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Bessemer Processs
The Bessemer Process was the first big successful ad satisfying method that developed the mass producing of steel. The huge process had changed the game and idea but first it mad many investigators investigate the new idea for it to be actually used on commercial basis. The Bessemer process was basically a cheap and efficient way to produce the needed material for railroads and make metal machines stronger. This became very important because America had saved not only time but a lot of money. -
Cornelius Vnaderbuilt
Cornelius Vnaderbult was a worker to worked in railroads and ended up building a railroad that connected Chicago and New York. He used steel rails in the railroads and made steel very famous and became popular after, this had made railroads safer and better for the environment. He had became a millionaire and one of the wealthiest Americans during the 19th century. Because of his railroad work he had became successful because his business was so efficient. He passed away at age 82 January 4th. -
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Political Machine
The political machine was a party organization that was handled and made from a single boss or a small group in order to get enough votes to maintain a political control of something such as a city or state. Political machines became very common after the great migration when many immigrants from rural areas would make problems for city governments and their housing was poorly constructed. The political machines were a way to get votes from immigrants in return for jobs or housing. -
Homestead Act
The homestead act was signed into a law on ay of 1862 and it opened up to settlement in the western United states. The homestead act allowed Americans and slaves that were free claim land in the western areas for up to 160 free acres . After the Civil War about 15,000 homestead claims were already made before the war the states in the south had only granted land to small farmers but that changed soon after being available to more people. The homestead act remained for 100 years. -
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Knights of labor
The knights of labor began in 1869 but the organization grew beginning of 1870. This became the first national labor organization in the United States. The name came from the leader Uriah Smith Stephens and this meant to be an organization that protected members from the employer retaliations and also gained emotional appeal.The main platform had been party ideologist and was a belief in the unity of interest. In 1877 the membership in the knights grew because of the railway strike. -
The Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad was one of Americas biggest accomplishment, This not only helped america with trade but transportation became much easier. It took six years to build by hand and most of the workers were Irish and Chinese Immigrants. There's differ" and it led to the Oregon trail and the southern route. Not only did the transcontinental railroad help america but it also brought Americans hope because this had been a huge accomplishment to the american citizens. This brought hope -
Gilded Age
The closing decades of the nineteenth century became known as the gilded age because the population in America had doubled in only one generation. The United States became the worlds leading producer of many things such as food,coal,oil and steel and this attracted other countries because of the money america was gaining and markets were interested. While money became more popular debates broke out from citizens and doubted if the government would be able to protect the industrial syatem. -
Standard Oil Trust
Th standard oil trust was created in 1863 by John Rockefeller, He had built up his own company through 1868 to become the largest oil refinery firm in the world, The company had also faces legal issues in 1890 and this followed to create the Sherman Antitrust Act.The standard oil trust had became an industrial monster and the act had established a strong foothold inn the U.S and affected other countries in transportation,production,refining and marketing products. The standard oil trust bulged -
Red River War
In summer of 1874 , The Army launched a plan to remove the Camanches, Kiowa,Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, which were all tribes. The U.S main goal was to enforce the relocation of the tribes and making them migrate to Indian Territory reservations.This war changed the life in the Southern Plains. The Indians were not giving up without a fight and they aggressively took control over the Southern Plains which they felt like they deserved and had no right to be taken away from the U.S army -
Battle Of Little Big Horn
The Battle Of Little Big Horn took place on June 25th,1876 and was fought by the Little Bighorn River. The conflict started when two groups were discovering gold on Native lands. The main goal from the U.S Cavalry was to attempt to force Indians back to their reservations and divided into three columns to attack. Since there was so much war the general had to send his men to short their horses and stack bodies to form a barricade to protect them from the upset Indians ready to attack. -
Phonograph
Thomas Edison, a famous inventor who created many successful inventions had also created the phonograph which became his favorite invention of his. While he was working on the telegraph and telephone he had discovered a way to record sounds on tinfoil-coated cylinders and then in 1877 he had discovered a way to improve his invention and make it successful he crated a machine with two needle, one was for recording and one was for playback. When he would speak into it the vibrations would make up -
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The Lightbulb
