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Hawaiian Rebellion
In the 1890's, there was a growing thought that the Island of Hawaii should belong to the United States as it was vital to american economic intrists in the Pacific Ocean, such as whaling. The Government did not share this feeling and in the 1890's American planters rose up in rebellion and ousted Queen Liliuokalani, who was a nationalist and wanted Hawaii to remain independant. After the queen was ousted, President Grover Cleveland tried to reinstate her as leader of Hawaii and failed. -
Spanish-American War
The war was started over the sinking of the USS Maine which was in the port of Havana to protect American citizens during the ongoing Cuban Revolt. The ship blew up killing 266 people, Spain was blamed even though it was more likely a mechanical failure. President McKinley asked for deceleration of war on April 11 1898. America would invade the Philippines and Spain was not prepared at all for American intervention. Fighting lasted 4 months and ended at the Treaty of Paris. -
Boxer Rebellion
A rebellion that happened in China, where a secret society called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fist rose up and killed foreigners and Chinese Catholics. The rebellion was called Boxer Rebellion because of the techniques they used that they thought protected them from bullets. Countries like America, U.K., Austria Hungary, Germany, and France stopped the rebellion. China was forced to pay $300 million in repercussions and could not import weapons for 2 years after the incident. -
Immigration restrictions
it the 1920s, many began to fear the waves of immigration from Europe, as many feared that these were undesirables from Europe as many immigrants were not highly educated. This caused the emergency Quota Act of 1921, that limited immigration to 3% of a nationalitiy's population in American in 1910. But that Act would be replaced with the Quota act of 1924, which limited immigration to 2% of the population in 1890 -
The Reemergence of the KKK
The KKK reemerged in 1915 lead by William Simons in Georgia, after he had viewed the silent movie, " The Birth of a Nation". The Klan target anyone who was a non-white Protestant American and promoted the idea of Americanism. At the height of their Power in the 1920s, official membership exceeded 4 million. At this time, the KKK was more out in the public eye, and it publicly claimed to accually not use violence against other races and that those who did were rouge members. -
Cause of the Great Depression
Another cause was the wage gap at this time, with most of the money being earned by the one percent, many bought luxeries with credit. With the collapse of the foreign markets, many of these people who bought with credit lost jobs and were unable to pay back the loans, which caused many to go into foreclosure. -
Cause of the Great Depression
Due to the collapse of the Europeian market, and the sharp down turn in sales in America, many companies were left with full invatories of items with no demand anywhere. This caused many stocks to fall which sent many into a panic as they raced to sell their stocks. This also gave rise to unpresidented amounts of inflation, which further hurt the crumbling middle and lower class, who were struggling just to survive at this point. -
Cause Of great Depression
Government inaction was also a part of the cause, as many in the government believed that this economic down turn was just a natural part of the market. Due to this belief, the Government would not try tho help stablize the economy until after the stock market crash of 1929,and by then it was too little too late, as the government still held on to a pull yourself by your own boot straps mentality well into the 1930s -
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Four causes of the Great Depression
The First cause of the Great Depression was the collapse of the economies of Countries like Germany, France, and Britain which severly hurt U.S. trade. The fall of these economies would drasticly lower forigen demand for American goods since no one could afford them anymore. This would cause a spike in inflation and force many to lose factory jobs. -
Proabition
The 18th Amendment was passed which placed a ban on all alcohol in the country. This This Bill was origionally vetoed by Wilson but he was over ruled and it was enacted. This was pushed by the Anti-Saloon League, and the Temperance Movement. In responce to this many became Bootleggers and smuglled in alcohol or made their own to be sold in speakeasies. Proabition was repealed in 1933 by the 21st Amendment -
Vietnam
the Dien Bien Phu occures, which was the first battle of the Indochina war. Ho Chi Minh led the Viet Migh supported by China. France was forced to surrender in the Geneva Convention. This lead to the creation of North and South Vietnam. -
Suez Crisis
