Students,
The following questions should be answered by
Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Students, essay questions should be
answered in your own words by summarizing, paraphrasing, and/or analyzing
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and based on informational readings and text.Students are to select one (1)
question to answer in two detailed paragraphs and state a thesis sentence based
on your argument to be explained (Thesis statement should be the 1st or 2nd
sentence). Grammatical errors should be reviewed and corrected before submitting
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Assignment- Students should comment on at least two of their classmates’ essays
by Friday, April 26 ,2013, 12:00a.m. Your comments should be at least 2-3
sentences in length. he comment should be a critical evaluation of the essay and
explain whether you agree with the argument or disagree. This assignment will
allow students to become peer supporters in this AP US History class and help
critic the writings of their classmates. This assignment is worth 20 points (10
points per comment). Your overall grade will come from Mrs.
Ladd.
Students, remember select one question from the following questions
listed below:
1. To what extent were the hostilities that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1946 and 1952 inevitable?
2. Analyze the impact of TWO of the following on American-Soviet relations during Truman's presidency:
Atomic Weapons
Marshall Plan
Berlin Blockade
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
3. How did Truman's Fair Deal go beyond the reforms of the New Deal of the 1930s?
3. How did Truman's Fair Deal go beyond the reforms of the New Deal of the 1930's?
ReplyDeleteWith the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945, Vice President Harry S. Truman assumed the Oval Office. He surely knew he faced a difficult set of challenges in the immediate future: overseeing the final defeats of Germany and Japan; managing the U.S. role in post-war international relations; supervising the American economy's transition from a war-time to a peace-time footing; and maintaining the unity of a fractious and powerful Democratic Party.
The Fair Deal was the term given to an ambitious set of proposals put forward by United States President Harry S. Truman to the United States Congress in his January 1949 State of the Union address. The term, however, has also been used to describe the domestic reform agenda of the Truman Administration, which governed the United States from 1945 to 1953. It marked a new stage in the history of Modern liberalism in the United States, but with the Conservative Coalition dominant in Congress, the major initiatives did not become law unless they had GOP support. As Neustadt concludes, the most important proposals were aid to education, universal health insurance, FEPC and repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act. They were all debated at length, then voted down. Nevertheless, enough smaller and less controversial items passed that liberals could claim some success.
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Delete3. How did Truman's Fair Deal go beyond the reforms of the New Deal of the 1930s?
ReplyDeleteDespite strong opposition from a Republican congress, Truman attempted to extend Roosevelt's New Deal policies by strengthening social security, conservation, implementing rent controls, and providing housing to low-income families. At times, however, Truman was inconsistent with his own party's beliefs and the ideal of the New Deal in order to suit the immediate situation and retain public support. Furthermore, Truman supported civil rights actions and for the first time, increased the political status of African American citizens. Truman's various other reforms were much like the proposals of Roosevelt, but the mood of the nation due to its affluence and that of Congress opposed his efforts and the changing times proved that Truman's Fair Deal was not as necessary as FDR's New Deal.
Truman's organized policy to elaborate on the New Deal was termed the Fair Deal and aimed to improve social conditions like Roosevelt's plan had done previously. His immediate goals were full employment and an improved economy, as well as to provide for the common good. The Fair Labor Standards Act increased the minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents and the Social Security Act increased benefits to the elderly by 77.5%. Also, to the advantage of those who lived in rented homes and apartments, Truman lengthened rent controls to March 1951, and in addition, the Housing Act vowed to eliminate slums and established 810,000 low-income houses, thus providing a good amount of citizens with affordable housing.
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Delete1. To what extent were the hostilities that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1946 and 1952 inevitable?
ReplyDeleteThe United States and the Soviet Union disagreed over postwar policy in central and Eastern Europe. The USSR wanted to demilitarize Germany to prevent another war; to control Poland to preclude any future invasion from its west; and to dominate Eastern Europe. Stalin saw Soviet domination of Eastern Europe as vital to Soviet security. Within months of the war's end, Stalin installed pro-Soviet governments in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. Independent Communist takeovers in Albania and Yugoslavia provided two more "satellite nations." Finally, the Soviets barred free elections in Poland and suppressed political opposition. In March 1946 former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill told a college audience in Fulton, Missouri, that a Soviet-made "iron curtain" had descended across Europe.
