Cagle im trying to talk about something else and move on and your just not cooperating. T. Roosevelt extended his policy on latin america. He used his big stick to warn European nations not to interfere with latin america.

yeah christian.....evertime i hear that i keep thinking of when he said.....

"Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready."

Teddy Roosevelt used the proverb "Speak softly and carry a big stick". His foreign policy was "Good Neighbor Policy"

i was reading my book of quotations by Teddy Roosevelt (yes, i love that man!!) that i got when we went to Theodore Roosevelt National Park (which was soooo exciting...) and i thought i'd share a few quotes:

"Good weapons are necessary, but if you put the best weapon that can be invented into the hands of a coward, he will be beaten by a brave man with a club."

"A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user."

and...

"There is...one quality which perhaps, strictly speakin, is as much intellectual as moral, but which is too often wholly lacking in men of high intellectual ability, and without which real character cannot exist-namely, the fundamental gift of commonsense."

North Dakota entered the union 1889.

in 1883, Teddy went to North Dakota and it took him 10 days before he shot a bison. he enjoyed the outdoor life, and he made a partnership with some people to raise cattle there.

teddy watched abe lincoln's funeral procession from his grandfathers house in 1865.

is that cool enough dixon?

and Teddy said "Hit the line Hard"

teddy was the youngest president of the U.S.A. he became president a the age of 43, right after mckinley was shot.

whoohooo! im creative? does that get me extra points?

The bill Teddy established in his presidency was the Square Deal.

jeff, you're so original and creative. danielle i'm glad to see that you've joined the mix.

teddy roosevelt charged up san juan hill.......

and president taft, he got the bill..........

William H. Taft succeded as President after Teddy Roosevelt.

also....before Teddy was president, he served two years as New York City Police Commissioner from 1895 to 1897, but then he left that to be assistant secretary of the Navy.

Before Teddy became President he led a group of rough riders to San Juan and won in the Spanish
America War

After William Mckniley was shot Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest President at that time at age 43

William Mckinley was a republican and believed strongly in the gold standard.

mckinley was the 25th president of the U.S.A.

On September 6,1901 Leon Czolgosz shot William Mckniley and eight days later he passed away.

on april 14th, 1865, president abraham lincoln was assassinated by john wilkes boothe

kennedy was assasinated on november 22, 1963. nobody really knows who did it but i believe there was more than one gunner.

speaking about the CIA, the CIA emberassed President Kennedy with the Bay of Pigs in Cuba.

the cia was created in 1947 by the national security act. porter j. goss is the current director of central intelligence

alright, jeff and christian have been the only ones bringing up any points. anyone else got anything to say? btw, speaking of the war in iraq, saddam hussein was the leader of iraq before we came in and kicked his butt. while W's daddy was vice president of the US we gave saddam a lot of weapons to use against iran(because we didn't like them). he used a lot of our own weapons against us in the first gulf war. guess what? we also helped to train osama bin laden when he fought against the russians in afghanistan. the cia rules...

Another famous Bush, George W Bush launched another war. He launched a war on terroism after 9/11. We are currently sending troops to fight the war in Iraq. My cousin is one of them.

on feb 28, 1991, Bush declared a cease fire which basically ended the war

on August 2,1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait. President Bush launched Operation Desert Storm to help free Kuwait from Iraqi control.

the berlin wall was torn down in 1990 and at the same time, communism in eastern europe basically collapsed. the end of the wall was the end of the soviet union

The cuban missile crisis was just one example of tensions between two sides. After the cuban missile crisis, the berlin wall was erected. It divided Berlin into East and West berlin.

during the cold war, the cuban missile crisis occurred. russia placed missiles on cuba. these missiles were close enough to hit the mainland U.S.

After WWII, the US entered another war that would last longer than any other previous war. It would last about forty years. The uprising differences shown by the two greatest nations in the world between US and Russia was better known as the Cold War.

macarthur was promoted to the new rank of general of the army, which was a five-star general. japan surrendered to macarthur onboard the u.s.s. missouri on sept 2, 1945. after that, he was named commander of the allied powers in japan. he directed the allied occupation of japan. mac also tried to run for president in 1948 but lost the primary in wisconsin.

After the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan quickly surrendered. It helped end WWII faster without sacrificing any more American Soldiers. Japan also begins to adopt MacArthurs Constiution.

speaking of planes, the first a-bomb was dropped by Col. Paul Tibbets. he flew a boeing b-29 superfortress. the target was hiroshima. a second bomb was dropped on nagasaki by charles sweeney in a another b-29, bock's car.

Cars were not the only means of transportation during WWII. Airplanes began to appear and really began to make a difference in the war. Germany made stukas airplanes to implement their blitz strategy in the war.

im not sure where to start from so im gonna jump off from cars.

jeeps were used in WWII. they proved to be very dependable and versatile so they were used (many different models) up until the HUMVEE (high mobility, multi purpose, wheeled vehicle) was introduced.

amanda, in some sense, probably yes. promote is probably too tough a word. i would say it did little to discourage it. the government was loathe to intervene in the affairs of business. it was only after much agitation by dissenters like mother jones that the public and the gov't really began to regulate the working hours of children.

I dunno Amanda. What I do know is that after the roaring 20s, America entered the Great Deppresion. The average american could no longer afford the model t car.

mr dixon, is it true that laissez-faire promoted child slavery??

The Model T was produced from 1908-1927. The initial price was $950 but dropped to $290 by the later years of production. It weighed about 1,200 pounds, had a 20 horsepower four-cylinder engine. In early years of production there was a choice of colors.

