Kierkegaard

Kierkegaard's stages can be connected to freedom of speech. In America, citizens have the right to life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. However there are people, commonly teens, that abuse these rights. In knowing they're free they may say things that it is not their place to do so, or may even start riots like the recent ones at Keen state College. Theses people know their rights, and therefore think they are free to do anything they please. They are in the Aesthetic stage. Others, such as police officers they know their rights but use their power for the good of society. They comprehend that aesthetes are not truly free because their impulses are controlling them. They believe that the others are "acting off their impulses." Thus, they obtain a spot in the Ethical Stage.

                                                               Freedom of Speech 

Civil Rights Events Blog

                                                      Brown Vs. Board of Education 1954

                                                     1995-1996 Montgomery Boycott

                                                The 1957-1958 Little Rock school crisis

                                                   Sit-ins and freedom rides of the early

                                               1963 Civil Rights Protest in Birmingham

                                                         1963 March on Washington

 The Civil Rights movement took place in the 1950s and into the 1960s.The purpose was to promote Civil Rights for African Americans many of whom protested the way they were treated. They wanted to stop segregation and injustice once and for all. They resorted to violence to prove their point.

Events leading to 9/11

                                                1. 1979 - The Soviets invade Afghanistan

Afghan Fighters

 

      2. 1988 Soviet troops begin to withdraw. Men of the Jihad feel excited and victorious. Bin Laden becomes a hero in the Muslim world.

                      

                                                       Withdrawing Soviet Soldiers

3. 1990 A Iraq and Saddam Hussein invade Kuwait. Saudi Arabia accepts protection from the U.S over that offered by Bin Laden, which enrages him.
                           

Dictator who invaded Kuwait, and Osama who was angry over it

 

4. 1993 first attempt to attack the World Trade Center, Six people were killed but the towers still stood. Ramzi Yousef promised he would be back to finish the job.

                                            

                                                       Ruins of Youself's first attempt

5.  1996 Osama returns to Afghanistan and writes a document declaring a holy war on the U.S for the first time

                                            Osama's returned to his land to declare the Jihad
6. 1996 Al-Qaeda recruits were told to call for the blood of all Jews and Muslims that have strayed away from Islam.

                                              Radical Muslims ready to kill for their beliefs
7. 1996 Bin Laden returns to Afghanistan and retreats to one his camps to train soldiers

                                        Radical Muslims train to fight in the Jihad

8.. 1998 Osama declares war on the U.S again in a 1998 fatwa.

                                                        Islamic text of Osama's Fatwa


9               . 2001 Muslim hijackers board their planes and take control   of the cockpits.

    

                                                       Pilots of the hijacked planes of 9/11

10. 2001 two planes destroy the twin towers and Osama's original goal of a war with the U.S is about to be reality.

                                                  World Trade Center goes up in flames.























9. 2001 Muslim hijackers board their planes and take control   of the cockpits.
                     
                                              Pilots of the hijacked planes of 9/11

Holocaust

Holocaust- Destruction of human life : wholesale or mass destruction, especially of human life. Nazis were carrying out this vicious activity because Hitler led them to believe that the Jewish people were responsible for the countries failures, in WWI.  The years between 1933-1945 were filled with hatred towards Jews. The Pianist gave many examples of how the Germans treated the Jewish population during the holocaust.

 

1.Starvation of Jews took place after German Soldiers robbed Their houses of necessities 

            2.      After shootings bodies were shot once again to ensure death for all Jews

3.Ann Frank among others in hiding, was shipped to prison

4.Jews were victims of Nazi medical experiments

5.Nazis collected the golden wedding bands of the deceased Jews

 

In addition to these German Nazis also

6. Put limits on how much money Jews could obtain

7.Whipped the Jews who didn't obey orders

 

 

Cold War Showdown or On the Brink of Nuclear War

Meeting between JFK, and the Ali force Maj

 Oct 23, 1962 JFK tells Americans that that their will be a blockade against Cuba

 Oct 23, 1962 United States security council meeting

 

 Cuban president responds to the naval blockade Oct 23, 1962

 JFK signs U.S quarantine against Cuba Oct 23, 1962

U.S surveillance of the first Soviet F-class submarine Oct 25, 1962 

 

 U.S army hospital tents set up the Opa Locka airport Nov 1962

 

 

 

The New Deal

The New Deal-Set of federal programs launched by FDR after taking office in 1933, in response to the calamity of the Great Depression.

