The Cover-up
1. Regardless of the outcome, should the President of the United States have a right to privacy in regards to the Oval Office tapes? Explain.
No Nixon shouldn't have had rights to the privacy to the Oval Office tapes. They were key evidence to a federal investigation. Nixon and Haldeman couldn't claim those tapes where private property. They were public property that belonged to the state department not Nixon himself. Therefore Nixon had no claim on keeping the tapes in the first place expecially since they were critical evidence in a federal investigation of the Executive branch and Nixon defying every order to turn over the tapes on the sole grounds that he thought they were his property shows how arogant and obscene he is.
2. Was President Nixon justified when he fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox? Explain.
No, Nixon was not justified when he fired Special prosecutor Archibald Cox. This is because he overstepped his bounds in what he could do as president. He couldn't get rid of a whole department because he didn't like what he was saying that would make him a dictator instead of a elected president. Also he only fired Cox because he didn't like what he was telling him to do which was to hand over the tapes. He should have relized he was overstepping his bounds when the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General quit and were fired because they thought it was wrong. The only reason he was able to do so was the Solitour General was scared for his job and did it because he didn't want to be fired.
3. Was Nixon creating a Constitutional crisis by refusing to hand-over the tapes? Explain.
Yes, Nixon was defiently creating a Constitutional crisis by refusing to have over the tapes. He was refusing direct orders from Congress, the special prosecutor's office, and the Erving Committee. He was acting like a dictator and a tyrant. He was overstepping his constituial boundaries by a lot of space where he was doing things that were illegial for him to do. He was disobeying the Constitution which he swore to uphold.
Closure
4. Why do you think the American public was so outraged by Watergate?
The president lied about the scandal. He also was involved in many different illegial activities. Also he was abusing his power and using the money people gave him to help him be reelected to fund his illegial activities.
5. Do you think President Nixon should have resigned? Explain.
No, I think Nixon should have had some guts and stayed and taken his punishment like a man instead of running away and hidding from it like a little girl. He should have stayed and faced the consequences for his actions and in my eyes that wouldn't have made him such a crook. Instead he backed of and kept lying and telling people he wasn't a crook while he was a scoundrel and a blight on America.
6. Do you think President Nixon should have been prosecuted? Explain.
Yes, I think Nixon should have been prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Our country was founded on the prinicipal that everyone is equal and no one and I mean ABOSOLUTLY NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!! Nixon should have been taken to court for his crimes because he disobed the constitution. He isn't and wasn't above the law and should have had to answer for his crimes because he wasn't above the law. Letting him get away scot free except his reputation being destroyed was a horrendus clamaty that should have not happened.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Watergate: Nixon's Downfall
1. How ere the "plumbers" connected to President Nixon?
They were the people who Nixon had get dirt on other people to have them shut up so they don't tell any secrets about Nixon's involvement in watergate.
2. Who was the judge? Why did he hand out maximum sentences?
John Sirica was the judge and he
3. How were Mitchell and Dean connected to Nixon?
They were two of his closest advisors.
4. How were Haldeman and Erlichman connected to Nixon?
They were also two of the presidents closest advisors.
5. What did the following men tell the Senate about Nixon?
a. Dean
He said that Nixon was deeply involved in the cover-up.
b. Butterfield
He told the senate about the tapes Nixon had in his office or the watergate tapes.
6. Who was fired or forced to resign in the "massacre"?
Archibald Cox was fired. Attorney General Richardson resigned. The Deputy Attorney General was fired.
7. Why weren't investigators satisified with the transcripts?
They were edited and Nixon probably took out all the good stuff that indicated him in the crime.
8. What did the tapes reveal?
It proved Nixon not only knew about the cover-up and the original crime but that he planned to obstruct the official F.B.I. investigation.
9. Why did Vice President Spiro Agnew resign?
He accepted bribes while governor of Maryland from an Engineering firm.
10. What did the House Judiciary Committee charge President Nixon with?
Obstruction of Justice, Abuse of Power, and Contempt of Congress for refusing to give them the unfettered tapes.
