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Austria to do anything and Germany will help out.
Reasons for WWI
Austrian Arch duke Franz Ferdinand assassinated on vacation in Bosnia by a serb.
Austria to way with Serbia.
Allied Powers
Britan, France, Russia.
Central Powers
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy.
Selected Service Act may, 1917
All men aged 21-30 registered for service
Food Administration
Harry Garfield, Reduce civilian use at home, hooversize the country, wheatless mondays, meantless tuesday. used leftovers
Fuel Administration
Daylight Savings time, save fuel, heatless mondays
War industries Board Est.
July 1917
Bernard Baruch. Virtual monoply over every economy in U.S. Tells manufacturers what to produce. NEw plants to produce certian items.
Creel Commission
George Creel. Sec of state war and navy. sold the idea of influencing the public. tried to get German to rebel against own Gov't
Espianage Act 1917
set penalties up to $10,000 20yrs in prison. Anyone who gave Aid to enemy.
Wilson's 14 Points
Basis of peace conference. opened diplomacy, freedom of the seas, free trade. Disarment of central powers.
League of Nations- percursor of U.N.
Felix Frankfurter
standardize policy about wages, working condition. later appointed to supreme court.
Lusitonia
U.S ship. Attacked by German Sub. Warned Am. Citizens, see ship, will sink it. 1200 people died. Asked to pay reparations.
Industiral Revolution
Electricity to replace steam. introduce for production of soncumer goods. highest standard of living in world. Automobile optimizers changes in exonomy. stimulated growth in business.
Economic problems
RR, coal, mining- deep trouble. farmers, decline. Exporting dont need food by foreign countries. put extra money into speculation.
Red Scare
Violent acts by Anarchists. Gov't lead to illegal round-ups of innocent people. forceably departed aliens.
Sacco and Vanzetti
May 1920
Italian Archists. arrested in Mass, murder of factory paymaster. stole $16,000 payroll. inconclusive evidence, sentenced to death.
KKK
Ku Klux Klan
attacked catholics, jews, immigrants, women, blacks, used violence.
John T. Scope
Scopes Trial 1925
Tenn. legislature passed law, illegal to teach evolution. ACLU=Am. Civil Liberty Union to defend any teacher would be willing to test case. arrested for teaching. Wm Jenn bryan, prosecution against ACLU. found guilty. S.C- threw out sentence on technacaillty.
Teapot Scandal
Albert Fall, accepetd bribes from companies, kept money...later found guilty.
Election 1920
Warren G. Harding
Republican V.s James Cox
Election of 1928
President Hoover, Republican, issue for campaign= religion.Protestan dominated religion. V.s Al Smith Democratic
Buying The Margin
Buy stock- listed at $10 a share. might not have $100, put down $10, $90 on margin. owe 90 to stockbroker. make 150 pay broker, sell stock as long as price goes up
Election 1932
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Democratic V.s Herbert Hoover Repbulican
Scotsboro Nine
1931
9 blacks arrested for rape of two white prostitiutes. no physical evidence. Guilty 8 death sentence, 9th minor life in prison. 1950- all were free, not aquitted. state dropped charges. Example of racism in the legal system.
21st Amendment
Reapealed Prohibition
MArch 6th National Bank Holiday
closed all of the country's banks. Determined whether each bank is sound or not.
March 9th Emergency Banking Bill
took 4hrs, allowed federal reserve to examine banks and certify banks that were sound.
Fireside chats
Talked to people and told them what was going on
Glass Steagall Banking Act
Reorganize banking/ financial system
Givew powers to Federal reserve
Create FDIC. Federal Deposit Insurance Cooperation.
Agricultural Adjustmnet Act
AAA 1933
Helped the Farmer. Boost farm prices. pay farmers to plow under cotton. 1933 cotton up. AAA paid farmers to kill pigles and hogs. gave 100million lbs to ors people.
Tennessee Valley Act
TVA 1933
Ind. public cooperation. Damns, powerplants, tenn valley region. development in rural impovished area.
1st benefit=new jobs
long term= real outcome, 5 existing dams, economic development.
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Hire young men, unemployed, plant trees, irragte, fire breaks. National/state parks.
HArry Hopkins
President Fdr's close advisor. Helped administrate many acts.
New Deal
the goal of giving work (relief) to the unemployed, reform of business and financial practices, and recovery of the economy during The Great Depression.
Huey Long
"King Fish"
redistribution of imcone. attacked big money, promised to help poor white. big taxes on iol companies and wealthy people.
"Share the wealth"
Federal Gov't provide every American family with annual check for $2,000, home,car,radio, college education for their children. million dollar income taxed 100%
Francis Townsend
Spokesmen for the poor and elderly. public health doctor. old age pension plan. Every Am. retired over 60yrs, check for $200 monthly
Works Progress Administration
WPA
helps unemployed. headed by harry Hopkins. Est. max 140 hrs work month. wages reveived based on skill level, genger, race. 145 new libraries thoughout the country.
Social Secutiry Act 1935
effect in 1937
Federal old age survivor insurance program.
3 sections-
1. pension for retireees 65 yrs+ 10-85 monthly
2. Fed support of unemployment pays jobless 15-18 weekly, helpe 28million
3. fed funds available to states, dependent children and disabled
Court Packing Plan
1937
Roosevelt wants to Up # of S.C justices. anyone who is 70+ yrs of age and has served 10yrs must be replaced...congress denies FDR
Orsen Wells
1938
"Halloween broadcast" sciecne fiction, alien invasion of jersey.
Tobacco Road
John Steinbeck, writer
2nd 100 days
FDR re-relected again b/c war is upcoming. unpresidented.
Kellogg-Briand Act
1928
Signed off all of major nations. KEllog- u.S, Briand- France. out lawing war. never to go to war again
Pan-Germanism
All german speaking people under one roof.
7 Steps To WWII
Step 1: 1930/31. Japan invades Manchuria, threatening china. Chinese mutilated, people slaughtered,
Step 2: MArch 1935. Germany begins to re-arm. Halped arm forces
Step 3: 1935. Mossolini invades Ethiopia. Nuetrology act passed. barred AM. with tading with belidgerants, U.S. no aid to Ethipoia. Entire country Annexed
Step 4: Spanish Civil War, 1936. three years. Facists General Francis Franco V.s Republican who supported Communism. Facist won with help from Germans/Italians.
Step 5: Annexation of Austria- MArch 14th 1938. Hitler makes drive towards Austria, pan germanism.
Step 6: Sudetanland,Czechs, good army. Meeting with Chamberlin, gives sudetanland, after Hitlers moves into Czech and takes it as well.
Step 7: Poland-Danzig, 1939. corridor to prussia. Polish Gov't turned down demannds. Blitzkreig, sept 1st 1939 est all of Poland. Brit declared war on Germany.
Manhatten Project
Scientist race to make atomic bomb, Los Almos New Mexico. War over before bomb is finished.
1944 Election
FDR V.s Thomas Dewey.
D-day June 6th 1944
Allies MArch Towards Berlin.
Peace Fonference Potsdamn
Churchill, Satlin, Truman (FDR dies before Russia Surrenders)
Election 1940
FDR Democratic Vs. Wendle Willkie Republican
Election 1936
FDR Democratic Vs. Alf Landon Republican
Fair standard Labor Act
1938
gave workers max hr, min Wag. Est Gov't and aid to poor