Back in the day, when average citizens in the 20s bought stuff, it was expensive because there was little of it and laborous. Henry Ford developed the assembly line to mass produce cars to make a lot at a cheaper price. This would greatly change competition between companies and change the economy of the US.

the model t was made by henry ford. he wanted a car that was affordable for the people that weren't so rich. the retailed for around 250 i think and they only came in black. the car opened up the world to some people that hadnt been more than a few miles from home. henry ford utilized the assembly line (a new idea of the time) to mass produce the car.

The 1920s, or better known as the Roaring 20s was a good time for americans. The sub machine gun was not the only thing that got its fame in the 20s. The Ford model T also became popular to many Americans as well.

al capone used a thompson sub machine gun, which gained its real fame in the 20s. it was adopted later by the military in WWII. the .45 bullet was well liked because of its knockdown power at close range. the thompson didnt have very good range. (hint hint, write about WWII, not the thompson. i just really like it)

alright Shaffer, if you didn't give us such a hard subject. Al Capone was a notorious ganster in Chicago. He is the reason why Chicago got its bad rep about crimes. He also got the nickname scarface.

come on guys, i need some more extra credit! you can think of something about al capone!!!!!!

al capone was a major gang leader during prohibition. he was one of the richest men during the 20s. he later died of an std.

is that better Christian?

The prohibition act was ratified in 1919 and later repealed in 1933 because of the major conflicts caused by bootleggers...


DIXON IS THE MAN!!!

The Prohibition era nobody really took serious. Bootleggers formed to distribute alcohol and speakeasies were also forming throughout the country. Eveyone was having a grand old time drinking liquor.

Ok well i hate to end yall's lil chain thing but i can add something!! Grant should then have been under prohibition which is the banning of alchol. HeHe I love you kids!!

u.s. grant became the 18th president. he apparently had a drinking problem because it talks about it in the song and abe lincoln once said, "find me the brand of whiskey that man drinks and send it to all my generals." wow, dont know how i remembered that. he got the job done, no matter the cost of life

I guess after finding them cigars, McCllelan disposed them and the Union switched Generals to Grant and he takes over the army. He wins the battle of Vicksburg by surrounding Mississippi City. He tried to split the south and help end the war faster.

with unbelievably good luck, mcclellan found lee's battle plans. a soldier found them wrapped around a couple of cigars. more men were wounded in a single day at antietam than on any other day of the civil war.

losses:
union: 12,410
confederate: 10,700

General McClellan, whose nickname was "little Mac" fought General Lee's army at the battle of Antietam where the largely outnumbered Lee escaped and the North claimed a victory.

Following the battle of Bull Run, the North led by General McClellan, won a costly victory at the battle of Shiloh. It was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War.

bull run, aka the first battle of manassas, was a confederate victory. it is also the battle where "stonewall" jackson got the nickname "stonewall"

Dorothea Dix was not the only active woman helping in the civil war. Clara Barton established an agency after the Battle of Bull Run. She was unbiased. She aided both the North and South in giving supplies to wounded soldiers.

during the civil war, dorothea dix became the union's superintendent of female nurses

Shaffer you took my color. Speaking about prisons, Dorothea Dix did prison reforms to help improve the conditions of prisoners in prisons.

eugene v. debs, dixon's good buddy, ran for president 5 times and was the only candidate to run from prison. i think he was put in prison for being part of the pullman strike. . sorry christain, i wasnt thinking.

ok jeff, let's try something a little more involved. we're going to play a little connection game. this is how it works. i'm going to give you something that we've studied and you continue the link by connecting another event we have studied. the events have to be linked somehow and you have to explain your link. for instance, if i start with the treaty of versailles you could counter with woodrow wilson since he was our representative in versailles, then someone else could take woodrow wilson and say he kept us out of war which might then lead to someone else saying something about our history of neurtality and so on...
so, i'm going to start this chain off with my good friend eugene v. debs.
take it away.

come on dixon, we need more questions!

3 The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions opposed the Alien and Sedition acts. Declared nullification to be the rightful remedy by the states for al unauthorized acts done under the pretext of the Constituition. The nullifiaction act of 1828 reinforced the Virginia and Kentucy resolutions concept of nullifiaction. This act opposed the tariff of abomination.
4 Open door notes were a series of policy statements written by US secretary of state John Hay. The notes were letters addresed to the imperilastic leaders of the world proposing that the nations share their trading rights with the US, this would create an open door. This also meant no single nation would have a monoply on trade with any part of China.
5 America would become an empire after the Spanish American War acquiring territories like the Phillipines, Guam and Puerto Rico. They also had a military base in Cuba. They constructed the Panama Canal to mobilize their navy faster from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. The US made other countries in the world realize that the US was a growing world power.

1. The Dawe's Act aimed to "americanize" the native Americans. The act broke up th ereservations and gave some of the reservation land to individual native americans. There was just one problem. Native Americans did not believe a person could own the land. By 1932 the US became greedy and obtained about two-thirds of the land that was set aside for them and did not give them money from the sale of the lands.
2. Abolitionists and progressives both fought rights for unskilled workers. Both wanted a gradual change in society. Abolitionists appealed to African-Americans and Progressives to mainly middle class reformers.

6 Immigrants did not settle in the south because the south did not provide opportunities for them. Cities offeres urban opportunities. Cities were cheapest and most convenient places to live in. Cities also offered unskilled laborers steady jobs in mills and factories.

new stuff.
1. evaluate the reasons for the failure of the dawes act.
2. compare the abolitionists to the progressives. similarities and differences.
3. compare the virginia and kentucky resolutions to the nullification act of 1828.
4. discuss the open door notes.
5. explain how america became an empire after the spanish american war.
6. explain why immigrants did not settle in the south.

