1. Summarize the basic argument for and the basic argument against nuclear weapons.
Some people are for having nuclear weapons because it helps preserve the peaces and U.S security. Another reason that people are for nuclear weapons and deterrence is that it is moral to protect one's country against possible destruction. Others believe that the very existence of these nuclear weapons threatens all of humanity. Another reason that people are against it is because the idea of deterrence is immoral because it involves threatening hundreds of millions of lives in a nation.
2. What is the difference between a strategic and a tactical nuclear weapon?
Tactical nuclear weapons are made to be used on the battlefield in military situations. Strategic nuclear weapons, on the other hand, have a target for a military base or heavily populated area in order to prevent the other side to wage war. In 2002, President Bush and Putin signed a treaty which included reducing the operational, ready to use, strategic warehouse to between 1,700 and 2,200 by 2012, but the tactical nuclear weapons which are not operational did not have to be destroyed.
3. What is nuclear proliferation?
Nuclear proliferation is the spreading of nuclear weapons to other countries.
4. What role has the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty played in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons?
The NPT helped preventing the spreading of nuclear weapons. For one that countries that do have nuclear weapons are not to give nuclear weapons or any form of nuclear weapon technology to countries that do not have nuclear weapons. Also the places that do have nuclear weapons reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons. The countries that are apart of the treaty and do not have nuclear weapons agree not to try and acquire nuclear weapons, if they are given the equipment, materials, and knowledge needed in order to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. The supporters of the treaty prevented President Kennedy's worry of twenty five nuclear weapon states by 1970s.
5. Explain Secretary of State Rice's high level of concern about the Russian nuclear arsenal. (See her quote on page 16 of your reading.)
Due to the fact, that the Russian society has undergone a huge transformation since the Cold War has ended their society is now more free, but has a higher criminal rate and it is more chaotic. The United States feared that Moscow is losing it's grip on keeping their nuclear material safe while they were having economic troubles. The Secretary of State Rice, was one of these people that had a great fear that the Russians were not able to handle their nuclear weapons properly, and that nuclear material was left unsecured; which is not acceptable. Rice believed that there should have been a safe dismantlement of the Soviet parental, which had nuclear safeguards to make sure that some of the nuclear weapon facilities were secured properly.
6. How as the threat of terrorism changed thinking about nuclear weapons?
In May 2003 the United States introduced the Proliferation Security Initiative, which is an effort to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and materials to make nuclear weapons; in the fear that terrorist will get a hold of them. Countries have put a high priority on efforts to stop shipments of nuclear- related materials. In November 2004, the UN Security Council passed the Resolution 1540, which applied to all states. It was very important in recent international measure dealing with nuclear proliferation; it calls on states to take specific steps to institute controls to prevent terrorist from getting nuclear material. Another thing that the United States is doing to help prevent terrorist in gaining a nuclear weapon is, tracking one thousand cargo containers coming into the United States, in fifteen major ports worldwide, because the way which a terrorist would most likely smuggle a nuclear weapon into America is on a cargo container.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Nuclear Arms Race Since 1945
1. Explain how Dragonfire's report on October 11, 2001 highlighted a new threat from nuclear weapons.
It highlighted a new threat because it was a growing fear of falling into nuclear war and it was questionable whether or not it is ethical to have them in order to protect the country, but it can also kill millions of people at once. The idea of terrorist getting their hands on a nuclear weapon was very frightening and if people knew that they had a nuclear weapon it would cause people to panic.
2. Why is proliferation such a strong concern for the United States?
Proliferation is the spreading of nuclear weapons in other countries, and the United States wants to prevent it at all costs. The reason is that the United States doesn't want other countries to be able to threaten them with the nuclear weapons, and nuclear war would just destroy humanity so the United States wants to prevent a nuclear war from happening. Having countries such as North Korea and Iraq having nuclear weapons would be extremely dangerous for the United States because of all of the tension between the two countries, which was created because of nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are a part of the most complex and challenging foreign policy problems.
3. What is deterrence?
Deterrence is the treat to retaliate with nuclear weapons, if a nuclear war is started, which was suppose to prevent them from starting a nuclear war.
4. Explain the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was when the Soviet Union tried to store nuclear weapons in Cuba which was only 90 miles away from Florida. This caused America to worry and considered invading Cuba, but ultimately invading Cuba would cause a full out nuclear war to happen. After being on the border line of nuclear war for thirteen days the Soviet Union and the United States made a deal that if the Soviet Union took their missiles out of Cuba then the United States wouldn't invade Cuba and they would take their missiles out of Turkey.
5. President John F. Kennedy worried that twenty-five nations would have nuclear weapons by the 1970s. Why do you think his worry did not come to pass?
The reason that it didn't happen is because a lot of other countries also did not want tons of countries having nuclear weapons. Some countries signed a treaty called Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which is that it prevents other countries than the five that already have them, to have nuclear weapons but all of the countries could peaceful use nuclear energy. Both the United States and the Soviet Union cooperated to prevent proliferation because neither of them thought it was good for a lot of countries to have nuclear weapons. Since the power houses of the world agreed to stop proliferation, it did not happen.
6. What was the Cold War? How long did it last?
The Cold War was a stand off between the United States and the Soviet Union where both of them feared a nuclear attack from the other, therefore they kept building up the amount of nuclear weapons in case one country attacks the other. The Cold War started in 1946 and ended in December of 1990 when the Soviet Union ceased to exist.
It highlighted a new threat because it was a growing fear of falling into nuclear war and it was questionable whether or not it is ethical to have them in order to protect the country, but it can also kill millions of people at once. The idea of terrorist getting their hands on a nuclear weapon was very frightening and if people knew that they had a nuclear weapon it would cause people to panic.
2. Why is proliferation such a strong concern for the United States?
Proliferation is the spreading of nuclear weapons in other countries, and the United States wants to prevent it at all costs. The reason is that the United States doesn't want other countries to be able to threaten them with the nuclear weapons, and nuclear war would just destroy humanity so the United States wants to prevent a nuclear war from happening. Having countries such as North Korea and Iraq having nuclear weapons would be extremely dangerous for the United States because of all of the tension between the two countries, which was created because of nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are a part of the most complex and challenging foreign policy problems.
3. What is deterrence?
Deterrence is the treat to retaliate with nuclear weapons, if a nuclear war is started, which was suppose to prevent them from starting a nuclear war.