In 1879 Thomas Edison created an invention that would change the world for years to come. A year before the successful invention he ad started on going research into developing something that could make light, he tested several materials and experimented many times to see if so far his work was being successful. In 1880 the discovery marked the beginning of commercial manufactured light bulbs and Thomas Edison company became into the Edison Electric company and started marketing the new product -
President Garfield assassination
On July 2nd 1881 Charles Guiteau shot the newly selected president James A. Garfield in a train station. He fought for his life for eighty days but since his wound got very infected because of the unsanitary medical practices he passed away. Relatives of Guiteau has suspected he was insane but then they saw that he was planning the horrific accident with precision. He had shot the president with an ivory-handled .44 caliber pistol. "the presidents death was a sad necessity" thh -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion act was the first movement that restricted immigration to the United States. This had taken action because there were many Chinese immigrants that came from China for a better life but president ChesterArthur did not like it and planned that the Chinese Exclusion act would stop immigrants from coming into the United States to stop stealing jobs from native-born Americans because it declined wages and left Americans unemployed and prohibited the Chinese to become us citizens -
Spoils System
The spoils system was a practice in the political party. The spoils system had ended up being a huge and important part of the political landscape until the civil service reforms towards the end of the century. The name was given to the practice of hiring and firing federal workers when presidential administrations changed in the 19th century. This began because of President Andrew Jackson, he had supporters portrayed that they liked this idea snd the term was intended to just be a nickname. -
Coca Cola
In 1886 Coca Cola was invented by the pharmacist John Pemberton he had failed as a pharmacist but he invented many drugs but still did not make money. Soda began becoming popular at gathering events, parties and socials, and he thought of n better way to tart a business than to make a new fountain drink and this is when he invented coca cola. The first year coca cola had went on sale it did not do so good and passed away a year later which meant he didnt live to see the success of this invention -
Great Upheaval of 1886
On April 24,1886 the first american mass strike took place this led to be a movement that was seen as a violent rebellion at the time because of how non common things like these took place.This had taken place because of the pay cut that had taken place now long before the strike, the ideal solution was to defeat or dissolution of the huge crowds that agreed with bigger groups. The stikr was virtually won but the stirk broke out when the president began pressing for the U.S military to step in. -
Haymarket Riot
On May 4th 1886, a protest took place near Chicago's Haymarket Square soon after turned into a riot when someone threw a bomb at a police. Eight people ended up dying the same day because of the the major violence.Eight radical labor activist were convicted of the bombing. The riot had been viewed as a major setback for the organized labor in the movement in America and the fight was for an eight hour workday along more other fair job requirements. The aftermath opinions divided.It became unfair -
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
William F. Cody also known as "Buffalo Bill" opened his show on May 19,1883 in Omaha,Nebraska. The show consisted of a circus-like pageant celebrating life in the West. For the next four years Cody performed his show all around the nation to crowds as big as 20,000 people. Cody really liked the culture the wild west brought and he encouraged the impression by bringing audiences and real life native Americans that wore their cultural dress code and this was to show people the actual life of west -
Kodak Camera
George Eastman was the inventor of the Kodak Camera. When he 24 he was planning a trip and since he was a photographer he would travel with his equipment but was frustrated him because the materials were way too it and took space and money because of how big his things were. He started to research how to make photography less expensive and easier for people to travel with.He had launched his Kodak Camera after hard work because he wanted people to have cameras they could easily travel with -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25,1835 and was a Entrepreneur, business leader and philanthropist. When he moved to The united states from Dunfermline, Scotland he had owned his own steel production called Carnegie Steel Corporation but then years later he sold his business because he was more interested in his philanthropic work and also made the Carnegie-Mellon University in 1904. While he worked on the railroad he started making investments because he knew this would be a smart choice -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Shermas Anti Trust act was passed to prohibit " "contract, combination, in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce." This had been the first act to be passed by the U.S Congress to prohibit the use of monopolies that would be abusive. This had also banned and prohibited trade that had not been distinguished between bad and good trust. This was also very important because it showed that the gov. was changing and becoming better by making smart decisions -
Ghost Dances
