Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Outline of Casablanca

.In World War II Casablanca, Rick Blaine, exiled American and former freedom fighter, runs the most popular nightspot in town.


.A voiceover explains the significance of the city of Casablanca, in French-ruled Morocco.


. During World War II, many people wanted to escape Europe for America, and Lisbon, Portugal, became the most popular port of exit.


.Getting to Lisbon was not easy. A tortuous refugee path brought people to Casablanca, where they would search for an exit visa for Portugal.


.As the narrator finishes the description, the camera shows Casablanca's bustling market. Over the radio, the French police announce that two German officers were murdered on a train and that the murderer is headed for Casablanca.


.Shortly thereafter, an important German officer, Major Strasser, arrives at the Casablanca airport and is greeted by the local French commander, Captain Louis Renault. Strasser asks about the couriers, and Louis says that the murderer, like everyone else, will be at Rick's that evening.


.The scene shifts to Rick's Café Americain, a stylish nightclub and casino.


.Ugarte approaches Rick, the bar's owner, and asks if he will hold some letters of transit for him. Rick observes dryly that the murdered German couriers were carrying letters of transit, but accepts the letters and hides them in the piano played by his house musician, Sam. Signor Ferrari, owner of the rival bar, the Blue Parrot, offers to buy Rick's, but Rick says his bar isn't for sale.


.Yvonne, Rick's neglected lover, tries to arrange a date for that evening, but Rick dismisses her attempts to pin him down and calls a cab to send her home. Louis tells Rick he's going to make an arrest and warns Rick against protecting the couriers' killer.




."I stick my neck out for nobody," Rick responds. Louis also mentions Victor Laszlo, a famous Czech nationalist, will be arriving in Casablanca and warns Rick against trying to assist Laszlo, whose political activities are a threat to Nazi Germany.


.After goodbyes, the Laszlos board the plane. Just then Strasser arrives. He calls the radio tower to prevent the plane's taking off, but Rick shoots him, and the plane leaves. The French police arrive, and Louis, who has seen everything, orders, "Round up the usual suspects."


.throwing out a bottle of Vichy water water produced in the unoccupied region of France that persecuted Jews and tried to win Nazi favor. Rick and Louis walk along the runway together. Louis says he can arrange for Rick to escape to Brazzaville, another French colony in Africa, and then announces he will go, too. The movie ends with Rick saying the famous final line, "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." "La Marseillaise" plays in the background.

Topic 9 Concept Guide

Role of Women during WWII:
- Women stepped out of the "norm," and with the men at war began working.
- Factory Jobs (aviation plants, weaponry production etc.)
- Nurses in Army and NavyCause and Effect of Use of the Atomic Bomb:
- United States called for a surrender of Japan on July 26, 1945.
- Japan was relentless and refused to surrender.
- On August 6, 1945 the first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
- Japanese still did not give up
- On August 9, 1945 the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki-90,000–166,000 killed in Hiroshima
-60,000–80,000 killed in Nagasaki- August 15, Japan surrender and WWII officially ended.US Foreign Policy Before, During, and After the War:
- The US began to show concern in 1935. Were Isolationist.
- Roosevelt disagreed with his advisors about sending resources to Europe.
- The US stayed neutral till 1941, we entered the war. US sees a shift.
- German U-boats sunk 500 merchant ships in the 1st months of the war.
- US was active in assisting Allies during the war.
- Supplied weapons and resources to allies.
Effects of the War on Europe:
- Europe was split up, borders changed
- Many cities were left in devastation.
- Many reparations were to be paid
- Formation of Communist Soviet Union
Effect of Pearl Harbor Attack:
12/07/41, 7:02 AM ( A date that will live in infamy)
First attack on Pearl Harbor.
-Surprise attack.
Japanese bombers bombed the Military Base in Hawaii, Pearl Harbor.
-Pacific Fleet was bombed, 4 ships were destroyed.
-2,402 men were killedJapanese Internment:
Japanese Americans were sent to prison camps located all over the US (many on west coast, CA, OR, WA)
Stripped of all property and assests
-Supreme Court Case Koremazu vs US Govt.
- Koremazu tried to sue govt. for violation of constitutional rights.
- Supreme Court judged in favor or govt.
- In 1980 the govt. paid japanese americans affected $20,000Neutrality Acts:
US neutrality laws(1935-1937)
- embargo on arms sales (no selling of weapons)
- US battleships could not be armed.
- Americans could not travel on ships of countries at war.
Purpose of Propaganda:
- Propaganda was used to promote patriotism, and support for the countries at war.
- To move people to do something.
EX: In US, Propaganda for people to conserve resources for the war effort.
EX: In Germany, to turn in those who were disabled, or posters to show the US or other countries in negative light.
Rationing
- Many countries tried to save everything, in order to conserve resources for the war efforts.
In Russia, the Ukaranian Famine was a result of Stalins attempt at rationing for the war efforts
- Many people were starved to death.
- US propaganda told people to conserve cooking fat, rubber, etc.Results of World War II:
-In 1949, 12 nation set up the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO
- US had major economic growth
- Many European cities were destroyed.
- NATO was formed
- Cold War ( suspicion of communist spies in US)

