gilded age politics....

Thank you, Mrs. Platts fourth grade from Rhode island!

hmmmm..... i havnt felt this way since in the presence of my old master.......
ah.....the wonderful feeling of déjà vu......
marbury v. madison, washington, due process and = protection under law to all citizens, encourage settlement on public lands (especially in west), slaves are property and eliminated missouri comp & kansas thingie, prohibition, rutherfor hayes, testies to get in, gettysburg and vicksburg, china.

ok- first i'm looking for some cool pictures of the gilded age and mark twain because i have to present to my class next week, also any neat ideas for power points on the subject, post them here.

second- hmm...questions

1. which court case established judicial review?
2. which president left office and warned the country to avoid political parties and foreign alliances?
3. the 14th amendment is important because in addition to awarding former slaves their citizenship, it did what?
4. the main purpose of the homestead act of 1862 was to?
5. the dred scott decision dealt with all of the following except?
6. dorothy dix is to mental hospitals as the women's temperance union is to?
7. which president's narrow election by one vote ended reconstruction in the south?
8. pendleton act and the civil service commission passed by arthur did which of the following?
9. what were 2 turning point battles of the civil war?
10. what part of the world was affected by US open door policy?


good luck

hey boaz...

hey man

here stands "the man"....


and here is me drawing mickey mouse, b/c im walt disney

Amber, that screams ignorance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Clark

LOL. XP

eddie cheever

Nat Turner

i'm going with what dixon said...because i haven't the capacity to think for myself. :-)

According to Wikipedia there are many causes of the great depression.

The number one reason is the NYC stock market crash.

There was also:

Debt

Trade Decline and the U.S. Smoot-Hawley tarrif act (Another one of them blasted tariffs)

There are a lot more basically economic issues, but another big one is insufficient government deficit spending.

Luckily, my favorite president FDR came along and saved our butts. I read a book on the great depression once, and did you know that the box towns where homeless people lived were called Hoovervilles after President Hoover?

Me at the FDR memorial...

Lets break out the shotguns, were goin to town.

ok ok. the real reason for the great depression is i was not elected president in my past life. "if i was president id get elected on friday, assasinated on saturday, buried on sunday." little wyclef jean and all of its relevence. my spelling seems like crap today, i know. anyways.

the stock market crash was a huge part in the depression, its effects were not immediate, but were felt internationally. price of crops fell extremely low. countries of heavy industry just got screwed etc...

i really dont know. im gonna blame it on the sheep and the dust bowl. yes somehow the sheep eating all of the grass and practically turning the west into a desert made the whole world poor. i dont even expect dixon to pay attention to that. oh yeah and the fact that they were farming insanely wrong for years, exposing the fertile soil and then it started sucking. this happened in 31-39 so atleast im in the time frame.

im glad i could enlighten you all on this freakishly hot friday morning.

yeah I know, I was just referring to it as that because of the Democrats of that time desiring to regain control of the country. Also, I agree with the whole "socialist road" deal. fdr fit the role perfectly at a time when our country needed the federal govt to "rap its arms around" the country and carry it out of the "dark times"

you are entirely correct when you say that hoover got a bad rap. he did a lot, much more than anyone before him, to try and fix the depression. he just didn't do enough. he never realized how bad it was. fdr took the country way down what some would call a "socialist road" a lot would argue. but fdr didn't have his own ideology, he went with whatever was working at the time. and it was very evident that the new deal was working and was responsible for ending the worst part of the depression. only the wartime economy ended it completely.

you are also correct when you say that you can't continue to spend money that you don't have. our current administration would do well to listen to this advice.

although, really, every adminstration since fdr has believed in keynesian theory. bush sr. and clinton were the only two presidents that we have had that really understood that the model is not static and that we fill government coffers in times of plenty.

btw, it doesn't have to be a republican vs. democrat thing. there is so little difference between the two.

The Democrats set the Republicans up and planned the whole mess.
Herbie Hippie Hoover>Franklin Deceptive Robot

yeah i know all about jmk's craptastic deficit spending idea. But sooner or later, if you spend a lot of money that never was there in the first place you will be up the creek with no paddle or leg warmers... unless of course you prepared for the worse.

