Not Disney :( But still awesome!!!

Hey guys, I know it's not Disney :( but these are some of my other FAV movies... Plus- Who doens't love the 80's?!!! :D

Uncommon Criminals

Chapter 33 Study Questions

63) According to the text, America's tighfisted insistence on getting its money back helped to harden the hearts of the allies against the Germans. The Allies hoped to settle their debts to the US with the reparation money from Germany.

63 #2) With Germany "teetering on the brink of mad anarchy" sensible statesmen began to urge that war debts and reparation be drastically scaled down or even canceled. Americans did not look fondly on the new proposals. The admin insisted that there was no link between debts and reparations.

[The patient Germany is dripping blood into a pail entitled reparations; with various bandages and casts representing the treaties and international agreements alledgedly responsible for Germany's misery]

65) The Dawes Plan of 1924 rescheduled German reparation payments and opened the way for further American private loans. The US was willing to loan money to Germany because then Germany could pay back the Allies, and the Allies could pay back the US.




66) The US never did get its money; instead the "harvested a bumper crop of ill will", they were essentially disliked everywhere in Europe.

67) Political liabilites of presidential canidate Alfred E. Smith

• "wet" when country was still devoted to "noble experiment" of prohibition
• abrasively urban
• Roman Catholic in a overwhelmingly Protestant country

68) Radio was the new technology used for the first time in the presidential election of 1928. It benefited Herbert Hoover the most; Smith could not manage to send his "personal sparkle" through the radio, whereas Hoover sounded better on the radio than in person.

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69) Hoover was a living example of the American success story and "an intriguing mix of two centuries" because he was a poor orphan boy that had managed to make to Stanford Univ, he absorbed the 19th cent copybook on maxims of industry, thrift, and self-reliance: and he became extremely successful as an engineer and businessman.

70) Hoover's Cons: quite shy, standoffish, and stiff. Personally colorless in public, thin-skinned in the face of criticism, did not adapt readily to the necessary give and take of policital accomodation.

Hoover's Pros: traveled and worked abroad extensively, deep determination, strong faith in American individualism- free enterprise- and small goverment. Integrity, humanitarianism, passion for assembling the facts, efficiency, talents for admin, and ability to inspire loyalty in close associates.

71) Some anti-Smith slogans of some of Hoover's (irresponsible) supporters: " A vote for Al Smith is a vote for the Pope"; "Rum, Romanism, and Ruin."; and " city slicker"

72) The fact that many Democrats (especially in the South) were offended by the "wettish, Catholicism, foreignism, and liberalism" of their own party's candidate resulted in many Democrats supporting Hoover, who enjoyed a landslide victory. Hoover was the first Republican candidate (except for Harding's TN victory in 1920) to carry a state that had suceded. [He swept 5 states of the former Confederacy as well as all of the Border states].

Now to Allison

Monkey Business in Tennessee

Along with everything else "roaring" in the 1920's education also took off.

More and more states were starting to pass law's requiring kids to remain in school until a certain age or until they had graduated.


"Most revolutionary contribution to educational theory" during this time was Professor John Dewey ( faculty of Columbia Univ) Brought principle of " learning by doing" to light. He believed that "education for life" should be the primary goal of the teacher.








Rockefeller Foundation in the South in 1909 wiped out hookworm! Better nutrition and health care were helping to increase the life expectancy of new generations.

However, the Foundamentalists had a hard time with science and progressive education.

They claimed the teaching of Darwinism was " destroying faith in God and the Bible"

Bible Belt South ( "spirit of evangelical religion was still robust") included TN.

"Monkey Trial" John T. Scopes indicted to teaching evolution. Fundamentalist's won, but were made to look ridiculous; but was strong in the Baptist Church and in rapidly growing Churches of Christ.

Tag to Tom

Creel Maunipulates Minds & The Nation's Factories Go to War

Creel Manipulates Minds

18. The Committee on Public Information was led by George Creel, and its job was to sell America on the war and sell the world on Wilsonian war aims- employed some 150,000 people.

[ In this movie Sonora is motivated to pursue her dreams from an Atlantic City flyer, much like the Americans were motivated to support the war from the media]

19. "Information" and Inspiration about the war came in the form of posters, leaflets, and pamphlets, Hang- the kaiser movies, songs.

20. To say that Creel was too good at this job and actually "over sold" the war meant that he oversold the ideals of Wilson and lead the world to expect too much.

Enforcing Loyalty and Stifling Dissent

21. Fear of Germans and antiwar Americans was reflected by the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition act of 1918. Under these laws anitwar Socialists and members of the radical Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) tended to be prosecuted.

22. Under these laws virtually any criticism of the government could be censored and punished.

[ The Incredible family was persecuted under the laws that forced them to go into hiding as superhero's and become "normal" people. They too had to be extremely careful with what they said and did to not be "punished".]

23. Schenck vs. US (1919)

• Supreme Court affirmed their legality, arguing that freedom of speech could be revoked when such speech posed a "clear and present danger" to the nation.

