Monday, May 7, 2012
Friday, May 4, 2012
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Monday, April 30th, 2012
Reading
Chapter 31 pages 875-883, 887-890
Chapter 32
Friday, April 27, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
“Pay attention to the arguments being made by JFK and Ross Barnett, Governor of Mississippi.”
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Notes:
- Square Deal
- New Deal
- Fair Deal
- Great Society
1971 Environmental regulation
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Notes:
- Bill of Rights -> minority rights
- 1947 Truman Presidential Commitee- secure rights
- Plessy v Ferguson
- De Jure Segregation
Monday, April 23, 2012
Reading on Civil Rights:
- Chapter 28: pages 779-802
- Chapter 29: pages 811-823
- Chapter 30: pages 842-858
Friday, April 13, 2012
On the Board:
Truman Doctrine & its implications for future Presidents
Containment and its application
NSC-68 -1950
Korea, Latin America, Vietnam, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Cuba
ABC (Anything But Communism)
Eisenhower/Dulles (Secretary of State)
- New Look
- Massive retaliations
- “Rollback”
- Frontiermanship
JFK- Flexible Response
1960′s- M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction)
Nixon & Ford -> Détente ABM Treaty & SALT I
Carter – SALT II
Reagan START
Client State
National Security Act 1947 – Creates National Security Council/NSA
Department of Defense (Department of War, Pentagon)
CIA- Overt & Covert
Military Containment
Joint Chiefs
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Essay (3-4 pages) due Monday
Compare and contrast the Containment policies of President Eisenhower to those of JFK. What events in each administration reflected the basic elements of their respective policies concerning Asia and Latin America? You can choose one country in each area.
Research:
- Kennan’s Containment Doctrine (1947)
- Truman Doctrine (1947)
- NSC 68 (1950)
Documents:
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Reading:
Chapter 27
Chapter 28 pages 802-807
Chapter 29 pages 823-838
Chapter 30 pages 858-862
Thursday, April 5, 2012
The Atlantic Charter
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
March 30, 2012
On the Board
-Development of Labor Reform-
- Sec 7A NRA
- LaGuardia Act
- Wagner Act- Magna Carta of Labor
- Fair Labor Standards Act
- CIO (a union, the Congress of industrial organization)
- Many strikes in the 30s, Michigan
Rexford Tugwell and the Resettlement Administration
Harold Ickes and the Public Works Administration
-The West-
Henry Wallace- Soil Conservation Service
Bureau of Reclamation
Boulder Dam (1935), All American Canal –> Colorado River
CVP (Central Valley Project) – Sacramento River
Grand Coulee Dam – Columbia River
March 29, 2012
A documentary was watched: PBS, New York – 6 City Of Tomorrow
March 28, 2012
March 27, 2012
March 26, 2012
March 23, 2012
March 22, 2012
March 21, 2012
On the Board:
Government and Corporate Capitalism
expansion of investment abroad
Labor and Welfare Capitalism and its effect on unions
-A New National Culture-
consumer desire
advertising
nativism
mass culture:
- jazz
- celebrity
- movies
- radio
- auto
March 20, 2012
On the Board:
Normalcy -> republican orthodoxy and all it entails
Secretary of Treasury Andrew Mellon
corporate capitalism, labor and welfare capitalism
March 19, 2012
On the Board:
Repudiation of Wilson’s foreign policy ideals or not?
Washington Naval Conference 1921
Kellogg’s-Briand Pact 1928
Curbing dissent on the domestic front -> CPI (George Creel)
Espionage and Sedition Acts 1917 + 1918
Schenck v US 1919
Abrams v US 1919
Read
Chapter 22: pages 634-639, 653-655
Chapter 23: pages 660-666, 673-End
Chapter 24
March 16, 2012
Compare and contrast the two views of Wilson that each historian presents.
How did Wilson confront the political debate over the league?
What particular concepts of the League’s Charter did the republicans find objectionable?
March 15, 2012
The League of Nations Fight (website referenced to in class)
March 14, 2012
March 13, 2012
March 9, 2012
March 8, 2012
March 7, 2012
American Imperialism in the Pacific (1902) PDF
Read Beveridge’s speech and determine the basic reasons he makes for expansion into Asia. How does he frame his argument? How does he make his case?
March 6, 2012
March 5, 2012
March 2, 2012
Due March 8, 2012: Ch 19 549-564, Ch 21 Foreign Policy & Imperialism
On the Board:
Foreign Policy
Questions of foreign policy strategy: of what national interest is & how best to achieve it
Questions of foreign policy politics: of which institutions & actors within the American foreign political system play what roles and have how much influence
Setting goals is directed by the “essence of choice” establishing the goals to be achieved and forging the policies that are optimal means for achieving them.
Politics -> making foreign policy through the political instititutions and amid the societal influences of the American Political system.
February 29, 2012
February 28, 2012
Watch Triangle Fire on PBS. See more from American Experience.
(Note: the above video is a similar documentary to the one watched this period- not the same.)
February 27, 2012
February 17, 2012
Mentioned:
- Progressivism
- Teddy Roosevelt
- Square Deal
- Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902
February 16, 2012
February 15, 2012
February 14, 2012
February 13, 2012
Reading: Pages 529-549 & 567-597
February 9, 2012
February 8, 2012
- Why does Gompers feel a strike is necessary?
- What are the economic gains of using a strike?
- What would happen if the strike was not used as a means of protecting workers’ rights?
February 7, 2012
February 3, 2012
February 2, 2012
January 18, 2012
Special thanks to Kid Majik for the music.
January 13, 2012
January 12, 2012
In order to take a College Board AP exam each student must pay $87.00 per exam. I will collect a $13.00 deposit in the cafeteria during all three lunches on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. Checks made payable to Classical High School or Cash will be accepted. The total cost will then be the $87.00 minus the $13.00 deposit which totals $74.00. This final payment will be due in APRIL at a date to be announced.
There is a fee reduction policy which deducts $30.00 off the total fee of $87.00 for each exam, but a $13.00 exam ordering fee (which is non-refundable) must be paid for each exam I order for you. This policy is explained in the booklet I will give you when you pay the $13.00 deposit; however, students must be receiving a free lunch in order to qualify. If you do qualify, your total fee is $57.00 minus the $13.00 deposit which equals $44.00 per exam. Students who are unable to pay any fee must see Mr. Toro privately.
Should you or your parents have any questions, please see me or have your parent call me at 456-9147.
Any student who is unable to make any payment is asked to speak to Mr. Toro ASAP!
January 11, 2012
January 10, 2012
January 9, 2012
