Thursday, March 21

J.A. What were the 5 worst pandemics in history? 

I think the five worst pandemics were the:
1.) The Antonine Plague (smallpox)
2.) Spanish Flu
3.) Black Death
4.) AIDS
5.) Malaria

ACTUAL LIST --

1.) Smallpox
     Black Death
     Spanish Flu
     Polio
     Plague of Justinian

Thursday, March 14 (Pi Day)

The white smoke from the vatican means a new pope has been elected which has just happened within the last few days.  This cartoon has the white smoke coming from the white house though and one guy is saying how it is probably just Obama burning through more of our money.  It is saying how we are in such a bad economy, yet Obama keeps spending money and it is comparing the white smoke to the new pope (Francis).  This artist might think we need a change in power. 

Missing Assignments

DBQ:

Document One -- 

What 3 countries increased the amount of spending on weapons?  Germany, France, and Great Britian

How did this increase the chance of war? With everyone spending more money on getting better weapons, everyone was more likely to use them in a disagreement.

Document Two--

Who were the members of each alliance system?  Triple Alliance -- Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.  Triple Entente -- Russia, France, and Great Britian

How did alliance systems contribute to the outbreak of WW1? If once country in your alliance didn't agree with one thing in the other persons alliance, you had enough people to go to war.

Document Three--

What were the accusations made by Austria-Hungary to Serbia?  Gov't is not doing anything about rebels, and encouraging them from unrestrained press.

What two demands did Austria-Hungary make on Serbia? They should control the propaganda of the people, and suppress the freedom of press.

Document Four--

According to the Versailles Treaty, who was responsible for WW1?Germany

Why? They were the ones who started the fighting (they wanted the war to end?)

Document Five--

What position did the German delegation leader present? Refused to take blame ( wasn't Germany's fault, they were on defense)

What did he say caused the war? All of Europe's new policies restricting rights.

Document Six--

According to this author, who was responsible for the outbreak of WW1? All of Europe

What did he cite as evidence to support his claim? Leaders mobilized their armies and declared wars and didn't even try to avoid it. 

Document Seven--

What role did the assassination and the ultimatum play in the outbreak of the war? Made more people angry and involved

What role did the alliance systems play on the outbreak of the war?It put people against each other and made it much rougher since numbers were higher 

Who/What caused WW1? Alliances --- mob mentality, more people involved, etc. 

Sunday, Feb. 10 (Make-Up from Absent)

Overall Analysis of Obama and Totalitarianism:

Obama can seem very much like a dictator.  Obama came into Presidency when our nations economy was bad.  He promised that he could change the economy and make it better.  Also, some people think he is trying to gain more power than the Republican party and trying to demolish the congress' input and power.  He also grew up poor (mother was a student and father left).  Obama was too young to serve in the military, though.  He is working on changing some laws (bearing arms).  Obama is missing some key factors of being a dictator, though.  He does not use secret police.  Also, Obama does not blame other countries for our issues or pursue more territory. He did not participate in the military and was educated well.  As you can see, it is pretty well split.  I believe he has the potential to be one.

Monday, March 11

What was the "Cold War"? 
The Cold War was when countries were threatening each other.  They were threatening attacks with nuclear weapons and such.  It was tension between the Soviet Union and the Unites States after WWII.

Wednesday, March 6

Political Cartoon: 

The lady represents most of the careless American population.  The paper and stand represent the voting booth and the voting ballot.  The artist added American Idol on the ballot since most Americans care more about that kind of thing over their own government.  The artist drew the lady like that to show us how trashy and careless our nation is starting to look. 

Monday, March 4

Political Cartoons 

The man walking on the guys backs are Hitler.  The guys bending over are the leaders of the people who were just letting him go around the Treaty of Versailles.  This cartoon shows how all of the Democratic leaders just let Hitler take control.  No one stopped the disobeying of the Treaty of Versailles; they all just let him just keep disobey the treaty.  Hitler walked all over the democratic leaders backs seeing how far they'd let him go over the Treaty of Versailles.