Sarah's APUSH Blog

Containment was an idea that post World War II the U.S. had the responsibility of protecting other nations from Communism. The U.S. believed that when one nation fell to Communism, it would create a domino effect, where its neighboring countries would then also fall Communism. President Truman believes that both Greece and Turkey need financial aid and advisers if they are to create more stable democratic governments post war, to rebuild there societies. The government in Greece was weakened during the war and the military is ill equipped to deal with the rising insurgence that threatens the stability of the nation. While in Turkey they seek more financial aid to help modernize the country so that it has the integrity needed to preserve the Middle East. Truman believes that is it the responsibility of the U.S. to aid these nations in a peaceful development without any coercion. Truman believes that if Greece feel as an independent nation that it would effect other European nations sti...

The executive order 9066 was the order that made it allowed for the people in Home was a Horse Stall to be put in internment camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The order allowed for people of Japanese ancestry to be rounded up and put into internment camps, which was where they were forced to live in Home was a Horse Stall. The camps were where the people in Home was a Horse Stall made clubs and sports activities to keep active and distracted. This executive order was an atrocity and a blatant use of authority by the President. The President had no grounds for this order and was straight up racist. This executive order gave authority to the Secretary of War and military commanders. Both concentration camps and internment camps were leaders way of asserting control on the people that they were meant to protect and route out anyone that did not fit their stereotypical person.

President Roosevelt acknowledges the event that happened yesterday that he called “a day that will live in infamy”. He says that the Japanese executed an intentional attack on America in Pearl Harbor which caused the loss of American lives and the destruction of American military property. He asks that Congress declare war on Japan. The lone no vote was Jeanette Rankin. Her nickname became Japanette. In both WW1 and WW2 the U.S. declared in response to provocations by other nations.

1) The American nickname given to Tsuyako is not surprising because Americans have always tried to assimilate people that they viewed as different into their own existing culture and society. 2) The living conditions that individuals of Japanese ancestry had to endure just for being Japanese was unjust. 3) The resilience of those who were trapped in internment camps to find ways to avoid going stir crazy through activities such as clubs and teams, shows determination and an ability to adapt to horrible circumstances. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 27 (Executive Order 9066) In 1988, an investigation by the Commission of Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians ended with the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Under the law, every survivor was given $20,000 in reparations. It also provided compensation to people in Alaska who had to relocate as well as the establishment of a fund on educating people about the experiences of people in internment camps. Internment ...

President FDR gave the first of his four inaugural addresses on March 4, 1933. FDR entered his presidency with the American people at an all time low as a result of the Great Depression which caused suffering for people all across the country. Knowing this FDR began his speech by acknowledging these issues and saying that he would do his best to tackle those them head on. His main message to the people was that "the only thing we have to fear, is fear itself". One of the problems he mentions is the fallen economy in which values shrunk, taxes rose and peoples means to pay had been severely limited.He acknowledges that one of the biggest issues in the country was unemployment and that to fix this the American people needed to be given to jobs.He also talks about the need for strict supervision on banking and credits and investments. His ideas for foreign policy dealt with his good neighbor policy where America needed to respect its neighbors. His speech concluded with asking t...

The pact was an attempt to outlaw war and try to prevent another war like the Great War. It was signed on August 27, 1928 in Paris which is why it is also referred to as the Pact of Paris. Following the Great War peace advocates in America tried to outlaw war which included Nicholas Murray Butler and James T. Shotwell. These men influenced the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aristide Briand to propose outlawing war between the U.S and France in a bilateral agreement. Briand published an open letter and Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg was not as eager as Briand to enter into a bilateral agreement. The U.S. and France eventually decided to take the lead in inviting other nations in outlawing war. In the end 15 nations signed the pact in Paris. Later on 47 more nations also signed to total 62 nations that signed the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact. The pact had no built in ways for it to be enforced. The pact only outlawed war and called upon those who signed to use peaceful means to re...