Japenese -Americans

Japanese Americans working at the concentration camps

Japanese's line up to check into internment camp

Concentration camps in which the Japanese Americans were held in

Location of Japanese Internment Camps throughout America

Beginnings of WWII

Aggressiveness lead to the upcoming of WWII when the countries of Europe were trying to gain power, and by doing so, they would invade other European nations. Germany was one of those countries that harshly used violence in order to achieve power. The invasion of poland was one of the reasons that lead to the upcoming of WWII. Orders given by Hiltler demanded that soldiers were to invade Poland and wipe out all of the jews living in the attacked area.

American Nazis soldiers

Japan's constant attack in Asia aided in the approach of WWII. Japan killed thousands of chinese by hand during a long term period. The country also invaded thousands of nations throughout Asia and therefore caused the death of thousands of people. They would freeze people alive,  test weapons on prisoners and also infect people with plahgue guns.

Japanese soldiers on an attack in China

Ally and Axis power during WWII

Coping with the Great Depression

 In the movie "Cinderella Man" James Braddock and his family underwent difficult situations in the rise of the Great Depression. In the movie,  it shows some ways that he and his wife did to cope with the GD.
After October 1928, the Braddock family had to:

 1- Sell jewelry and clothes.

 2- Live in a modest house

 3- Have the kids sleep all together in the kitchen.

 4- Braddock would only make $50 a match

 5- Add water to milk to feed the kids

 6- Dry socks in the oven

 7- Collect wood to keep themselves warm.

 8-  Braddock would work injured

 9-  Ask for money in order to pay for the rent

10- Face on of their sonos stealing salami from a buthcher's store

Families and the Great Depression:

Hoovervilles

Consequences of the high percentage of unemployment

Hopeless mother and her two children

Long lines for free food

Children expressing their views over Hoover

War Horse

                                                             War Horse
War Horse is a story that takes place during World War I.  In the movie, a horse named Joey, who was bought by a a poor farmer in Great Britain was named after Albert, the son of the rancher. At first, Joey and Albert created a beloved relationship, however, at the outbreak of World War I, both of them are forced to be separated, when Albert's father sells Joey to the British cavalry. Throughout the movie, Joey is kept by several people, however, at the end of the story, Albert and Joey reunite. War Horse is a very emotional movie, throughout the story, the audience begins to feel a very big connection with Joey and also with Albert. The obstacles that Joey faces within the shocking scenes of the movie makes the audience feel the chills and sympathy for Joey, for the fact that they start to feel an admiration for him.

Literary Aspects: 
The movie War Horse is an amazing story that reflects the beautiful story between Joey, the war horse,and Albert. The story fascinated the viewers once Joey begins to face the difficulties of surviving WWI. All of the hardships faced by Joey was terrifying, however, it helped transform the movie into a very adventurous and thrilling film. Overall the characters do a very great job on acting and showing the agonies faced in such a fearful time period. James Backway, was incredible in his role as Albert, and his connection with Joey, the horse, emphasized the brilliance of the story.

Cinematic:
 The cinematic aspects of War Horse emphasizes well the time period of WWI. The musics and sound effects played enhanced the scenes of the movie in a way that it made every thrilling scene more dramatic than it already was. The lighting of the movie was not very pleasing. It was pretty dark at times and did not aid int he brightening of the scenes.

War Horse

Obama asks Congress...

The Islams State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is a Islamist group that controls the territory of  Iraq and Syria and some other areas in the Middle East. This group is known for committing atrocious violence against religion and ethnic groups, women, girls, Muslims, and sects. They are also responsible for murdering Americans such as James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Abdul-Rahman Peter Kassig, and Kayla Mueller. The ISIL has also threatened numerous times the United States by affirming future terrorist attacks in the country. For those reasons President Barack Obama has sent an appeal to congress in Feb 11, 2015 to Authorize Military Force against ISIL. In the documents sent to Congress, Obama has mentioned all of the atrocities committed by the ISIL. Obama claims that this violent group must be degraded and defeat in order for everyone who is a target of the ISIL to be safe and in peace. Obama also says to be 'working with the Congress to pass a bipartisan authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) against ISIL.' and that he has 'directed a comprehensive and sustained strategy to degrade and defeat ISIL. As part of this strategy, U.S. military forces are conducting a systematic campaign of airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq and Syria'.

