My Cuban Missile Crisis research project

My Cuban Missile Crisis research project

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Sources


1. Vasili Arkhipov

This is a small paragraph on Vasili Arkhipov, the man who (well they think) stopped a nuclear war by not launching the soviet's missiles.

2. Cuban Missile Crisis

Here is a History Channel post on the cuban missile crisis, this is where i started my research.

3. Information on nuclear bombs and modern day threats of nuclear war.

here i found information on nuclear bombs and how we might be threatened even today.  

4. The Thirteen Days

On this website there the author gives a very detailed lesson on the cuban missile crisis and what happened on each of the thirteen days. this is where i got most of my research. 

5. more information on the Cuban Missile Crisis

here i found more general information on the cuban missile crisis 

6.Even more info on the cuban missile crisis

Here i found more information on the cuban missile crisis and what happened before and during the event. 

7. more information on the Crisis

This page helped me get a better understanding of the crisis. along with the other sites.

Cinderella Man essay

Jonathan Gilbert

U. S History

Cinderella Man essay

4-21-2014

As I stared at the blank white page sitting in front of me, and the blinking line indicating that I have not a single word written my mind began to roam. Thinking about the topic Evaluate Cinderella Man as a depiction of American life in the Great Depression. I started thinking about what life was really like in the Great Depression. How little things we take for granted such as running water, air conditioning, food and even a comfortable bed to sleep on at night, were all luxuries that most people, simply couldn’t afford. As we watched the movie Cinderella Man, I tried (and honestly failed miserably) to picture what it was really like living in the Great Depression. Even while reading the book I tried to do the same (and again, failed). Although both the movie and the book state most of the same details, one rarely left out something the other gave. However, the movie didn’t touch up on the realities of the depression as much as the book did. Throughout the movie the viewers were desensitized to the real grueling truths (although you did see quite a lot). It left out the fact that people were starving on the streets, Farms were producing more food than could be bought, financial relief stations were unable to give any loans to people, and above all most people weren’t nearly as lucky as Braddock who had a backup job and got paid.

As a boxer (and also knowing quite a lot of history of the sport) in the boxing match when Braddock was fighting The African American, the movie completely left out the small (but important nonetheless) detail, that whites in that time up until after World War II would never let their fighters fight blacks. I learned (from the research project earlier in the year) that people thought that blacks had an advantage. Fighters such as sugar ray Robinson, Joe Louis, George Dixon and jack Johnson were all thought to have an unfair advantage and would rarely get fights with others outside their own race.

The movie however did show the gigantic gap between the rich and the poor. It showed how the rich were wealthy and lived much better, eating out at fancy restaurants, living in nice apartments, where as the poor lived (if that’s even called living) in maybe a 2-bedroom apartment. Entire families would live in small apartment rooms; up to four or five kids would live in a single room, sharing what little room was there to begin with. The movie also did a great job of portraying that the people on the edge would do everything to stay afloat. Braddock’s manager sold everything he owned to give Braddock the fight against Baer, displaying that they would put everything on the line.

Lastly the movie showed how the people in the era blamed either themselves or President Hoover, or FDR. When Braddock and Mike Wilson talked during the bar scene, Braddock mentioned FDR. Mike then responded “Screw FDR”, showing the distrust people had in the president and also the government.         

In conclusion, Cinderella Man (like any movie) has its ups and downs. It gives great detail on the issues of the time period such as, the people’s skepticism towards the government, the gap between rich and poor, how good living conditions were for some, and even worse for others.

