Earth day

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This was a movie about a environmental movement during the 20th century. The movie goes on to tell how how the seventies were a time when people were beginning to realize the impact they were making on the earth. They began to see that something needed to change. The movie shows how people did everything they could to try and change how we use different things. The movie showed how people can come together to try and solve a bigger problem that is effecting how the world is.

"Watch Film: A Fierce Green Fire." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.

http://earthjustice.org/features/air-pollution-starts-a-movement

This article talks about how a man in California was noticing the air pollution around his neighborhood and county. He soon quit his job and picked up a Earth-justice problem, as he called it. He began by creating groups and raising awereness of the air polltuion and what is going on around them. He met with doctors to see how peoples lungs were doing and found some faults in data. In just a short amount of time he is very pleased with his progress with his new campaign. 


http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/news-and-blogs/campaign-blog/save-the-whales-35th-anniversary/blog/25978/

The save the whales movement. In 1975 a man started to notice that the whales were dying out and it was cruel to them. He initiated the "Save the Whales" movement that later turned into a international ban on whale killing. Although today, Greenpeace (the Save the Whales Orginization) Is sad to see that Obama may overturn the Whale ban, and they are legitimizing Japan’s “scientific” slaughter in the Southern Ocean. 

Catch me If You Can report

The book Catch me If You Can is an autobiography of Frank Abagnale. Abagnale tells the story of how he cashed 2.5 million worth of bad checks by impersonating important people ranging from doctors, teachers, and attorneys. He is noted to be one of the most successful con-artists of the time, which was very impressive for the short amount of time he was in the business. He quickly was one of the most looked at con artists, who everyone who was involved in that business wanted to know what his tricks where and how he made his 2.5 million.


      After years of cashing in fake checks and impersonating professionals Frank Abagnale was caught by the FBI, who were chasing and tracking almost every move of his. He was caught while living in France, where he started his sentence. He served 5 years in france before being transported to France then Sweeden for two, six month periods. He finished his sentence of in the U.S. with a 4 year sentence. The book and Frank Abagnale are both significant to this time period because money was precious and everyone wanted it. The great depression taught people that money was a scarce resource and needed to be kept safely. Abagnale was only after the money, he would get it any way he could.

Later when Frank was put into jail the officers there quickly found a good job for him, something he was very talented at. His job was to review and inspect checks to see if they have been forged or are fake. He soon became on of the best at his job finding over hundreds of fake checks, some even using the same tricks he used.



   In 2002 Steven Spielberg directed the award winning film "Catch Me IF You Can". Which starred Leonardo Dicaprio as Abagnale and Tom Hanks as Hanratty.


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terms

Terms-
 East/west Germany- to be divided up into allies and someone else
the iron curtain- Divided the countries into side after world war 2
satellite nation- Nations that are controlled militarily or politically by other nations
Containment- trying to contain communists to Russia and not let it spread.
Marshall plan-  A United States plan to give aid to Europe to help rebuild them
NATO-North Atlantic Treaty organization, an agreement to offer help if anyone in the group gets attacked, us England France Western European countries
Korean War-  the civil war in Korea
Huac- a group that investigated communist activity in the U.S.
Rosenberg- two people that were executed by electric chair for suspecting to be working with communists.
Red scare- people were extremely scared of communists and afraid that it might spread to the U.S.
Mccarthysim- Making accusations about people without proper knowledge, important because people were accusing other of being communists
Fall out shelters- a small space designed to protect one from radioactive debris after a nuclear explosion
Generation gap- The difference between one generation and the next, dislikes/ likes
rock n roll- part of the generation gap, the big hit in the music industry at the time. Elvis Presley

3-D movies

             3-d movies came about in the 1950's, becasue years before that the movie industry was dying. Hollywood was struggling to impress its audience further. Some companies tried to use catchy slogans like "Step out and see a great movie" or "Movies are better than ever". When these sayings failed to pull in viewers some companies turned to door prizes, raffles, and contests. Thus the invention of 3-D film came along

              The idea was to enhance the illusion of death perception. It was introduced to the American culture in the 50's but the rest of the world did not see it till the 1980's. The very first form of 3-D film was seen around 1890, when a British film pioneer projected two films side by side. The viewers were then given a stereoscope, which combined the two images to create a 3-D look. The first "real" 3-D film was shown in 1952, where the Los Angeles audience watched The Power Of Love. 