24. After things had cooled off presidential pardons were rather freely granted to people convicted under these policies- however, a few victims lingered behind bars into the 1930's.

Take it away Micheal...

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Progressive Era Foreign Policy Acts

Panama Canal Tolls Act (1912)

Exempted American coastwise shipping from tolls and provoked sharp protests from Britain.

Jones Act of (1916)

Granted the Philippines the boon of territorial status and promised independence as soon as there was a "stable government" established.

[Both under Wilson Admin]

Progressive Era Conservation/Land Use Acts

Desert Land Act (1877)

Federal Goverment sold arid land cheaply on condition that the purchaser would irrigate the soil within three years.

Forest Reserve Act (1891)

Authorized president to set aside public forests as national parks and other reserves.

Carey Act (1894)

Distribute federal land to the states on the condition that it be irrigated and settled.

("Give a little more than you take"- song)

Newlands Act (1902)

With this act Washington was authorized to collect money from the sale of public lands in the western states and then use the funds for the development of irrigation projects.

[All acts under TR admin]

The progressives view of nature were split into three categories; those who wanted to preserve nature for beauty, those who wan't to use natures resources not caring about beauty, and those who wanted to preserve nature's beauty and use her resources.

New Federal Agencies

Women's Bureau 1920 & Children's Bureau 1913

Both in Department of Labor

Gave female reformers a national stage for social investigation and advocacy.

Federal Trade Commission (1914)

Empowered a presidentially appointed commission to watch industries engaged in interstate commerce. The commerce was expected to crush monopoly at the source by catching unfair trade practices, etc.

Federal Reserve (1913)

The Federal Reserve Board oversaw a nationwide system of twelve regional reserve districts, each with its own central bank. Guaranteed a substantial measure of public control.

Federal Farm Loan Act (1916)

Made credit available to farmers at low rates of interest.

Ammendments to the Constitution

16th Amendment (1913)

Allowed congress to make and collect income taxes.

17th Amendment (1913)

Allowed senators to be elected by popular vote.

[Both under Wilson Admin]

18th Amendment( 1919)

Sale or manufacture of intoxicating liquors is forbidden.

( repealed in 1933)

19th Amendment (1920)

Guareenteed women the right to vote!

[ Under Harding Admin]

Protecting Workers

La Folette Seaman's Act (1915)

Required sailors to be treated with decency and given a living wage on merchant ships.

Worker's Compensation Act (1915)

Granted assistance to federal civil-service employees during periods of disability.

[Both passed under Wilson Admin]

Anti-Trust

Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)

Forbade comninations in restraint of trade, had many loopholes and was ineffective.

Stardard Oil Company was taken down with this act.

Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914)

Brought overdue benefits on labor.

Sought to exempt labor and agricultural organizations from antitrust prosectuion, while legalizing strikes and peaceful picketing.

Lenghtened list of objectionable buisness practices from Sherman Act.

[ Under Wilson Amdin]

Food Safety

Meat Inspection Act (1906)

Decreed that prepared meat was now subject to federal inspection. They could now also receive the governments seal of approval on the exports.

[ Passes during TR admin]

Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

Designed to prevent the adulteration and mislabeling of foods and pharmaceuticals.

[Passed during TR admin]

Railroads

Elkins Act (1903)

When this legislation was passed it was aimed at the railroads that gave rebates and the shippers that accepted them; meaning that heavy fines could now be imposed on them.

[ Passed during TR admin]

Hepburn Act (1906)

Free passes were stricty restricted. The Interstate Commerce Commission was expanded and now included express companies, sleeping-car companies, and pipelines. The commission was also now authorized to "nullify existing rates and stipulate maximum rates".

[Passes during TR admin]

Visiting the Nina and Pinta

Okay, so apparently the focus is really bad, but this is me on the nina on Oct. 3!

Response to Great Awakening Prompt

I think that what happened during the Great Awakening definitely played a big role in the separation of church and state. The Great Awakening was a nation wide revival in the 1730's and 40's. The revival began in Northampton, Massachusetts and quickly spread through all the colonies. The Great Awakening happened because people had become lax about their religion and attendance at church services. Therefore the preacher John Edwards rose up as leading character in the revival and brought people to realize their "wrong" ways and to take action. Another leading character throughout the revival was George Whitfield who was said to have the ability to make a audience weep.

In the 1730's and 40's religion had become laxed and less heated than what it had previously been only a few decades ago. Furthermore people had started to stop going to church, not really feeling a need to participate and include themselves in the congregation. But, when the revival spread people realized that they could have a personal relationship with God and that just going to church was not enough or maybe not even what you needed in your spiritual walk. Never before had these people known that there could be a separation of church and state and that the two didn't necessarily have to go together.

So, I think that once people got a small taste of what religious life could be like without the state and politics they took it to a national level. Making sure that there was not an official state or national church. I think that in the back of the populations mind they must have remembered that one of the initial reasons that their ancestors came over to America was because of their being forced to follow a mold, and with that in the back of their minds I think they realized that there was a better/fairer way to handle religion and politics as two separate arenas. I think that at this point when people had essentially given up on churches, and the revival came around people realized that religion was a personal thing and they wanted that. They wanted religion to be a personal/intimate thing that you could either support or choose to ignore. And if there was a state church people wouldn't have a personal choice.