The Ghost Danced first started when the Natives Americans were against the U.S government. The ghost dances were made to represent their traditional culture and they believed this was their way to stand up for themselves an their shortage of food and other problems they had. They made this dance also to bring hope to their tribe. The dance was destined to bring back their ancestors into the contemporary day to help them in a crisis. This dancing was in a circular pattern which excited them. -
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Wounded Knee
On December 20th of 1890, The U.S Army surrounded a band of ghost dances near the Wounded Knee Creek and they demanded the Ghost Dancers to surrender their weapons. Because of the violent demand a fight broke out between the two groups. This was ended with 150 Indians killed and the Cavalry only lost 25 men. The wounded knee is now known more as like a massacre than a battle because now it is said the Cavalry's were only looking for revenge because of the great defeat at Little Bighorn in 1876. -
City Beautiful Movement
City Beautiful Movement was a movement in America that was led by citizens that were architects,landscape architects and reformers that were dedicated to design and transform america. This was meant to shape the american urban landscape. Opponents like Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright wanted to borrow ideas and in innovation from Europe to invent an American style. This movement had gained financial and social support and wanted to uplift citizens and enhance the city's appearance. -
Depression of 1893
The panic or depression of 1983 was a huge and serious economic depression in the United states that affected millions of people through out the country. This happened because the 1880's became a period with economic expansion in the United states but the expansion because too much and to railroad speculation, railroads had been over built and many companies had been taking over throughout the years and mines were open most of the time and they included rail connections but especially silver -
Worlds Colombian Exposition 1893
The Colombian exposition act took place in 1893 in Chicago, Illinois and it had been the celebration of Christopher Columbus voyage to America. The act was a celebration towards the discovery of America where many people attended.More than 27 million people had attended the exposition during the six months the exposition was going on for. It included almost 200 new deliberately temporary buildings and many cultures came together to celebrate together, about 46 countries and cultures together. -
The American Railroad Union
In June of 1893 a secretory-treasurer had joined other members and former the American Railway Union to unite railway workers saying "into one, compact working force for legislative as well as industrial action". This was to vote for a formation of an industrial uniting in the railroad industry to bring railroad workers regardless of craft or service. This was a plan to being the workers together and make the railroad service force better to become more successful than they were already becoming -
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguso was a supreme court case that was very popular and controversial. The case focused on Jim Crow railroad cars in Louisiana;the Court had decided by 7 to 1 that legislation could not overcome racial attitudes because of how people had been used to racism during the decade and this was constitutional to have "separate but equal" schools, hospitals, and facilities for black and whites because it was about time that everyone was treated the same and things would be fair to blacks -
Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush got its name when over 100,000 people from the Klondike region in Canada in the Yukon were migrating. It is also called the Yukon Gold Rush,The Last Great Gold Rush and The Alaska Gold Rush. It was the year 1896 and gold was discovered throughout the Klondike river which then made news around and everyone wanted to suddenly become gold-diggers, many even quit their jobs and began their way to their destination in hopes to become rich.The travel to reach the river was harsh -
U.S.S MAINE
In 1898 the battleship main had caused a big accident and it exploded and sank in the Havana Harbor. This tragic incident caused 260 americans to die. Their were many theories about what caused the incident and was never confirmed, some thought different things but was then confirmed that the explotion was caused by a fire in the coal bunker and the sinking of the U.S.S maine provided an excuse for people who were eager for war with spain. The "remember the main!" was a famous war cry for them -
Treaty of paris 1898
The treaty of paris is one very important treaty that brought the end to the long going Soanish American war. The newly signed Treaty of paris confirmed the terms that the armistice concerning Cuba ,Puerto Rico and Guam. This had concluded that commissioners from the U.S were sent to Paris on October 1st 1898 to produce and sign the treart because they despretly wanted an end to the war after six long months of hostility from the treaty of the other countries. They had paid 20 million dollars. -
Yellow journalism
Yellow Journalism was started to dramatize and exaggerate news and scandal to create controversy and to attract readers in to reading and buying the magazine or tabloid. This was very popular in the nineteenth century by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst This was also popular to describe sensationalist newspaper writing during the time of the Spanish American War. Yellow journalism got its name from the yellow cheap paper it was being printed out of, this was considered half-truths -
Battle of manilla bay
The battle of Manila Bay was the first battle of the spanish american war. The U.S asiatic Squadron destroys the spanish pacific fleer in the first battle and 400 spanish sailors were killed and 10 spanish warships wrecked and captured. The Philippines desieved US victory under Commodore George Dewey (US steel ships vs. Spanish wooden ships. Theodore Roosevelt ended up taking matter into his own hands ans told Dewey to go to hong kong if war was to happen and McKinley confirmed Teddys actions -
