To get an idea for which regions of the world are currently threatened by genocide, check out the United States Holocaust Museum's "Who's at Risk?" page. After reading through the breif on each of the countries, discuss whether countries like the US should get involved in interventions related to these countries. Also, head on over to my blog and vote in the poll that is related to this question.

Governments and other political parties have been attack civilians all throughout history and is still happening today. I believe the United States should get involved in these conflicts because the United States is a world power and should be helping other countries. Examples of the United States helping would be World War I and World War II. If countries like the United States did not get involved in these conflicts the genocide would continue to get worse and elevate. Many problems related to the economy of these countries would occur which would eventually effect the world. Genocide is the mass extinction of a race or religion. Which is very bad but happens all over the world and we must fight to stop it. It is not right. I know that the United States is geographically on the other side of the globe, but other countries such as Great Britain and Russia could also get involved as are closer to the rest of the world. The United States and other countries should get involved because its unfair on the people who live in the countries and the people that the genocide is effecting. They need to be helped because they can't fight for themselves against a country.

James J Braddock Famous 5 Boxing Matches

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Cinderella Man Outline

After screening Cinderella Man in class this week, create and outline of the film and post it to your blog. Since Cinderella Man is based on a true story, your outline should include at least three links (in text) that take readers to primary sources that relate to topics in the film. (Mandatory).

The movie Cinderella Man starts off with a boxing match which James J. Braddock is in. The boxing match is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. James wins the boxing match and after the match he takes a taxi home with his agent or friend. He earns a lot of money that night which is need because of the great depression. This movie is set 4 years into the great depression. When he gets home his wife and kids are there to congratulated him on his victory. That morning there is no milk at the front door and not much food to go around. James gives up his meat for his son. Breakfast is small because times are hard. He goes to see if he gets picked for work today since they don't need that many people helping at the dock. He is not picked but his friend is. Only 7 out of around 30 are picked for jobs in the great depression period. When he gets home his son has brought home a big piece of meat and not saying where he got it from. So James takes him back to the butcher store and gives the butcher the meet back. He promises his son he will never have to leave his home because of the great depression. The next day a boxing match. Into the match fans start to boo as it is not entertaining enough. James hits hard with his right and breaks his hand. Fans boo and after the match James license to fight is revoked as he is injured. A quote from the movie as his agent tells him to go home James says "Go home with what". No money and James hand broken in two places. This time at the dock 5 get picked. James is one of them, he is doing good at the job until a worker asks what's wrong with your hand. He says nothing and goes to have a drink with his new friend at the bar, they talk about stocks. December 1933 electric gets turned off in the apartment or house. James gets wood for the fire and kids are sick. They have to be sent away. James is very sad and angry at himself for breaking his promise. Next day he gets a boat to the City and walks into Madison Square Garden, a lot of rich men talking, smoking and drinking. James makes a speech and begs for money to turn his power back on. He gets it and goes home very happy. Family is back and family is happy again. Birthday party next day and gets in a fight with his friend for fighting with his wife. Agent calls up and says you have a one deal fight for $250 he takes it. This is on June 14, 1934 Braddock vs Griffin. Everyone says he is going to get beat. He wins the fight and shocks the world. After this James starts to train again and gets back into fighting. He wins the next couple of fights and due to me being absent i did not see the last part of the movie. Im guessing he wins the heavy weight championship and makes history. Making his family very proud and very rich.

Concept Guide

Scopes Trial- creationism vs evolution, man was teaching creationism in school and had to go to court because of it.

Prohibition- January 1920, it went into effect in the United States of America, means not to do something. Alcohol was illegal to to create but was not illegal to transport it, have it on you or drink it. The IRS enforced these laws and women wanted it banned because of too much drinking and men get angry.

Flappers- Women in the 1920 with short hair, lots of makeup, smokes tobacco, shoulders and knees exposed.

Economic Issues-Consumer demand, credit was no available to the consumers, low interest rates and introduction to the installment plan.

Dust Bowl-Poverty rates were very high in the Great Plains during the 1920's. Drout, over farming, roating fields and machines doing the harvest all caused the dust bowl. Where wind picks up dead land or sand into the air and destroy houses, farms and burys lots of things with sand.

Agriculture Issues-Too much farming in the Great Plains and not roation of the fields were great agricultural problems during the 1920's.

Immigration Policies- Only let a certain amount of people from each country into the United States. If it went over the number no more people were allowed in. Asians were ban. United States could thrive without immigrants. A quoter was introduced and said that 20% of immigrants form 1890 were allowed in, if it went over this no more were allowed in. United States were isolationist's.

Nativism- U.S is the best we don't need anyone else. U.S scared from anything not American.

Literacy Works- Jacbo A. Ribs, Upton Sinclair wrote the Jungle, and Ralph Mader all famous writers about the times of 1920's or in the 1920's.

Great Migration- African Americans moved from the rural south to the industrial city north. Caused lots of racial tensions between African Americans and Whites. African Americans began to celebrate and this caused the Harlem Renaissance.

Harlem Renaissance- African American culture thrived in the 1920's due to the Great Migration. Songs, music, poems, literacy work, jazz and a big celebration of culture.

