The Roaring 20's, What's all the buzz about?

From the Flappers to the Republican President Scandals, what was the "ROAR" about?

Thank You for a Great Year!

This, the last blog of the year, will ask you to describe your experience in our class. Make references to specific lessons, assignments, projects, test. 100 words=15 points, DUE MAY 16.

nonconformity of the 195O's

How did some Americans rebel against the conformitu a
of the 1950's?

4/9 Test Taking

How do you prepare to take an exam? Which study skills do you possess and how many hours do you tend to study for exams such as quizzes, presentations, finals, and state test?

3/25 The Cold War Expands

                                                              THE MARSHALL PLAN


America decided that it would ask Congress to appropriate funds to help rebuild Europe after World War II.


Why were we so eager to help? If you were a member of CONGRESS today, would you help a war torn country such as Somalia? Explain.

3/25: Origins of the Cold War

      The Stalin and FDR had an amicable relationship during World War II. After the sudden death of FDR, President Truman had months to catch up on foreign policies that were in place in Europe. The Soviet Ambassador V.M. Molotov reportly disapproved of Truman's agressive tone and stated "I have never been talked to like that in my life."


How did America and the Soviet Union become advesaries? What would make you think twice about a relationship with someone you trust? 

Week of 3/12: Women in WWII

How did women contribute to the war effort? How would you rate their efficiency?

Which New Deal Program expanded Opportunity for All Americans?

the roaring 20's

Why is this era described as a "Turning point", in American History?

America's enters WWI

Was Wilson justified in entering WWI in 1917?

World War I Weapons

Describe which weapon you belive to be the most detrimental during war.

American Imperialism

Wikipedia states: "While the Monroe Doctrine had warned European powers to keep their hands off countries in the Americas, President Roosevelt was now saying that "since the United States would not permit the [European] powers to lay their hands on, he had an obligation to do so himself. In short, he would intervene to keep them from intervening."

Was Roosevelt acting from a REALISTIC OR IDEALISTIC perspective? 

The 'Gilded Age'

How did Progressives of the early 20th century bring attention to the problems created by urbanization? 

Innovator or Thief?

Robber Barons, a term used in the late 1800s and early 1900s to describe a businessman who made an enormous amount of money, today we would call them billionaires. It was not really the fact they made an extreme amount of wealth, it was more the way they made it. In all the cases the acquiring of wealth was done in what was considered a ruthless manor and unscrupulous ways. A robber baron was more interested in acquiring wealth than the safety of his employees, the amount of work hours performed in a week, or the amount of wage being paid for a days work.

For example Andrew Carnegie(the robber baron of the steel industry), he was instrumental in starting the 72 hour work week, paying out less than fair wages and having dangerous working conditions.

The robber barons were known for their business tactics that would enable them to amass a wealth by monopolies. They would corner the market on a product or service and make it almost impossible to get, accept through them. To what extent was it justified to characterize the industrial leaders of the late 19th century as either "robber barons" or "captains of industry?"

The Ku Klux Klan

The first branch of the Ku Klux Klan was established in Pulaski, Tennessee, in May, 1866. A year later a general organization of local Klans was established in Nashville in April, 1867. Most of the leaders were former members of the Confederate Army and the first Grand Wizard was Nathan Forrest, an outstanding general during the American Civil War. During the next two years Klansmen wearing masks, white cardboard hats and draped in white sheets, tortured and killed black Americans and sympathetic whites. Immigrants, who they blamed for the election of Radical Republicans, were also targets of their hatred. Between 1868 and 1870 the Ku Klux Klan played an important role in restoring white rule in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia.What effect did Reconstruction have on blacks? Were they better off after Reconstruction than they were before the Civil War?

Jim Crow laws were enacted after Reconstruction.Are you shocked by these accounts of public torture and lynching?

• If not, why not?
• If so, what do you find most shocking? (the methods? the audience? the atmosphere? the quasi-official character of the proceedings?)

Manifest Destiny

Give your opinion on expansionism in the early 1800's.

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"And to the Republic for which it stands..."

Welcome to our class blog for U.S. History. As we've studied the years 1492-1776, we've come across stories of turbulance and triumph. The fight for independence against The British provides us with insight of what the colonist dreamed for in regards to this "Free Nation". Which of the Founding Ideas, would you say has been challenged the most in the last 100 years? 

1920's

Research, Identify, and Describe one 1920's fad. You cannot repeat one that has been posted.