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- 981: African - American Civil Rights
- ... were soon to come. Disenfranchised blacks finally found a leader dedicated to their cause in Harry S. Truman. After hearing of a lynching of black war veterans, Truman was suddenly tuned in to the heated crisis in the southland. Despite persistent tries to advance the cause of the blacks, Truman was repeatedly shot down by a conservative congress. The boiling discontent felt by the blacks since the days of slavery could ...
- 982: The Cold War
- ... large scale military intervention and subversion to covert spying and surveillance missions. They have known success and failure. The Bay of Pigs debacle was soon followed by Kennedy's deft handling of the Cuban missile crisis. The decisions he made were helped immeasurably by intelligence gathered from reconnaissance photos of the high altitude plane U-2. In understanding these agencies today I will show you how these agencies came about, discuss ...
- 983: The Atomic Bomb and its Effects on Post-World War II
- ... we should do away with all of them. They have no value to society and should be destroyed. This apocalyptic temper and social activism was effected greatly in the early Sixties by the Cuban Missile Crisis. When Americans saw, on television, that they could be under nuclear attack in under twenty minutes, a new anxiety about the cold war surfaced that had not been present since the days of McCarthy. And ...
- 984: What Is Meant By The Era Of Good Feelings
- ... an important source of national unity. The Second Great Awakening united Americans across the country in a belief of personal and national salvation. However, all these changes were only temporary solutions to the large national crisis of sectionalism.
- 985: The Roosevelt New Deal Program
- ... also. Most families made their clothes out of feed sacks. Children shared their clothes with their brothers and sisters. FD Roosevelt promised a "New Deal" that would take on the problems caused by the economic crisis. He was elected by a large majority. Roosevelt New Deal Programs The Social Security Act provided insurance against unemployment. The Agricultural Adjustment Act set out to support the value of farm products so there would ...
- 986: Roosevelt and the Great Depression
- ... employer, and it compelled employers to recognize a union if over 50% of the employees joined this union. This act gave tremendous new rights to workers and certainly helped pull the nation out of financial crisis. Challenged by the National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp, the United States Supreme Court upheld the decision and guaranteed worker rights to unionize. So while the 1930s were a period of ...
- 987: The 50s Was A Time of Change
- ... of atomic weapons. Now we are worried about the Russians selling the weapons to the middle east (Iraq). In the 50s, the Cubans received atomic missiles from the Russians, this created the Cuban missile crisis. We forced them to move them, and created a trade embargo with the country, there is still a little tension, because they are still communists. The 50s was a time of change, but there ...
- 988: The Presidency of Andrew Jackson
- ... from the Bank of the United states and placed it in pet banks. During his term he strengthened the Presidency permanently. Jackson also reestablished the supremacy of the Union over the states during the nullification crisis. The state of South Carolina was unsatisfied angry with the tariff of abominations and threatened to succeed if it was not removed. Vice President Calhoun offered nullification as an alternative to succession and the delegates ...
- 989: The Great Depression
- ... strong and long lasting effect all over the world. It ruined the strong economies and destroyed the smaller ones. Every government had its own opinion of what and how to get itself out of this crisis. As the struggle of the depression kept on growing Great Britain, United states of America, Germany and Japan initiated their own plan of escaping the grasp of the depression. There are similarities and differences in ...
- 990: The Cold War
- ... large scale military intervention and subversion to covert spying and surveillance missions. They have known success and failure. The Bay of Pigs debacle was soon followed by Kennedy's ft handling of the Cuban missile crisis. The decisions he made were helped immeasurably by intelligence gathered from reconnaissance photos of the high altitude plane U-2. In understanding these agencies today I will show you how these agencies came about, discuss ...
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