HIST 104 News
This weblog carries news, announcements, and guidance for students in Prof. Isern's section of HIST 104.Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Lindbergh question on Test 2
As a student brought to my attention after the last test, Charles Lindbergh published an autobiography entitled Spirit of St. Louis, as well as the one we discussed in class by the name of We. If you believe you answered this question with Spirit of St. Louis, send me an email with "Lindbergh Question" in the subject line and I will check your test to see if your score should be revised accordingly. Sorry for the mixup.
Jeff Armstrong, Teaching Assistant
History 104
jeff.armstrong@ndsu.edu
Jeff Armstrong, Teaching Assistant
History 104
jeff.armstrong@ndsu.edu
Monday, April 18, 2005
Another Cultural Currents Option
I'm sure anyone interested in attending this event will have no problem relating the subject of Ken's speech to Democracy in America:
Tuesday, 19 April (7:00 pm – NDSU Askanese Auditorium)
Ken Pentel, former Green Party candidate for Minnesota Governor in 1998 and 2002, will speak on the necessity of facing environmental solutions as common sense and practical.
Sponsored by the Student Environmental Advisory Council, YMCA of NDSU, and Sierra Club (Fargo Chapter). FREE!
Tuesday, 19 April (7:00 pm – NDSU Askanese Auditorium)
Ken Pentel, former Green Party candidate for Minnesota Governor in 1998 and 2002, will speak on the necessity of facing environmental solutions as common sense and practical.
Sponsored by the Student Environmental Advisory Council, YMCA of NDSU, and Sierra Club (Fargo Chapter). FREE!
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Big Events
Hey, get your Cultural Currents assignment done! There is stuff going on. (I met a couple of you at the Meister lecture last night, way to go.)
8:00 PM Friday 22 April, Beckwith Recital Hall: Gerald Vizenor, speaking on "Native American Narratives: Resistance and Survivance." This guy is top-flight, one of the country’s top scholars in Indian studies and literature. I'm really sorry I'll be out of town, because I'd pay big money to be there, and it's free!
I keep saying any event in the sciences will do, because you can relate it to TQ's opinions about science in a democracy. Many science events are low-profile, occurring as seminars offered by the individual departments. For instance, 3:00 PM Friday 8 April, Hultz 104: Sarah Wagner, "Fear of the Frankenbug: Does Feeding Antibiotics to Livestock Lead to Antibiotic-Resistant Infections in People?" It's the Animal and Range Science Seminar, and Tocqueville would love it!
Another science event: Nancy Cook, Arizona State U., "Emergent Team Cognition . . . OR . . . What Was Wrong with the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team?" Minard Annex 136, 3:30 PM, Friday 22 April. (Actually, I have some opinions about what was wrong with that team, but mine are unscientific.)
Noon Wednesday 13 April, MU Peace Garden: "Beyond Diversity: Challenging Racism in a Time of Backlash," by Tim Wise.
Same time, MU Prairie Rose: YMCA Brown Bag on "Race and Privilege."
Little Country Theatre production, "The Beggar’s Opera," 14-16 April.
Noon Wednesday 27 April, MU Gallery: YMCA Brown Bag, "Gender Gap Politics."
8:00 PM Friday 22 April, Beckwith Recital Hall: Gerald Vizenor, speaking on "Native American Narratives: Resistance and Survivance." This guy is top-flight, one of the country’s top scholars in Indian studies and literature. I'm really sorry I'll be out of town, because I'd pay big money to be there, and it's free!
I keep saying any event in the sciences will do, because you can relate it to TQ's opinions about science in a democracy. Many science events are low-profile, occurring as seminars offered by the individual departments. For instance, 3:00 PM Friday 8 April, Hultz 104: Sarah Wagner, "Fear of the Frankenbug: Does Feeding Antibiotics to Livestock Lead to Antibiotic-Resistant Infections in People?" It's the Animal and Range Science Seminar, and Tocqueville would love it!
Another science event: Nancy Cook, Arizona State U., "Emergent Team Cognition . . . OR . . . What Was Wrong with the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team?" Minard Annex 136, 3:30 PM, Friday 22 April. (Actually, I have some opinions about what was wrong with that team, but mine are unscientific.)
Noon Wednesday 13 April, MU Peace Garden: "Beyond Diversity: Challenging Racism in a Time of Backlash," by Tim Wise.
Same time, MU Prairie Rose: YMCA Brown Bag on "Race and Privilege."
Little Country Theatre production, "The Beggar’s Opera," 14-16 April.
Noon Wednesday 27 April, MU Gallery: YMCA Brown Bag, "Gender Gap Politics."
Monday, April 04, 2005
Essay Questions
Two of these three will appear on the exam; you write on one.