11. How did the Watergate scandal create a constitutional crisis?
They were the people who Nixon had get dirt on other people to have them shut up so they don't tell any secrets about Nixon's involvement in watergate.
2. Who was the judge? Why did he hand out maximum sentences?
John Sirica was the judge and he
3. How were Mitchell and Dean connected to Nixon?
They were two of his closest advisors.
4. How were Haldeman and Erlichman connected to Nixon?
They were also two of the presidents closest advisors.
5. What did the following men tell the Senate about Nixon?
a. Dean
He said that Nixon was deeply involved in the cover-up.
b. Butterfield
He told the senate about the tapes Nixon had in his office or the watergate tapes.
6. Who was fired or forced to resign in the "massacre"?
Archibald Cox was fired. Attorney General Richardson resigned. The Deputy Attorney General was fired.
7. Why weren't investigators satisified with the transcripts?
They were edited and Nixon probably took out all the good stuff that indicated him in the crime.
8. What did the tapes reveal?
It proved Nixon not only knew about the cover-up and the original crime but that he planned to obstruct the official F.B.I. investigation.
9. Why did Vice President Spiro Agnew resign?
He accepted bribes while governor of Maryland from an Engineering firm.
10. What did the House Judiciary Committee charge President Nixon with?
Obstruction of Justice, Abuse of Power, and Contempt of Congress for refusing to give them the unfettered tapes.
11. How did the Watergate scandal create a constitutional crisis?
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Women Fight for Equality
1. Experiences in the workplace
they weren't paid as much as men in their position and they were never promoted into management positions and this angered many women.
2. Experiences in social activism
They usually had to answer to men in civil rights groups and their opinions were rarely listened to.
3. "Consciousness raising"
These sessions showed women that they weren't alone in their battle for civil liberties and that many other women thought as they did.
4. Feminism
The idea of women should have the same economic, social, and political rights as men.
5. Betty Friedan and The Feminine Mystique
This book caputered the feelings of most women on the subject of civil liberties and talked about how women should be equal with men.
6. Civil Rights Act of 1964
the EDCC created by this act didn't listen to many of the complaints women filed and the women wanted to change this.
7. National Organization for Women (NOW)
A group of Women's rights activist that wanted social change to happen now. Also they pressured the EDCC to change their rulings on female cases to ban sex-discrimination from jobs and employers.
8. Gloria Steinem and Ms. Magazine
She helped create Ms. Magazine which adressed the issues many women were facing and talked about women's rights.
9. Congress
passed a ban on discriminating women from higher education.
10. Supreme Court
Said it was legal for a woman to choose to have an abortion within the first 3 months of her pregnancy. This issue still divides American today.
11. The Equal rights Amendment would have guaranteed equal rights under the law, regardless of gender. Who opposed this amendment? Why?
Conservatives and religious groups opposed the Amendment because they thought that it would destroy the laws that protect women, allow gay marriage, destroy men's responcibility, and that the feminists had marriage, men, and tranditional ideals.
they weren't paid as much as men in their position and they were never promoted into management positions and this angered many women.
2. Experiences in social activism
They usually had to answer to men in civil rights groups and their opinions were rarely listened to.
3. "Consciousness raising"
These sessions showed women that they weren't alone in their battle for civil liberties and that many other women thought as they did.
4. Feminism
The idea of women should have the same economic, social, and political rights as men.
5. Betty Friedan and The Feminine Mystique
This book caputered the feelings of most women on the subject of civil liberties and talked about how women should be equal with men.
6. Civil Rights Act of 1964
the EDCC created by this act didn't listen to many of the complaints women filed and the women wanted to change this.
7. National Organization for Women (NOW)
A group of Women's rights activist that wanted social change to happen now. Also they pressured the EDCC to change their rulings on female cases to ban sex-discrimination from jobs and employers.
8. Gloria Steinem and Ms. Magazine
She helped create Ms. Magazine which adressed the issues many women were facing and talked about women's rights.
9. Congress
passed a ban on discriminating women from higher education.