4. Explain the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was when the Soviet Union tried to store nuclear weapons in Cuba which was only 90 miles away from Florida. This caused America to worry and considered invading Cuba, but ultimately invading Cuba would cause a full out nuclear war to happen. After being on the border line of nuclear war for thirteen days the Soviet Union and the United States made a deal that if the Soviet Union took their missiles out of Cuba then the United States wouldn't invade Cuba and they would take their missiles out of Turkey.
5. President John F. Kennedy worried that twenty-five nations would have nuclear weapons by the 1970s. Why do you think his worry did not come to pass?
The reason that it didn't happen is because a lot of other countries also did not want tons of countries having nuclear weapons. Some countries signed a treaty called Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which is that it prevents other countries than the five that already have them, to have nuclear weapons but all of the countries could peaceful use nuclear energy. Both the United States and the Soviet Union cooperated to prevent proliferation because neither of them thought it was good for a lot of countries to have nuclear weapons. Since the power houses of the world agreed to stop proliferation, it did not happen.
6. What was the Cold War? How long did it last?
The Cold War was a stand off between the United States and the Soviet Union where both of them feared a nuclear attack from the other, therefore they kept building up the amount of nuclear weapons in case one country attacks the other. The Cold War started in 1946 and ended in December of 1990 when the Soviet Union ceased to exist.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Mobilizing for Defense
1. How did the American response to the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor differ from Japanese expectations?
The Japanese thought that the Americans were afraid of the Japanese and the power that they had. They thought that they made the United States a third-rate power. When in reality that it gave the Americans motivation to fight and to get revenge. The Americans were not afraid, but they were furious.
2. What difficulties did women and minorities face in the wartime work force?
African Americans, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans were very discriminated during the war. There were racial segregated neighborhoods, and they were denied basic rights of a citizens. Some of the minorities were wondering why they should fight for a country that looked down upon them. The African Americans that were in the war had noncombat jobs for the most of the war, until they fought for their right to be in combat, which was only for the last year of the war. Even though all of the minorities were discriminated against, a lot of them still fought in the war. During the war woman worked in factories and did stereotypical man jobs. At first places were reluctant about hiring woman because they did not think they had as much stamina in them, but once they realized how woman can work as well as men they kept hiring them. Woman would also get paid sixty percent of what the men would get paid for the same job.
3. Why did President Roosevelt create the OSRD, and what did it do?
President Roosevelt created the OSRD to bring scientist into the war effort. The OSRD created many things that helped the war, such as the creation of penicillin, which save many lives, and sonar for boats and plants to spot other boats and planes that might be a threat to them. The biggest thing that the OSRD did was the Manhattan Project, which was the creation of the atomic bomb.
4. What basic problems were the OPA and WPB created to solve?
The OPA was created to solve the threat of inflation by freezing the prices of goods, and by raising the amount of income taxes so that people had less money to send so there was less of a demand of certain goods. The WPA was created to decide which factories changed from peacetime factories to wartime factories; this made it so there were enough supplies for the war effort.
5. What type of items were rationed and why were they limited?
Some of the typed of goods that were rationed were meat, gasoline, shoes, sugar, and coffee. These items were limited because they were deeded as goods that were essential for the military. It was hard for the people to deal with the rationing, but some people thought of it as their personal way of contributing to the war effort; while others were buy the goods off of a black market.
6. What is the message of the World War II poster on this assignment's blog posting? Why was this message important?
The message of the World War II poster was to carpool to save gas so that the soldiers could use the gas that the citizens weren't using. The point was to tell everyone to ration out the goods that they have and to make the most of it so that there is enough supplies for the war. The message was important because it was a very convincing poster to get people to carpool and the soldiers needed the gas and the supplies for the war effort more than the citizens.
The Japanese thought that the Americans were afraid of the Japanese and the power that they had. They thought that they made the United States a third-rate power. When in reality that it gave the Americans motivation to fight and to get revenge. The Americans were not afraid, but they were furious.
2. What difficulties did women and minorities face in the wartime work force?
African Americans, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans were very discriminated during the war. There were racial segregated neighborhoods, and they were denied basic rights of a citizens. Some of the minorities were wondering why they should fight for a country that looked down upon them. The African Americans that were in the war had noncombat jobs for the most of the war, until they fought for their right to be in combat, which was only for the last year of the war. Even though all of the minorities were discriminated against, a lot of them still fought in the war. During the war woman worked in factories and did stereotypical man jobs. At first places were reluctant about hiring woman because they did not think they had as much stamina in them, but once they realized how woman can work as well as men they kept hiring them. Woman would also get paid sixty percent of what the men would get paid for the same job.
3. Why did President Roosevelt create the OSRD, and what did it do?
President Roosevelt created the OSRD to bring scientist into the war effort. The OSRD created many things that helped the war, such as the creation of penicillin, which save many lives, and sonar for boats and plants to spot other boats and planes that might be a threat to them. The biggest thing that the OSRD did was the Manhattan Project, which was the creation of the atomic bomb.
4. What basic problems were the OPA and WPB created to solve?
The OPA was created to solve the threat of inflation by freezing the prices of goods, and by raising the amount of income taxes so that people had less money to send so there was less of a demand of certain goods. The WPA was created to decide which factories changed from peacetime factories to wartime factories; this made it so there were enough supplies for the war effort.
5. What type of items were rationed and why were they limited?
Some of the typed of goods that were rationed were meat, gasoline, shoes, sugar, and coffee. These items were limited because they were deeded as goods that were essential for the military. It was hard for the people to deal with the rationing, but some people thought of it as their personal way of contributing to the war effort; while others were buy the goods off of a black market.
6. What is the message of the World War II poster on this assignment's blog posting? Why was this message important?
The message of the World War II poster was to carpool to save gas so that the soldiers could use the gas that the citizens weren't using. The point was to tell everyone to ration out the goods that they have and to make the most of it so that there is enough supplies for the war. The message was important because it was a very convincing poster to get people to carpool and the soldiers needed the gas and the supplies for the war effort more than the citizens.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
War in the Pacific
1. In what ways were the American victory at Midway and the Japanese triumph at Pearl Harbor alike?
They were a like because they both involved destroying the other sides ships and planes. Both of them were also triumphs where one sides completely destroyed the other side. One of the Japanese officials that was at Midway said that the United States got its revenge on Pearl Harbor, but it was worse for the Japanese because in the Battle of Midway the Americans destroyed some of the Japanese's aircraft carriers.