America

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To me this picture represents America because in it you see wide open space. A place that hasn't been tamed by man. It reminds me of what people might have seen in the beginning of this country which wasn't anything more than a landscape. To me this picture just screams FREEDOM, which is probable the biggest idea I think of when asked about America. The only way this picture could say America more to me is if it had an American Eagle flying in it. I think the American Eagle is a really majestic animal and since it it our national bird I think it fits. So, this is my picture to represent American landscape when I think of it as a whole. Hope you find it as beautiful as I do.

Mayflower question 15

Question 15. I kind of agree with the person who stated that. I mean Philbrick kind of tells it from a Pilgrim perspective in that he follows them from Europe to America, but I don't think that he tells about the struggles with a preference from one group to another. I think that his goal was to tell the story of the Pilgrims from a realistic point of view giving clear descriptions of what really happened. Not that one group was right or wrong or that one group was greater than the other. It was just what it was.

Questions 11 and 12

Question 11. I think that the natives that took side with the English were sensible. The tribes that joined them had nothing against the English and had always been in good standing with them. Plus, I think that each tribe considered themselves so unique and their own persons that they didn't really think of it as fighting against their own. If I were a native it would have depended on what tribe I was in on whether or not I sided with the English. If I were in a tribe that had always had good relations with the English and considered them trustworthy people I see no reason why I wouldn't have joined them in the fight. However, had I been in a tribe that had constantly bickered and argued with the English I probably would have fought against them.



Question 12. I don't think that either side in King Phillip's War could claim moral superiority. In mind both sides did things that were despicable. I have no idea how the English could find it biblically justifiable to publicly display a chopped off head. On the natives side they didn't really have a bible or such document to go by God's standards, but I think that just by your conscience and moral ethics they should have realized that some of the things they did were gruesome. So, I don't think that either side had a claim to moral superiority.

Mayflower Questions 9 and 10

Question 9. I think the character that emerged as a hero to me in King Phillip's War was Benjamin Church. Church came across as a very put together man, who carefully thought through his actions. He also stuck with his gut, which saved his wife and children's lives at one point. Another thing that Church had was his strategic planning. Church looked at the Indians and their tactics in a completely different light than his colleagues. When he offered his ideas on how to help, that were often shot down on more than one occasion, the outcome showed that had the elders listened to Church they would have been better off. Especially with what Church accomplished towards the end of the war, I think he was invaluable to the Pilgrims.

Question 10. Grouping the Indians together as one complicated the war because there were many Indians that had wanted to stay neutral. By the Pilgrims grouping all the Indians together as one unit, they shot themselves in the foot. Not only did they turn many Indian groups against them, they failed to keep their minds open to negotiations. I'm sure that if the Pilgrims had approached some of the Indian tribes they attacked they could have prevented many dead. By being unwilling to talk to Indians they also confused many of the surrounding Indian tribes. Tribes that thought they were on the Pilgrims side suddenly found them attacking their homes and lives, and that confused them. If you look at the Praying Indians who had always been with the Pilgrims, they were suddenly considered suspicious and banned for a while. So, had the Pilgrims been more careful and maybe even a little thoughtful of what they were doing, they would have had less heartache.

Questions 6 and 8

Question 6. I think the Pilgrims children earned their bad rep from the way the handled things. For one thing they didn't appear grateful for what their parents had done, and they became selfish wanting more than what was needed (like land). So, I think that in a way their title was deserved, however I also think that the elders who would have given them this title weren't ready to see things change. The younger Pilgrims were not as strict in religious matters as their parents had been and that deeply worried the older generation. So, they were kind of labeled as being a little rebellious. I think that the denunciations of the second generation were kind of a self fullfilling prophesy because they say that the power of life and death is in the tongue. (biblical principal) So, if you speak that your children are going to fall into ruins because of the things that they are doing then they will. So, in part what happened to the Pilgrims was because they had spoken that's what was going to happen.

Question 8. In movies natives are always portrayed as being extremely violent and heathen, but they aren't. Natives have a way of living that is difficult for others to understand, that doesn't make it wrong or right. It just means that it's different. In the Mayflower we learn that the natives were willing to make peace with Pilgrims and to live side by side and at times help each other. We also learn that most of the natives at the end hadn't actually wanted to become involved in the war, and had wished to stay neutral. However, some of the images that we see today do seem to portray the natives in the Pilgrims time. In the book there were many instances in which the natives had scalped the Pilgrims after burning houses. This is still something that is commonly placed with natives today. Another thing that the Mayflower shows is the natives fascinating ability to pick up and move and thrive in another area. The natives never had permanent housing, so they could easily pick up and leave- something that would become very useful. Another things that Mayflower shows is that natives are a community like group, you wouldn't find just one Indian. They lived,worked, and thrived together. That also applied to when they were in war. The Indians did extremely well because they stayed together.