Ol Herbie got a bad rap, nuff said...

joseph- your post makes no sense and has nothing to do with the question but, it did make me think about this.

check out the link:

http://www.amiribaraka.com/blew.html

i have no idea why the link isn't working.

justin- what do you mean?

most people would argue that we came out of the depression only because of government spending. look up john maynard keynes and try to understand some freaky economic ideas.

i still need some more causes of the depression.

well the great depression came to be because no one had a piece of this very yummy pie that I am eating :]

no no...

The Great Depression was an economic downturn which started in 1929 (although its effects were not but felt until late 1930) and lasted through most of the 1930s. It centered in North America and Europe, but had devastating effects around the world, particularly in industrialized countries.

Amber Pate

while this may not be the politically correct answer, but because the government wasted so much money on stupid buildings and stuff, we ran out of money

The stock market crash happened on October 29, 1929 which is one of the main reasons for the great depression. But other reasons are the national bank cutting its money supply by a third through 1930-31. The Smoot-Hawley tariff Act of 1930 affected the American exports fell from $5.2 billion to $1.7 billion!

well I see that I am the first to answer this question..ha wheeeeeeeee

when we come back we will be talking about the great depression.

causes of the great depression anyone?

have a good holiday.

1. Reagan's the devil
2. Jesus was black
3. The gov't lied about 9/11

ap us history for you

hey hunter

hey man

hows it going

are you feeling well

are you breathing today

i have this refused song stuck in my head

Jag Äter Inte Mina Vänner, thats the name of it

the worse part about it is all the words are sweedish

i cant understand any of it

hows your book coming along

have you given up yet

ive given up on mine, i guess ill restart on it again around christmas

i made one awesome powerpoint project for spanish

i finally got the music fixed, no thanks to you

jerk

so uh this is my first post

have you seen the new windows media player?

11?

i think

its cool looking

it has all the cd pics

its fancy

it also has pictures and videos

which is cool, cause im used to the really old windows media player

the one that said "put music on cd or device" or something to that affect instead of burn

whatever

you wouldnt happen to have the serial codes to captivate, after effects, dreamweaver, or fireworks would you?

im talking to this girl on aim...shes really bumming me out

hah

im kinda rambling arent I?

it turns out i already had bir torrent lphant

the thing you were telling me about

i still cant download anything fast

i beat up pat welch today

in the parking lot, after school

and left him laying in the parking lot bleeding

stephen saw

he encouraged it

and thats all i have to say on that subject

its like whatever you know

i got nothing to say

end

fin

Nice try there Matt.

I am like three days behind. They are getting longer though.

Competition. Who's furthest behind in definitions?

I'm 44 days behind atm. If anyone can beat that please post so I may salute you.

I don't think it's necessary to talk about all 14 points..so I did the versaille one whichever # that one is. I was too lazy to read through everyones.



For you people out there cursed with ignorance, move from slide 1 to 2 to 3.

Thanks Chelsea! =)

We have to shut down now, see you next review!

I like wills .. pic makes me giggle !!!

check it twice:


^^^thats another .gif, youll have to view the actual post to see it.^^^^

i know im a day late and alot of bucks short on this BUT. wilson was a poo nanny. i learned this over stephens "YA MOTHA. OH!" so, i dont have anything else to say besides im going to make up Hunters 14 points...

1- i am awsome
2- i did eat a "sammach"
3- i also ate some cheeze-its and some mamwich.
4-sega genisis is better then playstation 3
5-the fat guy thats my picture isnt healthy
6-i will end up that way after my metabolism catches up
7-ever seen super size me? cause that me
8-i am awsome.
9-WWIII happens if i dont get mountain dew by wednesday.
10-roman numerals are lame
11-i run out of ideas after 11
12-these will end all wars
13-stephen is loud
14-this goes double for number seven.

Also Wilson was a president, who was an idealist. Depicted by my drawing:

This is Darth Houser, who became emperor of the Houser Empire(formally Mowry-Houser Empire) after I utterly assassinated my old master Darth Xio Mowry just hours ago...