Ok for #4 ya know about the Melting Pot how in the heck do you make that a whole paper without making junk up??

just wondering, what do you want as a response for White Man's Burden? do you just want what we think about it or what we feel about it or what?

ths social gospel was the Christian theme of helping the less fortunate. An example would be the Salvation Army.

The anwser to #1 is the yellow dog contracts

Dixon I think # 4 is the Gospel of wealth #2 people who work during a strike are called scabs #3 the afl was was a combination of skilled and unskilled workers. Only allowed skilled workers to join. It made strikes a legitimate weapon for the union. The Knights of labor were organized for unskilled labor. Any kind of labor accepted. It would eventually fail because they were easily replaced by other workers.

#4 is not the robin hood theory. try again matt.

1. an agreement by workers not to stike is called?
2. people who work during a strike are called?
3. describe the differences between the afl and the kol.
4. what was the social gospel?

just so everybody knows, the book Fallen Angels is in the teen section at Barnes + Nobles.

#4 is the Robin Hood theory.

The site where the US Army butchered the Ghost Dancers was at Wounded Knee.

1. Alexander Graham Bell
2. Andrew Carnegie
3. John D. Rockefeller
4. dont know
5. Sherman Anti-Trust Act
6. Knights of Labor
7. AFL
8. Eugene V. Debs
9. William Jennings Bryan
10.
11. Battle of Little Bighorn
12. im not sure exactly what you want for this, but this is what i gound: Industrial Workers of the World. It was formed in June 1905 by socialists and militant unionists such as William Haywood of the Western Federation of Miners, Eugene V. Debs, and Daniel De Leon


ooooo, im so mean. i only left #4 and #10.

nathan-
1. A platform or an enclosure raised and lowered in a vertical shaft to transport people or freight
2. electronic public transportation for people in urban areas.
5. Fredrick Olmstead was famous for designing New York's Central Park. He was a landscaper or something like that.
11. Tammany Hall was a political machine in NY. it was headed by Boss Tweed and was a center for corruption.

well, i'm sitting here at school and i'm so lonely without you people here. maybe i can still get some work out of some of you.
1. who invented the telephone?
2. robber baron who made money in the steel industry?
3. robber baron who made money with standard oil?
4. the theory that the wealthy should give back to the community?
5. law passed that was designed to break up monopolies?
6. labor union which sought to include all workers?
7. labor union which was for skilled workers only?
8. sentenced to jail after the pullman strike?
9. the premier orator of his time, presidential candidate for the populists in 1896?
10. site where the army butchered the ghost dancers?
11. site where custer was wiped out?
12. the wobblies, a left wing labor group

somebody help nathan out, he needs some definitions. btw, jeff was correct about the answer to #3. now what's the question?

o.k. I need some help on these definitions cause I can't find like 10 of them n e where!

1.Elevator
2.Electiric Trollies
3.Culture Shock
4.Dumbbell Tenements
5.Frederick Olmstead
6.Cultural Pluralism
7.Gospel of Wealth
8.Trade Union
9.Closed Shop
10.Mugwumps
11.Tammany Hall

If you've got any of these I would be greatly appretiative.

When are you going to put up some more post, Dixon?

It looks like more questions were put up before some of the first were already answered?

sorry whitney, you are wrong. the answer is 42

since tyler didn't answer #3 im going to give a wild guess that the answer is "Dixon is the Man"

The answers for the questions:
1. Rutherford Hayes ended reconstruction.
2.Gettysburg was the turning point of the civil war.

1. what president ended reconstruction?
2. what was the turning point battle of the civil war?
3. what is the answer to life, the universe, and everything?

jim crow refers to the laws that were unfair to african americans. This included laws that prohibited attendance in public schools and the use of stuff like restaurants, theaters, hotels, etc

3) the 14th amendment guaranteed african americans full citizenship.

Dixon, the Homestead Act offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household . This was in 1862 and the land was in the west.

hey, that was pretty quick tyler. now what is matt going to answer?
ok, two more:
1.what did the homestead act do?
2. name all the generals who at one time or another were in charge of the northern army. extra bonus if you tell me something weird about each one.

here is the answer for number one: Henry David Theoru

alright, here's a quick and easy question and some more involved questions.
1. who wrote civil disobedience?
2. please explain, in detail, some of the steps that congress took trying to solve the slavery issue with regards to new territory acquired by the us.
3. what did the 14th amendment guarantee?
4. what does jim crow refer to?

Last one for tonight!

1. John C. Breckinridge (Ky.), an independent southern democrat, recieved about 20% of the electoral vote


John Bell (Tennessee), from the Constitutional Union party, recieved about 10% of the electoral vote

My percentages aren't exact because my sourses vary.

Nathan Chapman

NEXT!!!!

4. Johnson's impeachment was the first to happen in the U.S. It started with Johnson tring to fight the radicals. They ofcourse didn't like that so they passed the Tenture of Office Act which stated that the president couldn't dismiss the last presidents members of the cabinet. This meant that Johnson was stuck with Lincolns cabinet. Johnson did all he knew to do and that wastest the act's legallity, of course congress didn't like that either so they impeached him. Though he was impeached he was not removed from office because he was aquitted soon after.

MY TURN!

3. Johnson's plan was to take it easy on the south by going along with Lincoln's kind of "mercy" plan. In his plan all he wanted was 10 percent of the states population to take an oath to the union. Since Johnson was going along with Lincolns plan he pretty much wanted the same things such as preserving the union and very little talk about slavery. And as Lincoln stated, "With malice toward none, with charity for all."

