LAD#37

After reading Brown v. Board of Education, this is the summary I came up with:
During this time period black and white children were in different schools. This went back to the "Separate but Equal idea". Problem was, the black schools weren't anywhere near as good as white schools, making equality a joke. In Topeka Kansas Linda Brown had to walk one mile through a railroad switchyard just to get to her black school even though there was a much closer white school. Oliver Brown, Linda's father, tried to enroll her in the white elementary school, but it didn't go through, so Brown went to the NAACP for help, and the NAACP jumped on the opportunity. It went to the Supreme Court and the judges realized that the segregation created a feeling of inferiority in the black kids, so ruled in favor of Brown, overturning the decision made in Plessy v. Ferguson. After this, segregation in schools, not social areas, became illegal.

Black Teacher Teaching White Kids(click hyperlink for source)

My Source for this:
Brown v. Board of Education

LAD#36

After reading the Truman Doctrine, this is the summary I came up with:
Truman starts by talking about how there are issues in Greece, especially concerning the economy there. He then goes on to talk about how he thinks that America should not abandon Greece, but should help Greece instead. Afterwards he goes on to talk about the history of Greece that had brought them to such terrible circumstances. Following this Truman talks about how since Greece is democratic, America should help it. Truman then goes on to talk about the difficult circumstances going on in Turkey and how America should help them as well. Following this, Truman talks about what America should be doing, which is support free people who are "subjugated by armed minorities or by outside pressures", help countries find their own path, and give financial and economic help to stabilize the economies of other countries and thereby stabilize politics. After this Truman goes back to the issues regarding Greece and Turkey and asks congress to give them help.

Harry Truman(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:
Truman Doctrine

LAD#35

After reading FDR's Executive Order #9066, this is the summary I came up with:
He begins by talking about the things needed for a successful prosecution of war(such as protection against espionage and against sabotage). He then, through his power as the President, makes it so the Secretary of War and the Military Commanders the Secretary of War appoints can make places into military areas where they determine it necessary. Then he goes on to talk about how the people who decide to stay in areas that have been determined as military areas are required to follow the restrictions the person who chose it to be a military area place. Afterwards, though, he goes on to talk about how the Secretary of War is required to take care of those residents in respect to food, shelter, transportation, and other things. After this he orders all Executive Departments to assist the Secretary of War and the Military Commanders as they can. He ends by stating that this order will not counteract or mess with Executive Order #8972.

FDR's Executive Order #9066(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:
FDR's Executive Order #9066

LAD#34

After reading FDR's Declaration of War, this is the summary I came up with:
He begins by talking about the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces the day before. He then goes on to talk about how the United States had been at peace with Japan and how a Japanese ambassador was even talking with the US Secretary of State at the time. To further make this even seem even worse, FDR went on to talk about how it was clear that this attack was deliberate and planned out before. He then goes on to talk about the effects it had on the Americans and the navy over in Hawaii. Following this, FDR lists other places the Japanese attacked within the 24 hours before this speech. He then makes it clear that the Japanese forces are a threat to America. Afterwards he says that he is doing everything that he can to protect America, and that they will win. Following this, he makes it very clear that America is in danger, and through the military action will be taken. He ends with coming back to the attack on Pearl Harbor and saying that war between America and Japan has begun.

FDR's Declaration of War(click hyperlink for source)

My Source for this:
FDR's Declaration of War

LAD#33

After reading FDR's first inaugural address, this is the summary I came up with:

 FDR begins by talking about how he's going to do what the public expects that he's going to do, which it talk frankly about what's going on. He then goes on to talk about how they shouldn't be scared of the problems(which is when he says his famous "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" line). After this, FDR starts to talk about how the problems America is dealing with are only material, so can be fixed. After that he talks about how there is some fault for the crisis, so we all need to work better to be more competent in the future. Next, FDR talks about how something needs to be done, mostly by getting jobs for people, redistributing the economy, lowering taxes, and by setting up a system so something like this would not happen again. After this, FDR talks about how a kind of isolationism will be good while America's still getting back on its feet and that Americans should turn to each other for help. After this FDR talks about how the constitution is flexible, so he's willing to use that to help America. He ends by asking God to help America and help guide him.

FDR's First Inaugural Address(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:
FDR's First Inaugural Address

LAD#32

After reading the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact, this was the summary I came up with:
This was a treaty between major world powers, such as Great Britain, Italy, Germany, France, America, Poland, Belgium, and Japan, that said that the countries who signed the treaty would renounce war as an instrument for national policy. It also said that if any of the nations that signed the treaty were to fight in a war then all the benefits of this treaty would immediately be denied to that country. The people who wrote this treaty hoped that the nations who didn't sign it would later join up with it and sign. After about a year about 40 more countries signed the treaty.

Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:
Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact

LAD#31

After reading Woodrow Wilson's 14 points, this is the summary I came up with:
He begins by talking about his purpose with his 14 points: peace. He talks about how America had entered the war because of the violations of basic human rights that had occurred. He then introduces his 14 point plan to keep another war from happening. His points were that there would be only open policy(so there would be no secret alliances), that there must be open waters, that there can't be any economic barriers between nations, that there must be a limit to the amount of weapons each country has at one time, that the countries must look at their colonies with an open mind, that everybody needs to get out of Russian land, that Belgium would be restored, that the conflict over Alsace-Lorraine needed to be fixed, that the borders of Italy needed to be redone, that the Autria-Hungarian people needed to be given the chance to recover, that some of the Russian territories be evacuated, just like Russia, that the Ottoman Empire should develop a more stable government, that Poland would become its own country, and that all countries must be guaranteed political freedom through one group of countries(The League of Nations). Wilson then concludes by talking about how America has no hard feelings towards the Germans, and that nobody wants to fight, but this is the only way to make that happen.

Woodrow Wilson(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:
Wilson's 14 points

LAD#30

After reading the Schenck vs. US case, this is the summary I came up with:
This case was about the drafting during World War I, The Great War. Some were suggesting that the draft was wrong, so peaceful action was taken against the drafting. Schenck was part of the Espionage Act, which was attempting to promote insubordination in the military and obstruct recruitment. He was stopped, but because of the Freedom of Speech, mentioned in the first amendment, this was taken to the Supreme Court. There they decided that Schenck was not protected in this situation because it was during a war, and during wartime people are not allowed to do things like this because, as Holmes says, it "create[s] a clear and present danger".

Freedom of Speech Political Cartoon(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:
Schenck v. United States

LAD#29

After reading the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act, this is the summary I came up with:
The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act was put in place because of the large number of child workers during the 1900s. People were especially fervent about this issue because there were a number of health and welfare issues when it came to these children. The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act tried to put a stop to this by making it illegal to sell and products from a place that employed children under the age of 14 or 16(depending on the specific job), plus under 16 who worked for more than 8 hours a night. Later, during Hammer v. Dagenhart, it was ruled to be unconstitutional, but later on the Revenue Act of 1919 was passed, which also did things to(hopefully) kill off child labor, but was also ruled to be unconstitutional during Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Company. Luckily, an amendment was later added that made it so Congress could regulate child labor, and the Fair Labor Standards Act was created and is still in force today.

Child Labor(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

LAD#28

After reading Wilson's first inaugural address, this is the summary I came up with:
Wilson starts by talking about how the Democrats have taken over the House of Representatives and how the Nation needs the Democrats in order to become more successful. He then continues by listing the good things about America and then talks about the downside of the economic expansion, mainly in human lives. After this, he starts to talk about how the government needs to fix these evils. He then proceeds to offer solutions and things that the United States needs to focus on in order for this to happen. He ends with talking about the morality of Americans, which is what will push this change forward.

President Woodrow Wilson(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:
Wilson's First Inaugural Address

LAD#27

After reading the Clayton Anti-trust Act, this is the summary I came up with:
The Clayton Anti-trust Act starts by talking about how monopolies are no longer allowed in the United States, and along with this things that restrict or hinder trade are not allowed anymore. It also makes it so that prices dropping in order to make competition go out of business is no longer allowed. Finally, it also says that one company can't, indirectly or directly, gain the majority or whole stock of another company that competes with it. All of this, in the end, destroys the monopolies that were rampaging in America at that time.

Monopoly(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:
Clayton Anti-trust Act

LAD#26

After listening to Martin Luther King Jr's I Have a Dream speech, this is the summary I came up with:
Martin Luther King Jr. starts with talking about the Emancipation Proclamation and how it effected all the slaves, with granting them their freedom. He continues on to say that African Americans are still segregated and chained up(figuratively) in many ways, 100 years later. He continues on to talk about how all the terrible things that the African Americans have to deal with. He then goes on to talk about how the constitution says that everyone is equal and has "certain unalienable rights", but America has broken it's promise and denies the blacks their rights. After this, he says that they(the African Americans) are trying to get these rights, and how they need to do something to get these rights, and immediately. He then says that they will continue to fight for these rights until they get them, but they must do it peacefully. Next, he says that the white man and the black man are connected, so they must not hate each other. After this, MLK lists many issues going on in the nation at that moment which needed to be changed. He then says that there is hope that things will change. Following this, Martin Luther says his famous "I have a dream" lines, which express his hope that the white and black man would be equal one day, in every way there is. He then says that the day of equality will come one day. He then finishes by saying that in order for America to be truly great, there must be freedom in the form of equality every single place in the United States.

MLK's I Have a Dream Speech(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:
MLK's I Have a Dream Speech(video)
MLK's I Have a Dream Speech(text)

LAD#25

After reading the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887, this is the summary I came up with:
This act took the Native American's lands and broke it up between the natives, hoping for the people to become more westernized and use more American techniques of farming. This also set up the reservations for the native people. This act also set up the taking and selling of native lands in the future.

Dawes Severalty Act(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:

Dawes Severalty Act of 1887