pop culture 1950's

1) what media exploded in the 50's, and how did business respond to this explosion?
A) the media that exploded in the 50's was television, business like the television because they put commercials of their products on the television

2) why did critics not like televison?
A) they did not like the television because they did not like the effects on children because of the level of violencein the shows and they stereotypes it had on women

3) whats so ironic about rock and roll music in the 1950's?
A) white people were sitting down and the black people were the ones performing and dancing and elvis presley aka king of rock and roll learned how to sing in church when rock and roll was "devil music"

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the american dream 1950's

1) what were some causes for the baby boom?
A) reunions of husbands and wives, decreasing age of marriage, desirability of lager families, confidence and continued economic prosperity, and advances in medicine

2) what did some americans have to do in order to support all the new babies being born?
A) they had to make more toys,and  make more schools and teachers

3) how did roles of women change in the 1950's
A) the roles of women changed because they took jobs when they're children went to school and the moms went to college.

4) what changes allowed the american car explosion to occur?
A) there was alot of gasoline and it was very cheap, easy credit terms, extensive advertising, people moved to suburbs, they created highways and roads.

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truman's labor policies

1) what were some of the significant challenges pres. truman faced after WWII?
A) give all 12 million returning soliders a job, give african americans equal rights, have more consumer goods,

2) how did truman try to help returning G.I's get jobs after WWII, and how effective was he? explain your oppinion?
A) he tried to give them minimum wage, garunteed employment, medical insurance, and housing aid. he was not very effective because he did not get enough support and he felt he was doing the wrong thing. there were many strikes and so work was not done.

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postwar america 1950's

1) what was the U.S economy like during WWII? how were americans doing
A) it wasnt as good even though americans had money they couldnt waste it.

2) how did the american economy transform after the great depression and WWII
A) the economy transformed into a white collar job which was not factory work it was more information and be successful and not a blue collar job which is factory

3) why would a company like Google not do well in the 50's
A) they would not do well because coorperations did not like individuality rebles or creative thinker and that is what Google is all about.

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the american teenager

1) how did the lives of teenagers change after TGD and WWII? explain.
A) they were finally recognize and that the teenage years were most important in their lives

2) what is the "white flight" was it good for society?
A) millions of white people moved out of the city and into suburbs then minority groups moved in

3) why did many mexicans immigrate to the U.S before the 1950's?
A) mexicans moved to U.S because they were working in agriculture.

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the boy in the stripped 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?

A) i think father was secretive because he didnt wannt his family to know that he was killing the jews in such a terrible way.

2) bruno was taught to think of jews in a certian way. what was bruno taught about the jews?
A) i believe that bruno was taught that the jews were evil and that they were the reason why their country fell.

3) 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.
A) i think it was significant because she saw that the jewish people were not evil and that they were willing to help someone else in need of help.

4) brunos father was evoloved and transformed from a loving father to what? why?
A) i think brunos father was turned into an abusive husband and a secretive father because because of all the evil things he was doing he was killing jews and not telling anybody about what was going on and i beleive that ruined him and turned him into the monster that he had become.

5) bruno transformed as well. what kind of boy was he at first, and what did he transform to?
A) bruno at first was an unknowing little innocent boy but then he found out more things than what he was taught and he became a wise little boy.

6) discribe your feelings about brunos actions. include discriptions of the scene and the choice[s] bruno made and what difference his actions made.

A) my feelings toward bruno would be encourageing because he stood up for what was right even though many people would not have done the same thing. like when he told shimul that he was going to help find his father because he didnt really have to and maybe he would not have died because of it. he made friends with a jew which was more than likely forrbidden and he didnt even care about what was going to happen to him.

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post WWII america

1) why were americans afraid of the soviet union?
A) because they were both superpowers after the war which means they both had nuclear weapons

2) what did the russian want in europe?
A) they wanted to spread communism but there was a problem because of the wealthy and the working class

3) what did the americans want in europe?
A) they wanted to create a new world order which meant that all nations had the right of self determination.

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japanese internment and justice

1) what does the word internment mean to you?
A) internment means groups of people locked up during war

2) why were japanese-americans interned in Manzanar
A) because the japanese bombed pearl harbor and the u.s government thought the japanese were the enemies

3) why were japanese internment policies wrong
A) because they had all their possesions taken away and they didnt get it back and they had to work really bad jobs because people were still predjudice against japanese.

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the end of WWII

1) was general macarthur a successful general? explain with evidence
A) yes because he won the islands of Bataan, Leyte, and Iwo Jima

2) explain how successful the G.I Bill was to returning soliders
A) it was very successful because 7.8 million (or half of the) soliders went to college and it also let the vetrans get loans to buy houses, farms ,or start new businesses

3) why were mexicans in L.A unfairly treated in 1943
A) because 11 sailors reported that they were attacked by mexicans wearing " zoot suit's" and so whites grabbed all mexicans wearing "zoot suits" and beat the senseless

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WWII in the pacific

1) who promised to "return" to liberate the philippines
A) General Douglas MacArthur

2) what reasons did the POTUS use for using the atomic bomb
A) his reasons were that if he didnt use the bomb then the japanese would invade us and that he had to make decision wether to risk more U.S soliders lives or bomb japan

3) in 1942 why were the allies under strength to fight japan?
A) they were ill prepared and under maned and the weather handicapped them or they were not used to the the weather.

