1918-1941

__Events (__IMPORTANCE) 1. Red Scare - ZH 2. Pearl Harbor- TH 3. New Deal- TH 4. Great depression - HE 5. Treaty of Versailles- BF 6. US neutrality act - AH 7. Kellog Briand Pact - AH 8.Teapot Dome Scandal - HE 9. Dust Bowl- BF 10. Scopes "Monkey" Trial - ZH

EVENTS (chronological) 1. Red Scare (1919-1921) 2. Treaty of Versailles (1919) 3. Teapot Dome Scandal (1922-23) 4. Scopes Monkey Trial (1925) 5. Kellogg BrIand Pact (1928) 6. Great depression (1929-1939) 7. Dust Bowl (1930s) 8. New Deal (1933-1936) 9. US Neutrality Act (1939) 10. Pearl Harbor (1941)

__People__ 1. FDR - HE 2. Woodrow Wilson - ZH 3. Herbert Hoover- TH 4. Eleanor Roosevelt- TH 5. Warren G. Harding- BF 6. John Steinbeck - HE 7.Louis Armstrong- BF 8. 9. 10. Calvin Coolidge =**Kellogg Briand Pact**= 5 things that led up to it...   Why it was important...   US Neutrality Act 5 things that led up to it...   Why it was important...   ** The New Deal (1933-1936) ** 5 Things that led up to it...
 * Previous Wars
 * League of Nations
 * Previous Acts
 * Frank B. Kellogg
 * Foreign Minister Aristide Briand
 * Was an attempt to outlaw war, however Japan had invaded China violating the Kellogg Briand pact
 * Turmoil in Europe and Asia
 * Previous Wars
 * Previous experience in foregin conflicts
 * Country allies
 * arms and war materials
 * Created to make sure the US would not be entangled again in any foregin conflicts
 * The acts were however repealed in 1941 after German submarine attacks and Pearl Harbor
 * “Black Thursday” (Oct. 24, 1929)
 * “Black Tuesday” (Oct. 29, 1929)
 * Unemployment increases from 4% to 25%
 * President Hoover takes hardly any action
 * FDR is elected President

Why it was important...
 * Saved America from economic disaster
 * Revolutionized federal government involvement
 * Set a precedent of the role of government in society

** Pearl Harbor (1941) ** 5 Things that led up to it...
 * Japanese invasion of Manchuria
 * Japanese expansion into China
 * Japanese attack on USS Panay
 * Nanking Massacre
 * United States’ halt of airplane parts, machine tools, and aviation gas

Why it was important...
 * Caused the United States to enter into WWII
 * Changed the tide of WWII
 * Caused the eventual atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

**Treaty of Versallie**

Causes Importance Byron
 * Anger towards the Germans
 * The want to prevent another world war
 * World War 1
 * Assasination of ArchDuke Franz Ferdinand
 * Germans surrender
 * Created the league of nations which would lead to the United Nations which helps to maintain peace among the nations today
 * United States was apart of drafting it which shows our standing in the ranks of world powers
 * Formally ended the WWI

**Dust Bowl** Causes

Importance

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The Great Depression Causes
 * Stock Market Crash of 1929 led to stockholders losing more than $40 billion.
 * Bank Failures of some 9,000 banks during the 30s causing people to lose all of their savings.
 * People stopped purchasing items after the crash and fears of tougher economic times ahead leading to a reduction in jobs and widespread unemployment.
 * Passage of Smoot Hawley Tariff led to decrease in trade with Europe.
 * Dust Bowl kills agriculture in the Midwest.

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 * Hoover’s unpopular handling of the depression led to the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, one of America’s most important and influential presidents due to his New Deal policies and leadership through World War II.
 * Led to the creation of “New Deal” programs by FDR which expanded government power and sought to relieve the American people and economy.
 * Depression conditions in Europe helped bring about the rise of the Nazi’s and World War II.

Teapot Dome Scandal Causes
 * President Taft designates certain areas as Navy Oil Reserves.
 * President Harding issued an executive order transferring the control of these fields to the Department of the Interior.
 * Albert B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior, leased Navy petroleum reserves to private oil companies.
 * These were issued without competitive bidding and at low rates.
 * Became part of an investigation under Senator Thomas J. Walsh.

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 * Noted as “Greatest Scandal in American Politics” (before Watergate).
 * Destroyed reputation of President Warren G. Harding who was not reelected.


 * RED SCARE: ZH**
 * caused the end of Labor Unions
 * Was a major scare in the US involving socialism and communism


 * SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL: ZH**

PEOPLE: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 * Challenged what was taught in schools
 * Evolution is illegal, cannot be taught in schools

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States, serving four terms, from 1933 to 1945. He is one of the most important and influential presidents and well know for leading the nation through the Great Depression and World War II some of the greatest hardships the country ever faced. His New Deal programs were executive orders specifically for providing government jobs for the unemployed, economic growth, and regulation of business. His was an instrumental leader in World War II for the Allied Powers and brought the US into the war after Pearl Harbor. Holt Evans
 * Created the New Deal, a series of executive orders intended to pull the US out of the depression that greatly increased federal power.
 * Implemented the FDIC, Social Security, and regulated business by starting the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission.
 * Declared war on Japan in response to Pearl Harbor.
 * Oversaw American economic boom during the war due to exporting Lend Lease supplies to other Allies.
 * Proposed plan for the United Nations
 * Died after being elected to fourth term.

Louis Armstrong


 * One of the first truly popular African American entertainers
 * Was a foundational influence in Jazz
 * Was allowed to be a apart of the upper class -which was rare for Africans around this time due- to his talents
 * Was involved in the civil rights movement


 * Warren G. Harding**
 * Was the 29th president and was one of the most popular winning the best popular vote since they were first recorded
 * Endorsed African American Civil rights strongly
 * Scandals his administration was involved in (Teapot Dome Scandal, etc.)

** Eleanor Roosevelt ** Why she was important...
 * Was the major support system for FDR
 * Strong advocate for civil rights
 * International author, speaker, politician, and activist for the New Deal coalition

** Herbert Hoover ** Why he was important...
 * President at the start of the Great Depression
 * Hoover Dam and Smoot-Hawley Tariff laid foundation for New Deal
 * Demonstrated how not to take action in the face of crisis
 * Demonstrated how to be a lousy President
 * “Hoovervilles” were named after him

John Steinbeck

Was the ideal writer of the “Lost Generation” which discussed themes of isolation, poverty, and economic greed during the depression years of the 1930s. He wrote widely acclaimed novels about struggling characters and situations like the Dust Bowl. Holt Evans.
 * //The Grapes of Wrath// showcased his interpretation of the struggles of migrant workers during the Great Depression.
 * // Of Mice and Men // also focuses on the depression.
 * Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.

WOODROW WILSON: ZH
 * Led America through the first Workd War
 * Developed his 14 points
 * Established America as a wirks power
 * Broke the precedent of isolationaism in America

CALVIN COOLIDGE - zh
 * President during the roaring '20s, a period of American prosperity
 * Ignored signs of the stock market crash, argueably the president to blame for the Great Depression

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