2. Why was the Battle of Leyte Gulf so crucial to the Allies?
It was crucial for the Allies because the Japanese lost so much during the Battle of Leyte. In the battle the Japanese threw their entire fleet into it and they tried a new tactic called kamikaze which were suicide planes that crashed into the Allied ships. The battle ended in just three days, and the Japanese lost 3 battleships, 4 aircraft carriers, 13 cruisers and almost 500 planes. After this battle the Japanese Navy just played a minor role in defense of Japan.
3. Why was Okinawa a significant island in the war in the Pacific?
Okainawa was a significant island in the war because the Allies were able to bomb the mainland of Japan from there. Also it was a place that would open their way in invading the mainland of Japan.
4. What was the Manhattan Project? And who was J. Robert Oppenheimer?
The Manhattan Project was a project led by General Leslie Grove, which was the creation of the atomic bomb. J. Robert Oppenheimer was the man that developed the atomic bomb. At the peak of created it more than 600,000 Americans were working on it, and it was the best kept secret of the war.
5. Why was Roosevelt anxious to make concessions to Stalin concerning the fate of postwar Germany?
Roosevelt had two reasons to make concessions to Stalin concerning the fate of postwar Germany. One reason was that he had hoped that Stalin would keep his commitment and help fight against Japan in the Pacific war once Germany was defeated. Second, Roosevelt wanted Stalin to support for a new world peace organization, called the United Nations.
6. What decisions did Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin make at the Yalta Conference?
The decisions that were made during the Yalta Conference were the Germany would temporarily be four zones; one for each country, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, France, and the United States. Another decision made was that Stalin agreed to attend an international conference in April in San Francisco, where the United Nations would be formed. Stalin also promised a 'free and fettered' election in Poland and other Soviet occupied Eastern Europe counties. Lastly, Stalin agreed to help in the war against the Japanese in the Pacific.
7. At the trials, many Nazis defended themselves by saying they were only following orders. What does this rationale tell you about the German military? Why was it important to negate this justification?
The German military was very loyal to Hitler and would do whatever he asked of them, even the cruel things like working at the death camps. They tried to get out of getting charged for their crimes by saying that they were just taking orders, even though some of the people on trial were very close to Hitler, but once he is gone they turn on him. It is important to negate this justification because the individuals were responsible for their actions, even in the time of war.
They were a like because they both involved destroying the other sides ships and planes. Both of them were also triumphs where one sides completely destroyed the other side. One of the Japanese officials that was at Midway said that the United States got its revenge on Pearl Harbor, but it was worse for the Japanese because in the Battle of Midway the Americans destroyed some of the Japanese's aircraft carriers.
2. Why was the Battle of Leyte Gulf so crucial to the Allies?
It was crucial for the Allies because the Japanese lost so much during the Battle of Leyte. In the battle the Japanese threw their entire fleet into it and they tried a new tactic called kamikaze which were suicide planes that crashed into the Allied ships. The battle ended in just three days, and the Japanese lost 3 battleships, 4 aircraft carriers, 13 cruisers and almost 500 planes. After this battle the Japanese Navy just played a minor role in defense of Japan.
3. Why was Okinawa a significant island in the war in the Pacific?
Okainawa was a significant island in the war because the Allies were able to bomb the mainland of Japan from there. Also it was a place that would open their way in invading the mainland of Japan.
4. What was the Manhattan Project? And who was J. Robert Oppenheimer?
The Manhattan Project was a project led by General Leslie Grove, which was the creation of the atomic bomb. J. Robert Oppenheimer was the man that developed the atomic bomb. At the peak of created it more than 600,000 Americans were working on it, and it was the best kept secret of the war.
5. Why was Roosevelt anxious to make concessions to Stalin concerning the fate of postwar Germany?
Roosevelt had two reasons to make concessions to Stalin concerning the fate of postwar Germany. One reason was that he had hoped that Stalin would keep his commitment and help fight against Japan in the Pacific war once Germany was defeated. Second, Roosevelt wanted Stalin to support for a new world peace organization, called the United Nations.
6. What decisions did Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin make at the Yalta Conference?
The decisions that were made during the Yalta Conference were the Germany would temporarily be four zones; one for each country, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, France, and the United States. Another decision made was that Stalin agreed to attend an international conference in April in San Francisco, where the United Nations would be formed. Stalin also promised a 'free and fettered' election in Poland and other Soviet occupied Eastern Europe counties. Lastly, Stalin agreed to help in the war against the Japanese in the Pacific.
7. At the trials, many Nazis defended themselves by saying they were only following orders. What does this rationale tell you about the German military? Why was it important to negate this justification?
The German military was very loyal to Hitler and would do whatever he asked of them, even the cruel things like working at the death camps. They tried to get out of getting charged for their crimes by saying that they were just taking orders, even though some of the people on trial were very close to Hitler, but once he is gone they turn on him. It is important to negate this justification because the individuals were responsible for their actions, even in the time of war.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
War for Europe and North Africa
1. Why had the tide turned in the Battle of the Atlantic by mid-1943?
By the mid-1943 the United States started to have the cargo ships going into convoys because they were safer in numbers. Also they had destroyers go with the cargo ships, which had radar that could see submarines; and they had planes following which had radar that could see U-boats coming. By the mid-1943, the United States was sinking the German U-boars faster than the Germans could build them. Another thing that benefited the U.S was that they stated a crash shipbuilding program that build 140 Liberty ships each month, which outnumbered the amount that were sinking.
2. What two key decisions determined the final outcome at Stalingrad?
Two key decisions that determined the final outcome at Stalingrad, were that Stalin would not let his troops back down, so they had to stay and fight, and the other decision was that they decided to have a counter attack again the Germans during the Winter. By having it in the Winter, the Germans started starving and they couldn't fight back because of the coldness of the Winter. In the end, the Soviet Union won, and it was the turning point for them to go toward Germany.
3. What was the outcome of the North African campaign?
The outcome of the North American campaign was that the United States along with the British troops were able to defeat the Germans, and to win back the land in Africa which the Nazi's took over.