4) were american submarines effective in the pacific? explain
A) sunk 63% of japanese merchant ships and nearly a third of combat ships were sunk

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WWII Across the Atlantic Ocean

1) who was the supreme commander in europe and was he successful?
A) the supreme commander in europe was Dwight D. Eisenhowerhe and he was successful because he made the enemy have an unconditional surrender which meant the winners chose their fate. 

2) what was the significance of "D-Day"
A) it was significant because in order to remove hitler they had to go to europe because that was were he was.

3) Was General Patton an effective leader?
A) yes he was because he won and liberated france and he beat the nazis from four years of taking over

4) why was the battle of the bulge significant?
A) it was significant because it was hitler's last chance of staying in power.

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coping with the war at home

1)what was the OPA and what was their job
A)office of price administration and they froze prices on most goods.

2) what was the purpose of the OSRD?
A) the OSRD was the office of scientific research and development and they brought in new technologies into the war to defeat the enemy

3) in what ways did americans sacrifise during world warII
A)they could not buy as much stuff as they did and it was rationed items such as meat, shoes, sugar, coffee, and gasoline

4) how similar or different were your sacrifices during the iraq and afganistan war
A) we americans did not have to sacrifice anything during the iraq and afganistan war and that is the differance between world war II and the iraq and afganistan war.

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U.S gets ready for the fight

1) who was phillip randolph, and why did he and president roosevelt meet?
A) an african american labor leader that brought over 100,000 african americans for a protest and they ended up getting better jobs

2) who were the WAAC's and why were they important to the war effort?
A) womens auxillary army corps. and it was essential because they need nurses, ambulance drivers, and radio operators.

3) how well did the African American'sdo during WWII?
A) before the war officailly started they were segragated and they did not want to go in the war, and when they were in war they were janitors at the end they ended getting the jobs that the war effort needed

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U.S inches towards wwII

1) what was the lend lease and what countries did it benefit?
A) let people rent or sell weapons to friends to the united states. which benefited the soviet union, and great britian

2) what did roosevelt call the german U-Boats
A) ratllesnakes of the atlantic

3) how would you discribe roosevelt's oppinion of war?
A) at first he wanted to be in the war but he understood that his people did not want to be in the war so he passed the lend lease act and the neutrality act but then japan bombed pearl harbor and that brought U.S into the war

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the help essay

     in the movie "the help" there was countless acts of discrimination and racism toward the color people. in this essay i will discribe what acts happened to the people and how they were treated.

     the first example would be that people squashed their dreams whe they were young. they did that because in the movie abileen said that she knew she was going to be a maid because her mom was one and her grandmother was a house slave.

     the second example would be that the white people controlled how much money they could have. one way was one of the maids wanted both of her sons to go to college but she had only enough money for one she asked the person she asked for but she said no and that she was doing it for the benefit of her.

    lastly they did not want the maids to use their bathrooms because "they had different dieses than them". the way they did that was they made a law to where the maids got their own bathroom and noone else used it but them.

     sadly those people had to go through that but now it has stopped and they do not have to go through anymore injustice anymore.

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world war 2 part 1

1) what treaty did hitler hate and why?
A) because germany was blamed for starting the war and had to pay the other countries for the costs and it beat up the germans pride.

2) who became dictators during the 20's and 30's and for what country?
A) japan- tojo, germany- adolf hitler, spain- fransisco franco, russia- joseph stalin, italy- benito mussolini

3) explain similarities and differances amongst the dictators
A) they were powerful speakers, crushed opposition, called themselves the leader, and wanted more living space.

4) what was the U.S thinking as several wars were breaking out
A) they did not want to get involved because they wanted to get over everyhting else.

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world war II part 2

1) list all the countries the nazi's invaded?
A) austria, czechoslovakia, poland, yugosalvia, bulgaria, greese, romania, hungary,lithuania, latvia, estonia, findland, norway, france, denmark, the netherlands (holland) belguim and the soviet union


2) what did winston churchill say about the peace agreed upon the munich agreement?
A) that britian and france had to choose between war and dishonor and we chose dishonor and that hitler would want more and more land.

3) what is blitzkrieg and whats the purpose?
A) the blitzkrieg aka the lightning war was quick fast and confusing to the enemy. and the purpose was to take and crush all opposition by surprise.

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world war II key terms

allies- the group that was U.S, England, and, Soviet Union that work together in world war 2

axis- the group that was germany japan and italy that worked against the allies in world war 2

defense spending- amount of money a government spends on military

unemployment rate- the percent of people unemployed

Federal out-lay-amount of money the federal government has to but stuff such as tanks and weapons

rattlesnakes of the atlantic- german U-Boats/ submarines

German U-Boats- german submarines

isolationist- policy of " mind your own business"

appease- get in to demands

lend-lease-act - law that allowed POTUS ( president of the united states) to sell weapons to our friends

inflation- when prices goods/service increase but incomes stay the same

adolf hitler- dictator of germany and caused the holocuast

benito mussolini- dictator of italy

joseph stalin- dictator of soviet union

battle of the bulge- last stand for germany in the war

D-Day- offense by alliesto take over europe

auschwitz- jewish consentration camps in poland

atomic bomb- nuclear bomb dropped on japan to end the war

interment- camps on west coast used to detain japanese-americans.

income tax- percent of tax paid on personal income.

