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Andrew Carnegie was an essential part of big business, growing up his family was very poor and he worked in a Steel Mill, and then he came o rise to power with his own steel company and was one wealthiest people. Rockefeller was also essential, but also very ruthless, but he started his business at 16 and became the first-ever billionaire, he was very careless about his workers and they were in very bad working conditions. -
The Industrial Revolution was extremely important the United States starts producing 90% of the oil worldwide. Next thing we start producing 80% of the steel in the world. It also helped provide jobs for many people. -
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 banned Chinese citizens for 10 years. This made it so they couldn't get citizenship and it stopped them from leaving and entering the United States. -
Cuba is a Spanish territory and they want to be independent. , but the US wanted to keep Cuba's Spanish territory but lower the punishment. Then something happened a US ship blew up because a bomb malfunctioned but we thought the Spanish were trying to start a war. -
First American to win a Nobel price Prize. -
They made the first-ever working plane. They made a new way to travel and faster. -
He invented the Model-T a car that everyday people could afford. He also carried for his workers and paid them very well, and had safe working conditions. -
Made cars affordable for an everyday person, and paid his people very well. This also made it so that people could live more out of town then they were to go to work. -
First, the Germans sink the Lusitania. Then they try and send a telegram to Mexico to start a war with us to distract us from Germany. So we declare war on Germany. -
The United States is worried about becoming Communist. So, Palmer goes around arresting people and accusing people of being Communists. -
They decided to ban liquor because it caused social ills. This then led to speakeasies. -
Sacco & Vanzetti, there was a murder in their neighborhood, but they got accused cause they are not from America and people were worried about communism. They found a gun one of them had but it was a different caliber then the one who murder someone. -
This generation joined WWI when they were very young. They were all about conformity. -
There was a population shift to the North. They also had ethnic enclaves and they became proud of who they were and started to by Jazz. -
He was very adamant about African Americans' education. He tells them to accept segregation cause it will do more than fight back. -
She started to investigate murders and the people that got murdered were the people who were competing against whites. Women didn't get the right to vote until she was in their 50s, but that was only the white women. -
They put limits on the number of immigrants that were allowed to enter the US. Many people feared increased immigration. -
A school in Tennessee banned the teaching of evolution. Then a teacher John Scopes thought anyways and he got sentenced to trial. -
They had to make Hoovervills for people to live in. A lot of people had not a lot of money and no jobs. Worst economic time in US history. -
The new deal was FDR's way of getting us out of the great depression. This also helped create federal jobs. -
The Dust Bowl was a big sandstorm. It ruined many of farms and made people lose a lot of money. -
The Social Security Act was very important cause it paid older people when they retired. This is important because it helped younger people get the jobs that older people had. -
The Non-Aggression Pact was in place for Germany and the USSR so that they couldn't attack each other. This was very important because Germany was trying to invade a lot of counties in Europe. -
The attack on Pearl Harbor was made by the Japanese. This brought the United States into WWII. -
This was an invasion of Normandy Beach. The US started to plan an invasion on the northern side as a distraction, then we went from the south. -
The G.I. Bill is a thank-you gift for those who serve in the military. This helped pay for education, start a business, and even buy a house. -
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McCarthyism all started because many people were worried about the spread of communism. So many people went around accusing people of being communists and black listing them. -
The Korean War is fought between North and South Korea. This is because China/Russia wants it to be communist and we want to stop communist. -
he was very important in helping us end WWII. He also helped fight back on communism. -
The Vietnam War is about how the USSR wants to spread communism all over the world. The US wants to stop the spread of communism so we try and help them stop the USSR/China. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis is when the USSR tries and but very strong atomic missiles on Cuba, but we find out about this and block Cuba so that they have to turn back. -
Segregation was very big in the fact that they separate schools, drinking fountains, fast food, restaurants, hotels, etc... The thing is African Americans got all of the ran down things and were very discriminated. -
Lendon B. Johnson took over as president once Kennedy got assassinated. He also signed the Civil Rights act to get rid of segregation. -
Marten Luther King Jr. had a speech about ending segregation. This really opened the eyes many of people. -
President Nixon helped gain trade with China. What he is known for is the Water Gate Scandal that he tried and covered up even if he didn't have anything to do with it. -
He tried to continue to do what Nixon wanted to do before he resigned from the presidency. Many people didn't like him for inflation. -
Jimmy Carter went over to Iran and couldn't get the prisoners of War out of Iran. He tried and solve piece between Isreal and Egypt. -
Ronald Regan got to the prisoners of War back on their first day of office. He then got more people traped over their and he told his people to do what ever to get them back. But his own people sold guns to the enemy, but he had nothing to do with it and some people didn't belive him when he said he didn't know about it.
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