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The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of labor
1869
backward looking organized labor -
who: railroad brakemen first, then local workers and businessmen
where:ny,nj, baltimore, through-out country
when1877
what: strike that spreads and federal troops brought in to put down the strike;
importance: garrisoning of troops, the constitution, government supporting business, issued cease/desist orders -
organized labor and trade unions /
"bread'n'butter unionism", /
incorporate local workers into the whole pie /
represented skilled workers -
may day protest turned violent
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Who: Jane Addams /
when: 1889 /
where: Chicago /
what: founded Hull House in Chicago in 1889 to lift up immigrants; started as a daycare and grew to include literacy education and management skills, etc
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who: Florence Kelly
what: uses statistics of working class; encouraged minimum wage, child labor laws, etc
where: chicago
when: 1890s
importance: one of the first sociologists -
when; 1980s /
who: Emilio Aguinado, leader of the Insurrectos /
what: Phillipine rebel against Spanish, exiled to Hong Kong, the US brings him back in to fight during the Spanish-American War /
importance: we see the US use this guy and to establish themselves in the Phillipines when they turn on them after fighting Spain -
idaho,
frick, carnegie -
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USS Maine /
explodes /
in Havana Harbor /
February 15, 1898
importance: the propoganda or getting us into war? -
may 1st,
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who: heir to the Austria-Hungry throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand /
what: was assasinated
where: Serbia
when 1914
importance: jumping off point for regional conflict that turned into world war, A.H. and Germany were allies, Serbia and Russia (+FR and UK) were allies -
Who and what : German submarine sinks british flag ship with Americans on board /
when may 1915 /
where: off the coast of Ireland
importance: more-or-less violates pledge of restricted warfare, however, ads taken in NY Times/Post saying that you take your life in your hands when you travel under british flag -
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who: Wilson /
what: created board to keep productivity going during the war; arbitrate disputes between workers and industry, prevent strikes /
when: 1918
importance: see federal interaction with private industry -
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when: during and after WW1, beginning in 1920 /
who: black people /
what: move to north to pursue job opportunities created by the first world war /
where: ny, chicago, detroit, etc /
importance: race riots erupt and contributes to the swtiching of parties -
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The stock market crashed on Oct 29 1929
/ after trying to prop up the market, the bottom fell out
importance: contributing factor to the great depression -
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Who: Truman /
what: comissions study-report; pushes for federal antilynch laws, federal laws guaranteeing right to vote, ban on segregation (ract-targeting policies
when: 1947
importance: minimize the appearance of injustice -
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Who: Marshall /
when: June 5 1947 /
what: during speech announces plan to rebuild Europe after WW2, dissatisfaction in Europe was feeding communism; 13.5B to appease people--it works /
importance: helps people, communism popularity goes down -
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who: William Levitt
when: 1949
where: long island, ny
what: applied assembly-line construction to houses
importance: contributes to suburbanization of the 1950s -
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Who: McCarthy /
when: in early 1950s 50-54 /
what: contributes to Red Hunts; declares that there are X number of communist politicos
where: appears in front of congress
importance: propoganda makes people think its something of a problem, at least; lots of people investigated -
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When: 1953 /
Where: Iran
Who: appointed Mossadegh, the US CIA, and BP
what: Iran wants to nationalize and kick out BP; The Dulles brother, the CIA, and Eisenhower back a coup that overthrows Mossadegh and puts Pahlavi back in /
IMPORTANCE: shows AMA backing a dictator for their own purposes; shows the growing importance of oil in policy decisions -
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who: Cuba, Russia, the US, Turkey
what: after Bag of Pigs, Cuba reaches out to Russia for help; they agree to placement of missiles; Kennedy orders blockade; US agrees to pull missiles out of Turkey and Russia agrees to pull missiles out of Cuba
where: Cuba
importance: very real possibility of destroying the world with the nuclear weapons -
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