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| 1914 WWI Begins in Europe |
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| Wilson orders Americans to act and think neutral- Creating Isolationism- |
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| Wilson and the Problems of Neutrality |
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Cultural and ethnic ties to the allies-France and England
Propaganda
Economic stakes in allied victory
Lusitunia disaster-1915 |
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| 1917 Unrestricted Submarine Warfare makes U.S. Intervention Certain |
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| Wilson declares we must "Save the world for democracy" |
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| American "doughboys" turn the tide in a series of crucial battles |
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Everything for the front
Agencies like the War Industries Board convert American industry to a war footing
Industry booms
American labor makes gains |
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5 months of bloodshed June-October
U.S.-112,000 dead/ 350K causalities
Brit-Mill
France- 1.85 mil
Germany-2.5 mill
Russia- 4 mill
In all over 35 mill. wounded, killed, maimed |
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| Campaign cuts a hole in American civil liberties |
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| New alien and sedition acts |
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| Make criticism of the war effort and government illegal |
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Made a crime to obstruct in words or deeds the draft or sale of war bonds
No Mail that was thought to have a nagitive toward war (sedition) |
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| It is a crime to utter, print, write or publish any abusive language against the government |
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| Armistice opens 1918 June |
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| Germany agrees to a cease fire but it is not a treaty |
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Wilson's plan to ensure a lasting peace includes ideas like self-determination and no reparations
Forced to compromise, Wilson gives in to UK and France to go for the League of Nations
Versailles Treaty |
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Coined by Fitzgarald in "this side of paridise"
Americans come home to 18th amedment (probition)
19th Amendment (women suferage) passed
Isoationism "collective security"
End of progrsivism |
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Bathtub Gin and Speakeasies
Flappers-revolution in styles (particularly for women)
Movies
Radio
Sports-golden age
Model T |
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1920
Devoid of intellectual stature
Appointed many unscrupulous friends to government jobs
A brief age of scandal results Teapot Dome
Coined--"Normalcy"Sports-golden
Died suddenly |
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"Silent Cal"
1923-1928
slept
silent |
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| Coolidge and "New Era" Policies |
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Coolidge "worshipped" at the alter of big business
Secretary of the Treasury-- Andrew Mellon, coined the Trickle Down economic theory |
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African-American literary and artistic movement of the 1920s centered in NY, Harlem
Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen |
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Materialist Dream
Defeats Al Smith for the presidency (Al for the forgotten ones)
Al carried 12 states but lost the electoral |
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The Crash/Depression
Credit explodes and goes main stream
World Trade is stifled by high tariffs
Everyone living beyond their means |
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| Black Thursday, October 24, 1929 |
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13 mill. Shares sold
3 Bill.
By Tuesday Oct. 29, 1929 market is in a free fall |
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| More reasons for the crash |
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Federal Trad Com. didn't engage
Extreme Concentration of wealth 1% of Americans owned 59% of countries wealth
90% countries PoP. own 10% of nations wealth
21 mill. No Savings No Backup |
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1929-1932 Do Not Reverse the Slide
Callous to the Plight of the Depression (apple comment)
Remained loyal to failed economic policy |
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20k Vets demand early payment
Hoover Fails to communicate to the Vets that there is no $$
Hoover calls in the DC PD-2 squatters shoot/PD beat by the Vets
Hoover call the Secretary of War-Mcarthy
Extreme Over Reaction and poor handling |
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Hoover vs FDR
FDR-"bold persistent experimentation"
Wins by a landslide |
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1933 - Made up in 100 days
Goal to restore confidence and put people back to work
Begins Fireside chats |
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| First New Deal measure that provided for reopening the banks under strict conditions and took the US off the gold standard |
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Emergency Banking Act
CCC-Civil Conservation Corp (outdoor work)
Aaa-Agricultural Adjustment Act (improve agricultural prices by limiting market supplies/ declared unconstitutional in US vs Butler-1936)
TVA-Tenaesse Valley Authority (control flooding in the Tennessee River Valley, provided work for the region's unemployed, and produce inexpensive electric power for the region
Homeowner's Loan Corp-refinacing
Farm Credit Act-Refinancing
GlassSteagl act-Regulated risky speculation |
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| Natinal Industrial Recovery Act |
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one of the last acts of the 100 days
filled with goodie
made codes
Min wage
Gov. on side of labor |
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SSI
Goal : Economic Security
to forge a lasting Democratic Coalition
WPA-Works progress Administration |
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American Foreing policy -tied to domestic recovery
Latin America- Good Neighbor
Asia- keeping the open doors open
USSR- Recognition
Europe- Isoation |
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