Saturday, February 28, 2009
Sohee Han: US Imperialistic in Korea?
Sohee Han writes: DMZ in Korea is one of the interesting subjects to many, especially to foreigners. DMZ was created by the war between North and South Korea. After several years of war between these two groups, they were exhausted and made agreement to take a rest creating DMZ, but it is still exist today. I think the major reason for division for South and North Korea is not because of the fight between these two groups, but instead the fight between two powerful United Nations: the United States and the Soviet Union. Since Korea was not a strong country like the United States, France, Britain, Germany, the Soviet Union, and many others, these powerful countries cause the war in Korea to compete their power. I think it was unfair to use a small country to compete strong nations because what it left is the division of the nation still seen today.
Friday, February 27, 2009
midterm review: essay themes & ID terms
On the Essay Section of the midterm, you will be presented with 2 questions selected from the following set of themes. You will be required to write an essay on 1 of them:
1. Civil Rights reform and racist reaction from Reconstruction to the dawn of the Cold War.
2. World War One, the League of Nations, and the limits of Woodrow Wilson's progressive agenda.
3. The causes of the Great Depression and the policy legacy of FDR.
4. Changing American attitudes towards communism and the USSR before, during, and after World War Two.
ID Section
From the following list of names and terms, 10 will appear on the midterm. From among those 10, you will be required to select 6 and explain the historical significance of each:
1.Thaddeus Stevens
2.Andrew Johnson
3.“Tilden or Blood”
4.Compromise of 1877
5.Little Big Horn
6.Buffalo Soldiers
7.Victoria Woodhull
8.Homestead Strike
9.The “Cross of Gold” Speech
10.Mark Hanna
11.Emilio Aguinaldo
12.W.E.B. Du Bois
13.Pragmatism
14.“The Bully Pulpit”
15.Upton Sinclair
16.John Muir
17.The 16th Amendment
18.“Birth of a Nation”
19.Lusitania
20.Creel Commission
21.Versailles
22.“Return to Normalcy”
23.Marcus Garvey
24.Fordism
25.Installment Plan
26.Black Tuesday
27.Hoovervilles
28.CCC
29.TVA
30.Atlantic Charter
31.Axis Powers
32.Robert Oppenheimer
33.George F. Kennan
34.Sidney Hook
35.Berlin Airlift
1. Civil Rights reform and racist reaction from Reconstruction to the dawn of the Cold War.
2. World War One, the League of Nations, and the limits of Woodrow Wilson's progressive agenda.
3. The causes of the Great Depression and the policy legacy of FDR.
4. Changing American attitudes towards communism and the USSR before, during, and after World War Two.
ID Section
From the following list of names and terms, 10 will appear on the midterm. From among those 10, you will be required to select 6 and explain the historical significance of each:
1.Thaddeus Stevens
2.Andrew Johnson
3.“Tilden or Blood”
4.Compromise of 1877
5.Little Big Horn
6.Buffalo Soldiers
7.Victoria Woodhull
8.Homestead Strike
9.The “Cross of Gold” Speech
10.Mark Hanna
11.Emilio Aguinaldo
12.W.E.B. Du Bois
13.Pragmatism
14.“The Bully Pulpit”
15.Upton Sinclair
16.John Muir
17.The 16th Amendment
18.“Birth of a Nation”
19.Lusitania
20.Creel Commission
21.Versailles
22.“Return to Normalcy”
23.Marcus Garvey
24.Fordism
25.Installment Plan
26.Black Tuesday
27.Hoovervilles
28.CCC
29.TVA
30.Atlantic Charter
31.Axis Powers
32.Robert Oppenheimer
33.George F. Kennan
34.Sidney Hook
35.Berlin Airlift
Josh Dill: Internment Camps vs. Military Prisons
Josh Dill writes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWfOuqAwbgs
"We talked recently about the Japanese Interment Camps during WWII. The American government has since admitted this was a foolish blunder. In today's world Guantanamo Bay is much like the interment camps of WWII. President Barack Obama recently signed an order to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo. However, what this video talks about is the detention center in Bagram Air Base, which in some ways is worse than Guantanamo. With Guantanamo closing the detention center at Bagram will be expanding. It seems these detention centers are highly valuable for American security. This sequence of events should cause all of us to think.
