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- 1551: Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Li
- ... than a month before the surrender of Germany in World War II (Electric Library). Despite an attack of poliomyelitis, which paralyzed his legs in 1921, he was a charismatic optimist whose confidence helped sustain the American people during the strain if economic crisis and World War (Britannica, Vol. 26, Page 998). The legendary president was born on Jan 30, 1882, at the family estate in Hyde Park (White House Webpage). Young ... old-age and survivors' benefits. Roosevelt easily defeated Alfred M. Landon in 1936 and went on to defeat Wendell Willkie in 1940 and Thomas E. Dewey in 1944 (Electric Library). Therefore, he became the only American president to serve more than two terms. After his overwhelming victory in 1936, Roosevelt took on the critics of the New Deal, namely, the Supreme Court which had declared various legislation unconstitutional, and members of ... in September 1939 (Britannica Vol. 12, Page 758), Roosevelt stated that, although the nation was neutral, he did not expect America to remain inactive in the face of Nazi aggression. Accordingly, he tried to make American aid available to Britain, France, and China and to obtain an amendment of the Neutrality Acts which brought about such assistance difficult (Electric Library). He also took measures to build up the armed forces ...
- 1552: Frank Lloyd Wright Innovator I
- Frank Lloyd Wright: Innovator in American Architecture "...having a good start, not only do I fully intend to be the greatest architect who has yet lived, but fully intend to be the greatest architect who will ever live. Yes, I intend ... most innovative and ridiculed buildings of the early century. While the United States appeared to be caught up in the Victorian style, Frank Lloyd Wright stepped out in front to face the challenge of creating "American architecture" which would reflect the lives of the rapidly growing population of the Midwest United States. Howard Gardner in his book "Creating Minds" does not make any mention of Frank Lloyd Wright, an innovator who ... simple and economically tight lives of families in the 1930's, Wright used down scaling to bring the house to a more appropriate human level and reflect the informal and comfortable lives of the average American family. The Wright Fellowship was opened in 1932, welcoming apprentices to live, learn, and work at Taliesin, an idea comparable to that of a medieval manorial estate, and reflective of Aunt Nell's and ...
- 1553: World War II in Europe
- ... fight, and on September 3 they declared war on Germany. Roosevelt declared the United States' neutrality, but within weeks asked Congress to lift the Neutrality Acts' arms embargo that prevented Britain and France form buying American weapons. After weeks of debate, it agreed to sell arms to the Allies if they paid cash and carried goods in their own ships. After a lull in fighting over the winter of 1939 and ... overran those countries before lend-lease aid could reach them. When Hitler's bombers failed to knock out Britain, he ordered his submarine fleet to starve that nation into submission. By the end of 1941, American and German warships were exchanging fire, and in October a German U-boat sank an American destroyer, killing more than 90 of its crew. In June 1941 Hitler, wanting Russia's vast wheat and oil supplies, suddenly attacked the Soviet Union. As German armies quickly advanced into the USSR, Stalin ...
- 1554: First And Second Reconstructio
- ... whose major goal was unifying the nation. The fifth element were various fringe groups such as, abolitionists and Quakers. Strongly motivated by principle and a belief in equality, they believed that Blacks needed equality in American society, although they differed on what the nature of that should be.6 The Northern Radical Republicans, with a majority in Congress, emerged as the political group that set the goals for Reconstruction which was ... anger and separatism. If we fail to bridge this divide the question of the Twenty-First century like the Twentieth will be that of the color line. -- Endnotes 1 Eric Foner, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution (New York: Harper and Row, 1988) p.228. 2 Ibid. pp.124-125. 3 Eli Ginzberg and Alfred S. Eichner, Troublesome Presence: Democracy and Black Americans (London: Transaction Publishers, 1993) p. 148. 4 Ibid. p. 152. 5 Eric Foner, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution (New York: Harper and Row, 1988) pp.229-231. 6 Daniel J. Mcinerney, The Fortunate Heirs of Freedom: Abolition and the Republican Party (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994) p.151. 7 Eric Foner, ...
- 1555: The Effects of the Great War
- ... who was famous for directing the Belgian relief, was placed in charge of the Food Administration. The Great War became a business for the U.S. The war meant high profits and expansion for many American businesses. U.S. Manufacturers jumped from $600 million to over $2.5 billion in three years. Many companies doubled their profits in a matter of years, an example of these businesses are United States Steel ... operators, streetcar conductors, and mail carriers. The involvement of the U.S. in the Great War might appear to be slight, but it had a huge impact on the home front. The war pulled the American citizens together for one general purpose and succeeded. The war proved to the public the great uses of the government with new social issues such as women working out of the house, organized labor, prohibition, and the desire for "normalcy". It also provoked what many call the second industrial revolution. Overall the nation endured a great economic change. We saw greater production, a steady climb in wages, and average work week declined. Bibliography John Mack Faragher, Mari Jo Buhle, Daniel, Czitrom, Susan H. Armstong, ...
