American History Homework Eleven Answers - Student Four

KaraH -- In Progress

1. I've always liked history, historical fiction being one of my favorite genres for books. Asides from the fascinating time periods and details, I can see just how valuable it is to learn other's mistakes so they won't happen again. For a modern day example, we can look back into the past during the Depression era to try and see what exactly went wrong so it won't happen again with this recession. Whether or not using the past will solve the present, only time will tell, but it can still certainly be useful.

2. I think once we were attacked we had every right to join the war, however if the attack really was known before hand, then it should have been prevented so war wouldn't have to take place at all. Now, as for the timing, I don't think we should have joined sooner. As far as I know England didn't ask for our help, and we might have made it worse by jumping in when we weren't really needed. The Battle of Britain is a good example. There were 7 Americans in the entire battle, and some 100 English fighters. They, and some Polish and Swiss pilots held of the Germans, forcing them to call of their attack. With little help from us at all.

3. I like how it was in the earlier days. When no one had problems with immigration. America is a free country with much better benefits and opportunities then most other countries. Why should we hoard all these things? Why should we complain when others are willing to work harder and longer then us? If immigration were free, or residency cards easier to obtain, maybe there wouldn't be as much illegal immigration as there is today.

4. I think the thing I like most about the '20s is the contentment the people must have had. For all they knew, life would always continue to be this way, and they sat back and enjoyed themselves. Not that life should always be that way, there should always be a time for work so laziness doesn't set it, but if there are things that make you happy and alleviate your stress, then there should be a set time to enjoy these things, and from what I can see, that is what seemed to happen for a majority of the '20s.

There is an issue, though. Since everyone believed life would always be this way, they were in no way prepared for the sudden crash of the stocks. It's better to fear the future and be prepared then to ignore possibilities and be disappointed.

5. The New Deal was an interesting idea. It all sounds good in theory, giving the unemployed jobs so they can support their families. But there is a problem. A job, especially if it's a blue collar job, can really only last a limited amount of time. Once that job is done, those people will be out of work. It will also cost the government money to do a job that may or may not be top priority.

6. As horrible as they were, and even though there were thousands of innocent lives lost, I believe that it was the right thing to do. Japan had to surrender, if they didn't we would have had to invade the country, costing thousands upon thousands of Americans, and Japanese militia. But I believe the common people would have been lost as well, since they were being trained to defend themselves from "the enemy." They probably wouldn't have stopped until all were dead or weakened, and this would have caused much more death then the bombs.

It still took two bombs to show Japan that we were serious, two weapons capable of mass destruction. I don't know how much more they would have needed, how many more lives they would have sacrificed had we not dine it this way.

H1) I would have to say that presidents are becoming followers as the years go by. Very few have stood, or stand for new or different choices that the people may or may not agree with. That's simply how they get elected, though. They say they believe in the causes that a majority of the country believe, get themselves elected, but one really has to wonder if they believe these things or not. Especially when a number of the "popular causes" contradict each other.

Now, having the same beliefs has a majority of the Americans can be seen as becoming a leader, wanting to lead America in the most popular way. But all this leader is leading is simply "the cool crowd," those with the most popular beliefs and ideas. So I say that no matter what it may look like, presidents have become a group of followers instead of true leaders.