Wilson's points just represented his demented dream of expanding life, liberty, and louisiana jazz to all of the world. He wanted everyone to feel what it was like to live a "real" life (basically being an American, since we define life, or at least thats what the Devil's Dictionary say.)
Oh, and yeah, it also showed his desire to be the Anti-Christ since he wanted to set up a one world government with the cult of nations, or something like that.


Sig problem,... and it was so awesome ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fourteen_Points that is the link for my last blog

(This is by Chelsea Avery) but thats pretty explanatory

The Fourteen Points were listed in a speech delivered by President Woodrow Wilson of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress on January 8, 1918. In his speech, Wilson intended to set out a blueprint for lasting peace in Europe after World War I. The idealism displayed in the speech gave Wilson a position of moral leadership among the Allies, and encouraged the Central Powers to surrender.
The speech was delivered over 10 months before the Armistice with Germany ended World War I, but the Fourteen Points became the basis for the terms of the German surrender, as negotiated at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 and documented in the Treaty of Versailles. However, only four of the points were adopted completely in the post-war reconstruction of Europe, and the United States Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.

The first five of Wilson's Fourteen Points were quite general:
I. The Abolition of Secret Treaties
Secret treaties were common before the First World War, and many blamed them for helping spark the conflict.
II. The Freedom of the Seas
The freedom of the seas allowed for freedom of navigation outside territorial waters at times of war and peace, but also allowed for total and partial blockades "for the enforcement of international covenants." This proposal was opposed in particular by the United Kingdom.
III. Free Trade
Free trade provided for the removal of economic barriers between peaceful nations, also called for the introduction of equality in trading conditions.
IV. Disarmament
Disarmament "to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety."
V. Adjustment of Colonial Claims.
Wilson called for decolonization and national self-determination for formerly colonized countries, and for the people of the world to give equal weight to the opinions of the colonized peoples as to those of the colonial powers.
Points six through thirteen were more specific, dealing with the situation of specific countries:
VI. Russia
In the aftermath of the October Revolution and the context of the ongoing Civil War, Russia was to be assured its independent development. This also called for a withdrawal from occupied Russian territory.
VII. The restoration of Belgium
Belgium to be evacuated and restored to the status quo ante bellum.
VIII. Alsace-Lorraine
France had lost Alsace-Lorraine to Germany following the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War; it was to be returned.
IX. Italy
The borders of Italy were to be redrawn on lines of nationality. Ignoring the territorial promises made under the secret 1915 London Pact, whereby Italy was persuaded to enter the war on the Allies' side, this became a source of resentment in that country.
X. Austria-Hungary
Autonomous development of the peoples of Austria-Hungary.
XI. Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and other Balkan states
The integrity of Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and other Balkan states was to be respected, their territories deoccupied, and Serbia was to be given access to the Adriatic Sea.
XII. Ottoman Empire
Sovereignty for the Turkish portion of the Ottoman Empire, autonomous development for other nationalities, and free navigation of the Dardanelles.
XIII. The Polish question
The establishment of an independent Poland with access to the sea.
Wilson's final point was perhaps the most visionary:
XIV. A general association of nations
Point 14 called for a multilateral international association of nations to enforce the peace, foreshadowing the League of Nations (and, after the Second World War, the United Nations). Also, the United States Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, making it invalid in the United States and effectively hamstringing the nascent League of Nations envisioned by Wilson. The largest obstacle faced in the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles was the opposition of Henry Cabot Lodge. It has also been said that Wilson himself was the second-largest obstacle, primarily because he refused to support the treaty with any of the alterations proposed by the United States Senate

((this is josey))

Wilson's Fourteen Points were inculded in a speech he made to the US congress after World War I.
These points were intended to be a way to keep lasting peace with Europe.
And of course, I had no clue what they were...so, I looked them up.
And this is what I found:

1. The Abolition of Secret Treaties
2. The Freedom of the Seas
3. Free Trade
4. Disarmament
5. Adjustment of Colonial Claims
6. Russia
7. The restoration of Belgium
8. Alsace-Lorraine
9. Italy
10. Austria-Hungary
11. Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and other Balkan states
12. Ottoman Empire
13. The Polish question
14. A general association of nations

Oh yes. Almost forgot.
Wilson was adwarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919 for his peace-making efforts.