   

               The years between 1952-1954 are known to be the "Golden Era" in 3-D film. In the early years of this era the first 3-D color film was produced, Bwana Devil. Other highly looked after films in this era were Vincent price's horror movie "House of wax" (1953) and "It came from outer space" (1953). These films helped this era be known as the Golden Era for 3-D movies, some say that the boom of this era saved the 3-D film industry during the time because it was seen as a useless idea. 

         Years later audiences soon began to get sick of the funny glasses and ridiculous plots of 3-D films. Most people turned to the entertainment of televison. Popular shows, such as "I love lucy" aired weekly. It was said that in 1953 the show "I love Lucy" pulled in a total of 44 million viewers for the episode when the main character Lucy had her baby. Far fewer people tuned in to watch the broadcast of the presidental inauguration the next day. 


Sources:  http://entertainment-industry.knoji.com/the-3d-films-of-the-1950s/
http://horror.about.com/od/horrorthemelists/ss/3dhorrormovies.htm
http://www.tvtechnology.com/technology-corner/0118/the-golden-age-of-d-movies/207776

13-2 questions

What is the goal of containment?

the goal is to keep communist countries in their own area and try to reduce spreading their ways.

How is GREECE the first battlefront in the cold war?
greek communists attack the greek gov. thus forcing British troops to help out
What is the Marshall plan?
The plan was to help European countries recover by giving them American aid to help rebuild economies.

What is the Berlin Airlisft?

Allie troops were caught in Berlin and planes flew overhead to drop supplies down to the starving army men. 

What is NATO?
The North Atlantic treaty orginizatipm. A type of ally defence. 

What happened in China?

Chinese civil war, chinese communists attacked the government

Make a 5 step timeline in Korean War.
1)1949 NATO signed

2) 1950 korea fights South Korea

3) june 1950 truman sends support to South Korean side

4) Jan. 1951

5)1953 Eisenhower declares he will end Korean War

Cold War question

Comprehension questions, Chapter 13-1
Write on paper, or on blog.

What was the goal for Roosevelt after the war?  What were Soviet goals about Germany? the soviets wanted to keep Germany weak and make sure the countries between germany and the Soviet Union were under control. 

What did FDR think was 'key' to world peace?

What was 'declaration of liberated europe, and how successful was it?'-- The right of all people to choose the form of government they want to live with. 

How was Germany to be controlled?
It was to be divided into 2 parts/ one for the allies and one for the soviets

What was Truman's view about how to deal with USSR?

He wanted the gernan industry, it was the only way for the eco to rise.

What is a satellite nation?
communist country of east europe

What is an 'iron curtain

sepereates the east europe nations from the west.
 

11-1
Fascism:  this was an form of  nationalism
Stalin: russian leader who killed thousands
Hitler: leader of nazis killed many people
Mein Kampf: hitlers book called my struggle. It outlined his whole plan for exterminating the jews.

Isolationism: staying out of the war

Internationalism: involved in foregin affairs,

11-2
Anschluss: the unifacation of germany  and Austria
Appeasement: giving in to someone to make them stop
Nazi-Soviet Non aggression Pact: between russia and germany, presented by germany so they did not have to fight a war on 2 fronts.
Blitzkrieg: hitlers war plan, known as a lighting war
Dunkirk: battle that the allies lost in france
Battle of Britain: mostly a plane battle- between britian and germnay, germans lost

11-3, and 11-4
Kristallnacht: night of the broken glass, start of the holocaust
Holocaust: 6 million Jews and other minorities were killed. Hitler wanted to extriminate the jews
Concentration Camps/Extermination Camps- hitler put people in these camps to kill them
Pearl Harbor- japanese bombed americans here.