Middle East:

Middle East

The Levant:

The Levant
 

 

James Foley. One of the ISIL victims

             

ISIL followers and fighters

Islamic State defenders

What were the effects of Prohibition on Society?

Prohibition is defined as the time period where the consumption, transportation and sale of alcohol were illegal.

 Effects upon society: 
   1-  The economy was impacted in the U.S because of the increase of crime. A large amount of money was spent on maintaining and managing the number of prisoners that were in jail for committing prohibiting crimes.  

 2-  As time went by, prohibition was being more strict and people were fighting in favor of their right to consume alcohol. Those who were in favor and those who were against its consumption were in conflict, and due to that there was a rise in the crime rates all round the country, specially in Chicago.  

 3-  Since the consumption of alcohol was totally banned, many producers had to shut-down their industries, however, many of them continued with the production of the beverages illegally and made many of them criminals.  

 4- As the addiction for alcohol grew more and more the illegal circulation of liquor increased. Bootleggers were the consequence of this prohibition.  Bootleggers were drinkers who hid flasks of liquor in the leg of their boots or suppliers of illegal alcohol.

5- Speakeasy was expanding as the prohibition did too. Speakeasy was a type of bar that would disguise its self as a jazz bar and sell alcohol beverages.

Woman hiding an alcohol beverage in her leg

Men enjoying drinks during the prohibition                  

Homemade liquor 

                 

Men drinking

Man found dead in a speakeasy bar

                   

The Philippine- American War

          The Philippine- American War was a conflict between the U.S. and the Philippines in which the American country tried to rule the Philippines. After Spain got defeated in the Spanish-American War, the Spanish government decided to give up on the Filipino territory in the Treaty of Paris. This treaty would give the United Stated control over the Philippines.

          The united states began giving the Philippines very limited self-government. In 1916 the Jones Act or the Philippine Autonomy Act that the U.S. agreed to concede independence to the Philippines. Finally in 1946, after World War ll, the Unites States granted the Philippines with its promised indenpendence through the Treaty of Malania.

           Even though the United States had politic issues with Philippines, the U.S. decided to help the Philippinos. The U.S. donated about US$ 51.9 million worth of aid apart and deployed the United States Marine, Navy and Air Force in order to assist with the humanitarian operations.

Super Typhoon Haiyan:

A survivor walks among the debris of houses destroyed by Super Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban city.

                         

Residents wait for supplies to be unloaded from the U.S. military aid shipment flown in to Tacloban airport.

LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES

Spanish-American War Cartoons

The Spanish-American War (1898) was a conflict between the U.S. and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in the United States aquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. At that time of conflicts, some wars were being influenced by propagandas and yellow journalism. Propaganda is a type of communication that is focused on influenced in the opinion of the reader toward a cause or position. Yellow journalism was a style of  newspaper reporting that emphasized sentionalism over facts. The yellow journalism at the time would be: the New York World and the New York Journal. They were one of many resons that helped the U.S. and Spain into war in Cuba and the Philippines.

 Political cartoons published  during the Spansh-American War:

"Remember the Maine". The Yellow press wanted to influence the U.S. to go into war with Spain because of the explosion that happend with the country's battleship.

President Mckinley trying to contain war pressure

A bald eagle extending its wings over the United States empire

Muckrakers

 The Progressive Era was a time in American history in which social activism and political reform was taking over the country during the years of 1890s to 1920s. Muckrakers were very important during this time because they were journalist who worked to expose waste, corruption or abuse in politics,industry and society
Some of the most important muckrakers were:

Samuel Hopkins Adams:  He wrote The American Fraud in 1905. Adams focused on exposing the frauds in the patent medicines.