Thursday, March 10, 2011

World War II Timeline



1918

November 11 - World War I ends with German defeat.
1919April 28 - League of Nations founded.

Time Line

June 28 - Signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
1921

July 29 - Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party.
1923

November 8/9 - Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch.
1925

July 18 - Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" published.
1926

September 8 - Germany admitted to League of Nations.
1929

October 29 - Stock Market on Wall Street crashes.
1930

September 14 - Germans elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany.
1932

November 8 - Franklin Roosevelt elected President of the United States.
1933January 30 - Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.

February 27 - The German Reichstag burns.

March 12 - First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin.

March 23 - Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power.

April 1 - Nazi boycott of Jewish owned shops.

May 10 - Nazis burn books in Germany.

In June - Nazis open Dachau concentration camp.

July 14 - Nazi Party declared Germany's only political party.

October 14 - Germany quits the League of Nations.
1934

June 30 - The Nazi "Night of the Long Knives."

July 25 - Nazis murder Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss.

August 2 - German President Hindenburg dies.

August 19 - Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
1935

March 16 - Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription.

September 15 - German Jews stripped of rights by Nuremberg Race Laws.
1936

February 10 - The German Gestapo is placed above the law.

March 7 - German troops occupy the Rhineland.

May 9 - Mussolini's Italian forces take Ethiopia.

July 18 - Civil war erupts in Spain.

August 1 - Olympic games begin in Berlin.

October 1 - Franco declared head of Spanish State.
1937

June 11 - Soviet leader Josef Stalin begins a purge of Red Army generals.

November 5 - Hitler reveals war plans during Hossbach Conference.
1938

March 12/13 - Germany announces 'Anschluss' (union) with Austria.

August 12 - German military mobilizes.

September 30 - British Prime Minister Chamberlain appeases Hitler at Munich.

October 15 - German troops occupy the Sudetenland; Czech government resigns.

November 9/10 - Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass.

January 30, 1939 - Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech.

March 15/16 - Nazis take Czechoslovakia.

March 28, 1939 - Spanish Civil war ends.

May 22, 1939 - Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy.

August 23, 1939 - Nazis and Soviets sign Pact.

August 25, 1939 - Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty.


August 31, 1939 - British fleet mobilizes; Civilian evacuations begin from London.


September 1, 1939 - Nazis invade Poland.


September 3, 1939 - Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.


September 4, 1939 - British Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy.

September 5, 1939 - United States proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland.


September 10, 1939 - Canada declares war on Germany; Battle of the Atlantic begins.


September 17, 1939 - Soviets invade Poland.

September 27, 1939 - Warsaw surrenders to Nazis; Reinhard Heydrich becomes the leader of new Reich Main Security Office (RSHA).

See also: The History Place - Biography of Reinhard Heydrich.

September 29, 1939 - Nazis and Soviets divide up Poland.

In October - Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled in Germany.

November 8, 1939 - Assassination attempt on Hitler fails.


November 30, 1939 - Soviets attack Finland.


December 14, 1939 - Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations.

Abraham Lewent Questions

1. How did Abraham attend a jewish school in the first place? 

2. How did you manage to survive after not having food or water or heat? if you survived your strong.

3. Was the ghetto place big?

4. Flames is from the burning room?

5. Was the deportation with you and your dad or separate ?


The Survivors Of The Holocaust

Beginning in March 1942, a wave of mass murder swept across Europe. During the next 11 months 4,500,000 human beings were eliminated. By the end of World War II the toll had risen to approximately 6,000,000 Jews, which included 1,500,000 children, who perished at the hands of the Nazi murderers. When the killing ended those who survived were released from the concentration camps and came out of hiding. Here you can read some of their stories.
Though they survived the Holocaust, most have not escaped from the pain.
My reaction from these clips was that during the Holocaust these three people went thru a lot of stress having their family members being taken away or killed. i almost cried. The radio was a very important way the people communicated, years went by and people all scared for what's coming next. No one knew what would happen, it was so violent. people being called but not knowing were they where going, People didn't know what it was all about , people went to passenger cars, they needed to pay for the children, the bad people came from the military, violance and mourning.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Powers Of Persuassion