12-4

Main idea
Casablanca Conference- Roosevelt and Churchill meet in monoco to discuss the bombing of Germany

Strategic bombing- the allies plan was to drop bombs where it would have the greatest effect. They would target factories and large industries

Dwight D. Eisenhower- general in command for the envision of Sicily

DUKW- a new truck during the war that was very high tech

Cassino
Anzio- two towns that were involved in the invasion of Sicily

Tehran- and Iranian city where Stalin Roosevelt and Churchill met up before the invasion of France
Overlord-the allies tricked the Germans into thinking that they were going to attack pas-de-Calais

Why did they choose D-Day. Weather, tide, support


Island Hopping- smashing and blasting from one island to the next
Tarawa- the us lost a ton of troops here because they were not ready for the japs

Guadalcanal- a battle that the us was poorly prepared for and lost many troops


Kamikaze.japans final struggle to win. They suicide bombed everything they could

12-3

12-3
What is the Main Idea of 12-3
Rosie the Riveter- a model for women to follow during this time. It was representing a women who worked hard for the war effort
Fair Employment Practices Commission- a civil rights agency that Roosevelt created.
Bracero- Spanish word for worker this arranged for mexican workers to help in our southwest harvest
Sunbelt- when a lot of people moved to the south and west this was the term used
Housing-this was not intergrated for soldiers
Detroit Riots- led by rascim- these riots were caused by so many newcomers entering the Detroit area
Zoot Suit Riots- older people got mad at teens for wearing super colorful suits in California

Japanese-American Relocation- after the bombing of Pearl Harbor America looked at all Japanese living in the us as a threat and should be eliminated
Korematsu v. US- an court case came up, and the court ruled that it was a military urgency to get rid of Japanese.
Japanese – American Troops- the Japanese proved them self on the field of battle that they are loyal to the us.
Wage and Inflation Issues- because everyone was at the war their become a ton of new jobs that helped people
Rationing-supplies were running low in the us and for soldiers. People were given rations to cut down on the food consumption
Victory Gardens- this was a way people could get around rations by growing hie town stuff
E bonds-these were bonds that were sold to the population. They were payed back at the end of the war.

12-2 terms

Chester Nimitz- commander of the United States Navy who began planning operations agaisnt the Japenese nazy.

Mcaurther- A general who was overseeing an airforce base in the phillipines. The japanese attacked and he was out numbered, they retreated.

Bataan- After Mcaurther retreated they fought for 3 months then surrendered. They were sent on a death march 65 miles to a POW camp. Thousands died.

The Doolittle raid- James doolittle was ahead of the first operation that sent american plans to drop bombs on japan. 16 b-25s where sent

Coral sea- Japenese navy was planing an attack on New Guinea but was decoded by americans. 2 American aircraft carries were sent to the japanese location.

Midway- the us intercepted Japan's plan to attack at midway, then countered attacked
Afrika Korps-  the Germans plan to conquere Egypt
Erwin Rommel- commander of german forces in north america. Nicknamed the desert fox
El Alamein- a battle where Britan forces Alamein and his army to retreat.
Patton- leader of American forces in morocco.
Casablanca- while America was trying to defeat the Germans they captured this city in North Africa
Kassarine pass-  the us suffered 7000 men when germany defeated them here.

Convoy sytem-
 This was a system where cargo ships traveled in packs while being watched by a naval ship
Stalingrad-Germany thought if they captured this place they could cut off Russian resource lines

The radio hour

http://notapus.blogspot.com/2014/03/script.html

Rosie The Riveter

Rosie the Riveter was a campaign for women working during WW1. 11 million men were drafted for the war. Since all these men were gone women began to fill the jobs working. The women helped supply ammo, food, and weapons for the soldiers. The slogan "We can do it" was born.

     The term Rosie the Riveter was first used in 1942 when a song was made. The song talked of a hard working women that worked at a factory. The song soon became a huge hit and was recorded by many different artists. The name Rosie is said to come from a women by the name of Rosie Bonivitas.

      These women worked very hard while their husbands were off at war. They assumed the role of a man and helped out the war effort significally.  Although the women were doing a great job, the government pressed that when the war was over that women assume their normal roles as women.

          The campaign was a huge success improving the women working force from 12 million to 20 million, which was a 57% gain. The women did not get the same fair treatment as the men did though. Men who were working in the factories were payed just a little over 54 dollars a week, while women were getting paid a small amount of 31 dollars per week. Nonetheless Rosie The Riveter convinced women that they need to work to help out their country in the war effort.