President Harry S. Truman, enraged at the USSR's moves, at once assumed a combative stance. He believed that Soviet expansion into Poland and Eastern Europe violated national self-determination, or the right of people to choose their own form of government; betrayed democratic principles; and threatened the rest of Europe. In contrast to the USSR, the United States envisioned a united, peaceful Europe that included a prosperous Germany. Truman became an architect of American Cold War policy. So did State Department official George Kennan, then stationed in Moscow, who in 1946 warned of Soviet inflexibility. The United States, wrote Kennan, would have to use "vigilant containment" to deter the USSR’s inherent expansionist tendencies. The doctrine of containment became a principle of U.S. policy for the next several decades.
2. Analyze the impact of TWO of the following on American-Soviet relations during Truman's presidency:
ReplyDeleteAtomic Weapons Marshall Plan Berlin Blockade North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The Marshall plan was a pRogram of post-war aid to war-torn European nations to help prevent the spread of Communism. It very much strained relations with the Soviets but the US felt it was vital to contain communism bc the war torn nations would be so succeptable to it. The Berlin Blockade aka Berlin airlift...massive program of aid to Berlin after the soviets cut off control of the city by all land transportation to make all of Berlin dependent on the soviets; not just the soviet sector. The decision was made to airlift supplies to the cut off city by the Americans, it was a massive undertaking with thousands of flights in and out weekly.
3. How did Truman's Fair Deal go beyond the reforms of the New Deal of the 1930s?
ReplyDeleteThere had been federal attempts to deal with housing in the 1930s. Truman proposed to national housing program that would guarantee good housing for every family in America. The massive expansion and extension of the unemployment benefits that had first been put in place during the New Deal years. The major new tax cuts for the poor and for low-income Americans.New attempts to gain federal funding for education throughout the country. A major Fair Deal proposal, a comprehensive federal health-care program, and federal national health insurance.
These were Truman's Fair Deal proposals. Did they work? Not at its best, the Fair Deal was a mixed bag of failures and successes.He did get through Congress a kind of omnibus housing act in 1949, that committed the federal government in part to furthering its housing programs. Truman got nowhere in his civil rights proposals. He did get a slight rise in minimum wage. He didn't get very far in the unemployment benefits. He got nowhere with the tax cuts for the low-income and the poor. He got nowhere with his federal education programs. And he got absolutely nowhere with his national health insurance and federal health care proposals.
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Delete3. How did Truman's Fair Deal go beyond the reforms of the New Deal of the 1930s.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Republican congress opposed strongly, Truman attempted to extend Roosevelt's New Deal policies by strengthening social security, conservation, implementing rent controls, and providing housing to low-income families. At times, however, Truman was not consistent with his own party's beliefs and the ideal of the New Deal in order to suit the immediate situation and retain public support. Furthermore, Truman supported civil rights actions and for the first time, increased the political status of African American citizens. Truman's various other reforms were much like the proposals of Roosevelt, but the mood of the nation due to its affluence and that of Congress opposed his efforts and the changing times proved that Truman's Fair Deal was not as necessary as FDR's New Deal. Truman’s plans went way further than the New Deal of the 1930s.
3. How did Truman's Fair Deal go beyond the reforms of the New Deal of the 1930s?
ReplyDeleteTruman's fair deal went beyond FDR's New Deal, because with Truman's fair deal, he created a modern presidency with a powerful executive office,who were able to manage a large bureaucracy. Truman believed and tried to help all parts of society. President Truman also won the Congress for the Reorganization Acts of 1945 and 1949.