4. What were the results of the Italian campaign?
When the Allies took Sicily, the Italians were so made that they kicked Mussolini out of power because he was not able to fight off the Allies and he was replaced by King Victor Emmanuel. Hitler did not want the Allies to get onto European soil so he sent German troops to fight the Allies, which caused one of the hardest battles for the United States, which was just 40 miles outside of Rome. The Allies had 25,000 casualties and the Axis had 30,000 casualties. The Allies could not take all of Italy until Germany itself was able to collapse.
5. Was the Allied invasion of Europe successful? Explain your answer.
At first the Allied invasion of Europe was not successful because they started off by trying to invade Italy, which did not go over very well for them. The Allies took forever to finally take Italy, and when they did it was when Germany was about to collapse. The Allies started to become successful when they went in through France. When they started Operation Overload, they started to be successful because they took France back, and were able to get into Germany from there.
6. Why was the Battle of the Bulge important?
The Battle of the Bulge was important because it was Germany's last attempt to push through the Allie forces. In the end of all the fighting the Germans were not able to get Antwerp, a port in Belgium, back. The reason why this battle was so important was that the Germans lost 120,000 troops, 600 tanks and assault guns, and 1,600 planes, which could not be replaced. This meant that all the Nazis could do is retreat.
7. What the significance of V-E day?
V-E day stands for the Victory in Europe day. The significance of it is that it was the war in Europe was finally over.
8. Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Dwight D. Eisenhower was an American General during World War II.
9. Do you agree with the decision made by Roosevelt and Churchill to require unconditional surrender by the Axis powers? Why or why not?
I agree with the decision made by Roosevelt and Churchill because the Axis powers were out of control and if they had any form of power than it could have gone badly since most of their leaders were close to totalitarianism, which is not good. All of the countries needed to completely surrender in order for the rest of the countries to be safe, especially since some of the countries did not follow through with agreements while under Axis Power. For example Germany went against the treaty they made with the U.S.S.R to not attack each other. The Axis powers proved many times that they could not be trusted in any way.
By the mid-1943 the United States started to have the cargo ships going into convoys because they were safer in numbers. Also they had destroyers go with the cargo ships, which had radar that could see submarines; and they had planes following which had radar that could see U-boats coming. By the mid-1943, the United States was sinking the German U-boars faster than the Germans could build them. Another thing that benefited the U.S was that they stated a crash shipbuilding program that build 140 Liberty ships each month, which outnumbered the amount that were sinking.
2. What two key decisions determined the final outcome at Stalingrad?
Two key decisions that determined the final outcome at Stalingrad, were that Stalin would not let his troops back down, so they had to stay and fight, and the other decision was that they decided to have a counter attack again the Germans during the Winter. By having it in the Winter, the Germans started starving and they couldn't fight back because of the coldness of the Winter. In the end, the Soviet Union won, and it was the turning point for them to go toward Germany.
3. What was the outcome of the North African campaign?
The outcome of the North American campaign was that the United States along with the British troops were able to defeat the Germans, and to win back the land in Africa which the Nazi's took over.
4. What were the results of the Italian campaign?
When the Allies took Sicily, the Italians were so made that they kicked Mussolini out of power because he was not able to fight off the Allies and he was replaced by King Victor Emmanuel. Hitler did not want the Allies to get onto European soil so he sent German troops to fight the Allies, which caused one of the hardest battles for the United States, which was just 40 miles outside of Rome. The Allies had 25,000 casualties and the Axis had 30,000 casualties. The Allies could not take all of Italy until Germany itself was able to collapse.
5. Was the Allied invasion of Europe successful? Explain your answer.
At first the Allied invasion of Europe was not successful because they started off by trying to invade Italy, which did not go over very well for them. The Allies took forever to finally take Italy, and when they did it was when Germany was about to collapse. The Allies started to become successful when they went in through France. When they started Operation Overload, they started to be successful because they took France back, and were able to get into Germany from there.
6. Why was the Battle of the Bulge important?
The Battle of the Bulge was important because it was Germany's last attempt to push through the Allie forces. In the end of all the fighting the Germans were not able to get Antwerp, a port in Belgium, back. The reason why this battle was so important was that the Germans lost 120,000 troops, 600 tanks and assault guns, and 1,600 planes, which could not be replaced. This meant that all the Nazis could do is retreat.
7. What the significance of V-E day?
V-E day stands for the Victory in Europe day. The significance of it is that it was the war in Europe was finally over.
8. Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Dwight D. Eisenhower was an American General during World War II.
9. Do you agree with the decision made by Roosevelt and Churchill to require unconditional surrender by the Axis powers? Why or why not?
I agree with the decision made by Roosevelt and Churchill because the Axis powers were out of control and if they had any form of power than it could have gone badly since most of their leaders were close to totalitarianism, which is not good. All of the countries needed to completely surrender in order for the rest of the countries to be safe, especially since some of the countries did not follow through with agreements while under Axis Power. For example Germany went against the treaty they made with the U.S.S.R to not attack each other. The Axis powers proved many times that they could not be trusted in any way.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
The Great Depression Widens
From Great Depression 22-2 Reading
1. How did the Great Depression affect minorities?
It was harder for the minorities than for the rest of population. They had the highest unemployment and they were lowest paid. They also had to deal with discrimination, and the violence that came with it, because white people were competing for the same jobs as the American Americans and Latinos. A total of twenty four African Americans were killed from lynching in 1933. Latinos, some of which were born in America, that lived in the Southwest were targets to be deported. Some of them went back to Mexico willingly, while others were forced by the federal government.
2. Why did so many men leave their homes during the Depression?
Many men left their homes during the Depression. The men were so used to being out all day and working that they couldn't stay in the house. Instead they would wander the streets all day in search for a job. Some, after years of not being able to find work, gave up, and some men even left their families. Many men wondered the country on railroad boxcars and slept under bridges, these men were homeless. Most of the men would eventually find their way to a homeless shelter.
