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Wednesday Nov 4, 2009 #
Bicycling 4:00 [1]
David's History midterm was on the Industrial Revolution. Homework tonight deals with American imperialism.
Isabel is preparing for her Democracy Symposium speech, in which she argues that locker searches are a good thing.
Isabel is preparing for her Democracy Symposium speech, in which she argues that locker searches are a good thing.
Note
Here is David's History homework for tonight:
1. The United States holds military power in other countries by occupying those countries with U.S. soldiers and militants. The U.S. has also fought wars in other countries, as a way of occupying and “helping” those countries, leaving them in debt to the U.S. Owning factories and businesses in other countries is another way that America controls other countries. Movies made in the U.S. that are spilling out into the rest of the world spread American ideals and culture to people very different than us, or at least very far away.
2. According to the reading (and George W. Bush’s quote) the nation is committed to “freedom for ourselves and for others,” meaning that an empire is not America’s goal, but rather it is to be at peace with other countries. Americans think of themselves as people with good intentions. Most likely Americans do not believe that we are an empire or know of any facts to lead to that conclusion.
3. Examples of empires in the past include the Roman Empire, spreading throughout Europe by force of military occupation. Also the British Empire in 1914 controlled land on every continent except for Antarctica. Empires are sometimes helpful and positive, creating wealthy and prosperous economic foundations and bringing peace to their territories. Getting involved in foreign countries can be helpful to not only our economic system but also theirs as well, introducing a currency that is not as highly inflated as the country’s current currency.
4. America has intervened in Iraq supposedly to help out the system of government and to get rid of leaders who are seemingly unjust and bad for the country. (In fact, the real intention for entering Iraq was probably to gain access to rich natural resources for American corporations to exploit.) The United States fought wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iran. In East African countries America captured people and enslaved them in the 1700s and 1800s.
5. I think that the United States is definitely an empire. All facts and statistics involving the invasion by America of other countries, for good intention and bad, spell imperialism and the empire of America is still growing every day. The American companies that have invested in placing factories in other countries, the military decisions that have been made about expanding US territory, and the decisions made about whether to intervene on foreign governments have proved America, by definition, an empire.
1. The United States holds military power in other countries by occupying those countries with U.S. soldiers and militants. The U.S. has also fought wars in other countries, as a way of occupying and “helping” those countries, leaving them in debt to the U.S. Owning factories and businesses in other countries is another way that America controls other countries. Movies made in the U.S. that are spilling out into the rest of the world spread American ideals and culture to people very different than us, or at least very far away.
2. According to the reading (and George W. Bush’s quote) the nation is committed to “freedom for ourselves and for others,” meaning that an empire is not America’s goal, but rather it is to be at peace with other countries. Americans think of themselves as people with good intentions. Most likely Americans do not believe that we are an empire or know of any facts to lead to that conclusion.
3. Examples of empires in the past include the Roman Empire, spreading throughout Europe by force of military occupation. Also the British Empire in 1914 controlled land on every continent except for Antarctica. Empires are sometimes helpful and positive, creating wealthy and prosperous economic foundations and bringing peace to their territories. Getting involved in foreign countries can be helpful to not only our economic system but also theirs as well, introducing a currency that is not as highly inflated as the country’s current currency.
4. America has intervened in Iraq supposedly to help out the system of government and to get rid of leaders who are seemingly unjust and bad for the country. (In fact, the real intention for entering Iraq was probably to gain access to rich natural resources for American corporations to exploit.) The United States fought wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iran. In East African countries America captured people and enslaved them in the 1700s and 1800s.
5. I think that the United States is definitely an empire. All facts and statistics involving the invasion by America of other countries, for good intention and bad, spell imperialism and the empire of America is still growing every day. The American companies that have invested in placing factories in other countries, the military decisions that have been made about expanding US territory, and the decisions made about whether to intervene on foreign governments have proved America, by definition, an empire.
Tuesday Nov 3, 2009 #
Bicycling 6:00 [1]
Monday Nov 2, 2009 #
Bicycling 25:00 [1]
H Sq, work, work meeting
Sunday Nov 1, 2009 #
Running 40:00 [2]
Ran around Boojum with David. Decided not to take him orienteering because he had homework, and that would have been at least 3 hours. As we jogged, he told me all about the Blair Witch Project, which he and his buddies watched last night.