Tuesday, November 30, 2004

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?

Sunday, November 28, 2004

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.

Tuesday, November 23, 2004

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

and president taft, he got the bill..........
William H. Taft succeded as President after Teddy Roosevelt.

Monday, November 22, 2004

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.

Friday, November 19, 2004

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

Thursday, November 18, 2004

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

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

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

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

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...

Friday, November 12, 2004

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

Thursday, November 11, 2004

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

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

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

Tuesday, November 09, 2004

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.

Monday, November 08, 2004

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.

Friday, November 05, 2004

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.

Wednesday, November 03, 2004

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.

Monday, November 01, 2004

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.