Guns, tanks, and bombs were the principal weapons but there were other, more subtle, forms of warfare as well. Words, posters, and films waged a constant battle for the hearts and minds of the American citizenry just as surely as military weapons engaged the enemy. Persuading the American public became a wartime industry, almost as important as the manufacturing of bullets and planes. The Government launched an aggressive propaganda campaign to galvanize public support, and some of the nation's foremost intellectuals, artists, and film makers became warriors on that front.

BBC Article And One Other Act Of Genocide

After it captured Nanjing, then capital of China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It documents the events, based on the author's research, leading up to the Nanking Massacre and the atrocities that were committed. The view that the Japanese government has not done enough to redress the atrocities. Based on estimates made by historians and charity organisations in the city at the time, between 250,000 and 300,000 people were killed, many of them women and children. The number of women raped was said by Westerners who were there to be 20,000, and there were widespread accounts of civilians being hacked to death. Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.
  While a precise definition varies among genocide scholars, a legal definition is found in the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide . This convention defines genocide as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, anational, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; and forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

James Braddock's Fights






The Out Line Of The Cinderella Man

. During the Great Depression, a common man hero, James J. Braddock- the Cinderella Man, was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history.


. By the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-prizefighter was as broken-down, beaten-up and out-of-luck as much of the rest of the American populace who had hit rock bottom.


. His career appeared to be finished, he was unable to pay the bills, the only thing that mattered to him was his family and they were in danger, and he was even forced to go on Public Relief.


. Deep inside, Jim Braddock never relinquished his determination. Driven by love, honor and an incredible quantity of grit, he willed an made an impossible dream to come true.



. In a last chance bid to help his family, Braddock returned to the ring. No one thought he had a shot. However Braddock, fueled by something beyond mere competition, kept winning. Suddenly, the ordinary working man became the mythic athlete.

. The depression is on and Braddock has had a series of defeats. Fighting injured, including with a broken hand, made him less of a fighter. Braddock, like many others in that era, lost everything in the stock market and scrimping by on the small fights he can get and on dock work. His wife would prefer he quit boxing, but knows how badly they need the money to get by with their three kids. Watering down milk just to make it do for several more days is a common occurrence.


. When his trainer manages to get him one more fight on the spur of the moment against the current #2 contender, Braddock rises to the occasion and knocks him out. His amazing comeback becomes the source of inspiration of many down on their luck Americans. A series of fights later leads to the championship match against the arrogant champ, Max Baer. Baer, who had already killed two men in the ring, urges the older Braddock not to fight him. Of course, Braddock feels he has nothing more to lose and very devastating, intense fight ensues. Contains very brutal boxing violence.


.  then James J wins.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Topic 07 Concept Guide

Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes, a Tennessee high school biology teacher, was arrested and charged with teaching evolution, violating the Butler Act. Scopes was found guilty and charged with $100


Prohibition: Jan. 1920; Was pushed by women's organizations because of domestic violence and child abuse. 18th Amendment prohibited manufacture & sales of "intoxicating liquor"


Flappers: Women who: had short hair, smoked, showed her gams, shoulders, and cleavage.

Economic Issues (1920s): Credit available to consumers but was dangerous & people couldn't believe it. Low interest rates meaning they were charged money to borrow money.


Dust Bowl: A period of severe dust storms which damaged a lot of agriculture across America and Canada. Contributing factors included droughts, over farming, and mechanisation.


Agriculture Issues: Caused by Dust Bowl but was aided by start of mechanism which meant no more crop rotating and made it easier to plant.


Immigration Policies (1920s): Oppositions to quotas disappear due to soldiers returning home from war taking all the jobs available so immigrant workers were less needed. Immigration Act of 1924 was established where 2% limit of each ethnic group from 1890


Significant Literary Works (1920s): Jacob Riis: "How The Other Half Lives" - Tells about the living conditions in New York slums in the 1880s. Upton Sinclair: "Jungle" - Where he reveals how processed meat is made.


The Great Migration: African Americans migrate from the south and more and more places up north are being occupied by African Americans. In some places, they even have their own little community where they own shops, businesses, and services.


Harlem Renaissance: It was the first time African Americans expressed their culture and were proud of it. Jazz was then created.