Where as with the new deal they just gave jobs to men and helped them make money. Truman also extended national health insurance. He also, did an expansion of Social Security benefits and a program of technical assistance to underdeveloped nations. Where as with the New Deal did not do such things. The Fair Deal was a little more specific in helping all people where as the New Deal wasn't.
How did Truman's Fair Deal go beyond the reforms of the New Deal of the 1930s?
ReplyDeleteTruman's organized policy to elaborate on the New Deal was termed the Fair Deal and aimed to improve social conditions like Roosevelt's plan had done previously. His immediate goals were full employment and an improved economy, as well as to provide for the common good. The Fair Labor Standards Act increased the minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents and the Social Security Act increased benefits to the elderly. also he president also implemented the Employment Act in 1946 to help stabilize the postwar economy. The act created a three member council of economic advisers and a joint committee.
How did Truman's Fair Deal go beyond the reforms of the New Deal of the 1930s?
ReplyDeleteTruman tried to extend the new deal after Roosevelt died in April 12,1945. He tried to strengthen the social security problem and conversations, along with complacent rent. Also Truman wanted to house for people with low income. Even got to employee people that could help business and the economy. But Truman was also inconsistent with his own parties believes and deals too.
So Truman stretched the rent to march 1951 and added the housing act which meant to eliminate the slums. and that meant that it was established 810,000 on low income houses. The social security increased for the elderly for 77.5%. He also started the employee act in 1946 to stabilize postwar economy. Even thought Truman did a lot with the new deal the FDR government was against him at that time
3. How did Truman's Fair Deal go beyond the reforms of the New Deal of the 1930s?
ReplyDeleteHarry Truman was now president in his own right. Shortly after his inauguration, Truman went before the nation, announcing what he called the "Fair Deal." We need to talk some about that label that Truman attached to the programs that he sought to push through Congress between his inauguration as President in 1949 and his leaving the office in 1953. Truman said that the survival politics, the relief and reform politics of the New Deal, were no longer what most Americans needed. We had survived.
Harry Truman said, with my Fair Deal, what we need is a more equal, a fairer distribution of the income and the prosperity of America to help all the have-nots throughout the country. Harry Truman's Fair Deal proposals would move beyond the New Deal in setting forth a new national agenda of social reform and social welfare policies. Unfortunately for him and perhaps unfortunately for the nation, in the face of the rising political conservatism, his Fair Deal policies had little success.
2. Analyze the impact of TWO of the following on American-Soviet relations during Truman's presidency:
ReplyDeleteAtomic Weapons
Marshall Plan
Berlin Blockade
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
During Truman's presidency, there were many things that had an impact on American-Soviet relations. Two of those things were atomic weapons and the Berlin Blockade. America, the Soviet Union, and other major countries were all trying to pretty much out do each other with their atomic weapons, armies, and regular weaponry. America and the Soviet Union had begun to have mixed feelings due to competition to create the best atomic weapons. The war with Japan and Germany(including the droppings of the atomic bombs) did not help, mostly because of suspicion from the Soviet Union towards America and Great Britain.
The Berlin Blockade also had some effect on the American-Soviet relations during Truman's presidency. With the Berlin Blockade, the Soviet Union refused to let America, Great Britain, or France access Berlin after withdrawing from the Allied Control Council. This cause serious issues between America and the Soviet Union. This blockage of Berlin from America, Britain, and France may have been a part of what sparked the Cold War.
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DeleteHow did Truman's Fair Deal go beyond the reforms of the New Deal of the 1930s?
ReplyDeleteWhen Harry S. Truman stepped into office after President Franklin death he came with a new deal. The deal was call the Fair Deal. He said that the survival politics, the relief and reform politics of the New Deal, were no longer what most Americans needed.With the Fair Deal, we needed a more equal, a fairer distribution of the income and the prosperity of America to help all the have-nots throughout the country.
Harry Truman's Fair Deal game plan would move beyond the New Deal in setting forth a new national agenda of social reform and social welfare policies. Unfortunately for him and the nation, in the face of the rising politicalcontrolled, his Fair Deal policies had little success.