3. How did the Great Depression affect women and children?
The woman spent their time trying to do everything to save every penny they had. Some of the women even went out and tried to get jobs, even though they would get paid less than men, they did everything to help support their family. Eventually the married women stopped getting jobs because it was looked down upon because married women shouldn't have jobs when men were unemployed. Some cities even refused to hire women as school teachers. People thought that women had it easier than the men did because there were few women beggars that were seen. The truth was that the woman were starving to death in rooming houses and attics and they were too ashamed to show their hardships. The children also had hardships during the Great Depression. There wasn't any money for healthcare for the children, and there wasn't enough food for them either. There were many causes of malnutrition related diseases that showed up among kids. Also there wasn't enough tax money for school; schools had to shorten their year or shut down the school completely. Many kids had to work instead of school, and they had to work in horrible conditions. Many teenagers would cross the country in freight trains in search for jobs and to escape poverty. The freight trains were very dangerous for the teenagers and many were killed or injured for trespassing railroad property and some were even accidentally locked in ice cars for days.
From Great Depression 22-3 Reading
4. What were some of Hoover’s key convictions about government?
Hoover believed that the economy would fix itself, and the government should help as little as possible. He believed that the government should help companies should be competing because that's what helped companies grow. He thought that if there was a problem between businesses and labor that the government should help them find a solution but not force them to do anything. Hoover also thought that the federal government should not give the poor federal welfare because it would weaken people's "morale fiber" and instead charities and local organizations should help the poor.
5. Why do you think people blamed Hoover for the nation’s difficulties?
People blamed Hoover for the nation's difficulties because he would not give direct relief or some form of welfare to the poor, which the people wanted and when they did not get it, it angered them. They were blaming Hoover because he did nothing about the economy and provided no help because he believed that the economy would fix itself. When the people didn't get the welfare that they needed they turned against Hoover and blamed the nation's difficulties on him because he did nothing about it. The people were even naming things after Hoover, like when the homeless used newspapers as blankets they called them 'Hoover blankets.'
6. What were some of the projects proposed by Hoover, and how effective were they?
Hoover proposed many projects to help the economy. One of the projects that he proposed was Federal Farm Board, which was an organization of farm cooperatives which was created to help raise the praises of crops by helping members to buy crops to keep them off the market temporarily so that the prices would rise. Another thing that Hoover proposed was the National Credit Corporation. Hoover convinced the largest banks to start it; it was made for the bigger banks to lend money to the smaller banks in order to help them stave off bankruptcy. When it became obvious that these programs were not working, Hoover got the Congress to pass the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, which lowered mortgage rates for homeowners and let farmers refinance so they wouldn't lose their land to foreclosure. Hoover's biggest act that he proposed was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. This approved to give two billion dollars to big businesses such as railroad companies, banks, and life insurance. Hoovers hope was the money would trickle its way down to the average citizen and produce job growth. In the end the companies were still failing, along with all the other things which Hoover proposed.
7. What did the Bonus Army want?
The Bonus Army wanted the Patman Bill to pass in Congress. The Patman Bill authorized the government to give World War I veterans bonuses to those who were not paid adequately for their wartime services. The Patman Bill gave the veterans a total of five hundred dollars and a life insurance policy. The Bill was not passed in Congress and President Hoover forced the Bonus Army to leave, out of fear that they would become violent. He ordered 1,000 troops to lead them out and gassed them, which killed an 11 month old baby and blinded an eight year old boy. People were horrified when they found out about the attack on the veterans.
1. How did the Great Depression affect minorities?
It was harder for the minorities than for the rest of population. They had the highest unemployment and they were lowest paid. They also had to deal with discrimination, and the violence that came with it, because white people were competing for the same jobs as the American Americans and Latinos. A total of twenty four African Americans were killed from lynching in 1933. Latinos, some of which were born in America, that lived in the Southwest were targets to be deported. Some of them went back to Mexico willingly, while others were forced by the federal government.
2. Why did so many men leave their homes during the Depression?
Many men left their homes during the Depression. The men were so used to being out all day and working that they couldn't stay in the house. Instead they would wander the streets all day in search for a job. Some, after years of not being able to find work, gave up, and some men even left their families. Many men wondered the country on railroad boxcars and slept under bridges, these men were homeless. Most of the men would eventually find their way to a homeless shelter.
3. How did the Great Depression affect women and children?
The woman spent their time trying to do everything to save every penny they had. Some of the women even went out and tried to get jobs, even though they would get paid less than men, they did everything to help support their family. Eventually the married women stopped getting jobs because it was looked down upon because married women shouldn't have jobs when men were unemployed. Some cities even refused to hire women as school teachers. People thought that women had it easier than the men did because there were few women beggars that were seen. The truth was that the woman were starving to death in rooming houses and attics and they were too ashamed to show their hardships. The children also had hardships during the Great Depression. There wasn't any money for healthcare for the children, and there wasn't enough food for them either. There were many causes of malnutrition related diseases that showed up among kids. Also there wasn't enough tax money for school; schools had to shorten their year or shut down the school completely. Many kids had to work instead of school, and they had to work in horrible conditions. Many teenagers would cross the country in freight trains in search for jobs and to escape poverty. The freight trains were very dangerous for the teenagers and many were killed or injured for trespassing railroad property and some were even accidentally locked in ice cars for days.
From Great Depression 22-3 Reading
4. What were some of Hoover’s key convictions about government?
Hoover believed that the economy would fix itself, and the government should help as little as possible. He believed that the government should help companies should be competing because that's what helped companies grow. He thought that if there was a problem between businesses and labor that the government should help them find a solution but not force them to do anything. Hoover also thought that the federal government should not give the poor federal welfare because it would weaken people's "morale fiber" and instead charities and local organizations should help the poor.
5. Why do you think people blamed Hoover for the nation’s difficulties?
People blamed Hoover for the nation's difficulties because he would not give direct relief or some form of welfare to the poor, which the people wanted and when they did not get it, it angered them. They were blaming Hoover because he did nothing about the economy and provided no help because he believed that the economy would fix itself. When the people didn't get the welfare that they needed they turned against Hoover and blamed the nation's difficulties on him because he did nothing about it. The people were even naming things after Hoover, like when the homeless used newspapers as blankets they called them 'Hoover blankets.'
