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August 2, 2016
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The verbs dormir, sortir, and partir
BY: Shelby Langford
French II
Period 4
dormir
To sleep
dormir
Je dors
Tu dors
Il/elle/on dort

Nous dormons
Vous dormez
Ils/elles dorment

sortir
To go out/ to take out
sortir
Je sors
Tu sors
Il/elle/on sort
Nous sortons
Vous sortez
Ils/elles sortent

partir
To leave
partir
Je pars
Tu pars
Il/elle/on part
Nous partons
Vous partez
Ils/elles partent

July 31, 2016
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DBQ 14-1 APEH The European Heritage (Since 1300)

July 25, 2016
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Isolationist impulse of the 20?s
No League of Nations
Return to normalcy
War debt fiasco
Washington Conference 1921
Disarmament and Open Door in China
Kellogg-Briand Pact
War cannot be used as foreign policy

Tydings-McDuffie Act in 1934
Independence for Philippines...in 1946

July 25, 2016
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M - Militarism
A - Alliance System
I - Imperialism
N - Nationalism

Happy to go to war?
death in battle was glorious

America Remains Neutral (Kind Of)
America stops exports to Germany and Austria Hungary
large amounts of exports to UK and France

Many Americans did not see a need to fight in a war 3,000 miles away
isolationism
General sympathy for Great Britain and France emerges
anti-German sentiment bcs of immigration
commit to war in 1917

July 25, 2016
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What made them so roaring?
inventions - like cars :D
music - introduction of jazz
more money
credit, stocks
no big depression in America
no rebuilding after the war
the entire thing was fought in Europe

most change in cities
fight against change in rural areas

all about social change!
constantly pushing boundaries

July 25, 2016
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Jeffersonian America

Revolution of 1800
Not a real revolution
Political change without violence
Proves America is a stable country

Jefferson started his presidency w/ simplifying gov't
Reduce the size of federal gov't
Reduced size of the military

Judiciary Act of 1801: Adams pushes through last minute legislation & midnight judges

July 25, 2016
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Teddy (The MAN?s Man)
recaptured the authority of the office
savvy politician who called for a ?square deal?
good deal for everyone involved
believed in ?good? and ?bad? trusts
worked to break up bad ones
?good? trusts allow for competition
called for regulation of private businesses
Coal Strike 1902
Conservationist
Seen by many as too radical and not radical enough

July 25, 2016
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Politics of the Decade
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
Harding ? scandals :(
Teapot Dome Scandal ? leased government lands for a bribe
caused distrust in government officials

Coolidge ? Silent Cal
took over after Harding died

July 25, 2016
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Gilded Age
Homesteaders:
government offered free land (Homestead Act of 1862)
railroad companies offered land
building a railroad gave you everything
led to people buying up land

Frederick Jackson Turner?s thesis
broke down class distinctions, promoted independence

1890 census - no more land in the West

As more people move West, what happens to Native Americans?
miners and railroad companies pressured natives to give up land :(

July 25, 2016
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*To what extent was the US responsible for the onset of the Cold War (up until 1953)?*

Cold War fought through proxy wars
Vietnam War
Korean War
Never actual fighting between US and USSR

July 25, 2016
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Slavery in America

North and South were being brought together (slavery in the South was disappearing (sorta))
BUT
Eli Whitney?s cotton gin destroyed that :(
Before cotton gin
1 pound of cotton/day - 1 worker

After
10 pounds/day - 1 worker

North was part of Industrial Revolution - South grew more dependent on slavery

South and Britain were close
cotton was Britain?s most important manufactured product

July 25, 2016
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Civil Rights
1950s and 60s

Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
Decision came in 1954
Mandated the desegregation of schools in the South
Breaks up the ?separate but equal? Plesy vs. Ferguson decision of 1896
Schools had to desegregate in ?deliberate speed?
They dragged their feet, avoiding desegregation for as long as possible

Little Rock Nine - 1957
Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas

Emmett Till - Mississippi 1955

Birmingham Church Bombing

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