The Radical Republican plan was different; they wanted to severly punish the south for everything that happened(the whole civil war). They passed the Wade-Davis bill, they wanted marial law enforced, and all of the South's former leaders banned from any political power. And since there were enough nothern congressmen to bypass the president the reconstuction of the civil war was taken over by the radicals.

C'mon Dixon give us some easy questions so I can answer some

The South seceded from the Union considering they were dumbfounded of how Lincoln won the election. He wasn't even on the ballot in the South. Since the majority of the US population was in the North, they would have enough electoral votes to beat the South. The South realizing this, decided to leave the union and become the Confederate States of America.

new format, cool?

alright, we've got a few people answering questions now. let's keep the ball rolling. jeff pointed out the democrat and republican candidates in the election of 1860, but those guys only got about 70% of the popular vote.
1. who were the other candidates and how much did they get?
2. why did the south secede after lincoln's election?
3. congress and johnson fought over who would be in charge of reconstruction. compare and contrast their two plans.
4. explain the process that led to johnson's impeachment.
small test hint: i haven't mentioned the homestead act in class but it's on the test. also, a few 13th, 14th, 15th amendment questions and a worcester v. georgia question.

The free soil party emerged in 1848 and opposed the extension of slavery into the territories. They nominated former Democratic president Martin Van Buren. They failed to win any electoral votes but won ten percent of the popular vote. I finally answered a question. Dale Christian!

Man I have way to much time on my hands if I'm checking this thing this often or either I'm in desperate need of some extra credit points.

The Writ of Habeas Corpus was taken away from the people so that they could not resist the government during war time. This was issued mainly to the North for resisting the draft. With the Writ of Habeas Corpus gone the government could keep anyone in jail they saw fit during this time of war. It also kept them from making mistakes and having to release prisoners. The Writ of Habeas Corpus being thrown out for a time let the government put people in jail with out really having a reason. And made it easier to keep those whom they saw fit in their possession.

1. At Freeport, Illinois, in the second of the Lincoln Douglas Debates, Douglas made an effort to revive the doctrine of popular soveriegnty, which had been imperiled by the Dred Sctott Desion. He stated that slavery could legally be taken from the territories if the territory legislatures simply refused to enforce laws and regulations necessary to make slavery work. Without a legal framework and enforcement officials, slavery would be excluded.

Dred Scott had no standing in the court system because blacks, regardless of whether they were free or slave, were not and could not be citizens
A slave was the property of the slaveowner and that temporary residence north of the Missouri Compromise line did not bestow freedom
Congress didn't have the authority toto take property form anyone, a ruling that served to wipe out the slavery laws of the Missouri Compromise.

2. political party that started in 1847–48 mainly because of rising numbers of people against the extension of slavery into any of the territories newly acquired from Mexico.

4. Democrats-
Stephen Douglas of Illinios for President- (Popular vote- 29.5%), (electoral vote-12 votes)
Benjamin Fitzpatrick of Alabama for Vice President

Republicans-
Abraham Lincoln of Illinois for President- (Popular vote- 39.9%), (electoral vote-180 votes)
Hannibal Hamlin of New Jersey for Vice President

happy now shaina? i used cool colors.

remember west virginia didn't become a state until 1863 and it was rushed in so that there would be another union state. thus, more republican votes in congress. nathan did a good job answering the last three questions, let's see if anyone else can answer some.
1. someone compare and contrast the freeport doctrine with the dred scott decision.
2. what was the free soil party?
3. during the civil war, many civil liberties were denied. one instance of this was the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. for what reason was this done?
4. who were the presidential candidates in 1860, what party did they belong to, and how much of the vote did each get?

Maybe its in west virginia now...u know...the states have kinda changed since then ..i dunno..yeah ..

Whitney...all i could find is that it might be a national park now..i doubt we still keep our arms there anymore ..:-/

Nathan...Yeah, this whole blog thing is WACK!

Ummm I thought Dixon said it was in Virginia? I don't know though. Who all went with Brown? And I still don't understand why they didn't tell the slaves about it they were stupid.

And how did whitneys post pop up before mine when I got off my post was after dixons now there after whitneys

Whit... i looked it up and i think its in West Virginia...where the state borders Maryland

First, Texas won its independence in the mexican war you know remember the alamo and all that good stuff. Then they were an independent nation ,The Republic of Texas, for a time and that didn't work. And finally in 1845 Polk signed the legislation that made Texas the 28th state and gained all the problems the rest of the states already had(slavery,taxes, rep. in government)

Second, the reform era was when alot of things changed in the US I believe it was when the workers began to form unions and to protest thier low pay and poor working conditions that was later shanged when congress passed a law requiring all work places to meet certain conditions. I don't know if thats right it could have also been when women ans slaves were working to gain there rights as people as well

Third, the era of good feelings was at the end of the war of 1812 when states conflicts had gone down a bit(slavery, tariffs, etc.) and the US had its freedom to develop the way it wished. The US also had signed peace treaties with Brittian and Spain meaning all it's bounderies and shores were secure. It was a time of peace, liberty, and prosperity for the US. Although the problems were gone for that time they would soon explode and have to be delt with.


Now with all typing I better have gotten a few points. If anyone has something to add feel free I know I left something out.

Nathan Chapman

Do we still use that place to keep arms or is it just like a memorial???

