In the movie "A Fierce Green Fire" it shows the change of the environment from the 1950's to now. The biggest point of the movie was showing how before all of the health and safety regulations the world was a more unhealthy and unsafe place. The movie shows how much pollution was going up into the air which was creating a huge amount of smog and how the government really wasn't doing much to regulate it until President Nixon signed agreements to keep national parks, create smog regulations, and save endangered species. The movie focused on the people of the Greenpeace group who were trying to save whales and other marine life, it showed that a small group can turn into a big organization in no time by publicity and a very bold statement. The Greenpeace group has succeded in stopping whaling in many countries and has saved the life of many whales. The main point in the movie was to show the progress on us protecting the environment and showing the effects on global warming.
Citations:
"Watch Film: A Fierce Green Fire." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
http://www.earthday.org/
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/pollution-overview/
Friday, May 23, 2014
Thursday, May 22, 2014
NORAD
NORAD is the North American Aerospace Defense Command that was created in 1957 to provide a air defense system for North America. NORAD was created to protect the U.S. and Canada during the Cold War from any nuclear threats from the Soviet Union. NORAD is still in operation and its main headquarters is at Peterson Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The reason for NORAD was to protect North America from nuclear missles and bombs during the cold war. It was proposed by Joint Canada - U.S. Military Group in 1956 and was accepted by the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1957.NORAD was created during a time when the Soviet Union was creating many dangerous nuclear weapons that the U.S. have never heard of or didn't know about, so just to be safe, the U.S. approved the idea of creating an air defense system that protected the U.S. and Canada from nuclear weapons and air strikes. The Government thought NORAD was a good idea because it gives people a warning before a bomb/missle actually hits the U.S. or Canada.
Although the NORAD never has prevented us from ever being bombed, it still kept the U.S. safe during cold war and many other occasions. The Systems of NORAD creates a warning if a nuclear bomb/missles come into site near North America. The Defense system will also launch nuclear defense missles if any nuclear weapons show up on the radar/sensors. The system will also set off a alarm to warn the public to get to shelter if we were ever being bombed or attacked.
There are three main NORAD regions which are Alaska, Canada, and The Continental United States.
The Alaska Region NORAD is active 24 hours and 7 days a week which is capable to detect and warn of any threat that comes into the airspace. The main headquarters is located at the Elmendorf Air Force Base. The Canadian Region NORAD is responsible to detect any threats in the Canadian Airspace. The two main headquarters in Canada are located at the Canadian Force Base Winnipeg and at the Canadian Force Base in North Bay Ontario. The United States Region is responsible to detect any threats inside the Continental U.S. Airspace. its response system headquarters is located at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida.
NORAD is one of the only positive things that came out of the Cold War and it has kept the U.S. safe from ever being bombed or attacked from the air.
Fun Fact: NORAD is used to track santa each year.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command
http://www.norad.mil/
http://www.norad.mil/AboutNORAD/CanadianNORADRegion.aspx
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The reason for NORAD was to protect North America from nuclear missles and bombs during the cold war. It was proposed by Joint Canada - U.S. Military Group in 1956 and was accepted by the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1957.NORAD was created during a time when the Soviet Union was creating many dangerous nuclear weapons that the U.S. have never heard of or didn't know about, so just to be safe, the U.S. approved the idea of creating an air defense system that protected the U.S. and Canada from nuclear weapons and air strikes. The Government thought NORAD was a good idea because it gives people a warning before a bomb/missle actually hits the U.S. or Canada.
Although the NORAD never has prevented us from ever being bombed, it still kept the U.S. safe during cold war and many other occasions. The Systems of NORAD creates a warning if a nuclear bomb/missles come into site near North America. The Defense system will also launch nuclear defense missles if any nuclear weapons show up on the radar/sensors. The system will also set off a alarm to warn the public to get to shelter if we were ever being bombed or attacked.
There are three main NORAD regions which are Alaska, Canada, and The Continental United States.
The Alaska Region NORAD is active 24 hours and 7 days a week which is capable to detect and warn of any threat that comes into the airspace. The main headquarters is located at the Elmendorf Air Force Base. The Canadian Region NORAD is responsible to detect any threats in the Canadian Airspace. The two main headquarters in Canada are located at the Canadian Force Base Winnipeg and at the Canadian Force Base in North Bay Ontario. The United States Region is responsible to detect any threats inside the Continental U.S. Airspace. its response system headquarters is located at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida.
NORAD is one of the only positive things that came out of the Cold War and it has kept the U.S. safe from ever being bombed or attacked from the air.
Fun Fact: NORAD is used to track santa each year.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command
http://www.norad.mil/
http://www.norad.mil/AboutNORAD/CanadianNORADRegion.aspx
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Notes
Fdr goal: to create world peace
Soviet goal: to make Germay communist.
Key to world peace: trading with other countries.
Decleration of liberated Europe: people have the right to choose what government they live in.
Germany controlled: break Germany up in four zones and The U.S., Great Britan, Soviet Union, and France would each control one zone.
Trumans View: that they needed to stand up to the Russians.
Satelitte Nation: Communist countries in Eastern Europe.
Iron Curtain: Seperation between communist Europe and non communist Europe.
Friday, May 9, 2014
Notes
Pearl Harbor: bombing on the
U.S on December 7th, 1941
The Draft: Drafting men to
join the army
Rosie The Riviter: A symbol
that represented independent women during the war
The Halocaust: The mass killing
of anyone not the “Arian Race”
Stalin: Russian leader during
WW2.
Hiroshima: The Atomic bomb we
dropped on Japan to end the war
Nagaskai: The second atomic
bomb we dropped on japan to end the war.
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