Speech

Ever since World War I, the treaty of Versailles has been keeping the peace in the world. Punishing Germany for their atrocities committed during the first World War. We took away all of their military essentials such as size, ammunition and artillery. We demoralized them with hefty fines that caused a recession to take place in the country of Germany. With all this we were sure that Germany would pose no further problems. We were wrong.

A few years after the treaty was signed, the country of Germany began to stir once more. With the rise of Adolf Hitler, Germany began to violate the treaty of Versailles by taking over the rhineland. They also increased their military forces and invaded France. Another trouble leading to the war is the Rise of Stalin and Mussolini. These two dictators look to control as much of the continent as they can, and they will stop at nothing to get it.

As the War stands now, we have yet to be involved. No we have not been harmed by any other country so far, and we will try our best to keep this country safe. Almost the entire continent of Europe is engaged in World War II. Japan has started growing restless by taking over manchuria and parts of China in order to expand their borders. Germany has invaded Poland and they have taken over France.

These events should prove that the United States of America should enter into World War II. Being one of the superpowers of the World, it is our duty to try to keep the peace in a world of violence. It will not be long before an attack is brought to our door step, we must prevent this from happening at all costs. Act upon others before they act upon us. We must go on the offensive in order for us to succeed in this war. If we do act upon our first instincts, it could mean the death of our nation.

Depression

Here in the 21st century, it is hard to believe that we could ever go through another economic depression as terrible as the Great Depression. It is somewhat possible for the stocks to crash in the manner they did back in the 1930's. However; there would be a few differences in society in the 21st century if a depression were to ever hit. We now have homeless shelters so there would be no "hoovervilles" going up. Also, the government gives out welfare checks to those who qualify, so it would be difficult for a family to starve. If my father were to lose his jobs we would have to make a few cut backs but not too many. Since both my sister and myself have jobs, so we would have to pay for our own food and clothes. My family would have to sell our cars and cut back on electricity in order to save money.

In my opinion, the producers of the Simpson's prohibition episode did a very accurate job of portraying the 1920's prohibition era. Many of the parts of the episode were surprisingly truthful. the fact that they incorporated speakeasies, bootleggers and the mob were all surprising truthful aspects of prohibition. Overall, the accuracies did outweigh the fictional part of the episode. In the end i found that this episode was both historically accurate and fun to watch.

War Freedoms

In a time of war, sometimes it is necessary for the American people to give up some of their freedoms in order to help with the war effort. In World War I when Americans were forced to conserve gasoline for the troops overseas, there was nothing illegal about that. The government should be able to amend the constitution to a certain extent during war time to increase the chances of victory. If the Government wants to set aside gas free days, then that should be constitutional. Even in a time of peace, a gas free day should be constitutional to help our environment. This being said, i think that true americans should give up some of their freedoms during a time of war.

Attack on the USS Maine

The U.S.S. Maine has Sunk! A few days ago the U.S.S. Maine was blown up by the Spanish Navy. The attack by the Spaniards happened in the Cuban Harbor of Havana on January 24, 1898. The Spanish Navy viciously torpedoed the the U.S. Battle ship out of the blue with no real cause other than to provoke the United States into war. The U.S. did not respond positively to the attack and will most likely declare war on the Country of Spain. A wise move when you take into account that the attack took the lives of over 250 Americans. When the war comes we do not know for sure what will happen, but we do know that we will always remember the Maine.