Evidence was circumstantial and the judge had made prejudicial remarks about the defendants, both had alibis, and another man had cofessed to the crime.

Despite appeals and international protests the two were executed in 1927

1. The Boston Police Strike

2. The steel Strike

3. The Coal Strike

he only worked four hours per day

1.  Former mining engineer

2.  self-made millionaire

3.  Never Held Elected office

4.  Had a talent for organization

1.  over speculation

2.  stock pooling

3.  Federal Reserve Policies

1.  Tariffs and war debt policies that cut down the foreign market for American goods.

2.  over production in farming and manufacturing

3.  Unequal distribution of income and wealth

Jazz was born in new orleans where musicians blended instrumental ragtime and vocal bluew into the new sound.

Louis Armstrong

Joe "King" Oliver

As the Depression deepened Americans began to express their anger in many ways:

1.  Farmer's burned their corn or wheat or dumped milk on the highways rather than sell it at a loss

2.  Others prevented food trucks from going to market hoping to create a shortage that would drive prices up.

3.  Some farmers used force to prevent farms from being auctioned off

4.  FINALLY:  IN ENGLAND, IN JANUARY OF 1931, AN ARMED GROUP OF FARMERS MARCHED ON THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE DEMANDING FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE THE RED CROSS HAD FAILED TO PROVIDE REILIEF FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY RAN OUT OF CLAIM FORMS!

The National Credit Coorporation (NCC) - would loan money to smaller banks to help them stay in business.

The Reconstruction Finance Coorporation (RFC) -  would loan money to large coorporations, therefore  being able to pay smaller employees.  Five months into this program, $805 million dollars was sent to large coorporations but businesses continued to fail

This group put people to work by constructing over 40,000 schools and paid the wages of 50,000 teachers in rural areas, Moreover this group provided jobs for some 2.5 million Americans when they needed it most.

1.  $122,000 public buildings

2.  $77,000 bridges

3.  285 airports

4.  664,000 miles of roads

1. Women got more important govt. postitions.

2.  NRA - established lower minimum wage for women

3.  CCC - only for men

4.  CWA - hired fewer women than men 

Gettting into WWII

On the following day FDR asked Congress for a declaration of war Japan.  Congress approved and three days later Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.  The fleet was not the only thing damaged by the attack, the cause of isolationism was all but finished as many who were pro-isolationists now supported an all-out American effort.

The German Invasion of Poland (September 1st 1939)

The blitzrieg, a new kind of warefare taht made use of recent advances in military technology, was used to invade Poland.

Austria and Czechoslovakia

the majority of the population there was German, therefore they marched in unapposed.

Jews, although they were not the only victims of the Holocaust but the main focus. 

Gypsies - whom the Nazis felt were an inferior race

Freemasons - whome the Nazis charged as supporters of the "Jewish Conspiracy" to rule the world

Jehovah's witnesses - who refused to join the army or salute Hitler

basically anyone who did not follow Hitler's way!

Battle of the Coral Sea - in May the allied forces blocked Japan's push toward Austrailia.  This battle, fought entirely by naval aircraft, was the first naval battle in history which ships of the opposing fleets never came within sight of each other.

Battle of Midway - In June of 1942, a Japanese naval armada attempted to invade Midway.  The Japanese navall forces were commanded by Admiral Yamamoto who possessed a powerful striking force of five aircraft carriers and hundreds of war planes.  U.S. Navy Admiral Chester Nimitx had fewer aircraft carriers but he did have one advantage in that he knew where and when the Japanese were about to strike and he prepared to spring an ambush on them. **This was a turning point for the war in the Pacific as Japan was never again able to mount an offensive action.

First generation Japanese.  They were used as translators in the war. (they spoke and translated in their language, which was rare, so that the enemy could not understand)

the U.S. troops had to learn words in this code too so the cold semi-communicate, therefore it was difficult but affective

Ended the Great Depression

Inflation, not many products, economy way down

Yalta is located in the Black Sea. 

1.  FDR and Churchill agreed to a partition of Germany into several zones of occupation which they believed would eventually be reunited.

2.  Stalin agreed to "free and unfettered elections" in Poland and other Soviet occupied countries in Eastern Europe

3.  Stalin also agreed to help the Allies agains Japan and to support the creation of the United Nations

* Find Normandy on a map

The D-Day Invasion of France happened here.  The Allied Invasion (code-named Operation Overload)  was executed on June 6th 1944 in the French coastal area of Normandy.  It was a massive undertaking, the largest amphibious operation in history under the command of Supreme Allied commander American General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

* Locate Sicily

It was invaded and then used to invade italy

1.  Truman calculated that it might make the invasion of Japan unnecessary, therey saving millions of Japanese and American lives.

2.  He also may have been sending a signal to our potential postwar enemies (The Soviets.)

This helped single parent families, new families, and returning G.I.'s

1. paid for education

2.  paid for guarenteed home loans

3.  paid for guarenteed small bussiness startup loans