Siege of Santiago
The Battle of Santiago also known as the seige of santiago was a war from the spanish american war that sealed the U.S victory over the spaniards. There was an outbreak of hostilities between the two powers and a spanish fleet under the Admiral pacual cerveva and it arrived to Santiago harbor. But as soon as the war started everyone wanted to end the capaign and the n surrendered on July 13th. On July 16th both governments agreed to terms of capitulation for "surrender" to be avoided. they march -
Philippine American War
In the years 1899-1902 The United States and the Filipino revolutionaries had a war. This was caused by an insurrection that may be seen as a continuation of the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish rule. The war had lasted three years and resulted in the death of 200,000 Filipino civilians. Not only did they die from war but they died from violence,famine, and disease. This outbreak was caused when the treaty of Paris was signed and this made american forces to lash out.4,200 americans di -
Open Door Policy
The open door policy was a statement of principles that were initiated by the United States.The protection of equal privileges for all countries that trade with china support of the Chinese territorial and administrative integrity. This had been issues by the U.S.A secretary of State John Hay to Great Britiain,Germany,France, Italy, Japan and Russia. This policy was received to be almost as a universal plan but had to be approved in the Unites States.The goal was for everyone to have fair trade -
Election of 1900
The United States 1900 presidential election was the 29th quadrennial presidential election ans was held on a Tuesday on November 6,1900. This was a rematch of the 1896 race. The republican president at the time, William Mckinley defeated his democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan. Mckinley won the election and made him the first president to have a reelection since Ulysses S.Grant when he did the same thing in 1872. Later on McKinley was assassinated in 1901 and replaced by Teddy. -
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was a war fought between Russia and Japan. This war began when both countries began fighting over Korea,Manchuria. The war had began in 1904 but neither side could gain a clear advantage and win and both sent reps to Portsmouth, NH, there Teddy Roosevelt had mediated the Treaty Of New Hampshire in 1905. Teddy Roosevelt won the nobel peace prize for his effort and his help the 1st pres to do so.This was a conflicts that grew out of rival imperialist ambitions of the russian -
Meat Inspection Act
In 1906 the Meat Inspection Act was passed in reaction to the Upton Sinclair's The Jungle,the aw set strict standards of cleanliness in meatpacking industry. Since the meat Industry had been reported to make people sick and to be dirty many complaints were sent into companies. The act made it a crime to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food and to ensure consumers that the meat was inspected and processes the correct way and thy arent in danger of becoming sick -
Henry Ford
Henry ford was a mass producer and had produced one of the most famous products in the 1900's known as the Model T car, this car was sold at an affordable price at the time and had helped shape america in different ways. It was made for people to get to places easier and it pioneered the use of assembly line. It also increased workers wages very high and were payed well and given fair work hours and instituted many modern concepts of regular work hours and job benefits but workers had to meet. -
Model T
The Model T car was invented and designed by Henry Ford and had been the first production Model T Ford that completed. Ford went on to build 15 million Model T car after the successful car gained popularity. The Model T was one of the longest production run of any automobile in history until a new famous car came along. When the Model T first came to be it was seen as a Luxury car that was very expensive at first and was built for peoples ordinary lifes but then kept prices low with prices. -
Anti Saloon League
the anti saloon league was founded in 1803 in Oberlin Ohio and it had began as a state organization. The league had began as a non partisan organization and had focused n the single issue of prohibition and had branched off across the united states to work with churches in creating new resources for the prohibition fight. This had been founded to increase public awareness of the social effects of alcohol on society;supported politicians who favored prohibition and promoted statewide referendums -
The Square Deal
The Square deal was made from President Theodore Roosevelt and this was his plan for reform the main goal of the square deal was for all Americans to be entitled and granted equal opportunities to succeed and to have a better life like most people were already doing since America was advancing and jobs were available. This was focused on busting trusts, go't regulation of big businesses, fair chance for labor and environmental conservation. This was his big domestic program that he wanted -
Bull Moose Party
The Bull Moose party began when the Republicans were split in very badly shape during the election of 1912. Because of this Roosevelt broke away and formed his own party because he did not like or agree with other parties and this was his way of forming his own Progressive party but it is better known as the Bull Moose Part because he said that he has "fit as a bull moose...". The loss led to the election of the Democrat party nominee Woodrow Wilson who gained very high thirds party votes -
