Pros and cons of the US health care system and Universal health care system

US health care system:

Pros

·      Insurance is provided for everyone.

·      Medicaid/Medicare.

·      Safety regulations

·      Choose the type of your health insurance.

·      Patient privacy.

·      Emergency treatment-people can’t be turned away.

Cons

·      Doctors, hospitals and other medical providers are rewarded for doing more, not for being efficient.

·      US residents are getting old, sick and over weight.

·      We always want new technologies, services, and procedures.

·      We get tax breaks for buying health insurance.

·      Hospitals and other providers are gaining market share and are able to demand higher prices.

·      We have supply and demand problems; complicate efforts to slow spending.

Universal health care:

Pros

·      Unlimited access to health care

·      Increased efficiency and decreased medical errors

·      Affordable

·      Care will be extended

·      Medical costs will be cheaper

 Cons

·      Quality of care will be low

·      Funding falls to the taxpayers

·      Lack of competition

·      Taxes would be raised

·      Private insurance companies are not permitted

·      Longer wait times

Political cartoon current event

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Political cartoon

This shows that if you want to spend your money buying bonds from the United States, you are wasting your money because Germany is sinking every thing we send to France.

Political cartoon analysis

#5- Hitler is using the men bowing before him (leaders of democracy) as stepping stones to get appeasement (avoid going to war). He is walking with his head held high because he has the control and he will do whatever it takes to get to the top. Hitler is the one who makes the rules and regulations.

Causes of WWI

Germany was the cause of World War I.

·      Increased their money spent on weapons just as much as Great Britain in 1914.

·      Germany had an alliance with everyone except France and Great Britain.

·      Germany took responsibility for causing WWI in the Treaty of Versailles.

·      Germany took part responsibility for causing WWI but also blamed its allies.

·      The rise of Germany

·      German propaganda 

Thirty Years' War video

Voltaire- 

Montesquieu- "The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office." He believed the power of the government should be in the three branches of government. 

Rousseau- 

Locke- "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." Believed people had rights that should be protected by the government. 

Most important battles in history

1. Battle of Yorktown- Climax of the American Revolution that led to the independence of the United States.
2. Battle of Gettysburg- The joining of the Union and the Confederate.
3. Battle of Waterloo- brought an end to French domination of Europe and began a period of peace.
4. Battle of Antietam - Stopped the first confederate invasion of the north
5. Battle of Stalingrad- The end of Hitler's quest for world dominance.
6. Battle of Midway- Lead to the balance of power in the pacific between the U.S. and Japan.
7. Battle of Tours- The stopping of northward advancement of Islam from Spain.
8. Atomic Bombing of Japan- Ended WWII.
9. Battle of Hastings- The last successful invasion of England.
10. Battle of Vienna- The stopped attempt of the Muslims trying to claim all of Europe.

Government Test

1. D
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. D
9. B
10. C
11. A
12. A
13. A
14. D
15. D
16. C
17. B
18. B
19. Control of the media/ use of propaganda
Use of secret police
Having a single-party government
Having a poor or difficult childhood
Developing a "cult of personality"

20. Jean Jacques Rousseau- Article 17. He believed everyone had rights and that they should not be taken away.
 Baron de Montesquieu- Article 14. He believed government should be run by 3 branches of government.
John Locke- Article 12. He believed people were bad by human nature.
Voltaire- Article 7. Believed you should not be arrested without a trial but you should be punished somehow in you did something against the law.

2/11

A. Europe
B. Yes. With a ruler and a highly ruled government people tend to have less freedom. When there is no ruler or a limited government people tend to have more freedom.
C. What type of government do the countries in gray on the forms of government map have?

Obama- Dictator or not?

No, I don't think Obama is going to become a dictator because he has made the US' economy better in terms of unemployment, he doesn't try to control the media, and he doesn't use schools to spread ideas. Obama doesn't try to take away our freedom or our freedom of speech. He didn't develop a scapegoat and he does not use propaganda. He doesn't have the qualities of a dictator.

Totalitarianism dictator similarities

1. Rule after a fall in government
2. Had the opportunity for a good education
3. Propaganda
4. Religious control
5. From poor families
6. One-party government
7. Control of media
8. Nationalist

Leaders

1. Adolf Hitler
2. Joseph Stalin
3. Benito Mussolini

Current Event

2/1/13-

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/31/world/asia/south-korea-north-korea-conflict/index.html?hpt=wo_c1

Top 10 list of things European kings did to gain more power

1. Common set of laws- "Gradually he and his successors united the kingdom under one rule, calling it England-- "Land of the Angles."" HENRY II
2. State officials to enforce the laws- "He established royal officials called bailiffs."PHILIP AUGUSTUS
3. Court system for centralized justice- "Edward summoned two burgesses from every borough and two knights from every county to serve as a parliament, or legislative group." HENRY II, LOUIS IX
4. Tax collection by central government- "They were sent from Paris to every district in the kingdom to preside over the king's courts and collect the king's taxes." PHILIP AUGUSTUS, WILLIAM THE CONQUERER, DOMESDAY BOOK
5. Standing army loyal to the king- "Only Alfred the Great, king from 871 to 899, managed to turn back the viking invaders."EDWARD I
6. Make people who would pose as a threat part of the government- "William's rival was Harold Godwinson, the Anglo-Saxon who claimed the throne." " In 1402, King Edward the confessor, a descendent of the Anglo-saxon Alfred the great, took the throne."PHILIP AUGUSTUS
7. Get religion to a firm of your power- "These invaders were so feared that a special prayer was said in churches."PHILIP IV

Reading quiz

1. The United States is an oligarchy because our government is run by limited people with one main ruler.
2. In times of crisis the Roman's turned to a dictatorship where a dictator would rule.
3. Plebeians were the majority of the population in the Roman empire including farmers, merchants, and artisans.
4. People call the US an oligarchy because our government is run by a limited amount of people.
5. One of the laws the Romans had was Roman citizens were not allowed to be flogged without being proven guilty.

Government terms

Bureaucracy: The government run by officials and administrators.

Aristocracy: A government ruled by the best or most able people.

Constitutionalism: Government in which power is distributed and limited by a system of laws that must be obeyed by rulers.

Autocracy: A government where one person has unlimited authority over others.

Monarchy: A government ruled by a single persons supreme power.

Dictatorship: A government ruled by a dictator.

Totalitarianism: A government run by the governing branch with absolute control.

Absolutism: A complete unrestricted power in government.

Democracy: A government run by the people.

Oligarchy: A government run by limited people.

J.A.

1/21/13-
The purpose of a government is to provide order, stability, and a system of standardization.

1/25/13-
Humans are good by nature but become bad over time by the influences around them.

2/18/13-
You know something is significant if it had a big influence on the way society or a country is today.

3/11/13- The Cold War was a war between the Soviet union and the United States.

3/14/13- Middle East wars- Afghanistan, and Iraq. Vietnam, Africa

3/21/13- Spanish influenza, The Black Death, Malaria, Small pox, and The plague of Justinian.