Eastern Cottontail

Cottontail rabbits, the most abundant small-game animals in the county, prefer bushy areas interspersed with cropland and pasture. cottontail rabbits occur in greatest numbers in the southwestern part of of the westmoreland county, 2. Gray squirrels, they are the second in abundance among the small game animals. They generally prefer the edges of woodland. They are most plentiful where black oak, red oak, and chestnut oak are dominant They are also numerous where cornfields are interspersed with woodlots of hickory, walnut, and oak. 3. Ring-necked pheasants are most common in the southwestern part of the county. the production of corn, oats and wheat provides food and cover most suitable for pheasants. there are no pheasants in the southeastern…

Greg Castillo’s article examines how the United States used displays of lavish and modern consumerism, as an effective tool in the fight against communism. The thesis of the article is that the desire for consumer goods is, at least, partially responsible for causing unrest in the Eastern Bloc and exposed how different the Soviet’s communist tenets were from what humans’ desire. In the introduction of Greg’s article, he speaks of a fictitious account published in 1951 by sociologist David…

Unity Party, it was revealed that Stalin believed that he could gain control over a unified Soviet Germany through efforts towards sabotaging and undermining British and American efforts towards rebuilding of the German state and this would eventually lead to their withdraw from the region. He did not view France as much of a tactical threat within this regard. This plan ultimately did not succeed. As a puppet of the Soviet Union, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany took their orders from the…

Poland had suffered a great deal after Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union invaded in 1939. At the meeting, the leaders discussed and tried to come up with a solution that would benefit the alliance. The President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt expressed how he wished for a free Poland and to see “the creation of a representative government which could have the support of all the great powers and which could be composed of representatives of the principal parties of Poland” . Joseph…

government in Eastern Europe at a time, where everyone was poor, became every citizen’s worst nightmare. Drakulić, Slavenka’s, How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed (1992), describes the struggle of Eastern European citizens, specifically women in the fight to end communism. Slavenka Drakulić was a Croatian journalist who travelled through various countries such as Yugoslavia, Poland, Czechoslovakia East Germany, and Bulgaria, spending time with women and listening to their life stories,…

Frederick Taylor author of The Berlin Wall: A World Divided 1961-1989 written in 2007, brings to the front an almost forgotten event in history. He writes an in depth novel of what precipitated the events before the wall was built, and after it was torn down. Taylor gives a thorough account of the happenings, and with the use of evidence, personal account, interviews, and opinion he gives a delightful and at time somewhat controversial account of the Berlin Wall. The author gives account of the…

Stalin viewed this as American Imperialism and declined any aid for Western European countries under Soviet control . The Marshal Plan threatened Stalin as many of the European countries who were destroyed as a result of WWII were accepting the United States’ capitalist money. This would create a strong allegiance between the United States and poor European countries, this allows capitalism to appear to be the superior system to the poor countries. Communism now had little chance of spreading to…

The Berlin Journal by Robert Darnton provides an account on the reunification of East and West Berlin. Throughout the journal, Darnton reveals how confronting the past is an important step in moving forward. Darnton also examines the different meanings the Berlin Wall symbolized for East and West Berliners. Finally, the effects of reunification on the economic system were a concern among East Berliners as they did not want to let go of socialism. The three major themes in Darnton’s Berlin…

Japanese troops would surrender to the Chinese. Vietnam would also temporarily be partitioned for convenience among many other things. During the conference, Harry Truman told Joseph Stalin about a new weapon. Japan, at the end of the conference, was given the choice to either surrender or basically be destroyed. The Potsdam Conference was actually delayed so that Truman could test the Atomic Bomb. The Soviets then moved quickly and annexed as many countries into their control. The Yalta…

The Marshall Plan was the idea behind a speech made by U.S. Secretary of State, George C. Marshall that suggested that the United States assist Europe with their economic devastation; however, there was no actual “plan.” Once the plan was approved and became the European Recovery Program it lasted from April 1948 to December 1951. During that time there was approximately $12.5 billion dollars given to 12 European countries. The Marshall Plan did have its faults but overall was a success in…