Cold War Showdown



U-2 Planes Capture proof of Missles in Cuba.

JFK meets with military officials about the U-2 pictures.



This is a Picture of the map JFK used to keep track of the events happening with the Cuban Missile Crisis.

JFK informs the nation about the blockade around Cuba

 

 



Fidel Castro responds to JFK's Blockade around Cuba

 



JFK sings the proclamation to Quarantine Cuba

 

 

President Kennedy informs the nation that the Cuban Missile Crisis was averted and the threat s over


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THE ATTACKS ON JAPAN

 

 

 

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The bombings of Japan were devastating, but the were needed. Without these bombings the war would have dragged on and many more American lives would have been lost. The loss of lives lost by the bombs was insurmountable, it destroyed entire cities and forced Japan to surrender. Many Americans were just happy that it was over, they were not thinking about all the civilian lives lost in the process. This was a very selfish view that would cause many more controversies later on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

World War II - During the War

Pearl Harbor bombing changed the course of American History, it is what forced the US to join the war.

Victims of the bombing watch as the fumes cloud up the sky

 

 

Battle of Midway was significant because it is the most decisive win in the pacific campaign of the war. The United States beat the Japanese as they tried to bomb another American base.

 U.S and Japanese planes are fighting each other

 

 

D-Day was the main invasion of French territory by the Allied Forces. It was a brutal fight.

 

American soldiers wade ashore off the ramp of a U.S. Coast Guard landing craft

 

Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign

 

German soldiers prepare for battle

 





 

Iwo Jima was a battle where the U.S fought to recapture the Iwo Jima territory.

U.S soldiers ready for battle



Beginnings of WWII blog

          I chose picture 39. In this picture Jesse Owens is captured being honored for one of his gold metals. He beat a Nazi German man and a Japanese athlete as well. The irony in this medal stand is amazing. Because in two short years the 3 countries would be fighting a war against each other. And the winner of the Gold- Metal would also win the war; that is some serious foreshadowing.

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Blog 16 - New Deal

The NEW DEAL was a bunch of government programs that were started during the 1930s in response to the Great Depression.


FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Commission

                          Works as an independent agency created by the Banking Act of 1933.

SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)

                          Controls the electronic markets of the U.S.
 TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority

                           Provide navigation, flood control, electricity Generation, fertilizer manufacturing.

SSA - Social Security Act

                           Regulates the workers activities, ad permits him or her to work.

NLRA - National Labor Relations Board

                           Conducts elections for labor unions.

WPA - Works Progress Administration

                           Employs millions of unemployed people to carry out public works projects.

FLSA - Fair Labor Standards Act
                          The FLSA introduced a maximum 44-hour seven-day workweek, established a national minimum wage.

Blog 15 - Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl was a series of dust storms during the 1930s that took place in the US and Canada. It ruined the ecology and agriculture of the nation. It affected 100 million acres. In  1935 many families were forced to leave their farms and find new places to work and live because of the drought.


Map of affected Dust Bowl area:

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This image shows the hardship of the Dust Bowl and how it affected all types of people.

 

Many families were forced to move to different areas of the country because of the dirty thirties. 

 

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Small children were forced to work

 

The Prohibition was a national ban on alcohol and alcoholic beverages. It lasted from 1920 to 1933, it made some people corrupt. many new gangs started smuggling alcohol across the states. The organized crime that came out of the Prohibition was able to control most of the government and law enforcement. They used bribes and blackmail to corrupt the government officials, and if that didn't work they would "whip them out".

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Prohibition also harmed many people physically. Bootleggers who sold homemade alcohol sometimes used wood to make the beverages instead of fruit or grain. This cause over 10,00 people to die from drinking wood alcohol.

 

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Prohibition made cigarettes a national habit. By 1930 cigarettes were legal, and most adults began to smoke as a sign of rebellion. No one seemed to care the alcohol was much healthier than smoking.

 

     Alcohol became much more expensive to acquire. making life even more difficult for some Americans. The government also los a lot of tax revenues from the use of alcohol.

 

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