U.S. HIST 2- Week 14

Firstly, the Little Rock Crisis was an event that happened in Arkansas including nine African American students. These students wanted to be able to attend and enroll into Little Rock Central High School. This enraged the community at the time because the main political and social dilemma was the civil rights movement and people who…

U.S. HIST 2- Week 13

The purpose of containment was that it was a way of stopping communism. The United States wanted to contain and decimate the remaining communists in the country by facing it head on in politics. President Harry Truman established the Truman Doctrine to try to retaliate against communism during this period of time. Truman believed that,…

U.S. HIST 2- Week 12

The Atlantic Charter was a policy statement and a Declaration of Principles issued during WWII on August 14, 1941, that defined the goals of the allies after the war. The United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Great Britain’s prime minister Winston Churchill were the two countries that met overseas, and they were the ones…

U.S. HIST 2- Week 11

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech of him Seeking Justice for “One-Third of a Nation,” was an address to the people of America. It was a message that let the people of America know that he sees how one-third of the nation is. “denied education, recreation, and the opportunity to better their lot and the lot…

U.S. HIST 2- Week 10

Citizens of Harlem during the Great Depression were in horrible living conditions as for the rest of America. The whole diverse population of America was at an all time low trying to survive with what little was available. Job opportunities for minority families such as African American, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans, were scarce. If they…

U.S. HIST 2- Week 9

The Klu Klux Klan defined Americanism in a few different ways. It defined Americanism as white men who had to do what it took to get what they acquired in their life. If you weren’t white and weren’t a man, then you were not apart of the definition that the Ku Klux Klan called, “Americanism.”…

U.S. HIST 2-Week 8

President Woodrow Wilson had reasons to why we entered the Great War and help their allies in WWI but he had to let Congress know first. With Germany submarines sinking supply ships that the U.S. was supplying overseas, President Woodrow Wilson decided that the U.S. had to get involved. On April 6th Woodrow Wilson said,…

U.S. HIST 2-Week7

Arguments that come up concerning Imperial Expansion are vast and many. The act of taking over a country/nation through force or through politics. In the article, “Platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League,” America took part in this with the Philippines. They continue to say, “We hold that the policy known as imperialism is hostile to…

U.S. HIST 2-Week 5

Out of the three sections, it was very hard for me to choose which one was most disturbing. Each talk about how the meats were contaminated, the harsh working conditions, and the insanitation of the plants. Sections one and three were both very disturbing but I believe section one was the most disturbing. Section one…

U.S. HIST 2-Week 4

The Homestead Act was revolutionary in many ways, it became law in 1862 in which opened up settlement in the west. It allowed migrates, including slaves that were free, to claim a free 160 acres of federal land. This was revolutionary in the sense that Congress wanted to encourage western settlement. The Act created new…