Pretty nifty stuff!


-- Joseykins is out! <3

also, while i think about it, if it isn't evident who you are by your posting name you may want to let me know who you are the first couple of times. i can go look it up but that is really too much work. i'll remember after the first few times.

tomorrow i will be talking about the aftermath of WW I and woodrow wilson's 14 points. anyone want to enlighten us on some knowledge of the 14 points?

btw, matt it isn't necessary to copy the whole article. although i did like the chinese script.

Wow, It is so easy for one to Ctrl-C then Ctrl-V.

Man, I am behind for the first time on definitions all year. These are very legnthy

On the plus, I upgraded my firefox and it spellchecks everything, so I shall have good spelling! YAY!

Why does my post go to archives but not into main page? The post that I answered question on.

Sup, yo

Boxer Rebellion
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The Boxer Rebellion

Boxer forces in Tianjin.
Date November 1899 - September 7, 1901
Location China
Result Alliance victory
Casus belli Unequal Treaties
Combatants
Eight-Nation Alliance (ordered by contribution):

Japan
Russia
United Kingdom
France
United States
Germany
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Righteous Harmony Society
Qing China
Commanders
Edward Seymour
Alfred Gaselee Ci Xi
Strength
20,000 initially 49,000 total Over 100,000
Casualties
230 foreigners, thousands of civilians Unknown

This article is about The Boxer Rebellion Uprising. For the Boxer society, see Righteous Harmony Society. For the band, see The Boxer Rebellion (band).

The Boxer Uprising (Traditional Chinese: 義和團起義, Simplified Chinese: 义和团起义, pinyin: Yìhétuán Qǐyì; literally "The Righteous and Harmonious Society") or Boxer Rebellion (義和團之亂 or 義和團匪亂) was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7, 1901 against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics, religion and technology that occurred in China during the final years of the Qing Dynasty.[1] By August 1901, over 230 foreigners, tens of thousands of Chinese Christians, an unknown number of rebels, their sympathizers and other innocent bystanders had been killed in the ensuing chaos. The uprising crumbled on August 14, 1900 when 20,000 foreign troops entered the Chinese capital, Peking (Beijing)

Boxer activity developed in Shandong province in March 1898, in response to both foreign influence in the region and the failure of the Imperial court's "self-strengthening" strategy of officially-directed development, whose shortcomings had been shown graphically by China's defeat in the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). One of the first signs of unrest appeared in a small village in Shandong province, where there had been a long dispute over the property rights of a temple between locals and the Roman Catholic authorities. The Catholics claimed that the temple was originally a church abandoned decades previously after the Kangxi Emperor banned Christianity in China. The local court ruled in a favor of the Church, angering the villagers who claimed they needed the temple for various rituals and had traditionally used it to practice martial arts. After the local authorities seized the temple and gave it to the Catholics, villagers attacked the church under the leadership of the Boxers.

Also, due to the fact that Christian missionaries were exempt from many Chinese laws, Christian enclaves attracted many Chinese fleeing the law, claiming to be Christian and hiding behind foreign powers. This further demonized the image of Christians in China.

The early months of the movement's growth coincided with the Hundred Days' Reform (June 11–September 21, 1898), during which the Guangxu Emperor of China sought to improve the central administration, before the process was reversed at the behest of his powerful aunt, the Empress Dowager Cixi. After a mauling at the hands of loyal Imperial troops in October 1898, the Boxers dropped their anti-government slogans, turning their attention to foreign missionaries (such as Hudson Taylor) and their converts, whom they saw as agents of foreign imperialist influence. The Empress Dowager Cixi, who credited the Boxers' claim of magical imperviousness to both blade and bullet, decided to use the Boxers to remove the foreign powers from China. The Imperial Court, now under Cixi's firm control, issued edicts in defence of the Boxers, drawing heated complaints from foreign diplomats in January, 1900.
A Boxer rebel. His banner says "欽令 義和團糧臺", "Boxer Commissariat".
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A Boxer rebel. His banner says "欽令 義和團糧臺", "Boxer Commissariat".

