HIST 405 Week 7 DQ 2 Terrorism in the 21st Century

HIST 405 Week 7 DQ 2 Terrorism in the 21st Century 1. Question : (TCO 10) Many immigrants came to the U.S. to avoid Student Answer: inexpensive land. political revolutions. religious freedom. plentiful employment. Instructor Explanation: Chapter 17 Question 2 . Question : (TCO 2) The primary reason that people moved to cities was to Student Answer: learn English. find a job. open a store. join a settlement house. Instructor Explanation: Chapter 17 Question 3 . Question : (TCO 6) One justification for the new social and economic order of the North was based on Student Answer: Marxism. Social Darwinism. Utilitarian doctrine. None of the above Instructor Explanation: Chapter 16 Question 4 . Question : (TCO 10) How did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire affect industrial reforms? Student Answer: Managers began locking the exits of factories. Progressives began to focus on other areas for reforms. Congress passed laws that increased the work day to 12 hours. Cities and states began passing laws to make workplaces safer. Instructor Explanation: Chapter 18 Question 6 . Question : (TCO 7) The decisive battles in World War I were fought Student Answer: in Alsace-Lorraine. in Austria-Hungary. on the eastern Front. on the western Front. Instructor Explanation: Chapter 20 Question 9 . Question : (TCO 11) What brought the Harding Administration to an end? Student Answer: President Harding was impeached. President Harding was defeated in the 1924 election. Instructor Explanation: President Harding died of a heart attack. President Harding resigned in response to the Teapot Dome scandal. Chapter 21 Question 10 . Question : (TCO 11) Which economic factors led to the Great Depression? Student Answer: Underproduction, disparity of wealth, low interest rates, and low stock speculation Underproduction, high consumption, low interest rates, and high stock speculation Overproduction, disparity of wealth, limited money supply, and high stock speculation Overproduction, high consumption, limited money supply, and low stock speculation Instructor Explanation: Chapter 22 Question 11 . Question : (TCOs 6 and 7) Identify and explain at least one cause of World War I. Then analyze the events that drew the United States into World War I. Evaluate America’s contribution to the war effort and to what extent America’s entry contributed to the end of the war. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer. Student Answer: Some of the causes of World War Two included: a) the harsh provisions of the Treaty of Versailles b) the Great Depression c) the rise of fascism in Germany and Italy d) inability of the League of Nations to deal with major international issues Personally World War Two causes can be divided into two: long-term causes and short term causes; There can be little hesitancy that one of the long term causes of the war was the anger felt in Weimar Germany that was caused by the Treaty of Versailles. Another long term cause was the obvious inability of the League of Nations to deal with major international issues. In the 1930’s these would have been in Manchuria and Abyssinia. In both conflicts the League showed that it was unable to control those powers that worked outside of accepted international Instructor Explanation: law. In the case of Manchuria it was Japan and in Abyssinia it was Mussolini’s Italy. Franklin Roosevelt spent much of his time trying to bring the United States out of the Great Depression. The President, however, entirely did not ignore America's foreign policy as he crafted the New Deal. Roosevelt, believed the United States had a calling (literally an important role to play) in the world, an unsurprising position for someone who counted Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson among his political mentors. But throughout most of the 1930s, the persistence of the nation's economic woes and the presence of an isolationist streak among a significant number of Americans and some important progressive political allies forced FDR to trim his internationalist sails. With the coming of war in Europe and Asia, FDR edged the United States into combat. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, however, brought the United States fully into the conflict. The Battle of Britain was one of the major World War II battles. The battle was waged in the skies over the English Channel and England's eastern and southern coast in 1940 and 1941. World War II had broken out in Europe, and Adolf Hitler was determined to subjugate England. The main combatants were the United Kingdom and Germany. The German plan was to unfold in several phases, but all efforts toward that end ultimately failed. The reasons for the failure are just as interesting as the battle itself. Hope for American isolationism came to an end with the Battle of Britain. By the end of 1940, most Americans had come to realize that war was inevitable. By the beginning of July 1940, the British Royal Air Force (RAF), had built up its strength to 640 serviceable fighters, but the Luftwaffe German air force boasted 2,600 bombers and fighters. (Keene et. al, 2012 p. 686-688). See Keene, pp. 594–600. Students should first cite one of the following forces that led to World War I: nationalism, imperialism, or militarism. They should also analyze how the alliance system inexorably led to war. They could then point to one or more of the following events that led to America’s entry into World War I: (a) the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, (b) the Zimmerman note, or (c) growing American resentment of U-boat attacks. Students should point out that historians differ as to the effect America had on the ultimate outcome of the war. HIST 405 Week 7 DQ 2 Terrorism in the 21st Century Discuss how you see the "war on terrorism" as of this date. Do you think the United States should be engaged in such a war? Give reasons for or against this war and whether or not we are giving up our own principles to wage it. This section lists options that can be used to view responses. Collapse All Print View Show Options Responses are listed below in the following order: response, author and the date and time the response is posted. (an instructor response) The War on Terror 4/12/2015 11:44:14 PM Class, I look forward to hearing your opinions about the War on Terror, and about war in general. Please remember to be respectful of each other, though, even if you strongly disagree with someone's opinion. RE: The War on Terror Michael Zubek 4/13/2015 6:12:55 PM I have mixed opinions on the War on Terror. Who knows what our surveillance is finding and having to hide from the public. They could be finding near to nothing, or they could be finding a lot that can help our country. I am against my privacy being violated, and hate how much power the government has to do just that, but, as long as I am left alone, and kept safe, i won't complain too much. It's when the power is abused for the wrong purposes (aka using it for things other than preventing terror) that it becomes a huge issue. Source: RE: The War on Terror Becky Holliday 4/13/2015 8:02:17 PM Its so hard to talk about the War on Terror because how much do we really know? You can watch CNN or read the news to know there is a lot going on in this World that is scary and makes you thankful to live in this country. I can't imagine living in Syria or Iraq right now. A group that scares me the most is isis which is located across those countries. This group has publicly said how much they hate America, so yes I am a bit scared and leads back to the question how much do we really know? This group is dangerous and seemed to have no remorse for killing innocent victims daily This war on terror is real, but I am curious, is better to be naive and go on with our day to day lives or the more I watch the news the more I could live as a paranoid person everyday. (an instructor response) RE: The War on Terror 4/13/2015 11:58:21 PM Great discussion, Becky and all! Do you think that any country has the right to play policeman for the world? How would we feel if another country decided that it was their right to police our country, for instance?