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Category Archives: America
1933 – 1936: FDR’s “New Deal”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who is also known as FDR, was elected to the presidency four times, beginning in 1932. FDR assumed the presidency at the darkest hour of the Great Depression, pledging to restore prosperity through expansive government intervention in the economy. … Continue reading
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1919-1929: USA isolationism
First Red Scare Prohibition and Organised Crime Intolerance and Racism Social Changes Women Gain Rights Birth of Hollywood and Silent Films era The Jazz Age Skyscrapers Prosperity and Poverty America just wanted to be alone After the First World War, … Continue reading
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2001 Sept. 11: Terrorist attacks Twin Towers
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2003: Second Gulf War (Iraq war)
Back to Middle East 1990-1991: First Gulf War (Iraq War) George W. Bush wanted to Remove Saddam from Power The decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was extremely controversial. It arose in part because the Iraqi government failed to cooperate fully … Continue reading
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1990-1991: First Gulf War (Iraq War)
Back to Middle East In 1990, Iraq annexed Kuwait, which it had long claimed. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein declared that the invasion was a response to overproduction of oil in Kuwait. But after Iraq invaded Kuwait, US President Bush (George W. Bush’s father) … Continue reading
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1983: Ronald Reagan’s “Strategic Defense Initiative” (SDI- “Star Wars”)
BACK TO “COLD WAR” 1983: The Brink of Apocalypse (documentary) November 8th 1983 is now recognised as one of the most dangerous moments in history, when Soviet fingers hovered prerilously over the nuclear button. On this near fateful day, senior figures … Continue reading
1775-83 : the American War of Independence
The American War of Independence, was the political upheaval in which thirteen British colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America, and ended in a global war between several European … Continue reading
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The “Transatlantic Slave Trade”
(or “Triangular Trade”) RELEVANCE TODAY Before 16th Century , dark-skinned (“black people”) were confined to Africa. After the 17th-19th Centuries “Slave Trade”, they are now widespread over America (North and South), and Europe. Although “slavery” was made illegal in the 19th Century, “slave trade” is still … Continue reading
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Conquistadors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquistador http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/spanish-conquistadors.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/conquistadors_01.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Dorado http://www.rediscovermachupicchu.com/el-dorado-myth.htm 1532: Spanish Conquest of the Incas The Spanish conquest of the Inca empire was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. For at least 300 years before the arrival … Continue reading
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Age of Exploration and Discovery
The Age of Exploration (or Age of Discovery), started in early 15th century. It is seen as a bridge between the Middle Ages and the Modern era, along with its contemporary Renaissance movement, triggering the early modern period and the rise of European nation-states and colonialism. The period is … Continue reading
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