The Great American Fraud book

                                           

Jacob Riis: The Other Half Lives. Riis managed to expose the slums present in the urban cities.

                   

How the Other Half Lives

                     

 Uptain Sinclair: Wrote the book named The Jungle. He exposed the U.S. meat-packing industry.

                                               

                                                        The Jungle book

Ida M. Tarbell was known for exposing the corruptions in the Standard Oil Company. She also wrote the book The History of Standard Oil Company.

The History of Standard Oil Company 

                                               

John Spargo was an American reformer and author, he wrote The Bitter Cry of Chidren (child children). He was responsible for the exposure of child labor.

The Bitter Cry of the Children

Thanksgiving holiday makes me reflect on everything that I have in life, and on how I’m thankful for everything that my father and God have provided me! I’m incredibly thankful for the life I have, for the house I live in and for the food that I eat every day. I’m also thankful for living in a country like the U.S. that provides me with security, education and freedom!

Statue of Liberty

Massachusetts electoral votes in:

 1876- Republican Party 


 1880- Republican Party

 1884- Republican Party

 1888- Republican Party


The majority of New England did vote as a bloc in the years of 1876, 1880, 1884 and 1888. However, there was an exception to the state of Connecticut, whose votes were only directed to the Republican's in the election of 1880.


Massachusetts electoral votes on the years of:

2008- Democratic Party

2012- Democratic Party

 There is a significant difference between the elections of the 1800s to the ones in the 2000s, In the 1800 we could notice that the state of  Massachusetts voted in for consecutive years in the Republican Party. After all, in the 2000s election there was a change in votes directed to the Democrats. There is also an interesting fact: the majority of the states of New England all voted for the same party in the same years. Another interesting fact is that every party that the region of New England votes for, is the one that ends up wining the election.
 

Elections of 2012

Oil Boom

Oil locations in the U.S.

Process of mining for oil

                                                 

Process of drilling oil

                                                 


  The short term impacts of oil after the  Hamill brothers drilled for the black gold in the American territory,  was that the price of the oil became cheaper and cars were produced in mass. Oil was so important that it provided fuel. Fuel would be the newest resource to enable Henry Ford develop affordable cars for people to buy. Oil was essential in the process of building the modern world.

Henry Ford's assembly line

Ford's first model car- Model T

Oil is one of the reasons to why we have grown so much in industrialization, which leads to a growth in the economy. Transportation would be somewhat impossible without the discovery of oil, and it also provides us with home heat, which is inevitable for those who live up north.

U.S. Oil Consumption

Top 10 importers of oil of the world

Did you know oil is used to make these products too?

Paint
Deodorant
Plastic Wood
Lipstick
Toilet Seats

Election Day

Election Day takes place on the Tuesday right after the first Monday in November. There is not a specific day for this date, however, the earliest day is November 2 and the latest possible is November 8. 

Election Day is a civic holiday in states such as Delaware, Hawaii, Kentucky, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and West Virginia.

The reason to why Election Day is held on a Tuesdays lies on 19^th-century America. In the 1800s, most Americans worked as farmer and lived far away from their polling location. So Congress decided to establish the voting day on Tuesday due to the fact that weekends were impossible for the farmers to travel because of church and other duties. Wednesdays were also impractical because it was market day for the farmers. This means that the only option Congress had was to set Election Day on a Tuesday.

                                                 United States House of Representatives

  Niki Tsongas.- Democratic

Niki Tsongas

MA’s 3rd district that Niki Tsongas represents

                                                              United States Senators

1) One of MA's senators is Edward Markey, he is a member of the Democratic Party.

2) Another senator of Massachusetts is Elizabeth Warren, she is part of the Democratic Party.

                                               Massachusetts House of Representatives

1) David M. Nangle. Belongs to the Democratic Party.

2) Eileen M. Donoghue. Belongs to the Democratic Party.

The three branches of the Federal Government: 

The three branches of the government

           

New Governor of Massachusetts: Charlie Baker

                                                            

The flag of the state of Massachusetts