it all for your sakes and my little sisters. I am quite prepared to give my life as so many have done before me.
I hope that you will not move out of the old house yet. Write and let me know if and when anything happens.
Well I have not much time left and I must end.
Your son,
Max
Letter Back Home
Dear Family,
Hope all of you are well. I have been great, I've been eating well, and everyone is treating me good. When I come home I will have money to support myself so you will no longer have to. I will still be in the war for a few more months. My job is very easy I just take food to some soldiers by me and help support the combat there too. Eventually I will be home. Do not worry to much about me, I'll be back. Thanks for supporting me through life.
Sincerely, your son
Hope all of you are well. I have been great, I've been eating well, and everyone is treating me good. When I come home I will have money to support myself so you will no longer have to. I will still be in the war for a few more months. My job is very easy I just take food to some soldiers by me and help support the combat there too. Eventually I will be home. Do not worry to much about me, I'll be back. Thanks for supporting me through life.
Sincerely, your son
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
WWI Causes
1. Nationalism: It is a deep loyalty to one's nation. Gavrillo Princip from Serbia was the person who triggered WWI. He killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand because he was the leader and Austria-Hungary controlled Serbia at the time. This is an example of extreme nationalism because he was showing loyalty to his own country.
2. Alliance system: It is the formal agreement of support among countries in the event of an attack. This caused WWI because the conflict originally involved between two countries were likely to involve many more countries due to the alliance. For example, Germany was an ally of Austria Hungary and if Austria-Hungary was at war, then Germany would automatically be at war.
3. Imperialism: The building of power by controlling over colonies. Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Russia all scramble for colonies in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Each nation wanted new trade markets and the raw materials of these new regions. They argued over these colonies and this caused them to war.
4. Militarism: The belief in building up a strong armed forces to prepare your country for war. At the time, Britain had the most powerful navy and Germany was trying to expand theirs. This established strong navies and prepared them for war.
The spark of WWI was when Gavrillo Princip Assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Archduke's assassination was the reason for WWI in itself. Once Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia because they had not brought the assassin to justice, the other nations were brought into it because of collective defense alliances.
Zimmerman Note: A diplomatic proposal from the German Empire for Mexico to join the Central Powers, in the event of the United States entering World War I on the side of the allied powers. The proposal was intercepted and decoded by British intelligence. When Britain revealed the contents to America it outraged the American public opinion and helped generate support for the United States declaration of war on Germany in April 1917.
Sussex Pledge/Unrestricted Submarine Warfare: The Sussex Pledge was a promise made in 1916 by Germany to the United States before their entry into the war. Germany had had been using unrestricted submarine warfare, allowing armed merchant ships to be torpedoed without warning. Despite restriction to this, a French passenger ferry, the Sussex, was torpedoed without warning. The ship was severely damaged and about 50 lives were lost. This made President Woodrow Wilson to declare that if Germany were to continue this practice, the United States would break relations with Germany. Fearing the entry of the United States into World War I, Germany attempted to agree with the United States by issuing the Sussex pledge, which promised a change in Germany’s naval warfare policy.
Lusitania: RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner, which was briefly the world's biggest ship. She was launched in 1907, at a time of fierce competition for the North Atlantic trade. In 1915 she was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, causing the deaths of 1,198 passengers and crew, 128 of which were Americans.
2. Alliance system: It is the formal agreement of support among countries in the event of an attack. This caused WWI because the conflict originally involved between two countries were likely to involve many more countries due to the alliance. For example, Germany was an ally of Austria Hungary and if Austria-Hungary was at war, then Germany would automatically be at war.
3. Imperialism: The building of power by controlling over colonies. Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Russia all scramble for colonies in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Each nation wanted new trade markets and the raw materials of these new regions. They argued over these colonies and this caused them to war.
4. Militarism: The belief in building up a strong armed forces to prepare your country for war. At the time, Britain had the most powerful navy and Germany was trying to expand theirs. This established strong navies and prepared them for war.
The spark of WWI was when Gavrillo Princip Assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Archduke's assassination was the reason for WWI in itself. Once Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia because they had not brought the assassin to justice, the other nations were brought into it because of collective defense alliances.
Zimmerman Note: A diplomatic proposal from the German Empire for Mexico to join the Central Powers, in the event of the United States entering World War I on the side of the allied powers. The proposal was intercepted and decoded by British intelligence. When Britain revealed the contents to America it outraged the American public opinion and helped generate support for the United States declaration of war on Germany in April 1917.
