US History II Learned

1. ***Leaders & Presidents*** What makes an effective or ineffective leader?

2. ***Government:*** What is the role and responsibility of the American government?

2.1. Prohibition:

3. ***Civil Rights:*** To what extent have the oppressed in America been able to attain an equality of life?

3.1. African Americans moved to the North from the South to escape Jim Crow Laws

3.2. Holocaust

3.2.1. When America does not respond to a violation of human rights, that violation will grow worse.

4. ***Media*** To what extent does the media influence people? To what extent does the media mirror or reflect society?

5. Vietnam War

5.1. When South Vietnam was sent by America to take over the North, North Vietnam ran them through because they were more prepared and it was a disaster on America's end

5.2. South Vietnam was not prepared for the war like North Vietnam was. America didn't supply them with armed forces. Therefore they were not prepared to fight against North Vietnam.

5.3. Though America set up SEATO to protect South Vietnam they didn't prepare them much for the war. There were American troops sent to fight for South Vietnam but it just wasn't enough for what North Vietnam had in mind.

6. Truman Doctrine American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 29, 1947, and further developed on July 4, 1948, when he pledged to contain threats in Greece and Turkey.

6.1. Marshall Plan was an American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion (nearly $100 billion in 2018 US dollars) in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II.

7. When there are new advancements in technology there will be effects on warfare.

8. ***Economics:*** How has economics impacted America & Americans?

9. ***Migration*** What causes migration and how has it impacted America?

9.1. Migration caused a lot of oppression and immigration laws. Migrants came to America mostly from European countries for jobs.

10. ***Technology*** How does technology impact society?

11. ***Foreign Relations*** How have foreign entanglements influence America?

11.1. Forming Allies can draw the country into a broader conflict