Living history interview!

1.can you explain the first television in your house? how did it what programs were on? Do you remember the Kennedy/Nixon debates?
1. It was called an RCA Victor it was an 8 inch round screen, that sat in a big wooden cabinet. It was powered by tubes and was only in black and white. It sounded similar to the radio. You had to have an antenna on the roof. My father’s family watched it together about 2- 3 times a week “when it worked”. They use to watch the Andy Divine show, our gang comedies, the Ed Sullivan show and the wonderful world of Disney was the first to show in color
They remember that Kennedy was young & handsome and everybody knew about the Kennedy family. Nixon was vice president to Eisenhower.


2.How did technology change when you were growing up? How was your life changed by it?
2. Everybody had a Dial phone then it went to a push button. Record players called Victrolas. 8 track players. Underwood typewriters, the first cell phone were Huge carried around in a big suitcase.


3.what do you remember about the launching of sputnik 1 and NASA? Including president Eisenhower’s actions.
3. John glen went up in friendship 7 and orbited the earth then became a senator. They didn’t remember much about sputnik 1 except it was a Russian spaceship. They remember the race to the moon with Russia . Even though they had the first man in space the United States had the first man land and survives on the moon.


4.How did it affect you when Brown vs. The board of education’s decision to integrate school became final? How were African Americans treated differently? Or equally?
4. Mom thinks it was the best thing the government did to help integrate. In New Jersey they were treated equally and it didn’t affect their lives much because they had a lot of African American friends already. African Americans didn’t go to my mother’s school because she lived in a very rich neighborhood. My father’s School was mostly integrated kindergarten through High School and the African Americans were treated equally.


5.How did the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights of 1965 effect the country?
5. My parents were too young to really care; they believed that everybody should be able to vote. My father hated how in some restaurants his African American friends couldn’t eat with him “all should be equal”.



6.Did the assassination of president John F. Kennedy impact you? How did you hear about it?
6. My mother was in the third grade and heard that he had been shot after lunch in her English class later mom in science class the broadcast came on that he had died. “It was heart wrenching and extremely sad” “the world seemed to go in mourning”. My father was in a pool hall shooting pool and it came on the television. He was angry because he thinks he was one of the best and most liked presidents we ever had. “He was a young man with a young family and it changed the white house”


7.How did Lyndon Johnson’s ideas of a great society effect you? Do you think they helped or hurt society?
7. My parents believed it hurt society. My mother never liked him and thinks he was a “skuz bucket and a whore mongle” He escalated the Vietnam War and he reinstated the draft. But his wife “ladybird” Claudia Johnson was a very sweet and well liked woman.” A real lady”.


8.Did you witness any of the southern Christian Leadership Conferences tactics? The Sit-ins, freedom rides, or marches?
Did you watch it or hear it on the radio? How did it make you feel?
8. MY parents watched them on television. Believed they had guts and that they were driven for a purpose that they believed in., and they also had good leader ship like Martin Luther King junior. Didn’t agree with the Black Panther party, never understood Stokley Carmichael or his standings. Believed they were all militants. And the day Martin Luther King junior died was a very dark day.


9.How did you feel about the Anti-Vietnam war movement?
9. My father felt like they were very Un-American and treated troops like criminals when they came back. Both my parents lost lots of friends and family in the war and say it was not to protect the United states, But because of Johnson was an idiot that though communist were going to take over.


10.Explain your thoughts about former president Bill Clinton as president. His involvement with the NAFTA agreement. His impeachment and acquittal.
10. Excellent president. Bad morals but helped the country to be in its best shape ever.
My father believes NAFTA was a bad Idea because “we got the losing end of the stick”
Because, companies moved their business to Mexico , and Canada to save money.
My mother said she was neutral on the subject but the United States should have used better judgment. My dad said he “should not have been impeached over that.”
My mom said “I did not have sex with that woman” “all presidents she liked were Democrats and she’s a registered republican”.


