False Flags

Another controversial view is that the United States (and other countries) commit "False Flag Attacks".
Another example of this view is here:

Cold War

Crash Course U.S. History: The Cold War

History of the Berlin Wall

Berlin Before the War

Berlin After the War -- Dividing it Up The Truman Doctrine

Episode 1: A New War Begins 

As the nation attempts to rebuild following the destruction of the Civil War, Cornelius Vanderbilt is the first to see the need for unity to regain America’s stature in the world. Vanderbilt makes his mark in shipping and then the railroad industry. Railroads stitch together the nation, stimulating the economy by making it easier to move goods across the country. But Vanderbilt faces intense competition early on, showing that captains of industry will always be challenged by new innovators and mavericks.

Key terms to define:

• ARCHETYPE
• ENTREPRENEUR
• INFRASTRUCTURE
• INGENUITY
• INNOVATION 

Discussion Questions 

1. Some may have called the United States a “failed experiment” after the Civil War. Why? 
2. What role did Vanderbilt play in helping the country rebuild after the Civil War?
3. What is a hostile takeover? How did Vanderbilt deal with this kind of competition? 
4. What major industries emerged in the decades after the Civil War?

http://www.voanews.com/content/fank-tanks-ghost-army-defeated-germans-in-world-war-ll/1667445.html

WWII Supplemental

History Channel Presentation: Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr Movie Star, Inventor of Wi-Fi
Navajo Code Talkers:

Untold Stories of the Second World War: The Navajo Code Talkers


http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2014/06/04/arizona-navajo-code-talker-dies-nez/9965201/
Hiroshima Nuclear (atomic) Bomb - USA attack on Japan
Here's an interesting page on FBI.GOV:
https://vault.fbi.gov/adolf-hitler/adolf-hitler-part-01-of-04/view

Web Originals: Ask History: Rosie the Riveter

 

Rosie the Riveter Song

Japanese Internment Camps

Pioneers of Television: George Takei's Life in an Internment Camp

Private Snafu: Victory Garden 

Victory Gardens in World War II

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Ellis Island / Statue of Liberty / New Collossus / Immigration

The New Colossus
by Emma Lazarus 

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. 

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" 

• What does this poem symbolize?  
• What does it represent to the people who were coming to America?

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Writing Introductory Paragraphs for the APUSH LEQ

Doing a Long Essay on the APUSH Exam:

Today we are going to watch this video about writing your Long Essay on the APUSH Exam.  You may want to take a few notes so you can remember what you are doing and what the Rubric is for getting points.  (You can find the APUSH Long Essay Rubric in your books as well.)

Assignment (Part I): Period 1 or 2 Write a good introductory paragraph with a strong thesis statement as if you were going to write a full essay.  For the purpose of this assignment, I'm ONLY looking for the introductory paragraph, but it should be well-written, complex, and NOT simply restating the prompt.  Clearly state what your essay will be about, state your position, and let the reader know what you will be writing about. It should be 4-5 sentences (2-3 background sentences on the topic and a thesis statement of 1-2 sentences). Choose one of these two essays to write your introductory paragraph for:

Period 1: 1491-1607

1.       Compare and contrast the British, French, and Spanish imperial goals in North America between 1580 and 1763.

Period 2: 1607-1754

2.       Some historians have argued that the development of differing economies shaped differing social structures in the English colonies in North America. Support, modify, or refute this contention using specific evidence.

Assignment (Part II): Period 3

Choose one of these two essays to write your introductory paragraph for:

Period 3: 1754-1800

3.       Evaluate the extent to which the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War, 1754–1763) marked a turning point in American relations with Great Britain, analyzing what changed and what stayed the same from the period before the war to the period after it. 4.       Some historians argue that Shays’s Rebellion tested the Articles of Confederation, which led to the Constitutional Convention and the call for a stronger central government. Support, modify, or refute this contention using specific evidence.

More help with the Thesis Statement:  If you need the extra help.

APUSH UNIT I & II EXAM TOMORROW

Reminder:  We are having an APUSH Exam tomorrow for Unit I & II.  Part 1 will be tomorrow (multiple choice and some SAQs) and Part 2 will be on Wednesday (some SAQs and an Essay question).

This exam counts for a grade, so be prepared for covering material from Chapters 1-8.

Short-Answer Questions: 4 Questions / 45 Minutes

Snow Days!

Remember that you're responsible for keeping up with your reading during snow days, vacations, etc.  We should be finished with the first unit/section by next week, so make sure you're ready to move forward.  We may have a test on Unit 1 and probably will have a practice test for the APUSH Exam next Thursday or Friday.

The big test is coming the first week of May -- that's just over 3 months (including Spring Break).  We have the ENTIRE book to get through by then.

This is a college-level class where YOU are responsible for learning the content.

Part 1: Chapter 2: The Planting of English America

Remember: Answer these in your own words.  Copying verbatim from the text will not prepare you to take the AP exam.  