FDIC-To ensure to the public that the financial system is working properly, if anything goes wrong in a bank people know their accounts are safe.

SEC-To regulate the stock market

TVA-To reduce the unemployment rate in Tennessee by doing thing such as creating affordable employee housing.

SSA-Gave benefits to those who not in work, retirees, and the unemployed.

NLRA- Banned "unfair work practices", and established the National Labor Relations board.

WPA- Gave people the opportunity to work, they built bridges, roads, and other public necessities.

FLSA- Improved work condition, established a minimum wage of forty cents, and a forty hour a week work limit. 

Atomic Blog

                                                Man's face when Japan surrendered

                                                  Japanese soldiers surrender their rifles

                                                             Ruins of Nagasaki

                                                  Victim of atomic bombing in Japan

                                                 Only remaining structure In Nagasaki
Truman authorized dropping the bombs on Japan because even though the bombing would cause great casualties in Japan it would save American lives, and help end the war faster. Both cities, Nagasaki, and Hiroshima were left in ruins. Short term wise, the cities were infested with radiation. Long term wise the children of people who were affected by radiation were born with diseases, and birth defects. The bombings ended the war in the Pacific the U.S had shown how powerful it could be. The Japanese were to damage to take another shot at the U.S, the Japanese were forced to surrender.

WWII-During the War

Soldiers march on D-Day

Allied forces landed in Northern France. June 6th, 1944 on the beaches of Normandy France.

Attack on pearl Harbor

    The attack on Pearl Harbor was a big factor in why the U.S had to go to war. Before the United States were planning on staying neutral. Wanting no involvement in war.

Battle of Midway
American planes defeated a Japanese fleet. June 1942.

Battle of Bulge
On December 1944 Von Rundstedt launched a powerful  counter offense on the allies. The allies were caught by surprise.

Iwo Jima

The U.S captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire.

  Battle Highlights

Beggining of WWII

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The picture above displays a man who played a big role in causing WWII. He was the chancellor of Germany. Hitler secretly built their weapon supply. He then made two significant alliances. He wanted land back that had been taken away from Germany previously. He did not keep his words after making a promise to one of the countries he was allied to. The U.S knew Hitler wanted complete domination, and was afraid that if they didn't intervene he would try to conquer them as well. This was a one of the factors leading up to WW11

Cinderella Man Blog

Many social problems were caused by poverty in the 1930s. The Great depression took a toll on families. For instance, some families had to move into apartments rather than houses. For some families multiple children had to room together. Also, people couldn't afford their electric bill, water bill, etc, and often had these things shut off. Parents had to give up a sufficient amount of food to give it to their children. Men often waited outside to be chosen to work on the docks, and had their hearts broken if they weren't. Parents who found themselves in enough debt considered sending their children off to live with relatives. Resources ran short. Some adults resorted to taking wood from fences to keep fires going. Family relationships were strained. Husbands left their families to find work. Mother's couldn't afford to take their ill children to a doctor. Even soup lines, designed to help out, even ran out of food to supply people.

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Prohibition

From 1920-1933 enough important people agreed that alcohol should be prohibited to make it happen. However instead of keeping citizens more under control, the law only made people more desperate for alcohol. People that got to be called bootleggers set up illegal shops where people could buy alcohol at higher prices. The locations where this business happened came to be known as speakeasies. The original purpose was to prevent Americans from consuming alcohol, but the plan backfired badly.


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Dust Bowl

Sand blew over the southern plains, over a time span of a decade.

 

 

Living conditions were so bad many people were forced to go elsewhere

This is the Area of the southern plains, the area most affected by the Dust Bowl.

 

 

 

           The dust clouded the sky making everyday tasks, like driving to a destination difficult

Dorothea Lange

 

The Dust Bowl was when dust blew over the Southern Plains for almost a decade. It made living conditions horrendous. Children had trouble breathing meanwhile farmers watched as their crops were blown away right in front of their eyes. It went on during the 1930s. The time also came with a long period of drought. Farmers hoped for rain everyday but didn't get it for ten years.