12) History of the USA II.
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12. History of the USA II.
1904
o 14 Panama Canal
1914 -1918 (11th November)
o WW1 (USA entered in 1917)
o Russia withdrew (vzdát) from the war
o 116 000 people were killed, 53 000 killed in action
o USA became financial super power
World financial center Londoncity = Wallstreet
o imigration in USA restricted after the war
o there were prohibitions on alcohol => so there were gangsters who were looking for
the alcohol for people
1929
o Great crush on Wall Street => World crisis
1932
o The Great Depression
o new president Franklin D. Roosevelt
o 17 mil. unemployed => new deal = first intervention into US economy
the government was buying everything what farmers couldn´t sell
trade uninons
old age + disability pensions
subsidies (dotace)
=> after 2 years only 8 milions unemployed
F.D. Roosevelt = it made him extremely popular => he served 3 terms as
president and was elected 4 times
1st September 1939 – 2nd September 1945
o WW2
o USA entered 7th December 1941
Usa entered because of Pearl Harbo(u)r (Hawaii)
beacuse Japanese air forces attacked US harbour without declaring the war
aircraft carriers
but US aircraft weren´t there
US army X Japan
in Pacific
breaking points
o 1942 Midway
US won
Japan lost 3 aircrafts carriers
o 1943 Guadal canal
US won sea battle
o US invasions
1943 Sicily, Italy
Both were trainings for D-day (operation Overlord)
o Operation Overlord (6
th June 1944)