11.what are your thoughts about George w. bush’s actions following the attacks of September 11, 2001? The war on terrorism and the interventions of Afghanistan.
11. Mom – “a coward will run and hide every time”. He ran from Florida to a hidden bunker. He’s an idiot! Dad- “Bush United country in a common goal against terrorism”.
My parents don’t believe we should have gone to Iraq because it was “finishing his daddy’s war”. All the reasons in going in tom Iraq were lies; terrorists were being trained in Afghanistan my father said at least we did something the Russians couldn’t do. We are holding our own ground in Afghanistan and the Russians got there butts kicked.

Boom,Bust,&Recovery

•1.This picture shows uncle Sam closing down the united states due to the strikes and problems the red scare kept bringing up and saying he had such an advantage over the other countries
•2.This is a picture of many men and women with signs to help get women's right to vote which is the 19th amendment and helped women suffrage
•3.This is a picture of a prohibition party axe man destroying the saloon tree with an axe of votes and the government trying to get him to leave the tree of alcohol
•4.This is a picture of uncle Sam saying “ I want you to stay sober” which is a parody of his usual “I want you” slogan so its saying the 18th amendment made alcohol illegal
•5.This is a picture of a giant boot or bootlegger destroying the constitution of the united stated because boot legging alcohol is considered unconstitutional and unlawful.
•6.This is a picture of John Gotti a very famous Italian mob boss from new jersey who is known for his involvement in organized crime over the years and shows how it has transformed

•7.This is a picture of a very out going young lady known as a flapper because she as well as many other women from the early 1930’s broke out of the traditional shell and began wearing more make up and less clothing
•8.This is a picture of a young girl discussing relations with her mother and how shocking it is to her mother its showing how much the role of women had changed drastically in the 1900’s
•9.This is a picture of babe Ruth he shows how things has changed in the 1920’s. he was considered the best baseball player in history. He demonstrated how other races were becoming more favorable
•10.This is a picture of a red neck wearing a rebel flag shirt talking to a n african American man saying my people died for this flag and the African man returning saying so did mine. It shows the growth and struggle of the NAACP

•1.this is a picture of out 32nd president Herbert Hoover standing on wall street with a loser sign to symbolize the problems that came from wall street
•2. this is a picture of an extreme roller coaster that has very high peaks and very low dips until it finally just drops off completely to show the drastic changes in the stock market
•3. this is a picture of a horrible event called black Tuesday that changed the stock market forever,it was the lowest point in the depression.
•4. this is a picture of a group of money hungry drunks that cant stop spending which is a big part of the great depression and why it happened
•5. this is a picture of what use to be a neighborhood its now a run down destroyed pile of debris called a shantytown that’s a result of the great depression 6. this is a picture of very closely built burning buildings called hoovervilles many different familieslived under one roof during the 1900's
•7. .this is a picture of many unemployed men and women waiting in line at a soup kitchen which becamevery over crowded in the great depression to get enough food to survive
•8. this is a picture of dust overcoming a small subdivision in the 1900's these dust bowls were very common and lasted for years
•9. this is a picture of a group of men that marched to capital city in 1932 called the bonus armythey stood up for our country in time of need
•10. this is a picture of an award winning book called the grapes of wrath that was focused on theeconomic and social issues of the great depression

