Topic 7 In 2011 !

     Scopes Trial : John T Scopes, A school teacher, put on trial for teaching evolution instead of religion


     Prohibition : 18th Amendment, restricted manufacturing, transportation, and selling of alcohol. Resulted in bootlegging liquor and hidden bars, and gangster Al Capone rose.


     Flappers : Women with a new look, smoking cigarettes in public, showing gams, having short hair, etc.


     Economic Issues: Stock market crash, Great Depression


     Dust Bowl : Storm of dust across Kansas, Texas, NewYork, etc. people homeless, living in inches of sand


     Agriculture Issues : Dried out farm lands, no crops growing, people not getting food, farmers not getting money


     Immigration Policies : Restricted to 2% of each minority


     Nativism : KKK not liking anyone, huge decline in 1930


     Significant Literacy Works : Jacob A Riis "How the Other Half Lives", built other regulations; Upton Sinclair "Jungle", regulated FDA; Ralph Nader "Unsafe at Any Speed", driving regulations; Longston Huges "The Ways of White Folks", appealing views


     The Great Migration : People "mostly blacks" moved from South to North


     Harlem Renaissance : Black celebration of culture


     Sacco & Vanzetti : Accused of murdering two men, still not known whether they were guilty or not


     Labor Issues : People losing jobs due to Great Depression, hard to find new ones. Also with drinking caused come unemployments 


     The Red Scare : Russia, Bolshevik Revolution, Lenin, People were afraid of those who displayed UN-AMERICAN behaviors, especially those FOREIGN 


     Schneck V the United States : Espionage and Sedition Acts were declared constitutional by the Supreme Court

Gritty Gangsters

     1920's; an ideal decade for American gangsters. John Dillinger, Bonnie & Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd, Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, all major gangsters of the period. Not like the term "gangster" we've come to think of today, such as drug cartels and enemy gangs i.e. Bloods / Crippes. These gangsters were focused on business. Yes they were to be feared, but they loved to negotiate. Our nation has organizations that have been formed just because of their outrageous criminal activity. The FBI was formed because John Dillinger had robbed several banks and even escaped from prison by carving a wooden pistol. Bonnie & Clyde were the first male/female duo criminal couple. They swept the nation on a robbing spree. Al Capone, "Scarface", bootlegged alcohol for people to consume as the 18th Amendment was passed so one could not manufacture or sell alcohol. Then later getting locked away for tax invasion. Ironic don't you think ? But in the end, big business gangsters dwindled and later emerged the violence we know of today, but we still have to thank these figures, though they WERE criminals, you can't help but respect them, as they did what they did in style.

Prohibition - Roaring Twenties

People increase drinking                                                                           Religion not important
Riding out at bars                                                                                     Old Americans despited rural
Outwards towards no where                                                                    Although New Americans loved it
Highlands for those wives                                                                         Red Scare craze
Imagination to drunks                                                                               Immigrants limited
But cannot drink in public                                                                         Not obeying laws
It had opposite effect than planned                                                            Gams showing
Tormented even more
IRS in charge                                                                                           Twelve O' Clock people out
Only manufacture and sale was banned                                                     Whenever they wanted
Never again                                                                                              Ethnic varies
                                                                                                                New trends for women
                                                                                                                Tony Gun 
                                                                                                                Italien anacharits
                                                                                                                Established mobsters
                                                                                                                Showed up in Alcatraz

P.O.W ?

     Hypothetically, let's pretend that I am a part of the United States armed military and I am on a mission. To capture and obtain information on IED bombs in the Iraqi area. I go on day by day hoping not to suffer a loss or do something I may regret. Unfortunately this did not happen. My squad ran around a house where we found IED bombs in the floor. The residents are captured and held as Prisoners of War. These terrorists are held captive and interrogated. They are sleep deprived and starved unless they give us information about another home in the area that also has IEDs in the floor tiles. Trying our best to maintain order and respect to these "men", but they do make it hard as they curse our name and country, while at the same times spitting at our feet. Any harm that come to these people could prove dangerous to our mission. Our own country may find us as savages, or scum because of the things we may have to do to get the information we need, to keep them safe. Pressure builds, patiences is thinning, not able to take one more insult, one man of my troop backhand slaps one of the captives. He looks wide eyed and then starts telling us where the IEDs are located in the next home down the road. Though it may have been wrong, it was necessary to get what we needed to finish the mission... Getting the image of the face was burned into my head. It's hard to think about, even hypothetically, much less think about how soldiers right now are experiencing this, and are thought of as lower than scum. The pressure would get to them, but torture is varied.     

