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Theodore Roosevelt nominated for Vice-Presidency
nominated for Vice President with McKinley. -
Booker T. Washington Autobiography
He pulished his autobiography "Up From Slavery" -
McKinley assassinated
William McKinley shot. -
Lincoln Steffen
He publishes an article in McClure's magazine titled "Tweed Days in St. Louis" exposing how city officials worked in league with big business to maintain power while corrupting the public treasury. -
J.P. Morgan gets call from Attorney General
Roosevelt's Attorney General was bringing suit against the Nothern Securities Company, owned by J.P. Morgan. -
Thomas Lawson
Published in Frenzied Finance, he brings to light the inner workings of the Stock Market. -
John Spargo Mucraker
He unearthed the horrors of child labor in The Bitter Cry of the Children. -
David Phillips Mucraker
He linked 75 senators to big business interest in "The Treason of the Senate". -
Booker T. Washington summoned to the White House
He was the first African American leader received such a pretigious invitation to the White House, by the president. -
Willam Hard Mucraker
He went public with industrial accidents in the steel industy in the "Making Steel and Killing Men.". -
Ray Stannard Baker
He revealed the oppression of southern blacks in "Following the Color Line". -
Sinking of the Lusitania
German U-boat torpedoed the Lusitania, killing 1198. -
Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917
Anyone found guilty of criticizing the government war policy or hindering wartime directives could be sent to jail. -
War Industries Board
The coordinated production of munitions and supplies. They allocated raw materials and determined what products would be given high priority, -
Germany anounced unrestricted submarine warfare
Stating the U.S. trade with the Allies was unbalanced Germany announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. -
Zimmerman Telegram
British intelligence intercepted the notorious Zimmerman telegram from German foreign minister trying to get Mexico to side with them in the war. He promised them a return of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. -
War Declared
Congress declared war on Germany -
Selective Service Act
Congress passed the Selective Service Act, reinstating the draft. All males between the ages of 21 and 30 were required to register for military service. -
American Expeditionary Force
Began arriving in France in June. -
Doughboys
The new soldiers were arriving in early 1918. The French named the "doughboys" because they were so green. -
Meuse River
Efforts were concentrated on dislodging German troops from the Meuse River and chaed the Germans into the trench-laden Argonne Forrest, were many American casualties were suffered. -
Germany agreed to armistice
The war was over. Over 14 million soldiers and civilians perished in the so-called Great War, including 112,000 Americans. Countless more were wounded. -
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23 million registered owners of the Model T
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Warren G. Harding deafets James Cox for president
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Miss America
The first pageant was staged in Atlantic City -
Reader's Digest began
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Shuffle Along
Sometimes credited with starting the Harlem Renaissance. -
500 TV stations accros the US
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Time Magazine
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Radio Cooperation of America (RCA)
licensed telephone lines and made the first radio network called, National Broadcasting Company -
Federal Radio Commission created
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659 banks closed in 1929
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5102 more banks closed in 1932
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Civilian Conservation Corps
this program was aimed at over two million unemployed unmarried men between the ages of 17 and 25 -
Farm Credit Act
refinanced many mortgages in danger of going unpaid -
bank holiday
banking transactions were suspended across the nation except for making change from March 6th - 10th -
Tennessee Valley Authority
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Roosevelt signed the Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act
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Civil Works Administration
CWA workers tutored the illiterate, built parks, repaired schools, and constructed athletic fields and swimming pools. Some were even paid to rake leaves. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Deposits up to $2500, a figure that would rise through the years, were henceforth 100% safe. The act also restricted banks from recklessly speculating depositors' money in the stock market -
only 61 banks closed in 1934
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Social Security Act of 1935
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Huey "the Kingfish" Long aasassination
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The Supreme Court put an end to the AAA
ruled unconstitutional -
1938 Congressional elections
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the unemployment rate was still 19 percent
the unemployment rate was still 19 percent, and not until 1943 did it reach its pre-Depression levels -
Blitzkrieg
the German blitzkrieg moved rapidly into Denmark and Norway -
Operation Sea Lion
an all-out assault on the British mainland, launched by Hitler -
transfer of 50 old destroyers to the British fleet
in exchange for naval bases in the Western Hemisphere -
U.S. restricts trade with Japan
the United States grew less patient with Japanese atrocities and began to restrict trade with the Empire -
Chiang Kai-shek
the United States began to send military hardware to Chiang Kai-shek, the nominal leader of the Chinese forces resisting Japanese takeover -
Lend-Lease Act
appropriated $50 billion of aid to the Allies -
Atlantic Charter
Roosevelt met with Churchill in the summer of 1941 and agreed to the Atlantic Charter, a statement that outlined Anglo-American war aims -
closing the ring
Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to implement an immediate blockade of supplies to Germany and to begin bombing German cities and munitions centers. The army would attack Hitler's troops at their weakest points first and slowly advance toward German soil. In December 1941, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to attack German holdings in North Africa first -
Pearl Harbor
Bombed by Japanese planes, almost 3,000 Americans were killed. Six battleships were destroyed or rendered unseaworthy, and most of the ground planes were ravaged as well -
simultaneous assault
As the British forced a German retreat, Anglo-American forces landed on the west coast of Africa on November 8 to stage a simultaneous assault. Rommel fought gamely, but numbers and positioning soon forced a German surrender. The Allies had achieved their first important joint victory. -
Suburia takes hold
Suburbia takes a big jump with manufactured affordable homes, manufactured by William Levitt -
McCarthy's Wheeling Speech
McCarthy proclaimed that he was aware of 205 card-carrying members of the Communist Party who worked for the U.S. Department of State. -
Edward R. Murrow's See it Now news show
The first coast-to-coast live news show -
TV becomes affordable and popular
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First national issue of TV Guide
Lucille Ball's new baby was on the cover of the first national issue of TV Guide -
first coast-to-coast color broadcast on TV
NBC broadcasted to first national color broadcast of the Tournament of Roses Parade -
AFL and CIO merge
Because of McCarthy's "witch hunt" Unions merged to close ranks against it. -
Snap, Crackle, and Pop commercial
a cartoon made to advertise Rice Krispies cereal in 1955 -
First McDonald's restaurant opens
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Nat "King" Cole becomes first African American on TV as host
