Transcript Native - Judson Independent School District

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• Overcrowding – packed tenement
housing with unsanitary conditions
• Inadequate public services – not
enough hospitals, police, schools,
street cleaning or garbage pick-up
• Limited transportation
• Social tensions – vast difference
between rich & poor led to tension &
crime
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•
Religious & ethnic persecution
Extreme poverty
Oppression
Wars
Famine
Limited opportunity
• Economic opportunity
• Family or cultural ties
• Freedom
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Homestead Act
Indian Wars
Lure of Precious Metals (strike it rich)
Growth of Railroads
The Cattle Industry
Farming of the Great Plains
• Forced removal – as white population
crept west, Indians forced to relocate
• Indian Wars – superior weapons made
Native American resistance futile
• Settlers – Transcontinental Railroad and
Homestead Act brought multitudes to
the west
• Loss of Habitat – settlers, miners, &
farmers destroyed natrual environment
• Too much product – new farm lands,
improved farming techniques led to
more crops & lower prices
• High shipping costs to extended
markets
• Farm Debt – borrowed to buy new
machinery
• Natural Disasters – droughts or floods
& insects
• Direct party primaries – input on
candidates
• Recall – official could be removed from
office with special election
• Direct election of Senators
(17th Amendment)
• Secret Ballot – eliminated pressure to
vote a certain way
• Referendum – voters could encourage
a bill to be placed on ballot
• Nationalism – showed the power &
strength of U. S.
• Superior Attitude – believed American
ideals were better & should be spread
• Need for Raw Materials & Markets to
fuel industrial growth
• Military Strength – naval bases
strategically located world would
promote U. S. dominance
• Desire for a canal – U.S. needed to be
able to go more easily from Pacific to
Atlantic Ocean
• Economic Opportunity – Caribbean had
agricultural products (sugar)
• Control of Hemisphere – U. S. wanted
to keep foreign powers out because
they could become a threat
• Nationalism –extreme nationalism led
to rivalries
• Alliance System – Europe divided into 2
alliances – Germany & Austria vs.
Russia, France & Great Britain
• Militarism – powerful militaries glorified
• Imperialism – competing economic
interests sometimes over colonies
• German Punishment – forced to accept all
blame, “War Guilt Clause”, required to pay
large reparations (war damages)
• German Territory Lost – independent
Poland created, lost claims in France &
overseas
• Austria-Hungary& Turkey – divided into
new nations
• League of Nations – formed to keep world
peace – US & Russia did not join
• Growth of new spirit of optimism in
African American culture
• Langston Hughes – poet & author
• Marcus Garvey – Leader of Back-toAfrica movement
• Features new forms of dance and jazz
music
• Overproduction – more products
produced than people could purchase
• Speculation – people investing on
possible gains led to stock market
crash
• Unwise Bank Practices – poor investing
of depositors money
• Restricted International Trade – high
protective tariffs limited trade
• Fireside Chats – spoke directly to people
• Brain Trust – surrounded with talented
advisers
• New Deal – programs to lift country out of
depression
• Tried to “pack” the Supreme Court
• President during WWII
• War Bonds – sold to raise funds to help pay
for the war efforts
• Industrial Production & Rationing – wartime
needs & production most important
• Japanese American Internment – forced to
relocate after Pearl Harbor attack
• Women at Work – stepped in and performed
some jobs traditionally done by men
• Office of War Information – produced proAllied & anti-Axis propaganda to encourage
support & influence opinions
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•
•
•
•
•
Arms Race
Space Race & Sputnik
House Un-American Activities Committee
Rosenberg Trail & Venona Papers
McCarthyism
Korean War
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Brown v Board of Education (1954)
Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
Integration of Little Rock High School (1957)
Civil Rights Acts (1957, 1964)
Sit-ins & Freedom Riders (1960s)
Million Man March (1963)
Voting Rights Act (1965)
Affirmative Action (1965)
• Supreme Court maintained independence;
gave direction to Executive branch
• Reaffirmed the importance of the press
• Proved our government is based on laws,
not individuals
• Showed that grown of Presidential power
created opportunity for abuse
• Lowered public confidence
• Congress passed new laws to curb
Presidential power
