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U.S History 2 - Discussion

Discussion 1: Accounts of the Wounded Knee massacre was conflict between North Indians

and American government representatives that left 150 Native Americans dead. It was a blood

thirsty massacre where military acted as a buffer between Whites and Indians. President Black

Harrison described the atrocities in this massacre as representation, culmination of Indian

resistance and conquest of the West. According to President Elk, the atrocities were a symbol of

colonial repression and native resistance for indigenous people globally. The military has put down

a lethal insurrection organized by Sioux which was also a true depiction of Sioux resistance. The

vision according to Elk was revenge which he viewed as solution to the massacre. On the contrary,

he perceived soldiers actions as beneficial to Native Americans. Their families would be better

positioned as a result of accumulation of wealth received from expanding waste land into farming

activities.

Discussion 2: If I were a man – by Charlotte Perkins

The things that surprised Mollie most was the sight of a poor woman who was distanced from her

son as a result of her feebleness. To an extent, she could not dress herself and she suffered from

post- partum depression. She secluded herself and locked herself into the room and permitted the

wallpaper to drive her crazy. Consequentially she becomes obsessed with the wall paper and gets

the notion that there is a woman behind the wall paper whom she is compelled to free. The husband

is dismayed to find her in the room acting crazy. Perkins addresses feminism and in particular the

role of white women`s submission as a result of their gender. Gender has determined the social

position of women. However, being dependent on men for finances has deprived them off freedom

and independence. Stereo types still exist since women are still considered to be a minority.

Additionally, according to Perkins, feminism is what distinctly defines the difference between a

man and a woman.

Discussion 3: Happiness in Marriage by Margaret Sanger

According to Sanger, happy marriage is all season and is able to stand the test of time. In recent

generations marriage should be built on the foundation of love and the use of birth control pill

epitomizes the whole journey. The use of birth pill will help the recent generation to have Planned

Parenthood which as a result will culminate into a happy marriage. She is of the opinion that child

bearing should be viewed positively and not as a process that keeps the husband off his wife due

to unattractiveness. Women have become more independent and cannot be forced into child

bearing. Moreover, issues in marriage can only be handles by the two parties involved and not by

intervention of third party.

Lesson Four: Share Our Wealth by Huey Long

The intention of Long`s program was to provide decent living standards to all Americans through

spreading the resources of the nation. His radical plans were to limit each person to earn a

maximum of $50 million while he gave suggestion to a man owning not more than $10- $ 15

million in one`s life as a way of ensuring equality of resources and eradicating poverty. He

advocated for free higher education and vocational training, health benefits for veterans, pension

for the elderly and stipend for families that earned less than a third of national average income. He

was of the idea of giving employees a month`s vacation and shortening the working week.

Additionally, he proposed debt moratorium to enable struggling families have more time to pay

off their mortgages instead of losing their collateral to creditors. He was successful and his

assertion increased support for his ideas. Most of his ideas became a reality for instance Social

Security, Medicare and Medicaid as well as Housing Assistance.

Discussion Five: Transcript of the Roosevelt- Molotov Meeting

This was a meeting between President Roosevelt and Russia Commissar Molotov that revolved

Russia`s quest for help from U.S. There was evidenced struggle between the German Army in

Russia and Molotov wanted the Americans to help them get rid of Germans in the Soviet soil. He

believed a `second front’ should be opened because it would weaken the Soviet army. It would

also make the war take a shorter duration and be easy. Amidst this, Molotov was worried that if

the war prolonged, it would be more difficult to eliminate the Germans and Hitler who by then

ruled majority of Europe would gain more power and popularity. The war would also have been

determined in 1942, otherwise Soviet Union would be forced to fight alone.

Discussion Six: The Southern Manifesto

The Southern Manifesto was a resolution which condemned the decision of Brown against Board

of Education. Brown was perceived as having abused judicial power in school cases. The law

stipulated that no individual was denied any of his rights if the states gave separate but equal public

facilities. Supreme Court exercised their judicial authority and substituted their personal interests

for establishment of the law in the land. The manifesto was against segregation in schools and

advocated for school systems to change and consider all schools to be equal. Also, it culminated a

trend in Federal Jury undertaking legislation to determine upon by the reserved rights of the states

and its people. The Government had the capacity and mandate to accord its people security against

judicial usurpations and reserved rights of the state.

Discussion 7: Dissenting opinion on Vietnam

This entailed a memo written by George Ball to President Lyndon Johnson due to the chaotic

situation of ongoing war in South Vietnam. He advised the U.S not to commit more troops but

instead utilize those who are already on the ground and seek amicable and peaceful ways of

bringing the war to an end. Da Nang region was under attack from the Viet Cong which resulted

to weakness of Saigon regime. This eventuality was catastrophic and Johnson was deemed to act

and stop the communist from overtaking South Vietnam. Ball suggested a negotiation settlement

and urged the American government to expedite their presence in South Vietnam. Johnson was

compelled to concur with Ball because he did not want to lose South Vietnam to communists.

Discussion 8: Bush`s Gulf War Address

The address was necessitated by the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait. Iraq invaded Kuwait and

exhibited cruelty and cruelty towards the Kuwaitis. There was allied air force attack on military

targets in both countries and the U.S was at the verge of seeking diplomatic solution since Saddam

Hussein the president of Iraq then seemed unwilling to leave Kuwait. Hence, Arab leaders also

endeavored to find an Arab solution in an effort to restore peace and justice. Peaceful solution was

hard to come by and eventually Saddam had to be forced out of Kuwait by American, 28 other

nations and UN forces which was a success.

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