The Game Called Life.

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     It seems as though many games in this generation are based off of war and shooting. Games such as "Call Of Duty" and the alien war game of "Halo". These games take the intensity of battling in war, and transfers them to a controlled universe where when you take a bullet for a comrade, you can just hit "reset" or you will spawn again in another area. Sadly we all know that in life and real war, this does not happen. Due to these games, some young children have violent anger spasms or signs of aggression in their daily lives. Some people might say that games like this should not be even made because of the violent content. All though these are the same people who BUY their six year old child the violent game, when the label says "M for mature". These games are made for mature ages because for them, it is an activity to do when they have free time, and relives some stress. As apposed to the six year old child that is playing it twenty-four seven every day. Though these games are somewhat educational as they give players the ability to see into a war infected area. Even as the player goes throughout the game, they are only playing a "simulation" of actual battle for their life. So violent war based games to a point do diminish some feelings and violence of ACTUAL war. I personally think, that with the right boundaries of playing these games should still be allowed. Due to the fact that yes in reality these are just games, nothing more. An account of times the player may get even more intrigued and go look up history on the war they are doing battle in willfully just to get a better understanding of what they are up against. Also for those that wish to enter the military, though its not accurate as it could be, it could give a feel for battle overseas. It also gives players the ability to get out some post aggression and stress from their everyday life. The rate of players are high among high school students and college students as well. As the stress of school work and social pressure gets to them, they use the video games to escape and break free of their dilemmas for a couple for hours. Ever wonder how veterans would view these games ? Well I would think that they would either appreciate and tell their grandchildren of the stories that the games reminded them of, or they would be insulted because people are just playing without seeing and experiencing the true feeling of losing your companion to a land mine or enemy soldier. You never know though, grandpa may surprise you and jump in the game with his PS3 controller and kick you and your online friends' butts ! Player- "Granpa how did you do that ? ",Grandpa- "I was the actual soldier this is based off of", Player- "Woah"

The Last Words Written...

     Back in World War 1, the communication lines were limited. All the soldiers could do to stay in contact with their families and loved ones, was to write letters. Looking at time now, it seems so ridiculous since we have our emails, UPS, FED-EX, Facebook, Twitter, text messaging, and all these technological ways to interact with one another in sheer seconds ! While as these dying or war heroes wrote, they didn't know if they would even live long enough to see a response as the letters took to nearly four to six weeks to arrive in the states and to return to sender. Sadly there was no "rush packaging" options back in the war. One letter I have viewed; "Well Aunt Jean, there is one person who will miss you on Christmas day and he is sitting in a digout wondering what you are all doing and wishing you the best of Christmasses and the happiest year of all.
Loving ????(Sean or Sam)". This poor soldier fighting on Christmas, and not knowing if it would be his last Christmas ever. Hoping to live just to get a reply from his Aunt. It's tragic how much they must've gone through, and to think, as his Aunt was reading this, she didn't know if he was still alive, or if he had perished in battle. Makes you appreciate the devices we have huh ?

Let's Take This To The Sky !

     Dogfights. One crazy way to battle, in the sky. With it just being a scary THOUGHT I'd hate to feel what it would have felt like to actually be fighting in a plane back in WWI. Though it also seems intense and adrenaline pumping. Just stop and think, what was going through the minds of the pilots back then ? Were they excited, or were they terrified, crapping their pants ? I would feel both terrified and excited simultaneously.  The spins, twirls, dives, etc all tricks one must learn to survive. Picture flying forward, head on, to another plane. Then hearing gun shots and firing back, maneuvering around just to stay alive and then circling back to take an offense. Many lives being lost in the process we mourn, as the survivors and heroes we all know, even those who died in battle remain heroes in our hearts. Being able to return from a battle like that must have made soldiers appreciate life so much more. I for one know I would have cherished everyday on if i had to encounter with another in the air behind a fighter plane.