The conflict came to a head in June 1900, when the Boxers, now joined by elements of the Imperial army, attacked foreign compounds within the cities of Tianjin and Peking. The legations of the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United States, Russia and Japan were all located on the Legation Quarter close to the Forbidden City, built there so that Chinese officials could keep an eye on the ministers - the legations themselves were strong structures surrounded by walls. The legations were hurriedly linked into a fortified compound and became a refuge for foreign citizens in Peking. However the Spanish, Belgian, and German legations were not in the same compound. Although the Spanish and Belgian legations were only a few streets away and their staff were able to arrive safely at the compound, the German legation was on the other side of the city and was stormed before the staff could escape. When the Envoy for the German Empire, Klemens Freiherr von Ketteler, was murdered on June 20 by Enhai, a Manchu bannerman, the foreign powers declared open war against China. The Chinese Court, in turn, proclaimed hostilities against those nations, who began to prepare military forces to relieve the besieged embassies. In Peking, the fortified legation compound remained under siege from Boxer forces from June 20 to August 14. Under the command of the British minister to China, Claude Maxwell MacDonald, the legation staff and security personnel defended the compound with one old muzzle-loaded cannon (it was nicknamed the "International Gun" because the barrel was British, the carriage was Italian, the shells were Russian, and the crew was American) and small arms. Stories appeared in the foreign media describing the fighting going on in Peking as well as alleged torture and murder of captured foreigners.[citation needed] Chinese Christians suffered even more greatly, as there were more of them and most were not able to seek refuge in the legations, having to seek shelter elsewhere.[citation needed] Those that were caught were raped as well as tortured and murdered.[citation needed] As a result of these reports, a great deal of anti-Chinese sentiment was generated in Europe, America, and Japan.

Despite their efforts, the Boxer rebels were unable to break into the compound, which was relieved by the international army of the Eight-Nation Alliance in July.

Results

During the incident, 48 Catholic missionaries and 18,000 Chinese Catholics were murdered, along with 182 Protestant missionaries and 500 Chinese Protestants. The effect on China was a weakening of the dynasty, although it was temporarily sustained by the Europeans who were under the impression that the Boxer Rebellion was anti-Qing. China was also forced to pay almost $333 million in reparations. China's defenses were weakened, and the aunt (Dowager Cixi) of the reigning Guangxu Emperor, who was the actual person in command of the country at that time, realized that in order to survive, China would have to reform, despite her previous opposition. Among the Imperial powers, Japan gained prestige due to its military aid in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion and was first seen as a power. Its clash with Russia over the Liaodong and other provinces in eastern Manchuria, long considered by the Japanese as part of their sphere of influence, led to the Russo-Japanese War when two years of negotiations broke down in February 1904. Germany, as mentioned above, earned itself the nickname "Hun" and occupied Qingdao bay, consequently fortifying it to serve as Germany's primary naval base in East Asia. The Russian Lease of the Liaodong (1898) was confirmed. The American U.S. 9th Infantry Regiment earned the nickname "Manchus" for its actions during this campaign. Current members of the regiment (stationed in Camp Casey, South Korea) still do a commemorative 25-mile (40 km) foot march every quarter in remembrance of the brutal fighting. Soldiers who complete this march are authorized to wear a special belt buckle that features a Chinese imperial dragon on their uniforms. Likewise The U.S. 14th Infantry Regiment calls itself "The Golden Dragons" and has a Golden Dragon on its coat of Arms.

Controversy in modern China

Though the reaction of the Boxers against foreign imperialism in China is regarded by some as patriotic, the violence that they caused in committing acts of murder, robbery, vandalism and arson cannot be considered much different from the events of other rebellions in China, if not worse. Some people in China considered this movement as a rebellion (亂; disorder; Mandarin Pinyin: luàn), a negative term in Chinese language, when described by commentators during the years of the Qing dynasty and Republic of China. However, the Chinese Communists have shifted the perception of the rebellion by referring to it as an uprising (起義; being upright; qǐyì), a more positive term in the Chinese language. It is frequently referred to as a "patriotic movement" in the People's Republic of China by Communist politicians.