6. What were some of the projects proposed by Hoover, and how effective were they?
Hoover proposed many projects to help the economy. One of the projects that he proposed was Federal Farm Board, which was an organization of farm cooperatives which was created to help raise the praises of crops by helping members to buy crops to keep them off the market temporarily so that the prices would rise. Another thing that Hoover proposed was the National Credit Corporation. Hoover convinced the largest banks to start it; it was made for the bigger banks to lend money to the smaller banks in order to help them stave off bankruptcy. When it became obvious that these programs were not working, Hoover got the Congress to pass the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, which lowered mortgage rates for homeowners and let farmers refinance so they wouldn't lose their land to foreclosure. Hoover's biggest act that he proposed was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. This approved to give two billion dollars to big businesses such as railroad companies, banks, and life insurance. Hoovers hope was the money would trickle its way down to the average citizen and produce job growth. In the end the companies were still failing, along with all the other things which Hoover proposed.
7. What did the Bonus Army want?
The Bonus Army wanted the Patman Bill to pass in Congress. The Patman Bill authorized the government to give World War I veterans bonuses to those who were not paid adequately for their wartime services. The Patman Bill gave the veterans a total of five hundred dollars and a life insurance policy. The Bill was not passed in Congress and President Hoover forced the Bonus Army to leave, out of fear that they would become violent. He ordered 1,000 troops to lead them out and gassed them, which killed an 11 month old baby and blinded an eight year old boy. People were horrified when they found out about the attack on the veterans.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
The Crash Occurs and the Great Depression Begins
1.
What industrial weakness
signaled a declining economy in the 1920s?
Railroad, textile, and steel companies barely
made a profit in the 1920s, especially the railroad companies because of the
new forms of transportations, such as trucks, buses, and automobiles. Other
companies that went down in the 1920s was lumbering, and mining, especially for
coal. Coal used to be the biggest source of energy in America, especially
during the war, but by the early 1930s coal was being replaced with
hydroelectric power, fuel oil, and natural gases. Eventually the jobs for
construction, consumer goods, and automobiles weakened. When the construction
of houses went down so did other industries such as furniture manufacturing and
lumbering. All of these were signals of a declining economy in the 1920s.
2.
What did the experience
of farmers and consumers at this time suggest about the health if the economy?
The farmers also got hit pretty hard after
the war ended. During the war, there was a high demand for crops such as wheat
and corn internationally and in order to keep up with the demands farmers
invested in new equipment and made more crops, but after the war the prices of
the crops went down and the demand for them also went down by forty percent.
Since the prices and demand went down, the farmers had debt that they could not
pay off and they would lose their farms to the bank to pay off the loan, and
then the banks would have to auction off the farms to try and get their money
back from the loans. The consumers also showed
signs of an unhealthy economy. The consumers started buying less because the
prices were rising, stagnant wages, and unbalanced distribution. Another reason
was people were overbuying on credit in the previous years.
3.
How did speculation and
margin buying cause stock prices to rise?
People were buying stocks of speculation,
which is out of hope that it will rise and there would be a quirk profit. Also
when people were buying stocks on margins, which is paying for only part of the
share upfront and loan the rest of the money for it, and since people were
buying on margin the prices of the stocks were rising, which reflected that a
company was worth more money than it actually was. Then if the stocks declined
the people who bought the stocks on margin did not get the money that they
needed in order to pay back the loans.
4.
What happened to
ordinary workers during the Great Depression?
A lot of the people lost both their jobs and
all of their savings during the Great Depression. For one a lot of the banks
closed because the banks had invested all of their money in the stock market
therefore they did not have the money to give to the people when they tried to
pull their money from their savings account. Another thing that went down was
the output of goods and services, which was a lot of people’s jobs. It was cut
nearly in half; it went from $104 billion to $59 billion. Even the companies
that were one extremely successful, such as the automobile companies and
railroad companies were failing. Unemployment skyrocketed, it went from three
percent unemployment to twenty five percent unemployment, and even those who
had their job faced pay cuts and reduced hours.
5.
How did the Great
Depression affect the world economy?
The Great Depression also affected the world
economy. European countries were struggling in the 1920s due World War I and
the war debts that it created for the countries. Germany also had a huge war
debt that they had to pay to the Allied countries. The Great Depression
compounded these problems by making it harder and limiting America’s ability to
import European goods, which also made it difficult to sell American farm
products and manufactured products in Europe. Congress also put a tariff in
place on foreign goods to try and increase the purchase of American goods,
which in the end had hurt world trade and it went down by 40 percent.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Prohibition
1. How did small-town life and city life differ?
Small- town life and city life was very different in the 1920's, and there were a lot more people moving into the cities. The cities had a lot more tolerance for drinking, gambling, and casual dating which seemed to be sinful in the strict small- town life. Also the city streets were a lot more crowded by stranger in the city rather than in small- towns were you knew most people walking down the street. Another thing was that the city life was more competitive and everyone was judged more on their accomplishments rather than their background. Lastly their was a bigger range of races and nationalities in cities, than in small-towns. The cities had tons of African- Americans, Italians, Swedish, Polish, and so on, while it was a lot less common in small towns.
2. Why do you think the Eighteenth Amendment failed to eliminate alcohol consumption?
There were many reasons that the Eighteen Amendment failed to eliminate alcohol consumption. For one the majority of the people were Protestants in the South and West, and people affiliated with the church, who thought that drinking was a sin. While there was those who thought of drinking as a sin, there was also a lot of immigrants who came to America, where drinking is a part of their culture and after World War I a lot of people just wanted to relax and enjoy themselves. On tip of it all the Prohibition was not enforced properly, and even though the Prohibition Bureau in the Treasury Department was established it was underfunded therefore it was not enforced properly.
3. How did criminals take advantage of Prohibition?
During the Prohibition, people found creative ways to get alcohol, and one way was from bootlegger, who got their name form hiding alcohol in the leg of the boots, and they would smuggle in alcohol from places like Canada and Cuba. A lot of gangs also go involved with the selling of alcohol and bootlegging, which started a lot of organized crimes in the cities. An example is of Al Capone, a gangster, from Chicago, who got sixty million dollars a year form bootlegging and killed off his competition of selling alcohol. In the 1920's it was reported that there was 522 bloody gang killing in Chicago, due to the Prohibition.
4. What was the conflict between fundamentalists and those who accepted evolution?
Fundamentalists were Protestants that believed in a non-symbolic interpretation of the Bible and did not believe in the scientific knowledge of evolution. Fundamentalists believed that the answer to everything was in the Bible, because the Bible was inspired by God, and they rejected Darwin's idea of evolution and thought it was a lot more believable that God created every living thing in six days. Eventually in the Mid-West fundamentalists gained followers who started to call for laws to prohibit teaching evolution. The first law to prohibit the teaching of evolution was passed in Tennessee, and the ACLU backed up anyone who wanted to challenge that, which is what John T. Scopes did and he was arrested for it. His court case because an interest nation wide and John Scoped was found guilty and had a fine of a hundred dollars but the law banning the teaching of evolution was soon repelled.
