Q Greatly Improved Productivity of Americans

61Assembly Line Greatly improved productivity of Americans Used by Henry Ford making automobiles Cars were made faster and cheaper61 62Progressives Wanted to reform America Pushed for the recall, referendum, and initiative62 63Roaring Twenties Term for the 1920’s Associated with – automobiles, the Jazz Age, the Harlem Renaissance, the Age of Radio63 64Red Scare (Hysteria) Fear of Communism Distrust of Foreigners  Example – the case of Sacco and Vanzetti64 65Black Tuesday October 29, 1929 the stock market crashed Caused by Margin buying Bull market – stocks go up Bear market – stocks go down65 66Sacco and Vanzetti Two Italians (foreigners) convicted and executed for a robbery NOT convicted because of evidence, but because they were foreigners and distrusted66 67Dust Bowl Part of the Great Depression Over-farming and drought caused the farm soil of the mid-west to “blow away” These farmers moved West, looking for jobs67 68Great Depression The 1930’s  Black Tuesday  Dust bowl68 69Herbert Hoover President at beginning of the Depression  Did little to stop the Depression  Hoovervilles – homeless shanty towns named after him69 70New Deal Franklin Roosevelt’s plan to end the Great depression  Examples – TVA, FDIC, Social Security Act, WPA70 71TVA Tennessee Valley Authority  New Deal Program  Provide power (electricity) to the South71 72Axis Powers Enemies of USA during World War II  Germany – Adolf Hitler  Italy – Mussolini  Japan – Emperor Hirohito72 73Allies Allies of USA in World War II  USSR (Soviet Union) – Stalin  USA – Franklin Roosevelt  England – Winston Churchill73 74Start of World War II For Europe – Hitler invaded Poland  For America – Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii74 75Appeasement Policy of giving Hitler what he wanted to try and avoid war75 76Blitzkrieg German Lightning war of World War II76 77D-Day Allied invasion of Europe  Allies invade Normandy  Heaviest American losses – fighting at Omaha beach77 78Holocaust Hitler’s attempt to kill all the Jews (Genocide)  Concentration camps  Star of David  The Final Solution78 79Hiroshima Japanese city where atomic bomb was dropped  USA dropped bomb to convince Japan to surrender  Ended World War II79 80Rosie the Riveter Represented women who worked in factories during World War II  Women built the planes, and weapons the men needed to fight the war80 81Harlem Renaissance Rebirth of African American art and literature during the 1920’s  Example – Langston Hughes81 82Yorktown End of the Revolutionary War  British, under Cornwallis, surrendered there82 83Checks and Balances Federalists number 10  President can veto laws  Congress can impeach the President  Supreme Court can rule Laws unconstitutional83 84Sojourner Truth Former slave  Fought for abolition (end slavery) and women’s rights  Famous speech – “Ain’t I a women?”84 85Archduke Francis Ferdinand His assassination starts World War I85 864th Amendment No unlawful search and seizure86 875th Amendment Right to remain silent87 88Renaissance Rebirth  Arts and Sciences  Desire (enthusiasm) to learn  Renewed interest in the cultures of ancient Rome and Greece  Examples – Prince Henry’s school of Navigation, the Astrolabe, improved maps88 89George Washington Carver Scientist/researcher at Tuskegee Institute  Developed numerous uses and application for the peanut89 90Bleeding Kansas Pro-Slavery and anti-slavery forced killed each other in Kansas  Popular Sovereignty – the people who lived in Kansas would decide if it was to be free or a slave state90 9191

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