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Adolf von Baeyer, Lend-Lease Program, Lumumba

Adolf von Baeyer, Lend-Lease Program, Lumumba. Christopher McNamara AP World History A4. Adolf von Baeyer. German chemist October 31, 1835 to August 20, 1917 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1905. Baeyer’s String Theory. Proposal made in 1885 Determined stability of carbocyclic compounds

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Adolf von Baeyer, Lend-Lease Program, Lumumba

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  1. Adolf von Baeyer, Lend-Lease Program, Lumumba Christopher McNamara AP World History A4

  2. Adolf von Baeyer • German chemist • October 31, 1835 to August 20, 1917 • Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1905

  3. Baeyer’s String Theory • Proposal made in 1885 • Determined stability of carbocyclic compounds • Angle deviation between chemical bonds • Theory later substantially extended

  4. Achievements • Synthesis of plant dye indigo • Discovery of phthalein dyes • Discovery of barbituricacid • Centric formula for benzene

  5. Lend-lease Program • Proposed by Franklin Roosevelt • Passed in March of 1941 • Aid of war materials to allies • Originally intended for British commonwealth countries

  6. Creation of Program • US law required cash payment for purchases • Great Britain could not pay in cash much longer • Act passed to fix problem • Allowed payments by other means

  7. Results Post-War • Fourth countries received had received lend-lease • Overall aid valued at $49,100,000,000 • Much amounted to gifts • Cost offset be reverse-lend-lease

  8. Patrice Lumumba • African nationalist leader • First prime ministerof DRC • movement emphasized its all-Congolese nature

  9. Opposition • Arrested on few accounts • Soviet Union’s support for Lumumba appeared as a threat • Forced out of office during political crisis • Murdered in Katanga, January 17, 1961

  10. Legacy • Proclaimed “national hero” following assassination • Family actively involved in politics • Critics: very few accomplishments • Supporters: pursued policies despite opposing viewpoints

  11. Works Cited • http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Adolf_von_Baeyer • http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/567966/strain-theory • http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/335831/lend-lease • http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/351310/Patrice-Lumumba

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