10. Supreme Court
Said it was legal for a woman to choose to have an abortion within the first 3 months of her pregnancy. This issue still divides American today.
11. The Equal rights Amendment would have guaranteed equal rights under the law, regardless of gender. Who opposed this amendment? Why?
Conservatives and religious groups opposed the Amendment because they thought that it would destroy the laws that protect women, allow gay marriage, destroy men's responcibility, and that the feminists had marriage, men, and tranditional ideals.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Vietnam War Opposition
1. Note all of the reasons why you feel the war in Vietnam is wrong.
I feel the war in Vietnam is right. It's needed to help contain the taint of Commuism. It's needed to keep the free world free. Victory with any cost.
2. Note what you re trying to achieve with this poster. (e.g. to convince people to write to their Congressmen to get the troops out.) That the War against Communism has to be fought to protect the rest of the free world. We need to fight today where we're strong or tommorrow when we're weak and where we have allies today and fight before they fall.
3. List possible images for your poster. Think about: background (e.g. destroyed villages); the central image (e.g. picture of a young soldier); whether you will need words to explain your image. hammer and scicle in a red crossed out circle. Containment. Soviet tanks and weapons. Communism can't win. Bloody family in front of a Soviet Solider "This could be your family." People starving "Communism straves and kills. Can you stand by and watch this happen to innocent people."
4. List some possible slogans for your poster.
"Contain the Taint of Communism. Join the U.S. army today!" Fight today or die tomorrow by the dirty hand of Communism. Join the U.S. army." "Protect others like you would protect your own family. See your local recruter today." "Help save the World from the Tyranny that is Communism Fight for the U.S. Army." "Fight today when we still have allies instead of later when they have fallen and we are alone fighting against the darkness and the taint that is Communism."
I feel the war in Vietnam is right. It's needed to help contain the taint of Commuism. It's needed to keep the free world free. Victory with any cost.
2. Note what you re trying to achieve with this poster. (e.g. to convince people to write to their Congressmen to get the troops out.) That the War against Communism has to be fought to protect the rest of the free world. We need to fight today where we're strong or tommorrow when we're weak and where we have allies today and fight before they fall.
3. List possible images for your poster. Think about: background (e.g. destroyed villages); the central image (e.g. picture of a young soldier); whether you will need words to explain your image. hammer and scicle in a red crossed out circle. Containment. Soviet tanks and weapons. Communism can't win. Bloody family in front of a Soviet Solider "This could be your family." People starving "Communism straves and kills. Can you stand by and watch this happen to innocent people."
4. List some possible slogans for your poster.
"Contain the Taint of Communism. Join the U.S. army today!" Fight today or die tomorrow by the dirty hand of Communism. Join the U.S. army." "Protect others like you would protect your own family. See your local recruter today." "Help save the World from the Tyranny that is Communism Fight for the U.S. Army." "Fight today when we still have allies instead of later when they have fallen and we are alone fighting against the darkness and the taint that is Communism."
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Vietnam War Turning Points
1. Why was the Tet Offensive a turning point? Explain your answer.
The Tet Offensive was the turning point of the war because it made the people in the U.S. start to question the war and it made the U.S. civilian population want to end the war.
2. Are Sources 51 and 52 making the same point about the My Lai Massacre?
No, Source 51 talks about the killing of people in the My Lai Massacre while in Source 52 the writter talks about the killing of ideas and he avoids talking about the innocent people he killed.
3. Why do you think it took 12 months for anyone to do anything about the massacre?
The U.S. army and the U.S. government silenced the story and tried to make sure that it didn't leak to the press but unfortunely they couldn't even do that.
4. Why was the massacre so shocking to the American public?
The American people didn't think the U.S. army would condone such actions and that American soliders could preform these actions.
The Tet Offensive was the turning point of the war because it made the people in the U.S. start to question the war and it made the U.S. civilian population want to end the war.