Where is Harpers Ferry that John Brown Raided???..Its obviously not in Kansas since he got ran out...lol

another note here. make sure that you sign your post if your user name is not the same as your name. i need to know who to give credit to and i'm not going to look up everyone's user name every time.

shaina is correct. bush had promised not to raise taxes, even going so far as to say "read my lips, no new taxes." however once he was elected, the nation was beginning to have to pay down the defecit from the reagan era and bush had no real choice- he had to raise taxes. i see we have some people who are beginning to post here and there. two new questions for you all today.
1. explain the process that went into texas becoming part of the u.s.
2. give me at least two instances of reform that came out of the reform era.
3. tricky bonus: i mentioned in class one day the "era of good feelings" someone tell me what it was.

Hey Nathan, the whole "Read My Lips" thing...Is when President Bush promised in his campaign that there would be "NO NEW TAXES"...And he broke his promise... (1988) but that's all I know...(I thought I would try and answer since DIXON has failed to check the Blog this weekend-just kiddin Dixon)

I think shainas right we need some extra credit up on this board!

DIXON!!! in the Animaniacs song it says that the first president Goearge H. W. Bush said "..Read My Lips..." I'm told he was talking to the democratic convetion after they lied to him about something. What where they lying about? Or is what I've said even correct?

The Senneca falls convention was where the Declaration of sentments was written. Just to add to what was already said.

Hey Dixon, how about some extra credit questions since i finnally got this whole blog thing a workin ;)

YAH! I finally figured out how to do this...or that should be I finally made time to figure out how to do this. Well, now I can make more time so I can actually answer some questions. ;-) Later...

The Seneca Falls convention was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott in 1848. It took place in New York. Men and women gathered for equal rights for women, and one of them was suffrage.

oh and i found the animaniacs (president's song) so if someone would want it just let me know and i could email it to you.

i have an answer to both of your questions. first, president clinton was talking to the starr investigators when he made his famous "it depends on what your definition of 'is" is" quote. remember starr was originally investigating clinton on the whitewater real estate deal that hillary made a lot of money off of. when monica surfaced the starr investigations quickly turned to her.
the other question, what is this for? it is for us to have a dialogue. you can really blog about anything. this particular site is about history and questions you may have about the class.
how about some more credit? someone please tell me what the seneca falls convention was and when did it occur?

I am finally figuring out how to use this blog web site. Why was this site invented is it just for history or anything?

ok I have obtained the ability to post.

Now I have a question. this has nothing to do with our class but who was Bill Clinton talking to when he asked the definition of "is"?

Nullification Crisis- South Carolina threatened to nullify tariffs that they said were "unauthorized by the constitution" and secede from the Union. Jackson got mad and said that SC was committing treason, so he threatened Calhoun and said he would full SC with US troops to enforce the tariff. Henry Clay stepped in and helped lower the bill and make overyone happy. Go Daniel Payseur

well, the correct post for the nullification crisis is still out there for credit for whoever wants it. while i'm on i should just go ahead and offer something else up for you people. i would be very happy if someone would give me a brief timeline of the foreign affairs events from 1789 to 1820 involving the united states. i want the important things we have talked about, in order, of things dealing with us and other countries. after the first post, we'll see if there is any room for people to fill in more stuff.

ok jeff, you are correctly describing the va. and kentucky resolutions but not the nullification crisis. you state that the va. and ky. resolutions were about nullifying the alien and sedition acts. that is right. nullification first came about in response to the a & s acts. but the nullification crisis- was something else. someone help him out.

The xyz affair was in 1797 where the French officials demanded a bribe from the US diplomats.

Kentucky viewed the Alien + Sedition acts to be unconstitutional. they wrote a resolution that stated that staes have the right to nullifyor consider void any acto of congress that they deemed unconstitutional. Virginia and kentucky said that the Alien + Sedition acts violated fisrt ammendment rights

ok, yeah, the xyz affair was between us and france and remember that's when the french wanted us to pay them to talk to their ambassadors and we, of course, didn't pay and it almost led to war with france. so yeah- steph's correct. let's go into a little more detail with this next one though, could someone please explain to all of us what the nullification crisis was. remember detail people.

the xyz affair was with the us and France....there were three men, and John Adams named them "X" "Y" and "Z". it involved a commision sent to france, to settle outstanding differences between the two counties.

just testin this thing to see if i did it right...........

a blog is short for web log. i assume that most of you are beginning to get your accounts set up so here is the first shot at some credit. first person to respond gets the credit although, if the answer is incorrect or someone can add more to it then i will still give more credit. someone please explain what the xyz affair was all about.

just trying out the blog spot!!

what's a blog?

hey look.. its the first post for us history honors

this is a test post

have a great summer everyone.

Dixon,
I know I haven't been in class in a while but would you mind getting together the stuff that you've given out since I've been in exams? I'll be there this afternoon for the study session, thanks!

study, study, study. i know that all of you can do well on this test if you will put forth a little effort. study the top 50? that i have given you. look over the isms sheet. run over the notes. you can all pass. don't let up now. one day and counting.

Dixon, Here are the extra credit answers:

#1) Some attempts were made to strengthen the republic to prevent the unstable situation that had existed before the war. These problems came about in 1958 because of the Algerian War. To deal with this problem the nation turned to WWII hero Charles de Gaulle who assumed that a new constitution would be introduced creating a powerful presidency. These changes were introduced and the Fifth Republic was born.

#2) The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of other Christian churches, including Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists.

#3) The Medici's rose to immense wealth as merchants and bankers, became affiliated through marriage with the major houses of Europe, and acquired the title grand duke of Tuscany, produced three popes, two queens of France, and several cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church.

#4) Ptolemy constructed a mathematical model of planetary motion that was much better at predicting planetary positions than anything else before.

