Letter

Dear Soldiars,

This is a thank you for all the pain, hardwork, and sacrafices you have made for America. You've gone from an average citezen to one of the strongest men in the world...a soldier who has sacraficed his life for his country. Our country would not be the same without you. Even with all the protesting you still fought with courage. I thank every one of you.

Love,
Lani

History

History is laying out all the chaos of the war. The author made it like a list in a way, so the reader understands how much trouble there was. All the conflicts with china and the U.S. what happens in the end? People fled overseas...nothing was resolved.

I Feel Like I'm Fixin to Die Rag

The song is asking the big strong men to join the army in Vietnam.
Its telling the generals to make the big move and beat vietnam. It's there big chance to shine.
They're telling the wallstreet to help out with the war.
They're telling the mothers to send their sons off to war.

And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for?
I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.

A dubious crusade

A dubious crusade is a doubtful or uncertain agression. This relates to the Vietnam because many people died and Americans started to lose trust in the government and protest against the war. This will relate to the rest of the unit because it tell us the background of the war, how the people felt, and how much did the war effect us and vietnam.

Jack Smith

Jack Smith Challenges
-Going right into combat w/ out experience
-Deaths of others
-New life style ( living in dirt)
-All the fighting in combat
-faking dead so he wouldnt die


Smith's attitude changes during combat because he realizes...this is real. I could die any minute now. It's all fun and games untill someone gets shot or shoots.

Korean War facts

Soviet troops occupied Korea north of the 38th parallel. American forces then took control of the line.

Because the the north korean forces crossed this likne in june of 1950, the conflict was known as the korean war.

MacArthur wanted to pursue the enemy into north korea, in hopes the invasion might lead to a reunion of the two koreas. The chinese warned them to stop.

Chinese leaders warned if any further advance would take place they would enter war. The UN forces pushed anyway.

On november 25, 1950 hundereds of thousands of chinese communist troops attacked in human waves across the yalu river into north korea. they droe UN troops back to south Korea.

MacAruther was fired by Truman. Truman viewed his public criticism of his orders as undermining civilian control of the military.

A new president was chosen in 1952. General dwight d. eisenhower. He agreed to compramise to end war. but he secretyly was ready to use nuclear weapons and carry war into china.

A cease fire ended the fighting in july 1953. The two koreas were left more or less where they had been in 1950 with a border near the 38th parell.

Joseph Mcarthy (senetor from WI) used the korean war to fan americans fears of communism.

in august 1949 americans learned the the soviet usnion had produced an atomic bomb. the two superpowers were soon locked in an arms race, developing weapons with more destructive power.

Has MLK's dream been realized?

The stats of enrolment in schools and other education charts the results were surprising. More blacks are enrolling in schools, but there are more african american dropouts than white. The race with the highest drop outs are the hispanics and that goes for a lot of other catagories. 28/14/11 is the order of hispanics to blacks to white drop outs. School enrollment by race is 55/59/49. That is white/black/hispanic. MLK would not find this equal but in some catagories the smaller races are enrolling more. It seems though that for the hispanics it's decreasing. in 1980 more hispanics enrolled. For whites and blacks both have increased unlike the hispanics. When martin luther king jr. said everyone should be equal he mean whites, blacks, and hispanics. More are populating the U.S. so it's important that they get an education to.

MLK

Why does the author feel that whites owe King the greatest debt?

Was King "the right man at the right time"?

Would King be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line? Why or why not?




The author thinks that whites owe him the greatest debt, for liberating them from the burden of america's centuries-old hypocrisy about the race.

He was the right man at the right time because of everything he did at the time, which everyone still remembers. the movement that king started was so victorious.

King would be upset with how it is used today because if it is used for affirmitave action, people are not equal.

Civil Disobedience

Would you have been able to use civil disobedience and non-violence?

I would have used civil disobedience because violence is what was tearing everyone apart. Violence is not need from both sides. Changing America through violence is worse then through peace. I would do sit-ins. Whites did sit ins as well. I would have to relize even though im not using violence, others will. It would make it harder to stay civil so it's important to have a thick skin, and believe in yourself.

Unit 8 Preview

This unit will be exciting because there is so much to learn about the vietnam war, and after seeing the memorial im very intersted in learning about the war.