Post on 27-Dec-2015
1906- San Francisco Earthquake: led to the formation of the elastic-rebound theory
1908- first fatal plane crash: Wright brothers were traveling across the US and Europe in order to demonstrate their flying machine
1911- Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 1911- Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci) was stolen of the wall in
the middle of its museum 1912- 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
1915- Sinking of the Lusitania 1917- U.S. declare was on Germany in World War I 1929- St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: notorious gangster killing;
made Al Capone famous 1941- December 7th- Bombing of Pearl Harbor 1941- December 11th- 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 1920-1921. 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.
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.
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