- Has America changed its policy at all since the internment camps of WWII?
- Is American security worth trading the rights of a few possible terrorists?
In my opinion I think these detention centers are critical for American security and therefore justified. But they must also have judicial review and surveillance to assure the prisoners are not held indefinitely or tortured in any way. But what bothers me the most about this situation is the politics of it. President Obama is clearly aware of our detention centers including this specific center at Bagram. Still Guantanamo has been such as 'black eye' in the Bush administration that I believe President Obama's decision to close it down was a political move aimed at gaining approval. In some ways it is symbolic of the "change" he promised so many. But is this change of policy or just a change of appearance?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
"We talked recently about the Japanese Interment Camps during WWII. The American government has since admitted this was a foolish blunder. In today's world Guantanamo Bay is much like the interment camps of WWII. President Barack Obama recently signed an order to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo. However, what this video talks about is the detention center in Bagram Air Base, which in some ways is worse than Guantanamo. With Guantanamo closing the detention center at Bagram will be expanding. It seems these detention centers are highly valuable for American security. This sequence of events should cause all of us to think.
- Has America changed its policy at all since the internment camps of WWII?
- Is American security worth trading the rights of a few possible terrorists?
In my opinion I think these detention centers are critical for American security and therefore justified. But they must also have judicial review and surveillance to assure the prisoners are not held indefinitely or tortured in any way. But what bothers me the most about this situation is the politics of it. President Obama is clearly aware of our detention centers including this specific center at Bagram. Still Guantanamo has been such as 'black eye' in the Bush administration that I believe President Obama's decision to close it down was a political move aimed at gaining approval. In some ways it is symbolic of the "change" he promised so many. But is this change of policy or just a change of appearance?"
Sohee Han: Japanese Development
Sohee Han writes: Today, many people associate Japan with the advanced technology. Then, what made this country so developed? I think the geography of the country made this improvement as Japan is an island. Compared to other countries, Japan is neither big nor does it have plentiful resources. So, in order to compete with other countries, the only way is to be technologically advanced. As we learned in the lecture last week, Japan developed its technology as they imitated others. Some argue it is a bad act of cheating, but I think it was one of the way to develop further by learning from others.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Sohee Han: 19th Century Worse for African Americans or Chinese?
Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 was the first immigration law that prevents a single ethnic group. Do you think it was fair? What about treatment of slaves or black people in the South in early 1800s? Today, some argue that black people were treated as not human beings. Which ethnic group was worse position and why? For me, personally, I think black people were treated worse than Chinese people. They both had unfair treatment but black people were in worse position in fact they had no choice but forced to work. They not only had freedom of going back home, but had no choice than work under bad conditions such as low wages, inadequate shelter, and so on. For Chinese, perhaps Chinese Exclusion Act prevented them to enter the United States, they still had their country, the place where they could live.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Sohee Han: Challenges of Immigration
Sohee Han writes:
Like Lee Chew, many Chinese immigrated to America to get wealthy; going to the land of America was one of the Chinese’s dreams. However, from a different perspective, Chinese were treated badly and paid lower than other American laborers and living in America was not cheap; it would cost the same amount as other American’s cost of living. According to Lee Chew, he earned $3.5 a week and saved $3, however, living in America will cost as much as other Americans and I wonder how he saved that much money. I would like to remind readers to ask the question: was it worth it for Chinese to go to America abandoning family and feeling isolated?
Like Lee Chew, many Chinese immigrated to America to get wealthy; going to the land of America was one of the Chinese’s dreams. However, from a different perspective, Chinese were treated badly and paid lower than other American laborers and living in America was not cheap; it would cost the same amount as other American’s cost of living. According to Lee Chew, he earned $3.5 a week and saved $3, however, living in America will cost as much as other Americans and I wonder how he saved that much money. I would like to remind readers to ask the question: was it worth it for Chinese to go to America abandoning family and feeling isolated?
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