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San Francisco Earthquake: led to the formation of the elastic-rebound theory first fatal plane crash: Wright brothers were traveling across the US and Europe in order to demonstrate their flying machine Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci) was stolen of the wall in the middle of its museum Sinking of the Titanic: “unsinkable ship” sank on its maiden voyage, losing at least 1517 lives making it one of the deadliest maritime disasters in history Sinking of the Lusitania U.S. declare was on Germany in World War I St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: notorious gangster killing; made Al Capone famous December 7 th - Bombing of Pearl Harbor December 11 th - U.S. enters World War II
During World War I, the U.S. ran a trade surplus due to an increase in exports, using the earnings to pay off debts and make loans to European countries In adjusted numbers, the per capita GDP of 1900 would equal $5000. Early 1900s- inflation, financial chaos 1920s- Recession of This recession was followed by the consumption boom marked by the transforming technologies of electricity and the automobile as well as developments in macroeconomics policy. The boom gave the decade the name “The Roaring Twenties” 1929-about 1939: Great Depression
The Employment Act of 1946 gave the federal government the responsibility to main high employment growth, and stable prices The Square Deal- President Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic program primarily aimed at helping middle class citizens. The policies of the Square Deal involved attacking the plutocracy and trusts while at the same time protecting business from the extreme demands of unorganized labor. Truman Doctrine-a very simple warning clearly made to the USSR – though the country was not mentioned by name – that the USA would intervene to support any nation that was being threatened by a takeover by an armed minority.USSRUSA The Marshall Plan- was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet communism. EuropeUnited StatesWorld War IIcommunism
Main 4: American Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Judaism, and Native American traditions.
Was born in Vienna Was interested in morbid anatomy and immunology Discovered new facts about the immunology of syphilis Discovered in 1901 the blood groups Was given a Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine in 1930
Was born in Eastbourne, England Studied in biochemistry Discovered a method for isolating tryptophan and for identifying structure Realized that no animal can live on a mixture of pure protein, fat, carbs even when mineral salts are added. ◦ He termed the missing factors “accessory substances” ◦ Which are now called vitamins
Born in Lochfield, Scotland He created penicillin Also discovered a bacteriolytic substance called Lusozyme Was in World War 1 as an army medical captain Published medical and scientific journals on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy
Was from Budapest, Hungary Started the first blood bank Primarily studied remedies to diseases Published a book a very detailed book so that other hospitals would be able to have blood banks