great depression wwii wars and terrorism american history iii vy_32_inovace_15-19
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Great DepressionWWII
Wars and terrorism
AMERICAN HISTORY III
VY_32_INOVACE_15-19
Beginning of the 20th century Industrial growth: 1908 Henry Ford
automobileRockefeller`s Oil Comp. 20th cent. Word`s leading country ( WWI
-1917, post war prosperity)1929 – Great Depression – stock market
crash, unemployment, poverty F.D. Roosevelt ‘New Deal’ 1932 – measures to help from crisis
F. D. Rooseveltpresident: 1933 – 1945
- culture/music, dance, film – Chaplin, silent, colour, westerns, film musicals
- architecture – skyscrapers/functionalism, constructivism
- science – mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, medicine – nuclear reactor, plastics, , insulin, penicillin, polarograph….
Diplomacy with the Soviet Union (Roosev., Churchill, Stalin – OSN)
1941 Roosevelt`s plan to help Eur. countries with material to fight against fascists
Gross Domestic Product 1929 - 1941
Autor: U.S. Department of Commerce, Název: Gdp29-41.svg
Zdroj:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gdp29-41.svg
WWII 7th December 1941 – Pearl Harbor – destruction of
Amer. aircrafts and fleet 8th Dec. – war on Japan Africa: gen. Montgomery – tank battles at El –Alamein
Egypt gen. Eisenhower – Morocco, Algeria, second front
opened 1944 D –Day 6/6/1944 in Normandy Operation Overlord /2mil. soldiers, 6 000 warships,
10 000 planes/ war in Asia ag. Japan – 1942-43 Guadalcanal in Pacific,
Jap. lost 1945 - Yalta Conference, afterwar zones in Germany president TRUMAN 6/8/1945 Hiroshima , Nagasaki 2/9/1945……end of WWII----USA first in the world,
technical and financial development
Operation OverlordAutor: neznámý, Název: Approaching Omaha.jpg
Zdroj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Approaching_Omaha.jpg
50`s Marshal Plan 1947 - recovering, reconstruction /
18 Eur. countries/ Truman Doctrine - help to anti- socialist
countries, proclamation of cold war with Sov. Union 1947-1953
1950 – 53 Korean War - communistic north/ SSSR, China/ versus democratic south /USA/, OSN, China interference1952 pres. Eisenhower – against Korean War,
corruption, high taxes, communism but Mc Carthism (Mc Carthy anticommunist, senator)
from 1953 until 1989 worries about nuclear war USA vs. S. Union
1956- 1959 Caribean Crisis – Cuba (F. Castro – communism, place for Soviet nuclear forces, Kennedy and Chrustchov`s treaty)
Civil Rights`Movements, Vietnam 1959 Alaska, Hawai 1960 J.F. Kennedy ( dem., reduce the
unemployment, support production, equal rights to everyone, cooperation with Europe and S. Union 22/11/1963 assassinated in Dallas
1960`s American fight against racism1963 Civil rights for all Americans, banning
racial segregation, black clergyman M.L. King / assasinated in 1968, Hippies
1961 – 1973/75 Vietnam War – end p. Nixon, 1969- landing on Moon
1972 Watergate Affair, pres. Nixon
Woodstock Festival
and HippiesAutor: captain aquariuzzz, Název: Woodstock69.jpg
Zdroj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Woodstock69.jpg
Americans on the MoonAutor: NASA, Název: Aldrin Apollo 11.jpg
Zdroj: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:Aldrin_Apollo_11.jpg
American policy after 1970 1972 Watergate Affair, pres. Nixon -
resigned1983 Pershing rockets in Europe ---Russia
attacked AfganistanRonald Reagan 1981 – 1988 economical
recovery George Bush senior …war in Iraq 1988 -93 Bill Clinton G. Bush juniorBarack Obama
Ronald ReaganAutor: neznámý, Název: Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981.jpg
Zdroj: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg
Barack Obama
Autor: Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, USN, Název: Barack Obama Inauguration Oath.jpg
Zdroj: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:Barack_Obama_Inauguration_Oath
.jpg
Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová
Thank you for your attention.