- 1556: Famous People Of The Civil War
- ... year Lee led his army against a series of bloody attacks against the Northern Army commanded by Ulysses S. Grant. Robert Lee was one of the best commanders during the Civil War and was an American hero. Stonewall Jackson Stonewall Jackson was a confederate general in the American Civil War. He joined the Confederate army in 1861 and later fought in the first battle of Bull Run. There he earned his nickname, "like a stone wall". In 1863 Jackson commanded a Confederate army ... army cook, a nurse, and became a spy for Maryland and Virginia. After the war she ran a home for elderly blacks until her death. Clara Barton Clara Barton is most remembered for organizing the American Red Cross Society. As a young girl she was shy, but she overcame her timid nature to become a very influential women during the Civil War. She was a nurse during the Civil War ...
- 1557: D-Day
- ... and Bertram Ramsay as naval Commander. Also Trafford Leigh-Mallory was dubbed air chief Commander. Five divisions were preparing in land in five code-named beaches; Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. There were two American, two British, and one Canadian divisions. Also American and British airborne divisions were to flank the outsides. The US First Army was headed by General Omar Bradley. The two British and the Canadian division combined to form the British Second Army, which was ... Bad weather caused a short delay until on the morning of June 5, announced, ”O.K. We’ll go.” Within hours, 6,000 landing crafts, naval vessels and other ships left English ports. As the American 82nd and 101st airborne divisions suffered many loses, it was the British 6th Division which was able to reach its objectives more easily. At approximately 6:30 AM, on the morning of June 6, ...
- 1558: Enlightenment 2
- ... a couple decade it was widely accepted in Western Europe. Not everybody believes that every development is good. Developments did not happen in just in education and progress, but in other setting as in Industrial revolution turned amongst other happening in the world to move society from a stagnant feudalism to a rapid change in to capitalism which was approximately in 1761 around the time the steam engine was developed which ... was a logical outgrowth of scientific inquiry, rational faith in humanity, and the study of comparative religion. All religions could be reduced to worship God and a commonsense moral code. The Enlightenment and the French revolution were about the rights of the common man. The philosophers did not discover natural rights, but they made it the foundation of the ethical and social gospel. They introduced natural rights into practical politics. They gave natural rights the dynamic force which revealed its explosive energy in the French Revolution. Nevertheless, their argument moved steadily away from metaphysics toward empiricism--away from reason toward experience. The enlightenment in clear language sets the principles of equality and individual liberty. 'Men are born and remain free ...
- 1559: The Cuban Missile Crisis
- ... former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, private advisers John McCloy and Robert Lovett, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Adlai Stevenson, Deputy Director of the USIA Donald Wilson, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Edwin Martin, and Former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Charles Bohlen. President Kennedy chaired the Executive Committee. On the night of October 17, 1962, during another U-2 flight, the military discovered ... Kennedy had sent Khrushchev a copy of his speech. After reading the speech Khrushchev became infuriated. First he was angry at his own military for not successfully hiding the missiles and secondly he acknowledged the American quarantine as an act of war. His first response was to instruct the ships on their way to Cuba not to stop for any reason. Later though, he sent a response to Kennedy: "I must ... the Soviets testing the missiles for launch. The pictures were so close that you could see the writing on the sides of the missiles. That same day quarantine was unanimously approved by the Organization of American States (OAS). The quarantine was to take effect at 10:00am (EST) on the 24th October, 1962. By Wednesday October 24th saw the military raised to the highest level ever in United States Military ...
- 1560: Early Colonies
- Early colonies There were various reasons why the American Colonies were established. The three most important themes of English colonisation of America were religion, economics, and government. The most important reasons for colonisation were to seek refuge, religious freedom, and economic opportunity. To a ... Government was also important in the founding of English colonies in the New World. With each colony, the government and idea of democracy progressed. With a weak and unpredictable government first established in Virginia, the American colonists gradually advanced to a more democratic government. However, even the most democratic government was a far cry from the pure democracy we enjoy today. Their gradual learning experience and progression led to many more ... because it was ruled under the military and was occupied by criminals. It was a quite unpopular place to live. There are clearly many similarities and differences in overall religious, economical, and governmental origins in American colonies. Many colonies were founded for exclusive religious diversity. However, many came to be motivated in origin by economy. Also, the American colonies evolved from non-representative and elitist governments into a more democratic ...
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