LAD #37

Read and Summarize Brown vs. Board of Education.

A black third grader, named Linda Brown and her family wanted her to attend a white school. She lived closer to the white school but was forced to walk one mile to her black school. The Browns took this to court with a lawsuit. The Supreme Court swayed towards with BOE's side because of the Plessy vs. Fergueson case which required "separate but equal" facilities. On Dec. 9, 1952, the case was heard with SC and Virginia taking the lawsuit. As expected, SC ruled that the two schools were indeed "separate but equal". This did not abolish segregation in public areas. But it was ruled unconstitutional in 21 states.

LAD #36

Summarize Truman's Doctrine
After WWII, the U.S. and the Soviet Union entered a war of political ideology. The Truman Doctrine addresses his concerns towards Greece and Turkey. Greece had appealed for financial aid and economic assistance. They plead that Greece cannot survive as an independent nation. Thus, it was crucial for the U.S. to aid them, since they were threatened by the activities of Communism. The British Government can no longer give assistance after March 31. Turkey needs American attention as well because their integrity needs to be majority, and the ones which are ruled by minority.

LAD #35

Read and Summarize FDR Executive Order #9066

During WWII, FDR allowed the relocation of the Japanese Americans into internment camps. It can be said the about 120,000 Japanese Americans were placed into these camps. The animosity of the war targeted other groups, too. These included: German Americans and Italian Americans. This order really showed the hatred that Americans had towards the war and their enemies in Europe.

LAD #34

Read and Summarize FDR's Declaration of War

He opens the declaration of war by discussing the events that took place on Dec. 7, 1941. He talks about Japan plan's to attack Pearl Harbor. The surprise attack killed thousands of Americans and destroyed military equipment. Japan also launched various attacks on other places. These places include: Guam and the Philippine Islands. FDR went on to say that American people have formed opinions and are ready to enter war to defend the safety of the country. United States is now in danger. He asks congress to declare war on Japan, confident that the United States will be victorious.

LAD #33

Read and Summarize FDR's Inaugural Address

The focus of his 1st inaugural address was to address the economic problems and problems of the workers. He reassured that their gov't is still by their side, and the gov't will give them a "New Deal". FDR says that the American people must trust him to bring the nation back. FDR recognizes that the machines that brought about the Great Depression have already destroyed public opinion. The chief concern now is getting Americans jobs. The inaugural address also includes that international trade is important to the economy. However, domestic trade should be fixed before international. The focus of his first term is the "New Deal" that will bring changes to the economic policy. Laissez- Faire will no longer be followed.

LAD #32

The Kellogg Briand Peace Pact was an agreement between the world powers. These nations included: Germany, U.S., Belgium, France, Italy, and Ireland. This declared the policy of war should not be used between nations. It discouraged acts of war and violence to solve conflicts. Instead, these nations agreed to solve problems in a peaceful method. The treaty was to be signed by all countries involved.

LAD #31

Summarize 14 points:

Wilson had 14 idealistic points to forgive Germany and create world peace after the Great War. The 14 points were viewed as lenient and was not accepted by the Allies. Wilson had to sacrifice many of his points to ensure that the League of Nations would not be created. In the end, the Treaty of Versailles was made and America did not sign it. This treaty angered the Germans and was a reason why Hitler came to power and WWII.

LAD #30

Summarize Schenck Vs.US Case

Charles Schenck was a socialist advocated who believed that the war would only benefit the rich and hurt the poor. Thus, he participated in several anti-war activities that were in violation of the Espionage Act. He was arrested in 1917 because he was against the war effort. He appealed his case to the Supreme Court saying that the act violated the first amendment. The court unanimously decided to uphold his conviction. Holmes decided that his actions were a "clear and present danger" to the country for working against the war effort. In addition, the certain rights that had to be sacrificed in war time for the good of the nation. Thus, he got punished for something he would have not been punished for during peacetime.

LAD #29

Summarize Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

This act was passed in 1916 and helped fix the dangerous and intense child labor in America. It was based on the allowance for Federal intervention on interstate commerce. Is says that goods made by children under a certain change cannot be transported in between states. It affected only children who worked in factories and mines, not child workers in agriculture. The laws that were put into place are still active and backed up by many state laws.

LAD #28

Summarize Wilson's First Inaugural Address
Wilson starts by apologizing for the recent Democratic shift in government. He chooses to idealize change as an attempt to restore Republicans and his other opposition. He also praises the American Identity. He says that the government under him will exist more on the behalf of the people than has it before. He then lists the problems in the United States, including unfair low tariff laws and big businesses, which is a Democratic platform. He turns to domestic affairs dealing with poverty and education. His inauguration is day filled with dedication and promise.

LAD #27

Summarize The Clayton Anti-Trust Act

This act serves to expand and legitimized the government's stand against the corrupt policies of Big Businesses that was a little more symbolic as stipulated by the Sherman Anti-Trust Act before it. It legalization the discrimination in price between multiple products that are similar, such as railroads. This is not meant to restrict the producers choice from selecting customers in bona fide transactions to allow full flow of free trade. In addition, it prohibits the practice of granting rebated and other malpractices of price shifting to force out competitors from business.Another stipulation is that it calls for the promotion of free trade.

LAD #26

Summarize MLK's Speech:
He begins by stating that even though slavery was ended 100 years ago, blacks were not really free. They were still oppressed by segregation, discrimination, poverty and injustice. He then declares that the promise of life liberty and pursuit of happiness was not really granted to all men. He believed that there was room for change. He wanted a change now If there was no change, there would be a revolution, not full of hate, but a peaceful and disciplined revolt. The movement cannot end until there is no question of equality. He urges to listeners to go back knowing that the situation will change. MLK claims he has a dream that America can uphold. he hopes that everyone will be equal someday, especially in the South. He hopes that the blacks and whites will join together like brothers and sisters. He dreams that people will not be judged by their skin color and finally everyone will be free.

LAD #25- Dawes Act

Summarize Dawes Act
The Dawes Act allowed the President to survey the Native American tribal lands and be able to divide the areas into allotments for the each Native American families. The Dawes Act is regarded to have helped the Native Americans and it was revised many times.

LAD #24

                                                                                 Summarize Cross of Gold Speech

William Jennings Bryan delivered a speech in Chicago of 1896. It can be considered one of the important speeches during American history because it advocated both the use of gold and silver as currency. Sliver that had a 16:1 ratio of sliver to gold would help the poor farmers not go in debt and have more money. In addition, it would decrease the problem of Inflation in America.

LAD #23

Read and Summarize The Populist Party Platform
The Populist Party is an agrarian based party. It is focused on addressing the problems dealing with the big businesses. They are in a time period called the Gilded Age. This time period is known for it's issues of corruption within the gov't and the big businesses. In addition, there was a big gap between the rich and the poor. The party did not like the idea that the gov't took silver away from American currency. This platform has three main points. These include: creation of a permanent labor union, fairer pay for the workers, and gov't ownership of the railroad system-so it could belong to people. The platform wanted sliver to come back and establish a income tax. These people want the government to completely control the railroad, telephone system, and telegraph.

LAD #22

Read and Summarize President McKinley's War Message

On April 1898, McKinley believed that war between Cuba and Spain should be stopped. This is due to four reasons. These include: stopping the cruelty, American owes protection to Cuba, the American economy is being hurt, and it threatens American peace and neutrality. He argues that the tragic event with the ship Maine proved that this was a dangerous conflict for America to enter in. He begged that congress will allow him to end the war by force. Lastly, he said the ultimate decision is in the hands of congress. He also mentioned that Spain has told America that they plan to end these hostilities. However, if this did not occur then the problem would still be present.