#5) Galileo has been referred to as the "father of modern astronomy. He was one of the first people to use the telescope to observe the sky and he discovered Jupiter's four largest moons.

#6) The fall of the Bastille created one of the greatest symbols of the initial stage of the Revolution. This medieval fortress represented the ancient regime for most Parisian men and women.

for those of you paying attention still to the blog. your sophie's world test isn't going to be until tuesday. the test on everything we've done up until this point will be on wednesday. if you aren't in class on those days, you'll make them up as soon as you come back to class. i hope everyone is studying. we are at five days until the test. work, read, study, draw pictures, i don't care but do something involving euro. you can all pass this test with a little bit of work.
here's a little e.c. for anyone who wants it. give me a few good sentences answering each question:
1. explain the fall of the fourth republic and the rise of the fifth republic in france.(post WWII)
2. what were causes of the protestant reformation?
3. what did the medici family have to do with the renaissance?
4. what was ptolemy's concept of the universe?
5. what were some of galileo's accomplishments?
6. why was the seizure of the bastille on july 14, 1789 important?

more questions to come. keep looking back.

Sept 1814 to June 1815, it was called to remake Europe after the downfall of Napolean I. Members included Francis I, Metternich, Frederick William III, Czar Alexander I, and Talleyrand representing France. Metternich wanted the congress to be as unnationalistic as possible so as to set up a peace in Europe but also to keep one country and its ruler from becoming too powerful (checks and balances). The German Confederation was created and the restoration of the Bourbons with Louis XVIII was confirmed. The Concert of Europe can be attributed to the Congress of Vienna. The bad aspect of the settlement was that it did not take into consideration the nationalistic aspirations present by members of the affected territories which would lead to the revolutions of 1848.

The congress of Vienna was four major powers of Europe Austria, Russia, Prussia, and Great Britain. They were brought together to help Europe after Napoleon the first. They made decisions about the land that was taken for France by Napoleon. Austria got back some of the territory they lost, and Britain gained control of the seas.

here's a quick and easy question. someone explain the congress of vienna to me.

the Peace of Lodi in 1454, had established a balance of power which let each city more or less peacefully conduct its affairs. Charles XIII of France was invited by the Milanese to lend them military aid in a local conflict; it had long been customary to invite foreign armies to help resolve such matters. But never before had someone with as much might at his removal as Charles XIII been asked to provide such assistance. The trouble, from the Italian point of view, was that Charles seemed powerful enough to take all of Italy under his sway (though he did not succeed in doing so).

i will refrain from answering any questions about sophie on this page for right now and i hope everyone else does as well. you've got to stay in suspense until you get to the end.

here's a little bonus question for anyone out there who wants to give it a shot. let's go way back to chapter 10 in your book for this one. answer all or part:
why did the french invade italy in 1494? how did this event trigger italy's political decline? how do the actions of pope julius II and ideas of niccolo machiavelli signify a new era in italian civilization?

OMG, I always forget how to post something...anyway, does Sophie ever figure out what the philosophy teacher's deal is with frogs? That's a little freaky to me...kinda like Chris's thing with fondling everything. LOL, just kidding.

i'm glad that you are enjoying the book. i think everyone will kind of like it if they just relax a little and take it for what it's worth. like i said today, there's a lot of stuff in the book that has a chance of showing up on the exam. i wouldn't give you something just to make you read. this book is meaningful in several ways.

Hey Dixon, I am really enjoying reading this book. I thought I would dread it but it's pretty good. It's the best thing I have enjoyed reading in this class. It's very interesting.

Dixon . . . is there any way we can put this test off, even if it's just one day. I know we have a lot to do and all, but many people were on family trips or extremely busy. I haven't had any time at all to study. Please if there is any way possible put this test off til Tuesday or Wednesday.

Was the take home test a study guide to a test that we will have when we come back? Oh and I have almost finished the book. I am kind of confused on some parts about what is going on but it interesting.

val, you don't have to finish the book. i just wanted you to have it in case you wanted to get started. you are going to have to finish it by may 3. keep on having a great break. see you in a few days.

Dixon,
Hope you're having a wonderful spring break, cause I sure as heck am!!! Some of those essay questons you gave us are really detailed! BTW, is it okay if we don't finish that book during the break, cause I have not even gotten a chance to start.

hmm... that's odd it posted the post that i wrote last night when i reposted it today. anyway, you all get the general idea. it's going to be a hard couple of weeks when we get back but then you'll all pass the test and we can take it easy for a little while.

just read it for now. you'll have some assignments when you return. have a good easter break and try to relax a little.

yep, just read the book right now. i will have assignments that go with it when you come back from break. all of you try to relax a little bit because when you get back we are going to hit it hard for the last few weeks before the test. i'll start having two afternoon reviews a week. you guys will be tues. and thurs. have a good break.

Well I believe the answer to the question "who was advisor to Louis XV" is Francois Quesnay.....Anyhow, are we just supposed to be reading the book or doing any assignment on it? So far it's pretty good and thank goodness it reads fast.

btw, sarah, good job answering that question. anybody else want to give those five little anything goes questions a try?

well, i haven't started grading the tests yet but the consensus so far is that everybody liked the dbq instead of the regular essays. don't get used to it, i don't have that many copies of dbqs but i'm glad that you think that you can do them. i'll be checking them starting tomorrow. also, if anyone didn't get the message your books came in and i have them. i will be at school tomorrow from 9 to 10 if anyone wants to pick them up. you're going to have to read them so you might as well get them and read them over break. it's not a bad book and i think that you will enjoy it. it will definitely make you think. anyway, have a good break and try to relax a little. peace.

