Monday, January 25, 2016

Collecting Data Images for U.S. Entry into WWI

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Germany & Italy Declare War on U.S.

 
U.S. Army for WWI
 
President Woodrow Wilson Declares War
 


The German Submarine Hits the Lusitania Ship
 

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Foreign Policy - U.S. Entry into World War I, 1917

"U.S. Entry into World War I, 1917." MILESTONES: 1914-1920. Print.

  Throughout the history of the United States of America, there have been many changes in foreign policy. During the course of history, the United States has taken foreign policy actions that have been consistent with the national interest. One example is U.S. entry into World War I.

  One example of foreign policy was the U.S. entry into World War I, On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, as well as its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States, as his reasons for declaring war. On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917

  Germany’s resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 became the primary motivation behind Wilson’s decision to lead the United States into World War I. Following the sinking of an unarmed French boat, the Sussex, in the English Channel in March 1916, Wilson threatened to sever diplomatic relations with Germany unless the German Government refrained from attacking all passenger ships and allowed the crews of enemy merchant vessels to abandon their ships prior to any attack. On May 4, 1916, the German Government accepted these terms and conditions in what came to be known as the “Sussex pledge.”

  President Wilson refrained from asking for a declaration of war because he doubted that the U.S. public ample proof that Germany intended to attack U.S. ships without warning. Wilson left open the possibility of negotiating with Germany if its submarines refrained from attacking U.S. shipping.

 
  During the course of its history, the United States has taken foreign policy actions that have been consistent with the national interest.

Monday, January 11, 2016

Animal Farm Quote and Citation


Orwell, George. Animal Farm. Published - Harcourt, Brace, 1945. Print.

 “This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.”
George Orwell, Animal Farm

Animal Farm is an allegory a story about some animals who revolt and take over the farm. George Orwell, the author, wrote this book to discuss government ideas and the problems of Communism and Fascism.

Friday, January 8, 2016

U.S. Thematic Essays - Foreign Policy


Kenner, David. "Can the West Fight ISIS Without Forgetting About Assad?" Http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/01/05/can-the-west-fight-isis-without-forgetting-about-assad/. 5 Jan. 2016. Web. 8 Jan. 2016.
 
Colucci, Lamont. The State of the World in 2015. Washington, D.C., 2015. Print.
 
Foreign Policy means a government's strategy in dealing with other nations.


  Throughout the history of the United States of America, there have been many changes in foreign policy. During the course of its history, the United States has taken foreign actions that have been consistent with the national interest. There are two examples of foreign policies. One is Russia and the other is the U.S.

  One example of foreign policy is when Vladimir Putin ordered U.S. troops into combat in Syria on Friday. That's not what the White House Press Secretary John Earnest said when explaining the decision to send as many as 50 special operations forces into training, assistance, and advisory role in that country, but that's the reality.
if the Russian president hadn't made his move into Syria, the United States would not have felt compelled to finally, belatedly, shore up support for anti-Islamic state and anti-Assad allies in that embattled, long suffering country.

  Another example of foreign policy is when 2015 will go down as an annus horribilis for United States foreign affairs and national security. The missteps of two terms of the Obama administration have blossomed into a new normal of crises, competition and miscalculation. In general the international system and in parallel fashion U.S. foreign policy is more problematic today than on Jan. 1 of this year. The Obama administration's reliance on inertia has hit a wall that can no longer hold. The numerous forks in the road have become narrow and tortured and the next president will need to spend an enormous amount of time correcting these mistakes.

  There are many countries who are involved in foreign policies and one of them are Russia and the United States of America.

U.S. History Textbook Citation


Lapsansky-Werner, Emma, and Randy Roberts. United States History. Pearson Education, 2013. Print.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Another Example of Citation

Woodruff, Judy. Obama: Excuses for Inaction on Guns ‘no Longer Suffice’. Washington, D.C.: Judy Woodruff, 2016

Explaination of Citation, Bibliography, and Research Paper


Citation is a passage cited; quotation

Bibliography is a list of books of a specific author or publisher, or on a specific subject.

They relate to a research paper in that a research paper has a listing bibliography

Key Vocabulary: credible, bias, evidence

Another word for credible is someone who is cable of persuading people that something will happen or be successful. Example: truthful, trustworthy

Bias is prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.