      Some people believe  that the Rosie The Riveter opened opportunities for women to join the work force. Others argued that that it not, pointing out that many women were fired after the men returned from work.





http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/rosie-the-riveter

http://www.nps.gov/pwro/collection/website/rosie.htm

Intro- During the great depression thousands lost jobs and thousands more were left homeless. Some say it is the worst time to be alive in America. This essay will display the causes, effects, and solutions of the Great depression. 

II Causes (The causes of the great depression were Crash of the stock market, overspuculation, bank failures)

A overspeculation (Define, how important)- Buyers who were hoping to make a fortune over night

B Govt Policy- govt put a tariff on some goods, it was known as the Hawley smoot tariff. It made it more expensive to buy foreign goods. It drove the price of crops down and put farmers farther into the depressiob.

C Unstable Econ- There were really rich people and really poor not much in the middle and this made the economy unstable.

1 uneven prosperity- the top 5% of the households in the US earned 30% of the nations income.

2 overproduction

3 worker issues / farm issues- during the war farmers focused on making a ton of food. After the war they had a mass amount of food and no one was buying it, this drove the prices down.

III Effects

A Poverty- Many people were very poor and were living in places called Hoovervilles. Soup kitchens fed many of the poor.

B Society- Atrisits who usually would go out and paint a pretty picture now documented and photographed the terrible times of the depression. They showed how dark and horrifying some situations were.

C World- In Germany hitler rises to power and becomes the president. He is very angry after the rest of the world has left him for the debt for ww1

IV Solutions

A Hoover- because so many Americans are not employed, so he creates all sorts of jobs and creates public programs to help bring the nation out of the depression.

1 Volunteerism- Hoover did not like the idea of giving money directly to the people so he offered opportunity’s for people to make their money.

2 Public Works- One big example is the Hoover dam, Hoover employed thousands on making the worlds biggest dam.

3 Hawley Smoot- Raised prices of foreign goods. It made the farming business very difficult

4 RFC- this was the reconstruction fiance corporation, it was created in 1932 in order to help banks through the depression.

B Roosevelt- the democratic president of the U.S. at the time. He was willing to try anything to get the Nation out of the depression.  

1 new deal- Roosevelts policies for ending the depression

a alphabet soup

            example FDIC Federal deposit insurance corporation- provided insurance on bank deposits

            example- sec- securities and exchange commission regulated the stock market

            example-aaa agricultural adjustment administration this paid farmers to stop growing certain crops.

            Example- CCC- civilian conservation corps this helped the unemployed.

b Criticsim?

2 2nd new deal

a Roosevelts idea to create new jobs

b. social security act- this provided security for elderly and unemployed americans.

C WPA- gave jobs to unemployed constructing highways and bridges, roads.

V Criticicism

B Political Criticism (ex. Came from both the _left___________ and ____right__________)

A Conservatives- American liberty was a group that did not like Roosevelts plan and felt it was violating their rights.

B Liberals (ex: criticised the new deal also. They....) wanted more action and spending

Ex Huey long made the Share out wealths clubs. He thought the rich should help the poor in order to stabilize the economy.

B Unions- when workers went on strike. There was a sit down strike.

C Culture- these were people who still belevied in the way the gov. was running in America.

VII Conclusion- The Great depression was a horrifying time and left many scared and afraid of what can happen. With the help of many programs set up by the president the Nation was helped out of the hole, but some things will always stay with us. The love for money and willingness to hold onto it will remain in the back of our heads forever. 

Penicillin

Penicillin, often abbreviated by PCN, is a group of antibiotics that came from penicillium fungi. PCN was an early antibiotic then was very affective against diseases such as Syphilis and staphylococci. PCN is still widely used in todays society but some diseases have adapted and PCN is not affective on them. 

 Penicillin was invented by Alexander Flemming in 1928. Flemming was a Scottish scientist who conducuted an expirement that included penicllium fungi. The results he produced were suprising, producing one of the first antibiotics. To produce the Penicillin flemming had to keep the Peniciilin fungi cells under stress, thus causing them to produce the antibiotic we still use today. 