It started when Egypt wanted to build a dam on the Nile River. It Originally had support form American, France, and Britain, but when American pulled out; Egypt started talking to Communist countries for aid. France, Britain, and Israel responded angrily, but America did not provide them with the amount of oil they were anticipating -
JFK vs Nixon
JFK was 43 and a Catholic, he was not trusted by the bible belt as they feared that the pope might influence him. NIxon was viewed as a more conservitive canadate and was viewed favorably by the older generations. JFK was favored by northern minorities and for his looks and that would be enough to win the 1960 election. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
It was descovered that the USSR had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba and in responce to this JFK had Cuba placed under a Blockade. After 13 days, The USSR agreed to remove the missiles and the US agreed to lift the blockade and secretly removed missiles from Turkey. -
Miranda v. Arizona
It was a landmark case, whose Supreme Court ruling ensured an accused person's right to remain silent, to the counsel of an attorney no-matter their financial situation and, other protections. This gave rise to the Miranda Warning, which is the reading of a person's constitutional rights. This warning must be read by the officers during an arrest as an attempt to safeguard against forced confessions and self-implication -
The My Lai Massacre
In 1968, American troops slaughtered the Vietnamese village of My Lai. Most of the residents were women and children, and when news of the massacre reached the public, domestic disgust for the war grew and fueled anti-war sentiments -
Kent State University Massacre
In response to the invasion of Cambodia, college students, nation wide, responded to the widening of Vietnam with rock throwing, window smashing, arson, and rioting. At Kent State University, national guardsmen fired into a crowd of students, killing 4 and injuring many more. This would be followed by similar events in Mississippi at Jackson State College, where police would fire into a dorm killing 2 -
Watergate Scandal
A scandal in which 5 men were arrested for trying to plant electronic listening devices in the Democratic Party's headquarters. The men were found to be part of CREEP, the republican committee to reelect Nixon. These arrests were only part of the scandal, on investigation it was reviled that the administration had done other things like forging documents to discredit Democrats, harass people, and prevent investigation by the FBI or CIA -
Roe v. Wade
Following a string of landmark cases that challenged sexual discrimination in legislation and employment, Roe v Wade would strike down laws that prohibited abortion. This was a victory for the Women's Movement as the court stated that it was the woman's choice. Although, the Catholic Church and other evangelical movements would start a campaign to outlaw abortion that would continue to this day. -
Fall of Vietnam
In 1975 the North Vietnamese made the final push southward, and the South could do little to stop it. The North advanced so quickly that the remaining Americans had to be airlifted out by helicopter. While the push southward was happening, President Ford begged congress to send more weapons to Vietnam, but he was ignored as congress did not want to add to the 118 billion dollars in weapons already sent. -
Proposition 13
In California, many people hated paying the high taxes that were used to fund the government, so in 1978 the state staged a tax revolt. During this tax revolt, New Deal and Great Society programs were abandoned, and property taxes were slashed. this would force the government to drastically down size as it made painful cuts to its services. Reagan would continue this belief in smaller government while he was in office. -
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Iran Contra Affair
With congress banning military aid for the Contra rebels in Nicaragua, Reagan officials secretly sought a way to fund them. They found in by selling weapons to Iran, who pledged to try to save the American hostages held by terrorists in the Middle East. Money made from the weapons deal was diverted to the rebels in direct violation of Congress's ban on military aid. When the proceedings broke in November of 1986 Reagan was in a storm of controversy. He kept free by blaming his subordinates. -
Operation Desert Storm
In the wake of the Iraq invasion of Kuwait, Desert Storm was the United Nation's response to Saddam Hussein's refusal to end his occupation of the country. When Saddam failed to leave before the January 15 1991 deadline, a collation of over 500,000 Us troops and 250,000 allied troops began Operation Desert Storm. It began with with a bombing campaign that lasted 37 days, followed by a ground campaign that lasted four days. Although casualties were light, Bush stopped with a cease-fire.