American History Homework Eleven Answers - Student Eighteen

Michelle F

1. This course is mostly over. Can you now identify a value in learning history? If you study history, you can learn how to identify patterns and trends. History is constantly repeating itself. you can also learn valuable ideas. Studying history also can help you learn facts to help you defend your faith. The Bible is the single most historically accurate document. If you learn from the past (hopefully) you won't make the same mistakes again.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

Right, and I particularly like your analogy to the Bible.

2. Was the United States right to enter World War II, and should we have entered sooner or later? The united States was right in entering WWII. But i think that the at which the U.S. entered was the right time. If we had entered any earlier, the American people would not have been as supportive of it. Then, they didn't know the enormity of the crimes of the Third Reich. Americans saw no reason to involve themselves in another nations problems. They had enough of their own. I think, however, if America had not entered WWII, the outcome would have been far worse. Europe could not have stood against Hitler and his army. Even Britain was faring poorly. The U.S. was, quite possibly, Europe's only hope.

Superb analysis.

3. Which of the approaches in American history towards immigration do you like best, and why? I like the colonist's approach. They viewed America as a place to come to escape their own country, a place of freedom. However, at that time, there were no immigrants from anywhere other than Europe. And of those, they were mostly from the British Isles. But i think that approach was best, because, in theory, anyone who wanted to come could. I think that America should be a safe haven for all who follow the proper legal guidelines in coming here.

You support your position very well. But what about those who do not follow proper legal guidelines?

4. Pick out something from the "Roaring Twenties" and describe what you like about it. I like the relative uninvolvement of the government in the economy. Whenever the government is involved int he economy, things go badly. In the Roaring Twenties, the government cut taxes and limited aid to farmers.

Terrific. May use as a model answer.

5. What is your view of the New Deal, and what might you have done differently in response to the Great Depression? I think the government should not have been as involved and should have just let the depression just run it's course, instead of trying to manage the economy.

Superb. May use this as a model answer (after fixing the possessive "its"!)

6. Do you think we should have dropped the atomic bombs on Japan? Explain. I think we were right to drop the bombs on Japan. It was the quickest way to end the war, as the Japanese were prepared to fight to their last man. Some American commanders expected Americans casualties to be in the millions if the war continued, which it undoubtably would have. It was not the mast damaging weapon used in the war: fire bombing was far more damaging. America had already used fire bombing in Japan. Actually, one of the reasons Hiroshima was chose to be bombed was because it was a large city that had not been fire bombed yet. ( I think it is called fire bombing, but I am not certain of the proper military name)

Excellent. ("fire bombing" is the term familiar to me also.)

7. Please interpret and explain the cartoon, including an estimate of its date. (It was published by a paper in New Jersey years ago.) Congress is giving the president "dictatorial power" which is seen by the cartoonist as superior to even Teddy Roosevelt's "big stick". The cartoonist is not in favor of this move. This cartoon was published after Teddy Roosevelt's presidency, at a time when congress was giving, or considering giving the president more power. 1940's?

Close, but link it to FDR's New Deal. That's when the big increase in power occurred, in 1933. (Minus 1).

H2. Pick out any military aspect of World War II and discuss it. The German preparations for war was their main advantage. Years before the start of the war, the Germans were training, gathering support and allies, removing opponents and building weaponry. By contrast, the rest of Europe was not ready,nor were they expecting war. They were hoping for a respite after the tiring WWI. Germany, though it had a far worse time in WWI and had many debts from the war, was ready, mentally and militarily, for war. It took the rest of Europe by surprise with it's Blitz kreig (lightening war). If it weren't for this careful planning and preparation on the German's part, WWII wouldn't have lasted as long. It probably never would have occurred.

Superb analysis. Could use this as a model answer!

H4. Your view of the United Nations, please? Like many other ideas of that century, the United Nations looked wonderful on paper, and in theory, worked perfectly. In reality, it was an entirely different story. It was an effort to make many very different countries work together, militarily and politically. The differences in the policies of these nations, the way they governed their people, and the belief systems of these nations made it very hard for them to work together. As time progressed, this group grew weaker and less inclined to action, and leaned more towards pacification. The United Nations turned a blind eye towards problems and corruption. Today it is a sluggish giant, slow to action, and blind to corruption, full political correctness and liberal ideology.

Another terrific answer!

H5. How would you recommend for handling the communist infiltration described in the lecture? I would recommend taking a harder stance against communism, and more actively searching out their agents and spies. I think that if the united States had taken a harder stance against communism after WWII, the U.S.S.R. might not have been so powerful, and communism might not have spread to Cuba and China. If we are tolerant of it now, who is to say our country won't become a communist nation?

Right.

Terrific paper, with three potential model answers! I'll have to pick two out the three to use. 99/100. Congratulations.--Aschlafly 20:13, 6 December 2008 (EST)