Forrest Gump

1. Below you will find a list of eighteen historical events from the movie Forrest Gump.  Choose one of the topics and write a brief summary of that event on your blog.
2. Interpret what you think Forrest's mom meant when she told him, "Life is like a box of chocolates; You never know what you're gonna get." on your blog.

• Meets Elvis
• At University of Alabama when Gov. Wallace blocked the door to stop them from segregating.
• Assassination of JFK
• Assassination of RFK
• Vietnam Conflict
• President Johnson
• March on Washington
• Black Panthers
• Anti-war/Peace Movement
• President Nixon
• Watergate Scandal
• Apollo II
• Communist China/Cold War
• Assassination of John Lennon
• Hurricane Carmen
• Apple Computers Introduced
• Disco/Drug Era
• Introduction of HIV/AIDS

WWII In Class Assignment.

GO to the article on Effects of the Atomic Bomb and answer the following questions.

1. Describe the effects of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima.
2. Compare the scale of destruction in Hiroshima with that in Nagasaki.
3. Explain the importance of the lack of scientific knowledge about the long-term effects of radiation.
4. What lessons were learned from these atomic attacks?
5. Was the United States justified in its use of these two atomic bombs? 

Do not put this on your blog, complete and hand in during class.

Domestic Policy Post WWII due 4/9

Follow this link to the PBS website on President Truman's domestic Policy. Copy the questions below and paste them into a Word document. You will find all of the answers on the PBS website. You will not post this on your blog you will print it and turn it on Tuesday 4/9.

Please answer, in detail, using the above link.

1. How many soldiers returned home after WWII and what did they hope to find? 

2. How was Truman going to go about putting striking railroad workers back to work in 1946? 

3. What problem did Truman face when trying to rally American’s around the Korean war effort and why? 

4. What was Truman’s Executive Order (1947) and why was it significant? 

5. How did Truman aid in ending the Steel Strikes in 1952? 

6. What were Truman’s successes?

POST TITLES

Please title your posts the same as I have titled them on my blog.

1920's Spring Break Blog

The 1929 Stock Market crash was a result of various economic imbalances and structural failings. These are some of the most significant economic factors behind the stock market crash of 1929.(http://www.economicshelp.org)

• Credit Boom
• Buying on the Margin
• Irrational Exuberance
• Mismatch between production and consumption
• Agricultural Recession
• Weaknesses in the Banking System

Read the article and explain each of the factors that lead to the stock market crash of 1929

1920's in class assignment

1) Read President Harden's comments on morality and briefly explain his opinion.

2) Copy & Interpret two of these cartoons about prohibition into your blog.

Racism in the 1920's

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

A controversial, explicitly racist, but landmark American film masterpiece - these all describe ground-breaking producer/director D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915). The domestic melodrama/epic originally premiered with the title The Clansman in February, 1915 in Los Angeles, California, but three months later was re-titled with the present title at its world premiere in New York, to emphasize the birthing process of the US. 

The subject matter of the film caused immediate criticism by the newly-created National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for its racist and "vicious" portrayal of blacks, its proclamation of miscegenation, its pro-Klan stance, and its endorsement of slavery, although Griffith naively claimed that he wasn't racist at the time. The resulting controversy only helped to fuel the film's box-office appeal, and it became a major hit. Even President Woodrow Wilson during a private screening at the White House is reported to have enthusiastically exclaimed: "It's like writing history with lightning. And my only regret is that it is all terribly true."  (Filmsite.org)

The KKK experienced a revival and membership peak in the decade immediately following its initial release. 

          KKK March in Washington D.C. 1925

Quote:
"Though men and women drop from the ranks they remain with us in purpose, and can be depended on fully in any crisis. Also, there are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and -- when called on -- fight with us. This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand America today." Hiram Wesley Evans, The Klan's Fight for Americanism, The North American Review (March-April-May 1926)

1) Interpret the quote in your blog.
2) Explain how this film would have increased the population of the KKK.