THE DBQ ROCKED.....LOL, nah, that really was good though. i actually think i did pretty good on this one.

The mountain was applied to the people who sat on higher benches in the National Assembly during the French Revolution and saw themselves as the epitomy of national unity. Some of their members would include Jacobins but their opponents were definitely the Girondists who were moderate republicans. It goes back to the whole Robespierre chapter that includes the committe on public saftey...hope that helps.

Dixon,
I think I might have done pretty good on the test cause I tried real hard. I like the DBQ a lot more than the essays, the DBQ's I think are easier. The only thing I didn't get was the "what you know part" most of that stuff didn't even seem familiar to me. What are the mountain. I have never heard of that. Anybody know?

DBQ DBQ DBQ DBQ DBQ!!!

Dixon,
I'm studying for your test! I hope I do better this time, I should since I'm studying this hard. I even studied at the track meet! I'm sure people were thinking what a loser, but if I keep on working hard I'll be their boss one day. Heh, how bought some points for effort!? :)

Hey Dixon! I am in here now. I am ready for a break. I am studying for the test on chapters 23,24,25, and 26 and I am hoping I will do much better on the test. I have gotten a lot of notes off the internet as well as class notes. I'm never ready enough for the test though. KYndall

Hey Dixon! I am in here now. I am ready for a break. I am studying for the test on chapters 23,24,25, and 26 and I am hoping I will do much better on the test. I have gotten a lot of notes off the internet as well as class notes. I'm never ready enough for the test though.

How many questions are going to be on the test and the test is on chapters 23 24 25 26 right?

sure val, although i would be happy if anyone else wants to field this question or add anything as well. psychoanalysis is basically a group of procedures developed by freud that attempt to explain what was really happening to us, in our subconcious and how this affects our everyday life. the basic tenets of this is that we have an id, ego, and superego. the id is the devil on our shoulder and the superego is the angel. the ego is the part of us that tries to make it through life balancing the two. freud also discussed sexuality and talked about how it could be the at the base of mental disorders. he thought that people could get "stuck" in stages of development, i.e. we can walk around as adults but still think like an eight year old when it comes to the ways that we deal with anger, loss, love, etc...
that's it in a nutshell. if anyone would like to add anything feel free.

Dixon,
Can you explain psychoanalysis a little more to me :)

yes, i'll go over chapters 25 and 26 on monday maybe a little on tuesay and then you'll have your test on tuesday. read your chapters, you never know what i might do on monday. have a good weekend.
be safe.

Dixon, so are we doing chapters 25 and 26 on Monday then test on Tuesday? I couldn't remember if that's what we decided or not....Have a good weekend everyone!

DIXON IS THE MAN!
Great Schism-a period of division in the roman catholic church (1378-1417) over papal succession; Nationalism is the same as what other ism- Liberalism; Estates General- national assembly in which the chief estates of a nation were represented as bodies; Dante Alighieri- Italian poet and author of divine comedy, one of the greatest literary classics; Ockham's razor- a rule in philosophy stating that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; Machiavelli- the first great political philosopher during the renaissance; Jan Hus- Czech religious reformer who started the Hussite religion; Diet of Worms- an official government and religious council session, headed by emperor Charles V, that took place in Worms, Germany; Zwingli- swiss protestant reformer who was against religious superstition and the selling of indulgences; El Greco- greek artist whose emotional style expressed the passion of counter-reformation in Spain; Charivari- celebrations that were held before lent during medieval times; Thomas Hobbes- English philosopher who wrote the "Leviathan" which said that life was nasty, brutish, and short; Junkers- Prussian nobility; The Seven Year's War- Frederick II started the war by invading Saxony, he thought that Saxony and the countries associated with it, were out to destroy Prussia. The war spread over to the US when Britain got greedy and tried to take over French land in America for the control of the fur trade.

DIXON is the Man
Nationalism is the same as what other ism- Liberalism; Dante Alighieri- Italian poet born in florance wrote divine comedy; Ockham's razor- "Law of Parsimony" deined the existence kof intentional species; Diderot- was a philosophes helped write firts encyclopedia; Jon Huss- Leader of the pro Wycliffe faction at the University of Prague; Zwingli- leader of Swiss Reformation; El Greco- Manerisms supreme representatives; Charivari- Celebration from medival times for lent; Thomas Hobbes-Most orignal political philosopher of the seventh century; Jethro Tull- English argricultural improver/derised seed dril; Goethe- Greatest German writer of modern times masterpiece was Faust; Junkers- Prussian nobilty; Seven years war- Lasted from 1756-1763/ otherwise known as the French and Indian war

DIXON is the Man
Great Schism-The appearance of two and at times 3 rival popes between 1378 and 1415; Second Island Napolean was exiled to was- Saint Helena; Nationalism is the same as what other ism- Liberalism; Dante Alighieri- Italian poet born in florance wrote divine comedy; Ockham's razor- "Law of Parsimony" deined the existence kof intentional species; Diderot- was a philosophes helped write firts encyclopedia; Jon Huss- Leader of the pro Wycliffe faction at the University of Prague; Who led the rein of terror- Mazimilien Robespierre; Diet of Worms- Martin Luther was brought to worms and excommunicated for being a heretic; Zwingli- leader of Swiss Reformation; El Greco- Manerisms supreme representatives; Charivari- Celebration from medival times for lent; Thomas Hobbes-Most orignal political philosopher of the seventh century; Jethro Tull- English argricultural improver/derised seed dril; Goethe- Greatest German writer of modern times masterpiece was Faust; Seven years war- Lasted from 1756-1763/ otherwise known as the French and Indian war

aight ya'll...after that "inspiring" pep talk that dixon gave us in AP European about making the test a challenge.....i'm workin on anywhere between an 85 and a 95. the way i see it, i gotta gradually work my way up.....anybody with me on that? LOL, anyway, lets have some of those extra credit questions that we can answer here....cuz i need the help!!!!

