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AMERICAN HISTORY III

Explore the impactful events in American history from the Great Depression to the Apollo 11 moon landing, including World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Cold War. Witness the rise of powerful leaders like F.D. Roosevelt, Truman, Reagan, and Obama alongside significant cultural shifts, technological advancements, and political crises. Discover how the United States emerged as a global superpower through pivotal moments of conflict and progress.

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AMERICAN HISTORY III

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  1. VY_32_INOVACE_15-19 AMERICAN HISTORY III Great Depression WWII Wars andterrorism

  2. Beginning of the 20th century • Industrial growth: 1908 Henry Ford automobile • Rockefeller`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

  3. F. D. Roosevelt president: 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

  4. Gross Domestic Product 1929 - 1941 Autor: U.S. Department ofCommerce, Název: Gdp29-41.svg Zdroj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gdp29-41.svg

  5. 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

  6. Operation Overlord Autor: neznámý, Název: ApproachingOmaha.jpg Zdroj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Approaching_Omaha.jpg

  7. 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 interference • 1952 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- 1959Caribean Crisis – Cuba (F. Castro – communism, place for Soviet nuclear forces, Kennedy and Chrustchov`s treaty)

  8. 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 racism • 1963 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

  9. Woodstock Festival and Hippies Autor: captainaquariuzzz, Název: Woodstock69.jpg Zdroj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Woodstock69.jpg

  10. Americans on the Moon Autor: NASA, Název: Aldrin Apollo 11.jpg Zdroj: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:Aldrin_Apollo_11.jpg

  11. American policy after 1970 •  1972 Watergate Affair, pres. Nixon - resigned • 1983 Pershing rockets in Europe ---Russia attacked Afganistan • Ronald Reagan 1981– 1988 economical recovery  • George Bush senior …war in Iraq 1988 -93 • Bill Clinton • G. Bush junior • Barack Obama

  12. Barack Obama Ronald Reagan Autor: neznámý, Název: OfficialPortraitof President Reagan 1981.jpg Zdroj: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg Autor: Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, USN, Název: BarackObamaInaugurationOath.jpg Zdroj: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:Barack_Obama_Inauguration_Oath.jpg

  13. Thank you for your attention. Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová

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