Sacco and Vanzetti- were anarchist's which means that they were against the government. Both Italian's which were trailed for robbery and murder in Braintree, Massachusetts. Killed by the elcetric chair and did not know if they were gulity only thought they were.

Labor Issues- Soldiers came back from WWI had no jobs. All their jobs had been taken either by women or by other men. This created a large problem and provety rates also. They also started drinking a lot because they came back from war.

Red Scare- Bolshevik Revolution occurs during WWI. Lenin Comes to power in Russia/USSR. Communist dictator, the United States was scared of Communism. Americans were scared of anything not American. Palmer Raids happened were people who were un American were arrested because of their acts. No defense and espionage and sedition acts came into play.

Schneck Vs. U.S-created Patriot acts, sedition acts, and espionage acts. That were pro-American. Quotas system also came into play.

Acrostic Poem

Protests happen across the United States.
Roaring Twenties are awesome and is a great part of United States history.
Outcome is that Alochol is banned during this time period.
Home use of Alochol and bootleg products.
Illegal use of Alochol.
The jails were getting filled, caused by the prohibition.
In United States Alochol was illegal at this time.
Old Americans were bible bashers.
Not many people were for prohitbition.

Red Scare, scares United States.
Outcome of products because the Aclohol was ban.
Angry people protest in the streets.
Roading Twenties was after WWI.
Income in the United States of consumer goods.
Night clubs were poping and more bars where opening.
Got to leave this country.
The WWII was about to begin.
When this occured, the KKK started to decline.
Every soldier come back from the WWI.
Noooo Aclohol can not be banned.
Twenites was the best time period.
I love the twenties!
Everyone was inlisted for the next WWII.
Seletive Service.

Weekly Article 02.11.11

Check out this site that provides information about the Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti. For this weekly article, take on the role of a CSI investigator as if they had been around in the 1920s, and investigate the case. Research the site and the primary documents that are provided to develop a case supporting or one against Sacco and Vanzetti. You must utilize information and resources to back up your case.

Due to evidence and investigation that the CSI have come across we believe Sacco and Vanzetti where involved with the murders. Eye witness place Sacco and Vanzetti in the area at the time of the murder which is hard evidence against the case. One eye witness saw Vanzetti get of a train at East Braintree at 10 o'clock. Another eye witness says they saw Vanzetti in the back of a car near south Braintree square between ten and twelve. After an eye witness heard gun shots he saw Vanzetti driving a car near South Braintree station. All of these eye witness could have been wrong, but one of them has to be correct. It comes to my attention that Sacco was absent from work all day wen the murders occurred. Which is very odd to me. Seven eye witness say to saw Sacco in the area at the time of the murders. While others say he say the bandits and one of them was him but failed to complete a identification. After we arrested Sacco he told us numerous lies about his whereabouts and denied holding anarchist or radical beliefs. This prosecution suggested that theses lies showed consciousness of guilt. The gun found on Vanzetti at the time of his arrested was a 38 calibre Harrington and Richardson Revolver with the hammer repaired. Evidence presented that paymaster guard Berardelli also had a hammer repaired. He told us he bought the gun at a store but could not remember which one, he also lied about how much the gun cost and where the bullets came from. Ballistics expert Proctor testified that bullet 3 was consistent with being fired through Sacco's pistol. Expert Van Amburgh noted a scratch on bullet 3 likely to be made by a defect in the rifling of Sacco's pistol. The picture to the top right shows the ballistic evidence of Sacco's pistol and relates Sacco to the murder. At the time of their arrest Sacco and Vanzetti had just gone to the house of the owner of a car repair shop were a man connected with a stolen Buick that was presumed to be the car used in the murder had taken an overland to be repaired. Due to the evidence i have presented you with i must conclude Sacco and Vanzetti guilty and be up for the death penalty. A map of the murder shows that the murder was conducted on a main road, easy for the murderer to get away in a car. Why would Sacco and Vanzetti lie about were they bought their guns and were they where at the time of the murder. It makes no sense the only reason i can conclude and must use is that they are guilty.


http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/SaccoV/s&vevidence.html

Weekly Article 03

Over the past few weeks a non-profit organization known as WikiLeaks has dropped bombshells with the release (or "leaks) of important classified documents from governments around the world. The argument from the organization is that they want to keep governments "open" about their issues and policy. Read some articlesabout the WikiLeaks debaucle and express your thoughts about the global issue. This post should be in the format of a letter to the editor of a major newspaper expressing your opinion (an OpEd).


To Daily Mail


Due to a non-profit organization known as WikiLeaks has been giving classified information to governments all over the world. This is not a good idea as governments could get very angry and not like what the information is about which could start lots of problems. Such as wars, strikes, and riots in cities and countries. What gives the right to these organization to give out information? There are no rules or laws about giving out information and the organizations are not doing anything wrong. But hurting governments and countries relationships which could possibly start world war III. Keeping governments open about issues and policy's might be a good idea but you do not know how they will react to the information and what consequences will occur due to this information being released. I don't know what the organizations are trying to accomplish but its not right what there doing. Like many people say what governments do not know will not hurt them. Which is right in the case for everyones own good and safety. If governments are open they can help each other much better if they know everything about the government. Then we can all live under one government we wont need countries or branches of government anymore and there would be no more wars. Sort of like Communism, which may not work for todays world.