Now tha APUSH is done. It is time for Senior year and that means AP Government! I have changed my theme to the new "Donkey Kong Nation"! Throughout the year, I'll be commenting on current events and will try to put a perspective on it as well as keeping you informed about the upcoming election.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The Smiling Sunbelt & The Rush the Suburbs
17) The Sun Belt is fifteen states stretching from Virginia to Florida to Texas to Arizona to California. This area increased at a rate that nearly doubled that of the Northeast. By 1963, California surpassed New York as the most populous state with only twenty percent of the population.
18) The post-war new frontiers were the south and southwest. Here, modern pioneers searched for a better climate, jobs, and lower taxes in addition to job abundances such as electronics (California) and aerospace (Florida & Texas). 
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18) The post-war new frontiers were the south and southwest. Here, modern pioneers searched for a better climate, jobs, and lower taxes in addition to job abundances such as electronics (California) and aerospace (Florida & Texas). 
19) There were plenty of huge military installations in the new frontier because southern congressional representatibes secured them for their districts. An example is the US army aviation and missile command near Huntsville, Alabama that was established in 1962 (below).
20) Government policies fostered the rush to the suburbs thanks to the Federal Housing Administration and the Veterans Administration home loan guarantees. Also, tax deductions for interest payments on home mortgages provided additional financial incentive.
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Friday, March 11, 2011
Hooked on the Horn of Plenty
82. What is one basic explanation for the Great Depression?One basic explanation was overproduction by the farm and the factory. At this time, the supply was high while the demand wasn't as high.
83. Too much money was going into what? Instead of what?
Too much money was going into the hands of a few wealthy people who invested it in factories and other agents of production. Not enough was going into the salaries and wages of normal workers.
84. Another cause was the overexpansion of what? Which stimulated what?
Overexpansion of credit through installment plan buying over-stimulated production. This caused many consumers to dive in beyond their depth and stimulated in unemployment from the rise of new technologies.
85. What added to this burden of tough economic times?
The normal technological unemployment added to the burden of new labor saving machines.
86. What helped push America's economy further downward?
Economic anemia darkened an already "bleak" picture as Europe hadn't fully recovered from the Great War. America was actually pushed down by this due to a drying up of international trade.
87. What natural disaster made things worse in 1930?
A drought scorched the Mississippi Valley in 1930 as thousands of farms were sold at auction for taxes. Farm rental was spreading at an alarming rate.
88. What made the Depression a baffling wraith for Americans? In what ways did it challenge their most cherished assumptions and sense of identity?
The depression was a baffling wraith that they couldn't grasp in the sense that ragged individuals slept under old newspapers and 'Hoovervilles' were paper shantytowns. People fought over garbage cans and cooked whatever they could find in oil drums. 
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The Era of More, More, More: The Mass-Consumption Economy
With the help of Andrew Mellon (bottom [he's staring into your soul]), tax policies favored the rapid expansion of capital investment. Furthermore, it led to the support of new machines powered by cheap energy from new oil fields. These new machines increased the productivity of the laborer. A prime example of this would be the Assembly line made by Henry Ford in his Detriot plant. 
The industry that became the most popular was the automobile industry because not only was it not taking the energy on an animal but it was cheaply made so it was more accessible to the people and not considered a rich man's car. Now, American manufacturers turned their focus away from production and turned it to consumtion.
Advertising became the focal pojnt of buying these industrial products with persuasion, ploy, and seduction. People became discontented with their original possessions and always clamored for more. In 1925, Bruce Barton published a best seller called The Man Nobody Knows which set forth a provocative thesis that Jesus was the greatest advertiser of all time and said that advertisers must study Jesus's parables and that he had twelve assistance that he picked up from the bottom of business and forged them to head a conquering organization, Christianity. Personally, I think this was teetering on the line of BLASPHEMY!!!
Sports began to become a large part of the consumer economy as two famous new sports emerged: baseball and boxing. In baseball, one man arguably brought baseball to where it is today and his name is Babe Ruth who is known for building the New York Yankees into a baseball powerhouse (unfortunately) and was famous for all the home runs he hit. He is still know for hitting home runs as he currently is second on the all time list of home run hitters behind Hank Aaron (this list excludes cheaters). In boxing, Jack Dempsey is known for bringing that sport to the states when he took the heavyweight title from Georges Carpentier of France. Events started to amass up to over $1 million.