Sacco & Vanzetti: Italian anarchists convicted of murder and robbery. They were executed on Aug 23, 1927

Labor Issues: A lot of people were unemployed but most were drunks who drank all the time so they didn't look for jobs.

Red Scare: Bolshevik Revolution, Lenin takes Power in Russia, Russia turns in U.S.S.R., People were afraid of "un-american behaviors", examples include being foreign.

Schneck v. The United States: Espionage & Sedition Acts declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court.








Evolution vs. Religion

three time presidential candidate for the Democrats, argued for the prosecution, while Clarence Darrow, the famed defense attorney, spoke for Scopes. The trial saw modernists, who said religion was consistent with evolution, against fundamentalists who said the word of God as revealed in the Bible trumped all human knowledge. From my knowledge i think that everyone has an opinion on something and it does not matter why or if it's wrong but it's what you think. In schools i think that they should teach both because evolution is the history of men kind and religion it's more about what the person believes in. Some people believe in god , some others believe in evolution but neither is right or wrong both are right because we all don't have the evidence of things in life. it's a very personal argument and it should come in of what you believe in. Evolution is more about history of how we had an evolution from monkeys to what we are now and religion is based on god and much other things not just god but they believe in any god there is , that's why i think that evolution and religion is good to put in schools so that the kids can choose on what they believe in.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Alcatraz

One of the myths surrounding Alcatraz was that it was inescapable. Although the waters surrounding the island are extremely cold and full of strong currents, there are no man-eating sharks as usually portrayed in the films. In recent years two 10 year old children actually swam to the island to prove that it could be done. But, as with every prison, there were escape attempts. In total 36 men attempted 14 separate escapes, Like all the islands in the San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz began its life as a mountain punctuating a vast savannah. At the end of the last ice age around 13,000 BC, it extended beyond the Golden Gate and was home to such exotic and extinct animals as the short-faced bear, the American cheetah, etc. Alcatraz Island is 22 acres and reaches 121 feet above sea level. Aside from the few natural rainwater collecting cisterns, the island has no source of fresh water. "The Rock", a place We're on an island surrounded by boiling acid that just happens to be infested with sharks. There are guard towers every twenty feet and there are more Mooks here than you've had warm meals. The only way on or off that miserable piece of land is a narrow bridge, with explosives wired. That's how Alcatraz was a very important subject in history.

Reflections On Organized Crime And Small Group Presentations

Organized crime or criminal organizations are transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist organizations, are politically motivated Violent non-state actor (VNSA). Gangs may become disciplined enough to be considered organized. In the United States the Organized Crime Control Act (1970) defines organized crime as "The unlawful activities of a highly organized, disciplined association, Criminal activity as a structured group is referred to as racketeering and such crime is commonly referred to as the work of the Mob. The small group presentation showed us how Mafia is a term used to describe a number of criminal organizations around the world. The first organization to bear the label was the Sicilian Mafia based in Sicily, known to its members as Cosa Nostra. In the United States, "the Mafia" generally refers to the Italian American Mafia.

CSI investigation of Sacco and Venzetti

source: http://www.willowpondfilms.com/sacco_and_vanzetti.html
I am the CSI investigator and im investigating the case of Sacco and Vanzetti case, well as they say "tolerance, for justice, for man's understanding of man as now we do by accident, Our words, our lives our pains, nothing", "lives of a good shoemaker and a poor fish-peddler all! That last moment belongs to us". They are all wrong because they cannot own people. They were put for trial for the murders of a paymaster and his guard bitterly divided a nation. As the two convicted mens and their supporters struggled on through appellate courts and clemency petitions to avoid the electric chair, public interest in their case continued to grow. on April 15,1920, a paymaster and his guard were carrying a factory payroll of $15,776 through the main street of South Braintree, Massachusetts, a small industrial town south of Boston. Two men standing by a fence suddenly pulled out guns and fired on them. The gunmen snatched up the cash boxes dropped by the wounded pair and jumped into a waiting automobile. Three weeks later, on the evening of May 5, 1920, two Italians, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, fell into a police trap that had been set for a suspect in the Braintree crime. Although originally not under
suspicion, both men were carrying guns at the time of their arrested and when questioned by the authorities they lied. For a first criminal offense in which no one was hurt, Vanzetti received a sentence that was much harsher than usual, ten to fifteen years. This signaled to the two men and their supporters a hostile bias on the part of the authorities that was political in nature and pointed to the need for a new defense strategy in the Braintree trial. This is the case of Sacco and Vanzetti.