dixon is looking really good today.l

you are correct chris, you answered the question. i'm glad to see that whatever you were on today as worn off.;^) secondly, brent, how could the test really be that bad? there was almost nothing on there that you weren't warned about. i shouldn't have to give you guys any warning about what is going to be on a test. i do that out of the kindness of my heart. you guys should approach tests the way i always have. i always look at it as a challenge. whenever i'm in a class and someone is teaching me i look around the room and think to myself "all you other people are fighting for b's and lower because i know who is getting the a." it was always a challenge for me to try and ace the test because people don't think you can do it. the last exam i finished at UNCW i did in 22 minutes, 80 questions, the professor was startled when i packed up and brought her the test. she asked me how it was and i said to her "i aced it." and i did. you gotta want it...

Mr. Dixon,
The Seven Years War in Europe was called The French and Indian War in the U.S., France and Britain had been fighting in Europe and then the war spread over into the U.S. and British Colonists wanted to take over French land in America. The crazy British wanted this territory because they wanted control of the fur trade. I hope this answers the question!
Christopher

DIXON!!!!! the stupid computer finally let me get on here!!! now i can start to post stuff, cuz all the extra points help. by the way, that test was AWFUL.

good job sarah. btw, everyone do your own work on this. don't just copy what sarah has. as another question for someone to answer: the seven years war was started, technically, in europe by frederick II but what was it called here in the US and what did it involve here? and somebody step up to the plate and answer the question about the individual socialists or i'm gonna do it.

By the way, the previous post was by Sarah Broome!

Napolean was exiled for the last time to the island of st. helena.
Dante Alighieri wrote Vita Nuova and Divine Comedy in which he portrayed scenes of hell, purgatory, and paradise. Ockham's razor is the concept that everything tends toward simplicity. Jan Hus founded the Hussietes (sp). The Diet or Worms was a council in the Holy Roman Empire that was presided over by the Emperor. Zwingli was the leader of the Swiss Reformation who was educated in Bern, Vienna, and Basel, and strongly influenced by Erasmus, and opposed the selling of indulgences and religious superstition. El Greco was a supreme representative of the mannerism movement in art. Charivari was the name for the celebration of medieval times to let off steam and release people tensions. Thomas Hobbes supported science, wrote the Leviathan saying humans needed to be governed in a sovereign commonwealth. Goethe was a German writer who wrote " The sorrows of young werther" and "Faust", was sometimes considered a romantic. The Seven Years war Frederick II startred by invading Saxony because he thought Saxony, Austria, and France were trying to destroy Prussian power. Good lord that took a while!

Mr.Dixon,
I finally got on the internet!!! You should be proud of me!!! It took me forever to pick out a password for this thing. By the way, that test was hard the other day,..... and yes I did read.
Well, I gotta go,
Val

socialism is basically a cross between capitalism and communism and marx did see communism as the end of the line, so to speak, for economies. so on those fronts jonathan is correct. anyone like to give differences for the individual socialists? saint simon, owen, and such?

The socialists wanted to keep a balance between communism and capitalism socialism is a stage in the Marist-Leninist theory between communism and capitalism, while the Marx wanted the communist society. Marx were based from Karl Marx who wrote The Communist Manifesto.

anybody want to try and explain the differences between marx and the socialists? there's some extra credit out there for somebody. meanwhile in chapter 23, which you should all have read by now. look at the way the crimean war got rid of the concert of europe. the crimean war ended the concert setting up a period of about 25 years where everybody was trying to exert their own influence in the region. this was a new international situation where foreign policy was limited only to the extent that the military power of the country could be used. the two most significant things to come out of this were the unifications of italy and germany.

What is the difference between what Marx, Owen and Saint Simon, I know they're not the same, but what did they believe?

Hey ya'll...I just got around to checkin' my email. Well I know I didn't do very well on that test, so if anyone has any questions....don't ask ME!!! LOL!

dixon i think that you are the man

The test seemed ok compared to the others but I didn't like the essays cause I didn't understand the difference between Marxist and the Socialist can someone help me with that and also all those guys seemed to me to view everything the same is that right or did I read that wrong?

so, anybody have any constructive criticism of the test they would like to voice? I would get used to that kind of test if I were you guys. it just makes sense to me, and i would also look for more open ended type questions and a map or two to start showing up. you guys are beginning to get the hang of it. keep in mind when you start complaining about the tests and about how hard this is sometimes that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. for some of you it is going to be a passing grade on the ap test. for others it may be an oncoming train. keep working.

essays i'm thinking of: something to do with marxism as compared with the other "socialists" or something about all the revolutions in latin america

if anyone is actually industrious enough to go looking at this site tonight then you win the bonus prize. the bonus prize is the knowledge that there is going to be a map on tomorrow's test. you will have to show the approximate dates of rebellion and independence of the spanish colonies. check in your book on page 720. this info will also help you elsewhere on the test...

i have to send everyone an email to invite you. you should be getting an email from this site inviting you to join the blog. follow the instructions and this is the only time we will have to use your email address.
while i'm at it i would make sure i know what the concert of europe is for tomorrow's test.

we are having a quiz today on the napoleon video

this is a test