5. How might the overall atmosphere of the 1920s have contributed to the failure of Prohibition?
The atmosphere in the 1920's was very chaotic, there were a lot of Protestants in the country that were trying to make their religious believes into laws, such as the Prohibition and outlawing teaching of evolution. During this time women were also fighting for their rights, and there was a lot going on. Don't forget that World War I is just coming to an end and debts are being paid, soldiers are coming home, and the mess that World War I created was just starting to be cleaned up. During the 1920's a lot of people wanted to relax and take it easy because the stress of World War I is over, but the government still had a lot going on. If there was less going on in American during the time of the Prohibition the government would have been able to pay more attention to the Prohibition and fund it better, making it so it was enforced correctly, which did not happen.
Small- town life and city life was very different in the 1920's, and there were a lot more people moving into the cities. The cities had a lot more tolerance for drinking, gambling, and casual dating which seemed to be sinful in the strict small- town life. Also the city streets were a lot more crowded by stranger in the city rather than in small- towns were you knew most people walking down the street. Another thing was that the city life was more competitive and everyone was judged more on their accomplishments rather than their background. Lastly their was a bigger range of races and nationalities in cities, than in small-towns. The cities had tons of African- Americans, Italians, Swedish, Polish, and so on, while it was a lot less common in small towns.
2. Why do you think the Eighteenth Amendment failed to eliminate alcohol consumption?
There were many reasons that the Eighteen Amendment failed to eliminate alcohol consumption. For one the majority of the people were Protestants in the South and West, and people affiliated with the church, who thought that drinking was a sin. While there was those who thought of drinking as a sin, there was also a lot of immigrants who came to America, where drinking is a part of their culture and after World War I a lot of people just wanted to relax and enjoy themselves. On tip of it all the Prohibition was not enforced properly, and even though the Prohibition Bureau in the Treasury Department was established it was underfunded therefore it was not enforced properly.
3. How did criminals take advantage of Prohibition?
During the Prohibition, people found creative ways to get alcohol, and one way was from bootlegger, who got their name form hiding alcohol in the leg of the boots, and they would smuggle in alcohol from places like Canada and Cuba. A lot of gangs also go involved with the selling of alcohol and bootlegging, which started a lot of organized crimes in the cities. An example is of Al Capone, a gangster, from Chicago, who got sixty million dollars a year form bootlegging and killed off his competition of selling alcohol. In the 1920's it was reported that there was 522 bloody gang killing in Chicago, due to the Prohibition.
4. What was the conflict between fundamentalists and those who accepted evolution?
Fundamentalists were Protestants that believed in a non-symbolic interpretation of the Bible and did not believe in the scientific knowledge of evolution. Fundamentalists believed that the answer to everything was in the Bible, because the Bible was inspired by God, and they rejected Darwin's idea of evolution and thought it was a lot more believable that God created every living thing in six days. Eventually in the Mid-West fundamentalists gained followers who started to call for laws to prohibit teaching evolution. The first law to prohibit the teaching of evolution was passed in Tennessee, and the ACLU backed up anyone who wanted to challenge that, which is what John T. Scopes did and he was arrested for it. His court case because an interest nation wide and John Scoped was found guilty and had a fine of a hundred dollars but the law banning the teaching of evolution was soon repelled.
5. How might the overall atmosphere of the 1920s have contributed to the failure of Prohibition?
The atmosphere in the 1920's was very chaotic, there were a lot of Protestants in the country that were trying to make their religious believes into laws, such as the Prohibition and outlawing teaching of evolution. During this time women were also fighting for their rights, and there was a lot going on. Don't forget that World War I is just coming to an end and debts are being paid, soldiers are coming home, and the mess that World War I created was just starting to be cleaned up. During the 1920's a lot of people wanted to relax and take it easy because the stress of World War I is over, but the government still had a lot going on. If there was less going on in American during the time of the Prohibition the government would have been able to pay more attention to the Prohibition and fund it better, making it so it was enforced correctly, which did not happen.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Presidential Debate News Story Analysis
News Analysis on the First Presidential Debate
Source Information
Date: October 4th, 2012
What news organization (or individual) produced this?: Fox News
What is the type of news source?: online article
Content
What is the main headline?: Fact Sheet: Tax Break For Shipping Jobs Overseas? Well, sort of
What facts (statistics, important events, etc.) are included?: There is a statistic saying that the Joint Committee of Taxation said established that $168 millions dollars will come in within the next decade if you close tax breaks for those companies moving overseas.
Is anyone quoted? If so, who? What did they say?: Mitt Romney was quoted, two times, saying he didn't know what Obama was talking about when he stated talking about tax breaks when shipping jobs overseas. Another person quoted was Doug Holtz- Eakin, a former director of the Congressional Budget Office, about how any cost of doing business is deductible. Obama is quoted from the debate on how American's with businesses in American do not get tax breaks, but the businesses with companies overseas do get tax breaks and he wants to change that.
What information or ideas might have been left out?: The whole article was all based around one statement that Obama said and Romney's reply to it. The rest of the debate about ways to get jobs in America. and the aspects of the economy and budget and tax cuts was left out of the article.
Message
Who is the intended audience?: The intended audience was anyone who watched the debate and people who are interested in the presidential election.
Does the author seem to have an opinion? If so, what is it?: For the most part the author seems objective, but the writer seemed to favor Romney more, because of the topic he picked for the article it was more in favor of Romney than Obama.
What is the tone of the source?: The tone of the article was informative and seemed to be made to clarify the part of the debate where Romney did not know what Obama was talking about with the tax breaks for shipping jobs overseas.
What words or phrases create the tone?: "... that Obama could have been referencing." "Technically companies can claim a deduction..."