2. Are Sources 51 and 52 making the same point about the My Lai Massacre?
No, Source 51 talks about the killing of people in the My Lai Massacre while in Source 52 the writter talks about the killing of ideas and he avoids talking about the innocent people he killed.
3. Why do you think it took 12 months for anyone to do anything about the massacre?
The U.S. army and the U.S. government silenced the story and tried to make sure that it didn't leak to the press but unfortunely they couldn't even do that.
4. Why was the massacre so shocking to the American public?
The American people didn't think the U.S. army would condone such actions and that American soliders could preform these actions.
Monday, May 3, 2010
The U.S. struggles against the Communist in Vietnam
1. Now think about the overall picture - how the strengths and weaknesses work together.
a) Were the armies finely balanced or was the balance strongly weighted to one side or the other? The U.S. army and the Veit Cong were unfairly balanced because the Viet Cong had many more advantages than the U.S. had.
b) Which quality was most important in determining who won the war? Was one feature so important that being ahead in that area meant that other advantages or disadvantages did not matter? The Advantage of the Veit Cong and their tactics were crutial to winning the war because it made them almost impossible to defeat.
2. Now write up your answer. Use this structure:
a. The U.S. weaknesses were:
They didn't have the support of local population. Also the enemy knew where the American bases were and where to strike.
b. At the same time, the Communist strengths were:
Their tactics of Gurilla Warfare. They were able to blend in with ordinary civilians so the Americans never knew how close they were to their enemy. They were fighting on their home turf and had the advantage.
c. The U.S. forces did have some successes. For example:
The uses of the tactics of using chemical weapons, air raids, and search and destroy missions were effective in fighting the Veit Cong Forces but these tactics angered the Vietnemese population.
d. However, there were some major failures as well. Examples of these were:
The tactics used by the U.S. army angered the civilian population making them not want to help the Americans. They also had their bases while heavily fortified were in known positions and were able to attacked where easily.
e. The Viet Cong had some major successes, such as:
They were able to blend in with the civilian population and this let them attack the Americans at will and not have to reveil themselves till they attack. Their tactics of Gurrilla Warfare also terified the American soliders and lowered their moral. Also they wouldn't give up and would rather die than surrender.
f. However, they also suffered defeats, for example:
The Tet offensive failed miserably.
g. If I had to identify one major American weakness, it would be the tactics they had to use to fight the Viet Cong angered the civilian population because: this made the civilian population not want to help the Americans rout out the Viet Cong resistance Fighters and this also made them lose the support of the people and drove the people to help the Viet Cong.
h. The key Viet Cong strength was their Gurilla Tactics because: This form of attack made it nearly impossible for the U.S. army to fight the Viet Cong on their own terms they had to wait for the Viet Cong attack them.
a) Were the armies finely balanced or was the balance strongly weighted to one side or the other? The U.S. army and the Veit Cong were unfairly balanced because the Viet Cong had many more advantages than the U.S. had.
b) Which quality was most important in determining who won the war? Was one feature so important that being ahead in that area meant that other advantages or disadvantages did not matter? The Advantage of the Veit Cong and their tactics were crutial to winning the war because it made them almost impossible to defeat.
2. Now write up your answer. Use this structure:
a. The U.S. weaknesses were:
They didn't have the support of local population. Also the enemy knew where the American bases were and where to strike.
b. At the same time, the Communist strengths were:
Their tactics of Gurilla Warfare. They were able to blend in with ordinary civilians so the Americans never knew how close they were to their enemy. They were fighting on their home turf and had the advantage.
c. The U.S. forces did have some successes. For example:
The uses of the tactics of using chemical weapons, air raids, and search and destroy missions were effective in fighting the Veit Cong Forces but these tactics angered the Vietnemese population.
d. However, there were some major failures as well. Examples of these were:
The tactics used by the U.S. army angered the civilian population making them not want to help the Americans. They also had their bases while heavily fortified were in known positions and were able to attacked where easily.
e. The Viet Cong had some major successes, such as:
They were able to blend in with the civilian population and this let them attack the Americans at will and not have to reveil themselves till they attack. Their tactics of Gurrilla Warfare also terified the American soliders and lowered their moral. Also they wouldn't give up and would rather die than surrender.