Election of 1912
The election of 1912 had nominated Woodrow Wilson , he had been nominated from the Democrat party and this had gave him a strong and important platform that could benefit him because of the big support the name was the " New Freedom" program. Republicans were split between Taft and Roosevelt Bull Moose Party with the "New Nationalism" program. Because of the divisions of both parities between the Republican party and Democratic party the Democratic victory was ensured and Woodrow Wilson won. -
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States an was well known for his World War I leadership that was created by Federal Reserve.Woodrow Wilson had served in office from 1913 to 1921 and had led America through the devastating war World War I. He had been an advocate for democracy and world peace and he was often ranked by historians as one of the nations greatest presidents because of how great of a person he was. While he was in office he pursued many successful accomplishments -
17th Amendment
The 17th amendment had been established because they wanted to bring fairness. The senate of the United states shall be composed of two Senators from each state. It ha mainly been established so that senators were to be elected directly and this would make the system less complicated and easy to take care of. The law had been intended to create a more democratic and fair society because this was seen as a fair way to take care of it without being involved in trouble and accusations from people -
Barbed wire
Barbed wire was very popular and was used often from both sides during the World War I. Trenched had been stabilized and they had stretched from the coast of France all the way to Switzerland. Because before world war I mass production of barbed wire for cattle farms had flourished during earlier time. It was invented in France in 1860 and it was furthered developed in the United states this was also used as a prompted imaginative responses from war duty to serious literature.It was very helpful -
Women in factories
Woman in factories became very common during world war 1, a time where these woman who had husbands had the responsibility of providing for their kids and for their own selves. Large number of women were recruited jobs because of the many free open jobs that men had to leave behind. And the high demand of weapons resulted in the need of women to work to make new weapons and the need of supplies, this became the largest single employer of women during 1918. There was many judgement towards woman -
Panama Canal
The panama canal was built by the United States and it cost $400,000,000 to build it. The panama canal's main purpose was to build and make a faster passage to the Pacific from the Atlantic and then back around so it would benefit both. Fist off Columbia did no wasnt this canal to be built and the Colombians were against it but Theodore Roosevelt did not care and ordered for the canal to be built.The Panamanian Revolution took place which meant the people made rules and allowed the U.S to build. -
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The Great Migration
The great Migration was a movement of 6 million immigrants all being African Americans that moved out from the rural Southern United States to urban Northeast Midwest and West that occurred Between the years 1916 and 1970. In 1910 it was confirmed that ninety percent or more of African Americans population lived in the America South. The causes for the migration were decreasing cotton prices, the lack of immigrant workers in the North and there were more jobs available the places they migrated -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman Telegram was an invention created to communicate. This was a diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office and said that this from of communication would help in war.This was sent from the Germany's secretary from Zimmerman to the Prime minister of Germany.Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and in return they would help mexico get back the land the U.S has stole from them but in reality this caused a huge mess and scandal and got the U.S involved WWI -
WWI shellshock
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was sadly very common during worl war 1.The psychological distress from soldiers turned serious and caused very serious things. The stress also attributed to concussions caused by the impact of shells and the impact was said to believe to disrupt the brain and cause the "shell shock" it had also been characterized by "the dazed,disoriented state many soldiers experienced during combat or shortly thereafter" But other soldiers also experienced the same things -
U-boat
U-boats were a big revolution when it came to fighting and exploring. This was a new way to fight back. The were Submarines that were used underwater and would sink allied ships around the British Isles as a way to fight back. The U bots were the reason the HMS and Lusitania and the Sussex sank. The Germans named the boats "U-boats" in short for "undersea boat". These boats are very important and take an important place in the war. The U-boats played an important role in drawing the U.S into war -
Sedition Act
The sedition act was an ct passed on May 16th 1918, the act was made of the United States Congress and it had extended the Espionage Act to keep protecting America's participation in World War I. This act was meant to extend and guarantee protection. This act also made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the United State s armed forces this had been a effort to promote the success of the county's enemies and better citizens for them to not go to war -
14 Points