In 1946 some U.S. scientists conducted an expirement to make sure the Penicillin was still in effect. They had prositutes, that were infected with Syphillis, see prision inmates in Guatemala. These inmates then were treated with the Penicillin antibiotics. 1300 inmates were infected with the STD and all were treated with Penicillin. Out of the 1300, 48 died. The article says that it is unclear of the deaths were realted to the STD or not. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin

6 Months

           
Dear Mom and Pah,



It has been a long 6 months since I've had the chance to send a letter. So I decided today that id write you. Fighting across seas has been very rough. We have been fed little food and are living in some pretty bad conditions. We have been fighting out of a trench for every now, I think I’m going a little crazy. I've gotten some pretty bad infections on my feet, since my boots have been worn down to pretty much nothing. I'll attach some pictures for you guys to see. The sleeping conditions are terrible here, we all thought the war would be over so soon we didn't think of it. I'm sleeping under some old table, it leaks on me a little but it's not as bad as some guys have it! Hows my old man doing? I can't wait to get back there and kick your butt in some basketball. It's not that much fun here, and I've been really missing you guys. Tell John I said hi, and make sure to tell him hes lucky hes so young, because being here sucks. Mom I hope your garden is going well and I expect some big tomatoes when I get back!
Well tomorrow we move to a newer trench closer to the front lines. Wish me luck because I'm going to need it. Lets hope there is some more food there because I could really go for a huge American Burger. I also hope there are some new shoes. That would put a very big smile on my face. Make sure to tell my old pup hi, boy have I been missing her!
I'll be home soon, don't be missing me to much. I will try to write often know that I have become good friends with the messenger that should not be to hard.

Love you guys,



                                                    Casey Shannon.

Causes

1:
a) Alliances are made between two or more countries, an agreement when one country needs help the other provide support. Alliances played a major part in World War One, when two countries engaged in warfare other countries are pulled into to offer additional support.

b) Imperialism is when a country takes over smaller country. By 1900 Britain and France had control over many smaller countries, allowing them to be a stronger nation. Imperialism led to fighting in WWI.


c) Militarism is when the main focus of a country is supporting their military and war efforts. Many countries turned most of their attention to the war  in order to ensure a stronger army, navy, and military for WWI. Having a stronger nation allowed countries to take over smaller countries and become a larger nation.

d) Nationalism was the belief that your country was the best and did everything the best way possible. This feeling in many countries led to war between nations.
2) Zimmerman note 1917-The zimmerman note was also known as the Zimmerman Telegraph. This was a telegraph intercepted by British intel. The conversation was between Germany and Mexico. Germany was urging Mexico to invade America and try and take some land. The U.S. found out about this and got very angry and decided to join into the war.

3: Sussex pledge (1916)- this was a pledge by Germany to the U.S. stating that Germany would not sink any Passanger ships without warning. this pledge did not apply to United States merchant ships

a) Unrestricted submarine warfare- This is a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink other ships such as merchant ships, passanger, or transport ships without any prior warning. 

b)Lusitania- 1907, The RMS Lusitania was a British Trade ship, it was the largest ship in the world for a short peroid of time. It was launched because of the fierce North Atlantic trade.
c)
d)

The committee on Public Information was created by presidenet Woodrow Wilson. The main goal of the operation was to influence U.S. citizens to an opinion in the United States entering World War 1. The committee used posters and ad campaigns in order to persuade the public in enlisting or supporting the war effort.

Although the committee was created by Woodrow Wilson, on April 13, 1917. There


were many others apart of the committee including, George Creel, Robert Lansling, Newton D. Baker, and Josephus Daniels.  George Creel was the chairman of the committee, he encouraged president wilson to not advertise the same way the Germans had, but to propaganda in the true sense of the word. Creel was a journalist with years of experience with various news and writing companies.

The goal of the committee was to have citizens support or enlist in the war. After using newsprints, posters, radios, telegraphs, and movies to inform citizens they gained 75,000 "four Minute Men" these people were volunteers who spoke out to communities about the war. They would present for 4 minutes and then leave the stage. Four minutes because back then that was the average attention span for humans. These volunteers presented 7.5 million speeches to around 314 million people in 5,200 communities.

    Eventually The Committee of public information extended its operations overseas to Europe, where they set up and  did the same thing they had done in the U.S. Later the organization went into Latin America and began operations.

In July 1918 the committee was terminated after the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. Foreign operation were then taken down later in 1919.