World War I to the Depression (Karl-Erik Loime)

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World War I, Prosperity and Depression in the U.S.: 

World War I, Prosperity and Depression in the U.S.

World War I: 

World War I 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 President Wilson quickly proclaimed the neutrality of the United States Absolute neutrality was difficult to achieve The government of the United States declares war against Germany: 6 April 1917.

Reasons: 

Reasons Submarine Warfare and the Lusitania- 1195 people died, including 128 Americans. Economics- The U.S. had huge economic investments with the British and French. The Zimmermann telegram- Diplomatic proposal from Germany to Mexico to make war against the U.S. “Safe for democracy.”

Home front: 

Home front The Committee on Public Information organized a propaganda campaign that portrayed Germans as barbarous Huns while stressing that Americans were fighting for democracy and freedom. The Espionage Act of 1917

Statistics: 

Statistics U.S. Army Mobilized: 4,355,000 Killed in action: 36,931 Total dead: 120,144

Roaring Twenties: 

Roaring Twenties Cars became common throughout the U.S. Radio became the first mass broadcasting medium . Cosmetics became extremely popular . 1st s olo flight across the Atlantic .

Great Depression: 

Great Depression Started: 1929 Black Tuesday High unemployment, poverty, inflation From 1929 to 1932, about 5,000 banks went out of business.

New Deal: 

New Deal Herbert Hoover lost the 1932 presidential election to Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt made a program called the New Deal The New Deal was a series of economic programs

Prohibition: 

Prohibition No alcohol in the U.S. Organized crime Al Capone T he Twenty First Amendment

Presidents : 

Presidents Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt

Panama Canal: 

Panama Canal Finished: 1914 Total cost: $639 Million (1914 dollars) $14.3 Billion (2007 dollars) 82-kilometres long 22, 000 men died because of yellow fever and malaria.

Cinema: 

Cinema Hollywood- the center of the United States film industry. Big movie studios: Paramount pictures, Warner bros. Sound also became widely used in Hollywood in the late 1920s

Music: 

Music Blues music F irst exposure to black music, or "race music" as it was then known „Jazz Age“ Jazz bars became popular among white Americans, particularly young ones Louis Armstrong Ella Fitzgerald

Robert Johnson: 

Robert Johnson Blues singer and musician Born in Mississippi Devil legend Master of the blues Died at age 27

Empire State Building: 

Empire State Building Tallest building in the world 1931-1972 102-story 443,2m high Art deco style Seven Wonders of the Modern World

Thank You for your attention!: 

Thank You for your attention!