The fourteen points were a principle that was made for peace negotiations to end World War I.The fourteen points were outlined on January 9th 1918 in a a speech given over the war and over war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by president Woodrow Wilson.The fourteen points believed that this would help to promote peace and called for self determination,freedom of seas,free trade,end of secret engagements, reduction of arms and a league of nations.Wilson was passionate over this -
Spanish flu
The spanish flu became one of the deadliest diseases/infection in history, killing about 5000 million people around the world which is about one thirds of the worlds population.The disease was said to come from Europe and spread throughout the word by trade or travel. In 1918 it was detected in Europe, the united states, and parts of Asia.Since at the time there were no vaccines or affective drugs to treat the deadly flu people would easily died and people even wore masks in public as protection -
Argonne Forest
The Argonne forest took place on September 26th and lasted throughout November 1th 1918. This war is very memorable because it was the biggest operation and victory of the American expeditionary force during World War 1. This had been the greatest battle of all of word war 1 and in a week the AEF lost 26,277 soldiers and had 95,786 soldiers wounded It was the capture of the railroad hub at Sedum that could break the rail net supporting the German Army in France and Flanders and force the enemy. -
Volstead act
The Volstead act was a U.S law made in 1919 and took effects in 1920 and this provided enforcement for the eighteenth amendment. The Volstead act prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. This act had overrode presidents Woodrow Wilson veto of the national Prohibition act. The law established the prohibition bureau withing the treasury department. It had been an under-budgeted and largely ineffective especially in strongly anti-prohibition states .Didnt prohibit the purchase. -
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19th amendment
The 19th amendment was established to pas the law that no citizen can be denied the right to vote on account of sex. This meant that women were allowed to vote. Since this granted woman a right to vote it was also known as women's suffrage and had been ratified on August 18 1920. Before the 19th amendment , women around america and woman part of the Seneca falls convention had organized protests and long talks towards to movement of women and their rights to vote,equal pay and justice. -
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan became a huge organization during the 1900's. It was a secret militant groups in the United States and it organized the southern states and eventually having national scope that supported white supremacy and terrorist across the nation. This organization even had their own uniform, wearing colonial hats,masks and white robes. he KKK targeted black people, Jews, ther minorities and people who oppose roman Catholics. If you talked against them you would be murdered or tortured. -
TeaPot Dome Scandal
The teapot scandal was an incident that took place in the United States from 1921-1922. The scandal had happened between the Harding administration in which secretary of the interior Albert B. Fall profited from secret leasing to private oil companies of government oil reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyoming and Elks Hills,California. President Warren G Harding cabinet was found guilty of accepting a bribe while in office and the fall was the first individual to be convicted of a crime while president -
Influence of Booker T. Washington on Marcus
Marcus was born on august 17,1887 and was an influential 20th century black nationalist pan African leaders and his influence had been Booker t. because of the influence Booker T. had and how he helped and fought hard to support industrial education,economic segregation that would help the "black race". His goal was to continue Booker T. Washington work and wanted to fight for african american civil rights and spoke out about the injustice, unfairness and the things they deserved as humans -
Black movement
During the early years of the 1900's african americans became leaders of protest and the movement towards equality in the United States. Because of the great migration many blacks poured through and not many were agreeing tot this because of less jobs less homes and less money and this caused discrimination and judgement but the African Americans decided to fight backs and this caused for protest and basic human rights towards blacks to be placed because thi was the only fair thing to do -
Immigration Act
The immigration act was passed in 1924 and it had cut quotas for foreigners by 3% to 2% and the main purpose was to freeze american racial composition.This varied countries were only allowed to send a certain number of its citizens to America each year.They also anted to control how many people entered the U.S because Americans started to show anger over no action being done over immigrants entering America.Immigrants from Asia because they had already had conflict with america over immigration. -
American Indian Act
The Indian American act was proposed and signed into law on June 2nd ,1924. The Indian had received citizenship by fighting in the military, by special treaties or special statues but then Congress found this unfair and demanded for them to be granted citizenship to all Native Americans that were born in the United States. This did not come easy, before congress decided to grant them citizenship they had protested and did many things to get attention from Congress for the act to get approved. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem renaissance was a huge movement that occurred in the 20th century that started of in the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a black cultural mesa and celebrated the social and artistic explosion that resulted.This was considered the golden age in African American culture manifesting in literature ,music,stage performance and art. Jazz was one of the huge celebrations at this time and this was African-Americans significant music that was very popular at the time and was enjoyable. -
