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THE ROARING 20'S
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The 19th amendment
OUR DOCUMENTS The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. This took years and alot of protesting. Beginning in the mid-19th century, several generations of woman suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change of the Constitution. Few early supporters lived to see final victory in 1920. -
Charles Lindberg and the Atlantic
Charles Lindbergh BiographyLindbergh, Charles Augustus (1902-1974), an American aviator, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1927. Other pilots had crossed the Atlantic before him. But Lindbergh was the first person to do it alone nonstop.The press named him "Lucky Lindy" and the "Lone Eagle." -
Louie Armstrong
Louis Armstrong was the greatest of all Jazz musicians.He was from a very poor family and was sent to reform school when he was twelve after firing a gun in the air on New Year's Eve. His mentor had been Joe "King" Oliver.In 1921, King Oliver wired Armstrong from Chicago and asked Louis to join him in Chicago's Lincoln Gardens. he died on July 6, 1971 -
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The Great Depression
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Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
The original intention behind the legislation was to increase the protection afforded domestic farmers against foreign agricultural imports. Massive expansion in the agricultural production sector outside of Europe during World War I led, with the post-war recovery of European producers, to massive agricultural overproduction in the 1920's. -
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Golden Gate Bridge
Workers began excavating 3.25 million cubic feet of dirt for the structure’s huge anchorages. Although the idea went back as far as 1869, the proposal took root in 1916. A former engineering student, James Wilkins, working as a journalist with the San Francisco Bulletin, called for a suspension bridge with a center span of 3,000 feet, nearly twice the length of any in existence. Wilkins’ idea was estimated to cost an astounding $100 million. Engineer and poet Joseph Strauss, said he could. -
Germany invades Poland
USHMMOne of Adolf Hitler's first major foreign policy initiatives after coming to power was to sign a nonaggression pact with Poland in January 1934. This move was not popular with many Germans who supported Hitler. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. Broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack. After heavy shelling and bombing, Warsaw surrendered to the Germans on September 27, 1939. -
Neutrality Acts
limit U.S. involvement in possible future wars. it was created because of the U.S.'s involvment in world war 1. there were 4 acts.from 1935-1939 -
Hideki Tojo
A cheif of staff of Japan's Kwantung Army, launched the invasion ino china.
U.S. newspaper described him as "smart, hard boiled, resourceful, and contemptous of theories, sentiments and negotiations.
The Nazi press in germany: " a man charged with energy, thinking clearly and with a single pourpose."
He is the son of satan whose single purpose was "unleashing all hell on the Far east." -
March of Dimes
foundation The March of Dimes Foundation is a United States nonprofit organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies. It was founded by then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938 to combat polio. The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. -
Harry S. Truman
After many years of discouragment Harry found a job in polotics."As polotician, his blunt and outspoken style won both loyal friends and bitter enemies. As president, his decisiveness and willingness to accept responsibility for his decisions earned him respect that has grown over the years."-the americans text book -
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Cold War
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Korean War
Began June 25, 1950 and ended July 27,1953. It happend on the Korean Penninsula. Many people died during the Korean war, the toatal casualties is 2,800,000. -
The Berlin Wall
The wall was built to stop East Berliners escaping from the Soviet-controlled East German state into the West of the city, which was then occupied by the Americans, British and French.
