Homework Ten Answers - Student Twelve

American History Homework 10

1.Pick a question that you missed on the mid-term exam, and describe several different ways that you could have figured out the correct answer instead.

One question that I got wrong on the mid-term exam was (5) The Battle of New Orleans was fought after the War of 1812 ended. Was it significant? My answer was: d) No, because the War was already over.

Several ways that I could have come to the correct conclusion were:

1) EVERYTHING recorded in history is significant, so I could eliminate answers c) and d).

2)The Battle of New Orleans was really the only great American victory in the war, therefore it definitely was significant.

3)The Louisiana Purchase was made in 1804, eight years prior to the start of the War.

Excellent analysis.

2.Write about any aspect of WWI, such as how the United States got involved, or how it ended.

America joined the War in 1917. However, what ignited the movement in 1915 was a German U-boat (submarine) sunk a British passenger ship which was carrying many American citizens.

Unfortunately over a hundred people died. Despite this, the American public was against going to war until 1917. In 1917, the the Germans sent a message to Mexico (later this message was called the “Zimmermann telegram”). The Germans promised to give Mexico all of their former territory that Mexico owned prior to the Mexican American War in exchange for a Mexican invasion of the United States. Fortunately, this telegram was intercepted, and once it became public then needless to say, American citizens looked more favorably upon joining with the Allies against Germany. So America finally joined the War in April, 1917, and kept at it for a whole year until Germany was prepared to surrender.

Superb answer.

3. Please explain your view on the Scopes Trial.

I think good results came about as a result of the Scopes Trial. Teaching the theory of evolution was most definitely wrong because of these reasons:

a)It was racist. It taught that whites were more highly developed then blacks.

b)It has never been proven, in fact nothing about the theory of evolution has ever been proven.

c)It was in complete opposition to what was written in Genesis (the story of Creation, not the story of evolution).

d)It was also illegal in Tennessee in 1925.

However, evolution is a matter of personal belief, therefore the government can not interfere with the decision of an individual in whether to believe it or not.

Excellent explanation of your view of the Scopes Trial. You argue well, including several good reasons why imposing the unproven theory of human evolution in government schools was (and still is) misguided and wrong.

Pick any debate or discussion topic or issue in this lecture? Explain.

5. Debate: Was Prohibition desirable? Has alcohol caused more harm than good?

Yes, prohibition was (and I think still) desirable. The only alcohol that brings about any good, is the alcohol that's used in the hospitals. Other then there, the risk of alcohol abuse is too high and can be the cause of too much harm to individuals as well as families.

The harm is immense, and an objective comparison of harm to benefits would often reach the same conclusion as yours.

6. Briefly explain Constitutional Amendments 16 through 19.

The 16th Amendment basically states that Congress has complete control over income taxes. It was passed by Congress on July 12, 1909.

The 17th Amendment laid down the rules for being a Senator. It decided how they are elected, how long they are in office, etc. It was passed by Congress on May 13, 1912, and was ratified April 18, 1913.

The 18th Amendment was all about prohibition. It was passed by Congress on December 18, 1917, and was ratified January 16, 1919.

The 19th Amendment was in regards to a Woman's Right to Vote. It was passed by Congress on June 4, 1919,and was ratified August 18, 1920.

Correct.

7.Explain the cartoon.

It shows the meeting held in Portsmouth New Hampshire in June 1905 with President Theodore Roosevelt acting as the peacemaker between Russia (the bearded man), and Japan (the short man with the glasses) during the Russo-Japanese War.

Correct.

H2.Write about any military battle or innovation or tactic in WWI.

The innovation I will discuss is the fighter plane. The use of the airplane as a weapon was first thought of in the U.S in 1907 when the U.S army released the first ever specification for a military aircraft. The requirements were that the aircraft should have a speed of at least 40 mph, and it should be able to carry two people with a combined weight of 350 lbs for 125 miles. The first firearm to be shot from an aircraft was a rifle by Lt. Jacob Earl Fickel of the United States Army from a two-seat Curtiss biplane on August 20, 1910. By the outbreak of WWI, military aircraft still had a long way to go before being seen as effective fighting machines.

In mid-August 1914, Britain sent five unarmed fighting squadrons to France. When the aircraft flew to France, they were fired upon by their own troops! British Union Jacks were painted on the undersides of the wings (which were soon replaced by the British roundels) in order to easily be identified.

The first weapons were only whatever the pilot could carry (pistols, rifles,etc),and the Germans were the first to pioneer the use of machine guns as a weapon to be used on the aircraft in 1910. However, the Allies took longer to develop the use of machine guns on their planes. By 1916 the Allies had produced built their own fighters (at this point called “scouts”) that had fixed forward firing machine guns.

By the time America entered the War, the Allies had great aircraft such as:

The Bristol F.2B fighter,

the Bristol scout,

the Nieuport fighting scouts,

the Royal factory S.E.5a,

the famous Sopwith Camel,

the Sopwith Pup,

the Sopwith triplane,

and the Spad S. 13.

These aircraft battled against great German aircraft like:

the Albatros D. 5,

the Fokker Dr. 1 triplane (the Red Barons famous “mount”),

the Fokker D. 7,

the Pfalz D. 3, and the Siemens-Schuckert D. 3.

These aircraft were piloted by the first and some of the best dog-fighters of all time (note: due to the length already,I'll just talk about two):

Manfred von Richtofen- Germany

The most famous ace of all time, the “Red Baron” scored eighty kills in just two years. He formed the all red “flying circus” made up of Germany's best.

Richtofen died April 21, 1918.

Eddie Rickenbacker- USA

Rickenbacker was a daredevil who raced both cars and motorcycles before WWI.

Rickenbacker initially went to France in 1917 as General Pershing's chauffeur. Eager to see some action, Rickenbacker joined the 94th Aero Squadron in March 1918.

He first flew Nieuport 28s then Spads and by the end of the War, he had an impressive total of 26 kills. September 1918 he took charge of the 94th, and (being 28) was considerably older than many of the pilots under his command. He returned to the U.S as a hero, and as America's top ace for the War.

WWI officially ended in 1919 with the Treaty of Paris, and after that most of rhe world saw peace until the mid-1930's.

Your list is impressive! Rickenbacker was quite an ace. Excellent answer.

H4.What is your opinion on the Lochner Doctrine?

I think that the Lochner Doctrine was positive in that the worker could negotiate for his/her work hours. However the negative side to that was that some people would not negotiate or compromise.

Right.

H5.Do you think the ideas of Darwinism- survival of the fittest- made WWI so horrific?

I believe that it only had a small effect on WWI, however these ideas began to grow and became more prevalent at the start of WWII.

OK.

Johnny W.

90/90. Very good work.--Andy Schlafly 21:46, 9 May 2011 (EDT)