In January 2006, Freezing Point, a weekly supplement to the China Youth Daily newspaper, was closed partly due to its running of an essay by Yuan Weishi, a History professor at Zhongshan University, that criticised the way in which the Boxer Rebellion and 19th century history about foreign interaction with China is now portrayed in Chinese textbooks and taught at school. [1]

Nevertheless, Chinese formerly were very sensitive towards the history of foreign imperialism in the late 19th and the early 20th century. A kind of anti-foreign prejudice still persists under the surface. It may be due to this, together with the view imposed by the Communist Government, that many Chinese today do not regard this simply as a rebellion.

Source: Wikipedia.

look at what i brought about... .

da bears..............da bears

hummm ............this is a very confusing blog but it is a Dixon blog so confusion is to be expected!

The types of foreign influence that were protested were:
Religion

1. Religion
2. Politics
3. Technology
4. Trade.

During the incident, 48 Catholic missionaries and 18,000 Chinese Catholics were murdered, along with 182 Protestant missionaries and 500 Chinese Protestants.

Source: Wikipedia.

Much more sweet and to the point. =)

in the very very end of the 1900s the chinese became irked and went all crazy on all foreigners because they were tired of thier land being encroached upon by foreigners trying to make china more modern i guess. theres something else having to do with a righteous and harmonious society. this is probably insanely wrong. i learned this as i passed from the kitchen to the upstairs. its also a band. they probably suck.

check it:

thats when the chinese went all anti-westernization

The Boxer rebellin was a incidence that happened between a group of chinese formed secret societies whom pledged to red the country of foreign devils and Europens. The Boxers were the most famous of one of these secret groups. They were named by the Westerners the Boxers because of their skills in martial arts. The Boxers killed hundreds of missionaries and other foreigners as well as some of the Chinese who had converted to Christianity. In 1900 troops from Britain, France, Germany, and Japan joined about 2500 American soldiers and marched on the Chinese capital. After two months the forces had put down the boxer rebellion whose main goal was to keep their freedom for the Europeans who seemed to be dominating most of China's large cities. This boxer rebellion is not to be confused with The Boxer Rebellion Band whom originated in 2000 after they were found at a local bar in London. They got their name while looking at a military book, they saw the Boxer Rebellion liked the violence and decided to use and keep the name.

hmm...

we seem to be gathering quite nicely all of a sudden. maybe it's time for a little question.

since amber pointed out today afterschool that she didn't know what the boxer rebellion was and i know that i covered it in class-

what was the boxer rebellion all about?

a "good thought" from me to you for every new idea that you add to the discussion. if you cut and paste you must provide the link. extra "good thoughts" for those of you who add something that is factual and maybe a little funny/weird about the question. remember i monitor this blog and if you can't say it in class or at school then you can't say it or post it here. that's the rules, violate them and you will be terminated. other than that, let's have some fun.

ps. you must be able to talk about your post in class. so read and understand whatever you post, because i will challenge you about it in class...

peace
dixon

My first post!! :) i finally got on the blog.

Am I the only one with a nice profile? (Other than Justin)

Boo Ya.

It's not a History party without me.

mmm.. noo i don't think you should!!!

I should get extra credit for staying so active on here. (H)

let's see who's paying attention.

a few test questions for wednesday's test for you to peruse.

who was killed at the battle of little big horn?

william lloyd garrison, writing in the liberator, proposed which of the following?

what was a major reason the dawes act failed?

the morril act set aside what?

the so-called "tariff of abominations" resulted in which of the following

at wounded knee in 1890

which alexander graham bell invention had a great impact on communication?

which of the following had the greatest effect in americanizing immigrants

which region of the US had the smallest percentage of immigrant population

what long term effect did the haymarket square riot have on the labor movement

what did the interstate commerce act do?

what was the platt amendment?

a few today, maybe more tomorrow