Is any one person or group discussed positively? Negatively?: No one specific group or person was discussed in the article.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Wilson and the League of Nations' Legacy
1. In what ways was the League successful after World War I? Unsuccessful?
The League was both successful and unsuccessful after World War I. The League was successful because it was able to prevent some disputes between countries turning into wars. Some of the disputes that the League was able to solve was between Sweden and Finland, who were fighting over a group of islands during a humanitarian crisis in Turkey. The League also prevented a war between Greece and Bulgaria over the border. Not only did the League help disputes among countries but it also gave attention to social issues such as child slave labor, smuggling, and the status of women. The League also had some points were it was unsuccessful. The League did not have a strong military to back up the decisions that they made, making it so they had less power than they said they did. The lack of a strong military was exposed multiple times when the League couldn't defend its decisions, such as when Italy seized the Fiume port from Yugoslavia. The Leagues weaknesses were apparent to the other countries in Europe when the League continuously couldn't uphold its decisions with their military.
2. Many historians suggest that the terms of the Versailles Treaty were a major cause of World War II. Support that argument.
The Versailles Treaty was a huge insult to Germany and the other countries who created the treaty were too harsh on Germany. Germany went through a great hardship, and massive unemployment. Germany also lost a lot of land, which Hitler a German Chancellor at the time promised to get their land back and to recover economically. Hitler started to build Germany's army to prepare them to get their land back, which violated the treaty. When Hitler brought troops into the demilitarized zone that was set up in the treaty, France brought it to the League but they couldn't do much about it; especially since the League's military was weak. In the end Germany invaded Poland, and the League collapsed and World War II began.
3. Some historians characterize U.S. policy during the interwar period as isolationist. What actions, described in the reading, could be called isolationist?
There were many reasons that the United States did between the two world wars that could be called isolationist. For one the United States would not compromise with the Europeans on their ten billion dollar debt, and they expected the debt to be paid in full. Also the United States raised the import tax so that all European goods were more expensive and it also made it harder for the Allied powers to repay their debts back to America. Another thing that the United States did that could be called isolationist is that they enacted a legislation to limit the amount of immigration into the country.
4. How was U.S. foreign policy different in the Cold War from the interwar period?
A lot of things about the United States foreign policy changed in the time of the Cold War compared to the interwar period. For example Rossevelt worked with the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, to created the Atlantic Charter, which created the United Nations. The purpose of the United Nations was a lot alike the League of Nations, where it is created to maintain peace and security. Also the United States gave billions of dollars to European countries to help them; such as giving the western European countries thirteen billion dollars in the European Recovery Program. The United States also participated in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which included an article (Article 5), which was worded similarly to Article X of the League of Nations. Unlike the interwar period, the U.S stayed engaged in foreign policy throughout the Cold War.
5. What is "Wilsonian" thought? Why do some support it and some oppose it?
A Wilsonian thought is about the concept of multilateralism and security and peace throughout the world. Wilson wanted the United States to be a country to help reduce conflict in the world and to promote world peace and staying involved in foreign affairs, which were all stated in Wilson's fourteen points. Some peopled loved the ideas of Wilsonian, but others thought it was naive and unrealistic. The people that do not agree with Wilsonian think that it threatened the U.S security because it doesn't let the United States work on its own to protect the citizens. Another arguments against Wilsonian have to do with the UN's failure to prevent terrorism and not being able to act quick during emergencies.
The League was both successful and unsuccessful after World War I. The League was successful because it was able to prevent some disputes between countries turning into wars. Some of the disputes that the League was able to solve was between Sweden and Finland, who were fighting over a group of islands during a humanitarian crisis in Turkey. The League also prevented a war between Greece and Bulgaria over the border. Not only did the League help disputes among countries but it also gave attention to social issues such as child slave labor, smuggling, and the status of women. The League also had some points were it was unsuccessful. The League did not have a strong military to back up the decisions that they made, making it so they had less power than they said they did. The lack of a strong military was exposed multiple times when the League couldn't defend its decisions, such as when Italy seized the Fiume port from Yugoslavia. The Leagues weaknesses were apparent to the other countries in Europe when the League continuously couldn't uphold its decisions with their military.
2. Many historians suggest that the terms of the Versailles Treaty were a major cause of World War II. Support that argument.
The Versailles Treaty was a huge insult to Germany and the other countries who created the treaty were too harsh on Germany. Germany went through a great hardship, and massive unemployment. Germany also lost a lot of land, which Hitler a German Chancellor at the time promised to get their land back and to recover economically. Hitler started to build Germany's army to prepare them to get their land back, which violated the treaty. When Hitler brought troops into the demilitarized zone that was set up in the treaty, France brought it to the League but they couldn't do much about it; especially since the League's military was weak. In the end Germany invaded Poland, and the League collapsed and World War II began.
3. Some historians characterize U.S. policy during the interwar period as isolationist. What actions, described in the reading, could be called isolationist?
There were many reasons that the United States did between the two world wars that could be called isolationist. For one the United States would not compromise with the Europeans on their ten billion dollar debt, and they expected the debt to be paid in full. Also the United States raised the import tax so that all European goods were more expensive and it also made it harder for the Allied powers to repay their debts back to America. Another thing that the United States did that could be called isolationist is that they enacted a legislation to limit the amount of immigration into the country.
4. How was U.S. foreign policy different in the Cold War from the interwar period?
A lot of things about the United States foreign policy changed in the time of the Cold War compared to the interwar period. For example Rossevelt worked with the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, to created the Atlantic Charter, which created the United Nations. The purpose of the United Nations was a lot alike the League of Nations, where it is created to maintain peace and security. Also the United States gave billions of dollars to European countries to help them; such as giving the western European countries thirteen billion dollars in the European Recovery Program. The United States also participated in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which included an article (Article 5), which was worded similarly to Article X of the League of Nations. Unlike the interwar period, the U.S stayed engaged in foreign policy throughout the Cold War.
5. What is "Wilsonian" thought? Why do some support it and some oppose it?
A Wilsonian thought is about the concept of multilateralism and security and peace throughout the world. Wilson wanted the United States to be a country to help reduce conflict in the world and to promote world peace and staying involved in foreign affairs, which were all stated in Wilson's fourteen points. Some peopled loved the ideas of Wilsonian, but others thought it was naive and unrealistic. The people that do not agree with Wilsonian think that it threatened the U.S security because it doesn't let the United States work on its own to protect the citizens. Another arguments against Wilsonian have to do with the UN's failure to prevent terrorism and not being able to act quick during emergencies.
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