1. To what extent were the hostilities that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1946 and 1952 inevitable?
ReplyDeleteThe United States and the Soviet Union hostile developed through the Cold War. Diplomacy failed to resolve disagreements among the occupation powers about the administration and future status of Germany. The conflict reflected disagreements between the Soviet concept of a weak through undivided and not necessarily communist Germany, which was ensure due to its dependence on Moscow, and the U.S. concept of a Germany integrated in a unifying Europe. The cost of detaching the western-occupied part of the country from the Soviet occupation zone as a separate state. On March 1947 at the Moscow conference of foreign ministers, Secretary of State George C. Marshall became convinced about the incompatibility of these respective approaches to the solution of the German question and the necessity of reviewing the overall U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union.
The guiding principle of U.S. foreign policy until the Soviet Union’s collapse ended the confrontation forty-four years later. Conceptualized by George F. Kennan, who was a Russian expert who served in the U.S. embassy in Moscow during the critical preceding years. Kennan’s grasped the fundamental systemic difference and conflicting interests that precluded their mutual accommodation, but concluded that America’s superior political, economic, and moral assets could allow it to prevail without war until internal strains in the Soviet system brought about “either the break-up or the gradual mellowing of Soviet power.” He believed that the Soviet Union posed a political rather than a military threat and was therefore critical of the later expansion of the U.S. military established as well as the application of containment to other nations on the questionable assumption that they were being manipulated from Moscow.
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ReplyDelete3.How did Truman's Fair Deal go beyond the reforms of the New Deal of the 1930s?
Truman's fair deal despite opposition from Republican Congress, was meant to surpass Roosevelt's new deal policies. This was done by strengthening the acts passed on by the new deal program. To get back public support Truman was inconsistent even with his own party's beliefs or the ideal of the new deal. By doing so he supported civil rights action, and for the first time increase political status of African American citizens. Alike Roosevelt's plan had done previously the goals were employment for everybody and an improved economy for the good of everyone.
The deals increased minimum wage, social security benefits, and advantage to those rented homes and apartments. Truman Also implemented the Employment Act that helped stabilize postwar economy. Although the policies seemed consistent with Roosevelt's it seemed that Truman showed inconsistency in rhetoric, only to accommodate specific situations. Eventhough Truman was more of a new dealer, at times he took politics in his own hands no matter the ideals of reform, bringing a unique touch to the presidency.
2. Analyze the impact of TWO of the following on American-Soviet relations during Truman's presidency:
ReplyDeleteAtomic Weapons
Marshall Plan
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade came from an attempt by the Soviet Union, in 1948-1949.The program of aid to Berlin. After the soviets cut off control of the city by all land transportation to make all of Berlin dependent on the soviets. The decision was made to airlift supplies to the cut off city by the Americans; it was a massive undertaking with thousands of flights in and out weekly.
The atomic bomb became the final divisive issue, contributing to the ultimate breakdown of U.S.-Soviet relations. In late 1938, German physicists had discovered that uranium atoms undergo fission when bombarded by neutrons. They found that this fission triggered a self-sustaining atomic reaction that could release enormous amounts of energy. Their discovery had significant potential for the development of a powerful new weapon. In early 1942 the U.S. governments finally launch an official research project to develop the new weapon. Truman committed a war crime by using atomic bombs but he was saved from hanging because he was on the winning side.
The Marshall Plan was a plan to help rebulid and create a stronger foundation for Europe. This plan lasted for four years, from 1948 to 1952. The US gave Europe $13 billion for economic and technical assistance. The US asked the Soviet Union to join the program, but the Soviet Union refused. They refused do to the fact that the US would gain control over the Communist economies.
ReplyDeleteThe Berlin Blockade was the first international crisis of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked the western allies railroads and roadsto parts of Berlin.the Soviet Union goal was to force the western powers to let the Soviet Union supply Berlin with food and food. In retaliation the Western Powers developed the Berlin Airlift . This Airlift was to deliver supplies to the western part of Berlin.
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