Buying on credit was considered smart during the roaring twenties because they believed that they should possess now and pay tomorrow. The frugality of Puritan descendants went away as new appliances came out such as refrigerators (below), vacuum cleaners, cars, and radios. However, the economy was put at risk to a stock market crash. 
The industry that became the most popular was the automobile industry because not only was it not taking the energy on an animal but it was cheaply made so it was more accessible to the people and not considered a rich man's car. Now, American manufacturers turned their focus away from production and turned it to consumtion.
Advertising became the focal pojnt of buying these industrial products with persuasion, ploy, and seduction. People became discontented with their original possessions and always clamored for more. In 1925, Bruce Barton published a best seller called The Man Nobody Knows which set forth a provocative thesis that Jesus was the greatest advertiser of all time and said that advertisers must study Jesus's parables and that he had twelve assistance that he picked up from the bottom of business and forged them to head a conquering organization, Christianity. Personally, I think this was teetering on the line of BLASPHEMY!!!
Sports began to become a large part of the consumer economy as two famous new sports emerged: baseball and boxing. In baseball, one man arguably brought baseball to where it is today and his name is Babe Ruth who is known for building the New York Yankees into a baseball powerhouse (unfortunately) and was famous for all the home runs he hit. He is still know for hitting home runs as he currently is second on the all time list of home run hitters behind Hank Aaron (this list excludes cheaters). In boxing, Jack Dempsey is known for bringing that sport to the states when he took the heavyweight title from Georges Carpentier of France. Events started to amass up to over $1 million.
Buying on credit was considered smart during the roaring twenties because they believed that they should possess now and pay tomorrow. The frugality of Puritan descendants went away as new appliances came out such as refrigerators (below), vacuum cleaners, cars, and radios. However, the economy was put at risk to a stock market crash. 
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The Betrayal of Great Expectations
59. According to the text's authors, the United States would have been well advised if they had forthrightly assumed its war-born responsibilities and had embraced the role of global leader proffered by the hand of destiny. The United States would have then been able to shape future events, but they instead permitted to drift toward a second world war.
60. The three principles of Wilsonianism are the era of American isolation from world affairs has irretrievably ended, the US must infuse its own founding political and economic ideas (democracy, rule of law, trade, and self determination) into the international order, and American influence can eventually steer the world away from rivalry and warfare toward a cooperative and peaceful international system (UN). 
60. The three principles of Wilsonianism are the era of American isolation from world affairs has irretrievably ended, the US must infuse its own founding political and economic ideas (democracy, rule of law, trade, and self determination) into the international order, and American influence can eventually steer the world away from rivalry and warfare toward a cooperative and peaceful international system (UN). 
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Progressive Era Foreign Policy
Panama Canal Tolls Act (1912): This exempted American coastwide shipping from tolls and provoked sharp protests from other Imperialist powers such as Britain. This was repealed two years later by Wilson. 
Jones Act (1916): It granted territorial status to the Philippines and the promise of independence as soon as a stable government was established (7/4/1946).
Progressive Era Conservation Use Acts
Desert Land Act (1877): Federal government sold rich arid land cheaply on the condition that the purchaser irrigate the thirsty soil within three years.
Forest Reserve Act (1891): The president was authorized to set aside public forests as national parks and other reserves. The effect was 46 million trees being saved.
Carey Act (1894): This distributed federal land to the states on the condition that it be irrigated and settled. 
Newlands Act (1902): Washington was authorized to collect money from the sale of public lands in the western states and use the funds for the development of irrigation projects.
Progressives believed that these lands should not be wasted but saved for the future of America. So, they weren't like Muir who was a treehugger but not industrialists either.
Forest Reserve Act (1891): The president was authorized to set aside public forests as national parks and other reserves. The effect was 46 million trees being saved.
Carey Act (1894): This distributed federal land to the states on the condition that it be irrigated and settled. 
Newlands Act (1902): Washington was authorized to collect money from the sale of public lands in the western states and use the funds for the development of irrigation projects.
Progressives believed that these lands should not be wasted but saved for the future of America. So, they weren't like Muir who was a treehugger but not industrialists either.
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