St. Valentines Day Massacre
On Valentines Day 1929 a well known gangster at the time that went by the name "Al Capone" had eliminated his enemies. He was known to killing his rivals in the illegal trades of bootlegging,gambling, and prostitution. The massacre had taken place in Chicago in a garage on the city's north side. His enemies known as the "bugs", who were involved with an Irish gangster were gunned down while standing lined up facing the wall of the garage on the street. The gangsters were dressed as police. -
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The Great Depression
The great depression is one of the worst economic downfalls in American History and history itself. The depression lasted from 1929 to 1939. The stock market had crashed on October of 1929 and had sent wall street into panic and wiped out millions on investors. Not only did it affect banks and money but it affected Americans, families, businesses and jobs. In 1933 the great depression got worse and reached its lowest point causing 15 million people to be unemployed and half od U.S banks failed. -
Mexican reparation
The Mexican reparation act took place in 1930 during the depression and about a million people were forced out of the U.S across the border and into Mexico.They didnt want to call it deportation because they did not believe that this is what it was because congress and government believed that this was just returning people back to their "native country".About 60 percent of the people in the Mexican reparation drive were actually U.S citizens of Mexican descent and would assume were immigrants -
Emergency Relief Act
The Emergency relief act was a relief effort for Americans that were unemployed. Because the great depression had caused a great downfall that caused many Americans to loose their jobs and loose their money.. When Roosevelt took office in January 1933 when 15 million Americans were still unemployed. To help the depression the federal emergency relief administration was inaugurated.The main goal of providing work for unemployable people,diversification of relief programs, and adequacy of relief -
20th amendment
The 20th amendment which is also known as the "same duck" period following election day in November. The amendment had been ratified in 1933 and the amendment had shortened the period of time of lame duck members of Congress could stay in office after an election was handled. The amendment includes two principle sections, the first one fixes the start dates for the regular term of members and the second section states that Congress shall commence a new session each year on January 3. -
Glass-Stegall Act
The glass-stegall Act was an effective act that separated commercial banking from investing banking and created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and other things came along with it. This had been one of the most talked about and debated law between legislative initiatives before being signed b President Franklin D. Roosevelt in June 1933. The law had not taken anytime to be signed, it was passed within days of Roosevelt taking office in March 1933 and it had just been the start to fix. -
National Industrial recovery act
On June 16th 1933 The National Recovery Act was enacted by congress and it had been one of the things Franklin D. Roosevelt had done to assist the nations economic recovery during the horrible Great Depression that had affected America,The NIRA was something different and unique thing that sanctioned,supported, and in some cases enforced an alliance of industries. his had given employees were giving a chance to get better with organized and bargained labor organization. This was a great movement -
Share Our Wealth Plan
The Share Our Wealth a program that was made and designed to provide a decent standard of living to all Americans by spreading the nations wealth among the people. Huey Long, who was the one who started the Share our health plan had advocated free higher education and strongly believed in that he also supported vocational training, pensions for the elderly, veterans benefits and health care and yearly stipend for all families who would ear less than one thirds the national average income. -
social security act
The Social Security Act was an act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged persons, blind, dependent and kids with disabilities. On August 14th,1935 Teddy Roosevelt had signed into law the Social Security Act and this guaranteed an income for the unemployed and retirees and was considered to be a "patriotic act" . This came approved after the great depression. -
Migrant Mother Photograph
The Migrant Mother photograph was taken by Dorothea Lange and was focused and interested in capturing things around her and at the time The Great Depression was one of the problems the United States was facing.She said that around the area crop had been destroyed by freezing rain and she saw a woman sitting in a tent with her seven children and asked if she could photograph her. The migrant Mother was 32 and said that her and her children had been living on frozen vegetables and birds to survive -
Fair labor standards act of 1938
Fair labor standards was an important labor legislation that had regulated the minimum wages and maximum hours for workers involved in interstate commerce. This had outlawed labor by children under sixteen because there were many places such as factories where it very common to have underage children. The exclusion of agricultural, service and domestic workers meant that many blacks, Mexican Americans, and women who were concentrated in these sectors did not benefits from the act's protection. -