f. However, they also suffered defeats, for example:
The Tet offensive failed miserably.
g. If I had to identify one major American weakness, it would be the tactics they had to use to fight the Viet Cong angered the civilian population because: this made the civilian population not want to help the Americans rout out the Viet Cong resistance Fighters and this also made them lose the support of the people and drove the people to help the Viet Cong.
h. The key Viet Cong strength was their Gurilla Tactics because: This form of attack made it nearly impossible for the U.S. army to fight the Viet Cong on their own terms they had to wait for the Viet Cong attack them.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
The U.S. Enters the Vietnam War
1. Many neutral observers in Vietnam were critical of US policy. Explain why.
The U.S. mocked the Soviets when they held "free and unfettered" in Eastern Europe but the U.S. did the same thing in Veitnam.
2. Explain how US politicians would have defended their policies.
They Said they were keeping the free world from falling to the evils of Communism.
3. The following events are not listed in correct date order. Place them in the correct chronological order. (Write the year inside the parenthesis, i.e. (1965). Then note the reason for each U.S. action, and how it brought the U.S. into deeper involvement in Vietnam.
The reasons you can choose from are: No direct involvement; financial support; political involvement; military involvement. Also, note what events triggered the increased involvement.
(6) Assassination of JFK - Johnson becomes president No Direct Involvement
(2) Formation of South Vietnam Political Involment
(8) Gulf of Tonkin Incident Military Involvment escalted the problems
(7) Number of 'advisers' reaches over 11,500 Political Involvement
(4) JFK sends military advisers Political Involment
(9) U.S. Marines land at Da Nang Military Involvement Escalated the conflict
(10) U.S. stops elections in Vietnam Political Involvement
(5) U.S. supports South Vietnam government after army overthrow Diem Political Involvement
(3) Viet Cong attacks on U.S. and South Vietnam bases Military involement this increased U.S. involvement
(1) Viet Cong formed No Direct Involvement
4. Choose two events that you think were critical in getting the U.S. involved in a war in Vietnam. Explain
your choice.
The Two events that brought the U.S. into the conflict was The Viet Cong attacking South Veitnam and U.S. military bases and the Gulf of Tonkin incedents. These are the two main reasons because both were acts of aggression against the U.S. and it's ally and these actions would warrant military involvement.
The U.S. mocked the Soviets when they held "free and unfettered" in Eastern Europe but the U.S. did the same thing in Veitnam.
2. Explain how US politicians would have defended their policies.
They Said they were keeping the free world from falling to the evils of Communism.
3. The following events are not listed in correct date order. Place them in the correct chronological order. (Write the year inside the parenthesis, i.e. (1965). Then note the reason for each U.S. action, and how it brought the U.S. into deeper involvement in Vietnam.
The reasons you can choose from are: No direct involvement; financial support; political involvement; military involvement. Also, note what events triggered the increased involvement.
(6) Assassination of JFK - Johnson becomes president No Direct Involvement
(2) Formation of South Vietnam Political Involment
(8) Gulf of Tonkin Incident Military Involvment escalted the problems
(7) Number of 'advisers' reaches over 11,500 Political Involvement
(4) JFK sends military advisers Political Involment
(9) U.S. Marines land at Da Nang Military Involvement Escalated the conflict
(10) U.S. stops elections in Vietnam Political Involvement
(5) U.S. supports South Vietnam government after army overthrow Diem Political Involvement
(3) Viet Cong attacks on U.S. and South Vietnam bases Military involement this increased U.S. involvement
(1) Viet Cong formed No Direct Involvement
4. Choose two events that you think were critical in getting the U.S. involved in a war in Vietnam. Explain
your choice.
The Two events that brought the U.S. into the conflict was The Viet Cong attacking South Veitnam and U.S. military bases and the Gulf of Tonkin incedents. These are the two main reasons because both were acts of aggression against the U.S. and it's ally and these actions would warrant military involvement.
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