Looking Back at Chapter 1:

1. What impact did the cultivation of corn have on Native American tribes in Mexico and South America?
2. The text states; “No dense concentrations of population or complex nation-states comparable to the Aztec Empire existed in North America at the time of the European’s arrival.”  Why is this significant?
3. How did the Portuguese initiate the plantation system eventually found in the American South?
4. Explain the encomienda system.
5. Who were the conquistadores? 
1. What were their goals and aspirations? 
2. What was their impact?
3. How did they initiate a “new race” of mestizos
4. Draft a 1-2 paragraph summary explaining Cortez’ conquest of the Aztecs.  Be sure to include:
1. Malinche (Doña Marina)
2. Mocteczuma (Montezuma)
3. Quetzalcoatl
6. According to the authors, what is the “Black Legend?”  Do they give the impression that English colonists treated the Native Americans better or worse than the Spanish?  Explain your reasoning.

Chapter 2: The Planting of English America

Key Terms & People:  Explain the Historical Significance (Who, What, When, Where, Why)

• Mayflower Compact
• Massachusetts Bay Company
• Quakers
• Puritans
• Martin Luther
• John Calvin
• Anne Hutchinson
• Massasoit
• Duke of York
• William Penn

Questions:

1. How did the ascension of Elizabeth to the throne of England spawn English exploration and colonization of the Americas?
2. Why did the initial attempts of the English to colonize the Americas fail?
3. What were the difficulties faced by the colonists at Jamestown?
4. What was Powhatan’s Confederacy?  How did the Virginia Company deal with it?
5. How did European – Native American trade transform as the European population increased?
6. How did John Rolfe (Pocahontas’ husband) expand the tobacco trade?  How did this initiate slavery in the colonies?
7. Lord Baltimore founded the Maryland colony.
8. Who was he?  What were his motivations?  What were the implications of these motivations?
9. Why was North Carolina dubbed “a vale of humility between two mountains of conceit?”
10. How did the economic transformation of the English West Indies (Caribbean) into a predominantly sugar producing economy affect the southern American colonies?
11. What was the primary crop of the Carolina's.  What impact did this have on the Carolina colonies?
12. List several ways in which Georgia was different than the other 12 original colonies.
13. What was the significance of the Iroquois Confederacy?  

HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 3 for tomorrows assignment.

Pocahontas

Part 1: Chapter 1: New World Beginnings

Chapter 1: New World Beginnings (pp. 4-22)

After reading Chapter 1, you should be able to identify and explain the historical significance of each of the following items.  Remember you are explaining the Who, What, Where and When -- but also WHY it's historically significant.

1. Bering Sea Land Bridge
2. Incas
3. Aztecs
4. Pueblos
5. Nation-States
6. Mound Builders
7. Mississippian Cahokia
8. Anasazi
9. Three-sister farming
10. Creek, Choctaw, Cherokee
11. Iroquois, Hiawatha, Confederacy
12. Norse, L’Anse aux Meadows, Vinland
13. Crusaders
14. Muslim middlemen
15. Marco Polo
16. Caravel
17. Portuguese, Mali, West African Coast, slaves
18. Plantation system
19. Bartholomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama
20. Ferdinand of Aragon, Isabella of Castile, Moors
21. Christopher Columbus, Bahamas, Indians, Hispaniola
22. Columbian Exchange
23. Treaty of Tordesillas
24. Conquistadores
25. Vasco Nunez Balboa
26. Ferdinand Magellan
27. Juan Ponce de Leon
28. Francisco Coronado
29. Hernando de Soto
30. Francisco Pizarro
31. Capitalism
32. Encomienda
33. Bartolome de Las Casas
34. Hernan Cortes, Malinche, Tenochtitlan, Moctezuma, noche triste
35. Mestizos
36. Mexico City, Lima
37. Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot)
38. Jacques Cartier
39. St. Augustine
40. Don Juan de Onate, Battle of Acoma
41. Spanish missions, Pope’s Rebellion
42. Robert de La Salle
43. Texas, San Antonio, Alamo
44. California, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Father Junipero Serra
45. San Diego, Sonoma, “mission Indians”
46. Black Legend

Who Really Discovered America?

Today we will be viewing parts of the documentary, "Who Really Discovered America?"

While watching this documentary, I want you to keep notes on the various "candidates" for the first to arrive.  Of course we already know that people were already here -- and possibly even Europeans -- but keep some notes (including their names, locations and dates) on the people that are discussed.

Note details for each of the following discoveries:

• Native Americans
• Solutrean
• Japanese
• Hebrew
• Chinese
• Irish
• Polynesia
• Viking
• Welsh

Also make some notes on the archeological techniques used to support or investigate each discovery.

At the end of the video you can sit with another person and compare notes.  I want you to make sure you have dates because there will be a homework assignment.

HOMEWORK:

1. Use the dates in your notes to create a time line with notes (annotated) about the "Discovery of America".
2. Which of the theories has solid evidence to support it as a viable theory?
3. Why do you think there is continuing discussion/debate about the "discovery" of America?

Here are some examples of time line, although you can choose your format:

Finally, check out this clip demonstrating how similar art is throughout history.

The Human Family Tree (National Geographic)

The Human Family Tree Download the Worksheet Here Bill Nye The Science Guy: Race Is Race a Social Construct?