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the great depression the new deal how it affected people of color

1) why did pedro gonzalez become a mexican american hero?
A)  pedro became a hero because he spoke and condemned anglos (white people) for being racist on the radio.

2) why was frances perkins a hero for women
A) she was the first female cabinet member.

3) what was the "black cabinet" and who was the leader.
A) the leader was mary mcleod bethune and she had influential african americans advise the roosevelt administration on racial issues.

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programs of the new deal

1) what was the major difference between hoover and roosevelt?
A) roosevelt was proactive and was willing to do anything even if he failed and hoover did nothing except give money to big coorperations.

2) which new deal program was most responsible for creating the most jobs and how did the program acheive this?
A) the program was works progress administration (wpa) and it spent billions of dollars to give 8 million people jobs. and some of these jobs were to build airports, roads,and public buildings.

3) what impact did the social security act have on americans?
A) it was endured, and had the biggest long term impact and it gave substantial benefits to millioons of people.

4) why was huey long against the new deal (TND)
A) huey long thought the TND was inadequate.

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TGD - FDR and the new deal

 Franklin delano roosevelt was the 32nd president who was extremely confident, had a "can do attitude", was reform minded, had a friendly personality, and had a disability that made it harder on him but he made it through it. he had a group called the brain trust who were college professors, lawyers, and journalists who startegized plans to alleviate the great depression.one of the ideas that they crated was the new deal and it was a program designed to fix problems of the great depression three major goals that the new deal attempted to adress was to relive the needy, or, give people what they needed like food water and shelter, have some econmic recovery which meant more jobs for the people, and last financial reform so fix banks and the stock market. one of FDR's first actions were to close all bank and send an inspector to check the banks and see if they had plenty of money to pay their bills, if they did then they remained open and if not they remained closed until they were financially stable.

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the great depression - president hoover's handling of the crisis

Herbert Hoover, a republican president at the beginning of the great depression, was ineffective in his response because he was against giving money to the people who needed it and decided to give it to big corperations. this made the american people frustrated and the farmers decided to burn their crops, pour their milk on the streets and they stopped working. he also lacked emotion and common scense which made the vetrans make a bonus army which included their families and they marched all the way to washington d.c to support a law that gives them money at the time they neede it but president hoover decided to tear gas them and call them communist, the very people who fought for their country, to me that is just wrong.

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the great depression - hardships and suffering

1) describe the dust bowl, what caused it?
A) the dust bowl was a drought in the middle part of the U.S and dust was blown up from all of the dead crops  and what had caused it was greed and over growing crops and not having any prarie grass for the drought.

2) describe how TGD affected A) children B) families C) women D) men and E) people of color?
A) it affected children because they were malnurished which lead to health problems and they had to stop going to school.
B) families tried stating strong but broke apart under the stress.
C) women started working outside of the home but it was hard because people thought they had no place in work.
D) men became "hoboes" and left their families because they felt useless.
E)  people of color were the lowest paid and racial violence was rising and some died by being lynched  or hung.

3) who were "hoboes" and how did they travel?
A) hoboes were men who did not or could not get a job and walked around the streets to find some type of money. and they traveled by hitching rides on box cars on the trains.

4) what was an enduring effect on people because of TGD?
A) they never wanted to be poor again.



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the great depression - BAM!!

1) 94% of americans made how much in one year?
A) less than 2,000 dollars.

2) why is wall street important in american business?
A) it let people who had just a little bit more money invest in a stock which is a share in ownership in a business.

3) if the stock market crash  DID NOT cause the great depression, what did?
a) war debt cut down the forign market for america, farm sectors were in crisis, credit was easily accessable, income distribution was unequal.

4) what of what you read is similar to what is happening in the great recession?
A) well many people are going into debt because of the easy acessability to credit, war is not doing any good for us and is threatinning trades with other countries, and the working class is not getting enough money because th rich are getting richer while the working class is struggling with money.

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life changed in the 1920's- people ,places ,and events

1) what are some beliefs held by fundamentalists?
A) the beliefs that fundamentalists were that the bible was inspiried by God and that therefore its stories and all their details were true.

2) the Scopes trials challenged what law?
A) it challenged the law that was to make it a crime to teach evolution in public schools

3) the "double standard" created  two different behavior rules for who?
A) it created different behavior rules for women.

4) why did charles lindbergh become famous? louis armstrong?
A) lindbergh became famous for being the first one to perform a solo transatlantic flight. louis armstrong became famous for being a trumpet player in the Creole Jazz Band.

5) what was the Harlem Renaissance?
A) it was a literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture

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