•1.this is a picture of Franklin d Roosevelt challenging a European war debs bag that is also dealing with the deciding of beer a banked bill and employment which are many of the issues he faced as president
•2.this is a picture of Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt is in another language but the quote is, she asks have we lost many dollars, Delano? He says don’t worry Eleanor, we are paying only in human lives.
•3.this is a picture of card saying bank legislation, bank holiday and protection of gold which were a few elements of the new deal
•4.this is a picture of Franklin Roosevelt in his first days of office he changed everything and helped the United Sates out of the depression
•5.this is a picture of a man with a bail out bad and he’s trying to feed the United stated to help it but gets overwhelmed and attacked by them. it shows how greedy the government is.
•6.This is a picture of an American flag saying USA ,work program and WPA. It was a relief to all the unemployment issues in the mid 19oo’s
•7.this is a picture of a poster trying to recruit young girls into getting a job. As part of the national youth administration many high school and college girls became working women
•8.this is a picture of the Tennessee valley authorities badge they helps provide many areas with flood control and other economic developments after the great depressio0n
•9.this is a picture of a social security act card that helped establish social welfare and insurance programs and also funded many payroll taxes
•10.this is a picture of an old motion picture camera many people would watch movies along with news reports and government funded informational programs

unit 7

People only change after something bad happens.

True, because, most people do not want to change anything, when it is all going well. As in the old saying why fix something that isn’t broken?
Exactly my point you don’t mess with what’s already good but as soon as something goes even the slightest bit wrong everybody wants to change everything possible in every little way without really thinking it through or trying to find out what actually made it mess up

unit 6

Is it ok to get involved on other people's business?

Have you ever jumped into someone else's business? If so, why?
nope,I only give people advice when they ask me for it. I try not to get into peoples personal problems unless it can hurt them or someone else.
Under what conditions/situations is it ok or even necessary for you to get involved in someone else's business?
only if it can harm them or other peoople, because i couldnt live with myself if i knew i let something bad happen like that to anybody i know.
When should people mind their own business?
all the time, because people being nosey is what causes alot of conflict and can possibly be harmful to others

unit 5

Is it all about the money? Yes, actually it is. Everything in the world seems to revolve around money in one way or another. Are people actions driven by money? Yes, most people now day have to follow where the money goes many families are constantly moving in order to have a better standard of living. Does money lead to happiness? Some may say yes others may disagree but without money you can’t have anything nice let alone anything that can make you happy. You don’t have to have enough but at least a decent amount so that you don’t have to struggle. Are the people that have money any better than those that don't? No, not better as in the type of people they are but better equipped for hardships. They have a better grip on reality by realizing the value of money. How do the wealthy get their money? Was it their work or others work that makes them rich? Most people that are rich have inherited it in some way or are just lucky enough to know what needs to be done in order to become so wealthy. Weather it be the lottery or receiving a large amount through family, most cannot just become wealthy without some sort of help or plan. Is it the responsibility of those that have money to share with others? Not exactly, most wealthy people shouldn’t be as greedy as they are because they are just taking from those less fortunate but if they became wealthy on their own then no they earned it and they deserve to do what they want with it













Gilded Age
G-glitters not gold
i-immigrants
l-lacking
d-determination
e-envious
d-deciet

A-accidents
g-greed
e-evolution

unit 4

Think about a time when you were involved in a fight, either verbal or physical. Write a detailed summary paragraph of this experience that includes the following: What led up to the fight well this girl kept trying to get my boyfriend to cheat on me with her. Whether or not you tried to avoid the fight and how?
I tried for several weeks to ignore it, but it eventually became too much to ignore. The events of the fight she kept following my boyfriend around after we both told her to stop and one day she followed him to the store where I was waiting for him. And I got out of the car and kicked her butt in the parking lot.
The outcome of the fight her lying on the ground crying and finally leaving us alone did the fight improve or hurt your relationship with that person?
Of course not she was obsessed and psycho to begin with any lesson(s) you learned from the fight not really, just that sometimes just walking away doesn’t work

unit 3

How can growing up be both exciting and painful?


I believe it is painful because you have to leave your childish things behind and become an adult. You have to stop being silly all the time and start acting mature. School gets harder, you have to get a job and worry about paying bills as to when you’re a child and honestly have no worries. It is exciting because you get to go out into the world and explore you get more freedoms. You get to have an opinion that actually counts. You can vote towards how your country will be represented, who knows maybe your one vote could be the tie breaker you never know what will happen.