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•
•
•
New Conservatism
Reaganomics
Reagan Doctrine
Iran-Contra Affair
• Overcrowding – packed tenement
housing with unsanitary conditions
• Inadequate public services – not
enough hospitals, police, schools,
street cleaning or garbage pick-up
• Limited transportation
• Social tensions – vast difference
between rich & poor led to tension &
crime
•
•
•
•
•
•
Religious & ethnic persecution
Extreme poverty
Oppression
Wars
Famine
Limited opportunity
• Economic opportunity
• Family or cultural ties
• Freedom
•
•
•
•
•
•
Homestead Act
Indian Wars
Lure of Precious Metals (strike it rich)
Growth of Railroads
The Cattle Industry
Farming of the Great Plains
• Forced removal – as white population
crept west, Indians forced to relocate
• Indian Wars – superior weapons made
Native American resistance futile
• Settlers – Transcontinental Railroad and
Homestead Act brought multitudes to
the west
• Loss of Habitat – settlers, miners, &
farmers destroyed natrual environment
• Too much product – new farm lands,
improved farming techniques led to
more crops & lower prices
• High shipping costs to extended
markets
• Farm Debt – borrowed to buy new
machinery
• Natural Disasters – droughts or floods
& insects
• Direct party primaries – input on
candidates
• Recall – official could be removed from
office with special election
• Direct election of Senators
(17th Amendment)
• Secret Ballot – eliminated pressure to
vote a certain way
• Referendum – voters could encourage
a bill to be placed on ballot
• Nationalism – showed the power &
strength of U. S.
• Superior Attitude – believed American
ideals were better & should be spread
• Need for Raw Materials & Markets to
fuel industrial growth
• Military Strength – naval bases
strategically located world would
promote U. S. dominance
• Desire for a canal – U.S. needed to be
able to go more easily from Pacific to
Atlantic Ocean
• Economic Opportunity – Caribbean had
agricultural products (sugar)
• Control of Hemisphere – U. S. wanted
to keep foreign powers out because
they could become a threat
• Nationalism –extreme nationalism led
to rivalries
• Alliance System – Europe divided into 2
alliances – Germany & Austria vs.
Russia, France & Great Britain
• Militarism – powerful militaries glorified
• Imperialism – competing economic
interests sometimes over colonies
• German Punishment – forced to accept all
blame, “War Guilt Clause”, required to pay
large reparations (war damages)
• German Territory Lost – independent
Poland created, lost claims in France &
overseas
• Austria-Hungary& Turkey – divided into
new nations
• League of Nations – formed to keep world
peace – US & Russia did not join
• Growth of new spirit of optimism in
African American culture
• Langston Hughes – poet & author
• Marcus Garvey – Leader of Back-toAfrica movement
• Features new forms of dance and jazz
music
• Overproduction – more products
produced than people could purchase
• Speculation – people investing on
possible gains led to stock market
crash
• Unwise Bank Practices – poor investing
of depositors money
• Restricted International Trade – high
protective tariffs limited trade
• Fireside Chats – spoke directly to people
• Brain Trust – surrounded with talented
advisers
• New Deal – programs to lift country out of
depression
• Tried to “pack” the Supreme Court
• President during WWII
• War Bonds – sold to raise funds to help pay
for the war efforts
• Industrial Production & Rationing – wartime
needs & production most important
• Japanese American Internment – forced to
relocate after Pearl Harbor attack
• Women at Work – stepped in and performed
some jobs traditionally done by men
• Office of War Information – produced proAllied & anti-Axis propaganda to encourage
support & influence opinions
•
•
•
•
•
•
Arms Race
Space Race & Sputnik
House Un-American Activities Committee
Rosenberg Trail & Venona Papers
McCarthyism
Korean War
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Brown v Board of Education (1954)
Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
Integration of Little Rock High School (1957)
Civil Rights Acts (1957, 1964)
Sit-ins & Freedom Riders (1960s)
Million Man March (1963)
Voting Rights Act (1965)
Affirmative Action (1965)
• Supreme Court maintained independence;
gave direction to Executive branch
• Reaffirmed the importance of the press
• Proved our government is based on laws,
not individuals
• Showed that grown of Presidential power
created opportunity for abuse
• Lowered public confidence
• Congress passed new laws to curb
Presidential power
•
•
•
•
New Conservatism
Reaganomics
Reagan Doctrine
Iran-Contra Affair
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