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US History: VHS Summer: Patricio Garcia
This time line is about what took place in US history from 1877-2011. It will describe the wars that occured in the US, main events that occered in the US, ect. -
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by Chester A. Arthur on May 8, 1882, following revisions made in 1880 to the Burlingame Treaty of 1868. This allowed the U.S. to suspend immigration, and Congress subsequently acted quickly to implement the suspension of Chinese immigration, a ban that was intended to last 10 years. This law was repealed by the Magnuson Act on December 17, 1943.
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Early 1990's: Child labor
Unions worked very hard to demand legislation that brought about the end of child labor. Many were killed in strikes.
Child Labor -
Uncle Sam
I think this cartoon shows that Puerto Rico and Hawaii grew in the size of the United States. It shows how Uncle Sam rejected some laws like the Anti-Expansion Policy and the foreign policy.
Uncle Sam cartoon -
J.P Morgan- United States steel.
J.P Morgan bought Andrew Carnegie steel factory for $480,000 and formed, the largest corporation of the world. United States Steel -
The New Colossus
The New Colossus is a sonnet by Emma Lazarus, written in 1883 and, in 1903, engraved on a bronze plaque and mounted inside the Statue of Liberty.
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America in the First World War
The United States had a small army, but, after the passage of the Selective Service Act, it drafted 2.8 million men and by summer 1918 was sending 10,000 fresh soldiers to France every day.
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The Wall Street Crash of 1929
The stock market crash of 1929 was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its fallout.The crash signaled the beginning of the Great Depression
1929 video -
The Axis
The Axis was an alliance of great powers during the 20th century that fought World War II against the Allies. It began in 1936 with treaties of friendship between Germany and Italy and between Germany and Japan.
The Axis -
World War ll
World War II was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, which involved most of the world's nations. Eventually forming two opposing military alliances, the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million military personnel mobilized.
WW2 -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bombers fire on the USS Nevada at Pearl Harbor. The surprise attack of December 7, 1941, left President Roosevelt with no choice but to enter World War II.
Pearl Harbor -
Atomic bomb
atomic blast produces a distinctive "mushroom cloud." Developed by a top-secret U.S. government program dubbed the "Manhattan Project," the atomic bomb proved to be the weapon that ended World War II.
Atomic bomb JapanAn -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference, held February 4–11, 1945, was the wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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United Nations
The United Nations was founded in 1945. The purposes of the United Nations is to maintain international peace and security and human rights. It provides the opportunity for countries to balance global interdependence.
United Nations -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. He is also known for his speeches such as "I Have a Dream" that convinced millions. King is often presented as a heroic leader in the history of modern American liberalism.
Martin Luther King Jr. -
Wounded Knee
AIM also known as American Indian Movement is known to be an organization that help the American Indian Community in emergencies. AIM not only help the Indian Americans but also showed the eyes of the world about them. A conflict between AIM and the government occurred with hundred of years of racial tension. The American Indians free themselves from the governments.
AIM -
Reagan Presidential approval ratings
Reagan started off well for the first two years of his presidency but in 1983, with the recession, he dropped from 60% to 39%-40%. After 1983, when the United States recovered from the recession Reagan was elected for his second term in the middle of 1984-1985 and went up to 58%. From 1984 he went up again to 62% in 1985 but dropped back down to 52% in 1986.
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Operation Desert-Strom
The first major foreign crisis for the United States after the end of the Cold War presented itself in August 1990. Saddam Hussein, the dictator of Iraq, ordered his army across the border into tiny Kuwait. This was no ordinary act of aggression. Iraq's army was well equipped. The United States had provided massive military aid to Iraq during their eight-year war with Iran, giving them the fourth largest army in the world.
Operation Desert-Storm -
U.S Immigration
Immigration in the U.S has gone down since the 1900's. There was an estimated 9.25% of the U.S population to be immigrants in 1900 and in 2000 it dropped all the way down to 1.15%. In 2000 there was an estimated 1,064,318 immigrants in the U.S.
U.S immigration -
Elections of 2008
The first black president was elected. President Barrack Obama beat John McCain. Obama got 66,882,230 votes and McCain got 58,343,671 votes.
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Armed forces spending: United States
The United States is ranked number 1 in armed forces spending. They spend $548.5 billion. The second rank spends $63.6 billion.
Armed forces spending