Political cartoons of World War 1

What i think started the World War 1 was when Germany invaded Belgium in August 1914. Because Britain made a alliance with Belgium, they promised to protect them. The United States was drown in once German submarines entered U.S waters. There were 37 million causalities, 20 million wounded, and another 17 million dead. Germany surrendered in 1918 which caused the end of The First World War.

spanish american war political cartoon analysis

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1). in this political cartoon the author shows a grieving cuban mother holding her dead son who died from the war. i believe that the author also uses the vulture in the background as a symbol to depict the war and how it feeds off people like a vulture. the audience i think he was trying to address was everyone, cuban and americans in that time period.  

boxing research paper 12/13/13

              Boxing, although it started off as just fighting and was later renamed boxing because of the ring, has been around since the romans. The term boxing comes from the German word box, which means to strike or blow, and also because of the ring (square) that boxers fight in. Professional boxing matches are won by dealing blows to your opponent. Throughout history boxing has had a lot of changes but at the same time, has remained very traditional. Injuries, and who fought are two examples of changes that boxing faced primarily in the early 20^th century that changed boxing into what it is today. 

Boxing started off as not a very popular sport, romans (mainly peasants and slaves) fought to entertainment people of higher class and to move up in social class, independence from masters or just for their own enjoyment. By the early 19^th century, boxing began to make a come back as immigrants from Europe started practicing the sport. By the late 19^th century and early 20^th century boxing became widely practiced and the classes of who fought changed. Middle class workers saw the sport as “the manliest sport” that there was.

In the turn of the century immigrants from European countries such as Great Britain, Italy and Ireland started boxing in the states. And soon after boxing was made into an Olympic sport. By 1908 professional boxing was a regularly practiced sport, almost as popular as basketball at that time.

As boxing became popular and more people fought in the professional league, racial tensions began to rise. After winning multiple titles in the professional league, African American Fighters such as Jack Johnson, Sugar Ray Robinson and George Dixon, were seen as having an unfair advantage. Lightweight boxing champion of 1902 Joe Gans was forced by his promoters to fight less skilled white fighters and lose. And as times got worse, fighters from other countries were not able to fight in the tournaments because white fighters would not fight them. But promoters weren’t the only ones who were fighting for easier matches. Hollywood as well as the Klu Klux Klan made films and threatened to lynch fighters if they won against white fighters. In 1919 the lynching of black boxers and fighters of other races reached a high of over 85 lynches that were known. Just as things were getting worse, Whites and blacks were finally brought together by the “fight of the century”. African American boxer Joe Louis and German fighter max schmilling. For Americans and Germans schilling symbolized the entire Aryan race and Louis’s color was disregarded. After two fights, one loss and an amazing 1 round knockout, Louis’s was made champion and quickly became a symbol of democracy for all races in America.

Nevertheless, boxers met defeat, if not in the ring they would at home. Boxing because it is a full contact sport leaves the evidence of its existence on the athletes who practice it. As it became a popular sport, the injury/death tallies started to rise. In the 20^th century alone there was over 1000 boxing related deaths in the professional league and countless amounts of injuries from broken ribs to people being diagnosed with diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease from multiple hits to the head.

Boxing, whether you look at the ancient boxing matches practiced by the Romans or the 20^th century professional matches by Americans and Europeans, has changed with time. And the people who fought changed along with it also. 

boxing rules and general information

i used this website to gain general information on boxing and what its rules. this website also gave information on who boxed and at what time as well as names of famous professional boxers such as Jack Johnson and Joe Louis.

the start of professional boxing

i used this link to find information on professional boxing, and when it was made. it gave me information on its background also such as what year it was made into an olympic sport.

personal boxing statements by jack johnson and the history of boxing during the 20th century and before.

this book gave person statements by famous boxers from the 20th century and the challenges they had to face during the time whether it was racial or in the ring
boxing related injuries
this gave me list of books that gave information on boxing related injuries and what they were.

joe louis 

old leather boxing gloves

jack johnson

Andrew Carnegie questions

Andrew carnegie believed that through establishing museums, libraries and other public places that he could mold his community and others around his to try and be more peaceful and more educated. i believe that this approach is a good one because we all need to learn to live with each other and blend our cultures. i feel thats what carnegie was trying to achieve in the long run. although if how would help everyone in the world, and how would he spread this belief to the rest of the world, not everyone believes this and maybe wouldn't join in. if i had that money to give away, i would focus on a specific area and work on that. i would make sure that they had the money and knowledge to go to different parts of the world and spread the idea of culture blending.