Facts about the US :;xNLx;- 50 states + District of Columbia (DC);xNLx;- population on the rise (immigration);xNLx;- capital : Washington DC;xNLx;- important states : the golden state (California), lone star state (Texas), Bluegrass state (Kentucky), sunshine state (Florida), Buckeye state (Ohio), keystone state (Pennsylvania);xNLx;- essential cities : Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, NYC = Big Apple, New Orleans = Big Easy, Washington DC, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami;xNLx;- key concepts : inside the Beltway, road 66, Sunbelt, Bible Belt, Rust Belt, Snowbelt;xNLx;- symbols : Great Seal of the US, olive branch + arrows, pyramid without a top, uncle Sam, Star-Spangled banner (national anthem), pledge of allegiance, American flag (50 stars + 13 stripes)
Brought by Dutchland
British pilgrims that came to America
Law that obliged colonies to pay taxes
People in colonies decided to rebel by dumping tea in the sea = Sons of Liberty
Against British Rule, where the Declaration of Independance was signed (1776)
Thomas Jefferson (3rd President)
Vote for white men owning lands
Defines what is an American
Written by the Founding Fathers (Thomas Payne, Georges Washington & Benjamin Franklin)
Amendments added to the Constitution
Illegal to import slaves in America
Free slaves by helping them to go back to Africa
WASP (Northern Europe)
Union (Northern abolitionists) vs Confederate States (Southern secessionists)
Lincoln : maintain the Union (against the scission)
Rebuilding of America after civil war
Agressive, racist association symbolizing the hate against Koons, Kikes ans Katholics
Southern, Central and Eastern Europe
Vote for free slaves
Lot of black men elected
President Johnson outlawed discriminatory voting practices
During the Euopean immigration : welcomed by the statue
Many initiatives to improve society. Many reforms to purify the Government and modernize the society.
Kind of writing between journalism and literature : true facts + literary tools and techniques
Francis Bellamy wrote the Pledge of Allegiance = promise of loyalty to their flag and country
Sensationalism : exagerated news stories including shocking material to attract readers
Theodore Roosevelt made a speech about journalists denouncing unacceptable situations at all levels.
Defining American society
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
US joined the Allies to maintain democracy in the world
Interdiction to sell or consume alcohol
Cultural movement
Golden twenties : very active years where people made a lot of money a created wealth (e.g. Rockefeller)
From the Spirituals (sad songs) of black slaves (from the South)
Major crash in Wall Street : Black Tuesday
Blacks muslims fighting for the rights of black people
Chicago & NY
Natural catastrophe : huge drought (no rain) in the South. Farmers kept plowing their fields but not able to grow anything > starvation.
Massive program to get out of the GD , made by Franklin Delano Roosevelt (32nd president)
Improvisation, spontaneous writing
Invasion plan in Normandy during the WWII, led by Dwight D. Eisenhower (34st president)
Sustained state of political and military tension between the Soviet Union and the US (threat of using the atomic bomb) = communism vs capitalism
President Truman supported Greece and Turkey to avoid that these countries fall in the Soviet sphere (barriers against communism)
Continuation of the New Deal (FDR) : domestic reform agenda of the Truman Administration
New sounds
Anti-communist witch-hunt (fear of communism espionage) led by Joseph McCarthy (US Senator)
New generation announcing the counterculture, very concerned with faith in society
No more segregation allowed in public schools
Edward R. Murrow (father of TV journalism - head of the US Information Agency)
Civil Rights Movement
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