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World War II
World War II was a war that had started from unresolved issues from between America and Europe.During the late 1939 Hitler and Joseph Stalin had signed the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pac that had incited worry from London an Paris On September 1 1939 Hitler invaded Poland from the west and two days later France and Britain declared war on Germany and this began the deadly war we know now as World War II.In 1945 President Harry S.Truman discussed the war with japan and agreed a peace settlement. -
Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen are known as the first black military aviators in the U.S Army Air Corps and was a precursors of the U.S. Air Forces. They had flew for more than 15,000 individual sorties in Europe and North Africa during the outrages World War II. The announcement of staring too train black troops came from Roosevelt in the White House in September 1940 and it had been the beginning. The Tuskegee had trained many men and were then deployed to North Africa where help was really needed. -
Battle of Moscow
The Battle of Moscow was started on October 2nd, 1941 and the German had code named it the "operation Typhoon". The Battle of Moscow had began after Hitler had turned to his city and the Russian winter had suddenly came and the Germans were in summer uniforms but Hitler had ordered :No Retreat" and cause Hitler to gain little to nothing, The battle had taken place in Moscow Oblast and was fought between Germany and Soviet Union. This battle was known to be the turning point of World War II. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7th 1942 hundreds and thousands of Japanese fighter airplanes had left base and then damaged a total of about 20 american naval vessels which also included eight huge and useful battleships and over 300 airplanes. Due to the outrageous attack more than 2,400 American citizens had died and over 1,00 american troops were wounded and injured. Franklin D. Roosevelt had been truly upset over the attack and asked congress to declare war on Japan the day after the horrible attack. -
Executive Order 9066
The Executive order 9066 had been the United Stated presidential executive order that was signed and issued during the World War II by Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19,1942. The order was said to have been authorized to prescribe certain areas as military zones and clearing the way for the incarceration of Japanese Americans and also including German Americans and Italian Americans in concentration camps located in The U.S. This had been a successful prosecution of the war for protection -
War Relocation Authority
On March 18th 1942 War Relocation Authority had been established in the United States and it had been created to "Take all people of Japanese descent into custody, surround them with troops, prevent them from buying land, and return them to their former homes at close of the war.The Japanese had gained fear and it had began after Pearl Harbor and all citizens had suspected espionage and suspension had broke out on February 19, 1942 and this made President Franklin D. take action and do something -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan March had began with the surrender of Philippinos and Americans after the Japanese had been forced to march about 65 miles from Mariveles.Men had been divided into groups of about one hundred each and which this started to be called the Bataan Death March and each group and the march had taken at least five days to complete.The sad outcome of the Bataan Death March had someone to blame and the someone was the commander of the Japanese invasion forces in the Philippines he was executed -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta conference was known to be the second wartime meeting between the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The meeting had led to three leaders agreeing to demand Germany's unconditional surrender and it began its plans for post-war world.This meeting was held when World War II had been dying down and things were settling into place. Three of the agreements from the Yalta Conference had ended up being kept a secret -
Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin had been designated to the Berlin strategic offensive operation by the Soviet Union and this had been the final major offensive of the European Theater of World War II. On April 16th 1945 the red army had reached the German front and the soviet fronts, also from as the army groups had ataacked Berlin from the east and the south and found a way to overrun German forces and positioned north of Berlin and advance. Hitler and many of his followers committed suicide before battle -
Soviet Declares Ware
On August 8th 1945, It was known for the Soviet Union to declare war on Japan with caused millions of soviet soldiers to be forced into Japanese-occupied Manchuria, northeastern China to take a huge storm Japanese army. The united States had dropped their atomic oms on Hiroshima and caused 1.6 million of troops to make a surprise attack on the Japanese Army.Because of the attempt on the Japanese Army trying to invade Mongolia it then led to the attack of pearl harbor in 1941 and created conflict -
Literacy Test
The literacy test was given by the state of Louisiana. This was taken to anyone who couldn't prove they had at least a fifth grade education. Because at the end of Civil War would be black voters in the south and they had faces judgment and mistreatment because of their low education or no education life. When men were registered to vote they had to meet certain requirements to even take the literacy test such as living on their island homes, live in the united states for at least twelve months.
