HISTORY OF USA 5. 20th Century Gymnzium Pavla Jozefa afrika Kd ITMS projektu: Nzov projektu: Kvalitou vzdelvania otvrame brny V Vzdelvacia oblas: Jazyk a komunikcia Predmet Anglick jazyk Ronk, triedy: VIII.OA Tematick celok: Relie anglicky hovoriacich krajn Vypracoval: Ing. Diana Matisov Dtum: 07/2015 Obsah 1.20th Century 2.Quick Quiz 2 TH CENTURY - during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt ( ) there were many demands for social reforms: 1)Education was modernized 2)Labour movement grew stronger GENERAL CHARACTERISTIC The Panama Canal - was built by the U.S.A. in 1904 1914 on land leased from the Republic of Panama (the Canal Zone) - increased the U.S influence in Central America -is a 77.1 km ship canal -it takes 6 to 8 hours to pass through the Panama Canal. 4 The Panama Canal 5 WORLD WAR I. WWI. -Te position of the USA was greatly strengthened by the WWI -The USA entered the war as late as Americans were killed, of them in action -When the WWI was over USA was the richest creditor country in the world -President Woodrow Wilson ( ) played an active part at the peace conference and in setting up : The League of Nations The League of Nation 8 POST WORD WAR I. PERIOD 1) to stop war 2) to improve the life and jobs of people around the world 3) disarmament THE AIM OF THE LEAGUE OF NATION 4) to uphold and enforce the Treaty of Versailles 9999 POST WORD WAR I. PERIOD - USA returned to its isolationist foreign policy - It kept out of the League of Nations - Immigration into USA was restricted - A period of increasing prosperity - A period of an increase in crime especially organized crime gangsterism Chicago -Result of the policy of prohibition of alcoholic drinks GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 10 POST WORD WAR I. PERIOD GREAT DEPRESSION -In 1929 great crash on Wall Street -It was the beginning of a deep, worldwide economic crisis the Great Depression -In 1932 when the crisis was at its height 17 million unemployed 11 12 POST WORD WAR I. PERIOD GREAT DEPRESSION -In 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Democratic Party candidate) became the president -He introduced a series of measures, which were termed : the New Deal -it was the first attempt at governmentintervention in U.S. economic life - government supported banks, farmers, workers -Public works provided work for the unemployment The Tennessee Valley Authority Act dam, power plants were built by Government to provide work 13 14 FRANKLIN DENARO ROOSEVELT -His New Deal reduced unemployment from 17 million to 8 million -He was very popular -The only president who served 3 successive terms and was elected to a 4th (1933-until his death 1945) -Diplomatic relations between USA and the Soviet Union POST WORD WAR I. PERIOD 15 WORLD WAR II. -The United States entered the WWII. In December 1941, after the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbour WWII. 16 Pearl Harbour 1941 17 WORLD WAR II. THE USA IN THE WAR -USA played a leading part in the war in the Far East, in the allied invasions of North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Normandy Dwight David Eisenhower Ike -The supreme commander -He directed the invasions of Sicily and Italy in 1943 and of Normandy in He dies in 1945 shortly before the end of war 18 WORLD WAR II. Harry Truman -Eisenhower was succeeded by Harry Truman, who was later responsible for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan -The 1st bomb over Hiroshima 6th August The 2nd bomb over Nagasaki 9th August To drop the A-bomb was dictated by political rather than military considerations -It was the first major act heralding the cold war 19 20 21 22 WORLD WAR II. Harry Truman -Eisenhower was succeeded by Harry Truman, who was later responsible for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan -The 1st bomb over Hiroshima 6th August The 2nd bomb over Nagasaki 9th August To drop the A-bomb was dictated by political rather than military considerations -It was the first major act heralding the cold war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_CanalVESEL, K.: The English speaking countries Relie anglicky mluvch zem. Praha: Sttn pedagogick nakladatelstv s. 23 POUIT ZDROJE