Short Quotes
Stock speculators invest in high-risk financial transactions, hoping to profit off of short-term gains in stock value, without regard to the long-term health of the company.
What is the Great Depression/inflation of stocks?
When next I realized that the Philippines had dropped into our laps, I confess I did not know what to do with them. . . . I walked the floor of the White House night after night until midnight; and I am not ashamed to tell you, gentlemen, that I went down on my knees and prayed to Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night. And one night late it came to me this way—I don't know how it was, but it came:
(1) That we could not give them back to Spain-that would be cowardly and dishonorable;
(2) That we could not turn them over to France or Germany, our commercial rivals in the Orient-that would be bad business and discreditable;
(3) That we could not leave them to themselves-they were unfit for self-government, and they would soon have anarchy and misrule worse then Spain's was; and
(4) That there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them and by God's grace do the very best we could by them, a sour fellow men for whom Christ also died.
What is colonialism?
1941—The U.S. enters World War II and sends troops to the Pacific
• 1942—The U.S. invades North Africa and Italy to strike at Europe
• 1943—U.S. forces begin to “island hop” in the Pacific to get within range of an invasion of mainland Japan
• 1944—U.S. and Allied forces launch the Normandy invasion
What is WWII/fronts?
Economic Policy
Joseph Stalin
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
The Five-Year Plan (1928 to 1932):
This program allowed the government to take ownership of industries and property in a process called"collectivization." It allowed the state to have full control over economic production.
Mao Zedong
People's Republic of China
The Great Leap Forward (1958 to 1962):
This policy involved modernizing agriculture and bringing the rural population of China into the industrial system, often by force.
What is Cold War/harsh measures?
Whereas it is the policy of this Government to take all measures within its power to rescue the victims of enemy oppression who are in imminent danger of death . . .
—Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 9417, 1944
What is WWII/Holocaust?
America
Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,
And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth,
Stealing my breath of life, I will confess
I love this cultured hell that tests my youth!
Her vigor flows like tides into my blood,
Giving me strength erect against her hate.
Her bigness sweeps my being like a flood.
Yet as a rebel fronts a king in state,
I stand within her walls with not a shred
Of terror, malice, not a word of jeer.
Darkly I gaze into the days ahead,
And see her might and granite wonders there,
Beneath the touch of Time’s unerring hand,
Like priceless treasures sinking in the sand.
—
Claude McKay, "America" from
Liberator
(December 1921)
What is Harlem Renaissance/Social Changes?
(1)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated in Sarajevo
(2)
Germany Invades Neutral Belgium to Attack France
(3)
?
(4)
Germany declares intent to resume unrestricted warfare
(5)
U.S. Congress Declares War on Germany
What is WWI/Zimmerman Telegram?
Mass Production= __________
What is Industrialization?
The Nazis . . . believed that Germans were “racially superior” and that the Jews, deemed “inferior,” were an alien threat to the so-called German racial community.
—U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, “The Holocaust” Holocaust Encyclopedia
What is WWII/Final Solution?
Neither the sure prevention of war, nor the continuous rise of world organization will be gained without what I have called the fraternal association of the English-speaking peoples. This means a special relationship between the British Commonwealth and Empire and the United States.
— Excerpt from speech by Winston Churchill, 1946
What is the Cold War?
Events of October 1962
• 14th: U.S. surveillance planes detect nuclear missiles in Cuba
• 22nd: President John F. Kennedy announces presence of missiles and begins a U.S.
blockade of Cuba
• 27th: President John F. Kennedy agrees to abandon plans to invade Cuba in exchange
for removal of missiles
• 28th: Premier Nikita Khrushchev announces to remove missiles from Cuba
What is Cold War/Strong stance?
And tonight, the United States of America makes the following demands on the Taliban: Deliver to United States authorities all the leaders of al Qaeda who hide in your land. . . . Close immediately and permanently every terrorist training camp in Afghanistan and hand over every terrorist. . . .
—President George W. Bush, September 20, 2001
What is Modern America/Afghanistan?
XIV. A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.
—President Woodrow Wilson, Fourteen Points Speech
What is WWI/Isolationism?
Secretary-General's Remarks on Climate Change,September 10, 2018
Section 1:
The world’s richest nations are the most responsible for the climate crisis, yet the effects are being felt first and worst by the poorest nations and the most vulnerable peoples and communities. We already see thisinjustice in the incessant and increasing cycle of extreme droughts and ever more powerfulstorms. Women and girls, in particular, will pay the price—not only because their lives willbecome harder but because, in times of disaster, women and girls always sufferdisproportionately.
Section 2:
Richer nations must therefore not only cut their emissions but do more to ensure that the most vulnerable can develop the necessary resilience to survive the damage these emissions are causing. It is important to note that, because carbon dioxide is long-lasting in the atmosphere, the climate changes we are already seeing will persist for decades to come. It is necessary for all nations to adapt, and for the richest ones to assist the most vulnerable.
Public Domain.
What is Modern America/Climate change?
Timeline of vaccines:
1952: Polio
1963: Measles
1967: Mumps
1969: Rubella
What is Modern America/invention of vaccines?
After 200 years . . . [the nation] still stands strong and true to the granite ridge, and[its] glow has held no matter what storm. . . . still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.
—President Ronald Reagan, January 11, 1989
What is Modern America/immigration?
You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly. So you could have a beginning of a disintegration that would have the most profound influences.
—President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
What is the Cold War/ Vietnam takeover?
During the span of one generation, the international distribution of power has been fundamentally altered. ... [T]he Soviet Union ... is animated by a new fanatic faith [communism], antithetical to our own, and seeks to impose its absolute authority over the rest of the world. Conflict has, therefore, become endemic and is wage, on the part of the Soviet Union, by violent or non-violent methods in accordance with the dictates of expediency. With the development of increasingly terrifying weapons of mass destruction, every individual faces the ever-present possibility of annihilation should the conflict enter the phase of total war.
—National Security Council, April 7, 1950
What is the Cold War?
Cuban Crisis Timeline:
Fidel Communist takeover
Bay of Pigs
_______________
Kennedy Blockade
What is the Cold War/spy plane photos?
That there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them and by God's grace do the very best we could by them, as our fellowmen for whom Christ also died.
What is imperialism?