US History: VHS Summer: Ryan Montalvo

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    "US History: VHS Summer: Ryan Montalvo

    this will be showing important events from 1877 to 2011 revealing things you might have not known about american history.
  • Looking through locks before gates were placed, Panama Canal Zone

    Looking through locks before gates were placed, Panama Canal Zone

    In his new role, Bunau-Varilla negotiated the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903, which gave the United States with a 10 mile strip of land for the canal, a $10 million payment to Panama, and an annual annuity of $250,000. The United States also agreed to guarantee the independence of Panama.
  • "what the united stated fought for" picture

    "what the united stated fought for" picture

    i think this picture is showing how america effected the places they bought and gained ownership of, effecting the places they received negatively
  • artillery aftermath

    artillery aftermath

    what i feel about the artillery aftermath picture is that a soldier was looking at all the killing his country did the the opposing country and he is coming to a realization of how much death and destruction they caused for their enemy.
  • world war 1 chart

    world war 1 chart

    what i notice about the graph is that germany and russia have a lot more mobilized, dead, wounded, and wounded than the rest of the countries. i also notice that germany, autria-hungary, turkey, and bulgaria are highlighted. japan also had a whopping 3 people missing, 907 wounded,and 300 dead which is the lowest on the chart.
  • one of the "men with broken faces"

    one of the "men with broken faces"

    what i feel about the one of the "men with broken faces" picture is again the outcomes of war and the different effects it can have on peoples like and this is the type of world we live in.
  • 240,000 British war amputees picture

    240,000 British war amputees picture

    what i feel about the 240,000 British war amputees picture is that these are the men that all suffered the same fate and it shows how bad these wars really were and the reality of war.
  • photograph of a crowd at New York's American Union Bank during a bank run early in the Great Depression.

    photograph of a crowd at New York's American Union Bank during a bank run early in the Great Depression.

    i think the photograph of a crowd at New York's American Union Bank during a bank run early in the Great Depression. picture shows what the ugly part if human society can be. with all these people flooding the bank during the great depression it shows how up and down things can be and it shows how bad it can get
  • key to the feilds

    key to the feilds

    the purpose of the first painting "key to the fields" was for the viewers of the painting to question whether it represents art or reality.
  • evening falls

    evening falls

    the purpose of the painting "evening falls" was for people to thing about the longstanding questions about the limitations of human perception, The Human Condition, and about the history and conventions of painting.
  • the axis leaders in Europe

    the axis leaders in Europe

    in this photo the two leaders are German dictator Adolf Hitler, and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
  • the big three allies in yalta

    the big three allies in yalta

    in this photo the three allies are U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin.
  • the creation of the united nations

    the creation of the united nations

    The United Nations was established after World War II in an attempt to maintain international peace and security and to achieve cooperation among nations on economic, social, and humanitarian problems. Its forerunner was the League of Nations, an organization conceived under similar circumstances following World War I.
  • Protesters in Birmingham, Alabama, USA

    Protesters in Birmingham, Alabama, USA

    Protesters in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, on 3 May 1963, being hit by a high-pressure water hose being used to disperse people during a civil rights protest.
  • President Kennedy at the Brandenburg Gate

    President Kennedy at the Brandenburg Gate

    The speech is considered one of Kennedy's finest, delivered at the height of the Cold War and the New Frontier. It was a great morale boost for West Berliners, who lived in an enclave deep inside East Germany and feared a possible East German occupation.
  • Dr. Kings "i have a dream speach"

    Dr. Kings "i have a dream speach"

    this speech was spoken in front of thousands of people and the main reason for this was so racism could be abolished and equality and civil rights took over Dr. Kings dream was for everyone to be equal and peace for the American society
  • Road Blockade at Indian Territory, Wounded Knee, The Dakotas

    Road Blockade at Indian Territory, Wounded Knee, The Dakotas

    ended on May 8 when AIM members surrendered and evacuated Wounded Knee in exchange for a promise of negotiations with the federal government. Two protesters were killed and one federal marshal was seriously wounded during the siege, which alternated between negotiation and exchanges of gunfire.
  • "Reaganomics"

    "Reaganomics"

    The pillars of Reagan's economic policy included increasing defense spending, balancing the federal budget and slowing the growth of government spending, reducing the federal income tax and capital gains tax, reducing government regulation, and tightening the money supply in order to reduce inflation.
  • age for drinking alchohol went from 18 to 21

    age for drinking alchohol went from 18 to 21

    The United States Congress passed and was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on July 17, 1984, an act would punish any state that allowed persons under 21 years to purchase alcoholic beverages by reducing its annual federal highway apportionment by 10 percent.
  • Anti-globalization protests in Seattle,  Pepper spray is applied to the crowd.

    Anti-globalization protests in Seattle, Pepper spray is applied to the crowd.

    That morning, the King County Sheriff's Office and Seattle Police Department fired pepper spray, tear gas canisters, and stun grenades at protesters at several intersections in an attempt to reopen the blocked streets and allow as many WTO delegates as possible through the blockade.
  • 911

    911

    September 11 attacks. September 11 attacks, also called 9/11 attacks, series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda against targets in the United States, the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history.