Sussex Pledge/Unrestricted Submarine Warfare: The Sussex Pledge was a promise made in 1916 by Germany to the United States before their entry into the war. Germany had had been using unrestricted submarine warfare, allowing armed merchant ships to be torpedoed without warning. Despite restriction to this, a French passenger ferry, the Sussex, was torpedoed without warning. The ship was severely damaged and about 50 lives were lost. This made President Woodrow Wilson to declare that if Germany were to continue this practice, the United States would break relations with Germany. Fearing the entry of the United States into World War I, Germany attempted to agree with the United States by issuing the Sussex pledge, which promised a change in Germany’s naval warfare policy.
Lusitania: RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner, which was briefly the world's biggest ship. She was launched in 1907, at a time of fierce competition for the North Atlantic trade. In 1915 she was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, causing the deaths of 1,198 passengers and crew, 128 of which were Americans.
4 Main Causes of the WW1
Militarism: The belief in building up a strong armed forces to prepare your country for war.
Alliance System: Countries agreed to support one another in case of an attack. Two alliances would emerge: Triple Entente (good) and Triple Alliance (bad)
Triple Entente: France, Russia, Great Britain, and eventually the US.
Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
Imperialism: Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Russia all scrambles for colonies in Africa, Asia and the Pacfic. Each nation wanted new trade markets and the raw materials of these new regions.
Nationalism: Pride or decotion to one's country. Nationalism encouraged unity, and also would put nation against nation.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand: Assassinated by a Serbian terrorist group called the Black Hand. This was the Immediate cause of WW1.
Sussex Pledge: In 1916 a promise was made by Germany to the US that a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare was allowed only for armed merchant ships but not passenger ships to be torpedoed without warning. Primary rules were: Passenger ships would not be targeted, Merchant ships would not be suck until the presence of weapons have been established, if necessary by a search of the ship, and Merchant ships would not be sunk without provision for the safety of passengers and crew. This later made US declare war on Germany because of the Zimmerman Telegram.
Lusitania: 1915 Big British ship that carried people and goods across the Atlantic between US and Great Britain was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sunk. Of the 1,959 people on board it killed 1,198, including 128 Americans. Thus the Americans were enraged.
Zimmermann Note: German minister Arthur Zimmermann send a coded message to Germany's ambassador in Mexico, Heinrich von Eckhardt, in January 1917. The British managed to intercept the coded message and were able to decipher it.
Within the message, Zimmermann revealed Germany's plan to restart unrestricted submarine warfare as well as offered Mexico territory from the US if Mexico were to declare war on the US.
The British shared the message with the American public which made them outraged. WW1 was suppose to be contained to Europe, which seemed too far away, but now the US felt the war was being brought to their land.
Unrestricted Sub Warfare:
Alliance System: Countries agreed to support one another in case of an attack. Two alliances would emerge: Triple Entente (good) and Triple Alliance (bad)
Triple Entente: France, Russia, Great Britain, and eventually the US.
Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
Imperialism: Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Russia all scrambles for colonies in Africa, Asia and the Pacfic. Each nation wanted new trade markets and the raw materials of these new regions.
Nationalism: Pride or decotion to one's country. Nationalism encouraged unity, and also would put nation against nation.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand: Assassinated by a Serbian terrorist group called the Black Hand. This was the Immediate cause of WW1.
Sussex Pledge: In 1916 a promise was made by Germany to the US that a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare was allowed only for armed merchant ships but not passenger ships to be torpedoed without warning. Primary rules were: Passenger ships would not be targeted, Merchant ships would not be suck until the presence of weapons have been established, if necessary by a search of the ship, and Merchant ships would not be sunk without provision for the safety of passengers and crew. This later made US declare war on Germany because of the Zimmerman Telegram.
Lusitania: 1915 Big British ship that carried people and goods across the Atlantic between US and Great Britain was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sunk. Of the 1,959 people on board it killed 1,198, including 128 Americans. Thus the Americans were enraged.
Zimmermann Note: German minister Arthur Zimmermann send a coded message to Germany's ambassador in Mexico, Heinrich von Eckhardt, in January 1917. The British managed to intercept the coded message and were able to decipher it.
Within the message, Zimmermann revealed Germany's plan to restart unrestricted submarine warfare as well as offered Mexico territory from the US if Mexico were to declare war on the US.
The British shared the message with the American public which made them outraged. WW1 was suppose to be contained to Europe, which seemed too far away, but now the US felt the war was being brought to their land.
Unrestricted Sub Warfare:
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