The United States has not had a significant revolution since the Civil War, and yet the country has changed profoundly. According to Tocqueville, how does reform, constructive change, happen in a democracy? (Illustrate with examples from American history 1900-1940.)
Tocqueville asserts that in a democracy, political power will flow to the center, creating an ever more powerful federal government. Judging by events in the U.S. 1900-1940, is he right?
Tocqueville tells us that Americans are touchy--that they have excessive national vanity, or pride. Do you see this as a factor in American conduct and action leading up to war with Spain in 1898 and Germany in 1917?
The United States has not had a significant revolution since the Civil War, and yet the country has changed profoundly. According to Tocqueville, how does reform, constructive change, happen in a democracy? (Illustrate with examples from American history 1900-1940.)
Tocqueville asserts that in a democracy, political power will flow to the center, creating an ever more powerful federal government. Judging by events in the U.S. 1900-1940, is he right?
Tocqueville tells us that Americans are touchy--that they have excessive national vanity, or pride. Do you see this as a factor in American conduct and action leading up to war with Spain in 1898 and Germany in 1917?
MC Questions
At least seven of the following will appear on the second exam.
The 1933 Glass-Steagall Act was primarily designed to regulate and restore public confidence in which of the following institutions?
a. Banks
b. Government bonds
c. Stock market
d. Federal law enforcement
By what phrase did Franklin D. Roosevelt characterize his ambitious federal program to lift the country out of the depression?
a. Square Deal
b. Fair Deal
c. Old Deal
d. New Deal
Which military innovation played a prominent role in WWI?
a. Tanks
b. Aerial bombing
c. Machine guns
d. Flamethrowers
Members of which national group were responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914?
a. Croatians
b. Serbians
c. Bosnians
d. Albanians
Who was the U.S. Attorney General responsible for rounding up thousands of suspected radicals and deporting hundreds to the Soviet Union in a Red Scare which never materialized?
a. J. Edgar Hoover
b. Elliot Ness
c. F. Lee Bailey
d. A. Mitchell Palmer
What resurgent organization advocating 100% Americanism peaked in membership in the 1920s after being glorified in film by D.W. Griffith and in literature by Thomas Dixon?
a. America First
b. Ku Klux Klan
c. Sons of Liberty
d. John Birch Society
Which constitutional amendment was ratified in 1920 and became known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment?
a. 17th Amendment
b. 18th Amendment
c. 19th Amendment
d. 20th Amendment
The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 imposed sharp restrictions on which of the following?
a. Importation of agricultural goods
b. Production of alcohol for industrial purposes
c. Immigration from southern and eastern Europe
d. Trade with Germany and its allies
What was the name of Charles Lindbergh’s autobiography?
a. The Spirit of St. Louis
b. We
c. The Lone Eagle
d. The Life of an Aviator
Which president ordered federal troops to break up the veterans’ Bonus Army March on Washington D.C. in 1932?
a. Coolidge
b. Roosevelt
c. Harding
d. Hoover
The 1933 Glass-Steagall Act was primarily designed to regulate and restore public confidence in which of the following institutions?
a. Banks
b. Government bonds
c. Stock market
d. Federal law enforcement
By what phrase did Franklin D. Roosevelt characterize his ambitious federal program to lift the country out of the depression?
a. Square Deal
b. Fair Deal
c. Old Deal
d. New Deal
Which military innovation played a prominent role in WWI?
a. Tanks
b. Aerial bombing
c. Machine guns
d. Flamethrowers
Members of which national group were responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914?
a. Croatians
b. Serbians
c. Bosnians
d. Albanians
Who was the U.S. Attorney General responsible for rounding up thousands of suspected radicals and deporting hundreds to the Soviet Union in a Red Scare which never materialized?
a. J. Edgar Hoover
b. Elliot Ness
c. F. Lee Bailey
d. A. Mitchell Palmer
What resurgent organization advocating 100% Americanism peaked in membership in the 1920s after being glorified in film by D.W. Griffith and in literature by Thomas Dixon?
a. America First
b. Ku Klux Klan
c. Sons of Liberty
d. John Birch Society
Which constitutional amendment was ratified in 1920 and became known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment?
a. 17th Amendment
b. 18th Amendment
c. 19th Amendment
d. 20th Amendment
The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 imposed sharp restrictions on which of the following?
a. Importation of agricultural goods
b. Production of alcohol for industrial purposes
c. Immigration from southern and eastern Europe
d. Trade with Germany and its allies
What was the name of Charles Lindbergh’s autobiography?
a. The Spirit of St. Louis
b. We
c. The Lone Eagle
d. The Life of an Aviator
Which president ordered federal troops to break up the veterans’ Bonus Army March on Washington D.C. in 1932?
a. Coolidge
b. Roosevelt
c. Harding
d. Hoover
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