Jaiden Harper - APUSH Scrapbook Project

World War II

Pearl Harbor

After the increasing tension with the US’s isolation status and their help towards the British during the Battle of the Atlantic, the US started to become a target for other countries. Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor as a method to force America to get more involved with the war, as well as an attempt to create fear in America. Germany saw this attack on America, and in due part, declared war on the US. (Source)

“No cracked earth, no blistering sun, no burning wind, no grasshoppers are a permanent match for the indomitable American farmers and stockmen and their wives and children who have carried on through desperate days” (Secondary source)

American Imperialism

The Annexaion of Hawaii

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Great Depression

Dust Bowl

Hawaii, previously led by kings and queens, was getting pressured by politicians and sugar companies, causing them to worry about their sugar being tariffed. Many natives alongside their last queen petitioned against the annexation of their homeland. Their queen claimed that her throne “had been taken illegally and that any U.S. efforts to annex Hawaii without the due process of law would be unacceptable.”. However, due to their low representation power in the US, they were getting taken advantage of by plantation owners with cheap labor. This caused Hawaiians to start pushing for statehood- on August 21, 1959, President Eisenhower officially stated Hawaii to be the 50th state shortly after its passing in the House of Representatives and the Senate. (Source)

America: 1890-1945

Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) became president in 1933, he was viewed as a hope for the citizens of America that he would get them out of the Great Depression’s grasp. His attempt at tackling the Great Depression’s damage was by creating the New Deal. One of the parts of the New Deal that helped heal the country was his help with Dust Bowl. In 1929, blizzards had stricken many farmer's crops across the country and sickened their children. On top of that, crickets would eat all that was left of the drying crops. FDR planted massive borders of trees around farms to act as windbreaks. Additionally, he created the Soil Conservation Service which taught farmers better soil practices so the crop market could thrive once again in America. (Source)

World War I

Isolationism/Neutrality

Jazz Age/1920’s

Jazz Age/1920’s

The Red Summer

Progressive Era

Woman's Suffrage

Woodrow Wilson

"He kept us out of war… [but] he asked Congress for a declaration of war on Germany."

After Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, he coined the phrase: “He kept us out of the war”. This had been his tactic to win re-election for the US. However, shortly after his election, he declared that the US could not remain neutral in the war. Even though he protested to declare war on Germany to Congress, the US still remained officially neutral throughout the rest of the war. (Source)

Rumor spread about Sarah Page, a 17-year-old elevator operator, and Dick Rowland, a 19-year-old African American bootblack. People accused Rowland of assaulting Page on the elevator and sent him to jail. They formed a mob outside the jail and broke him out to then proceed to massacre his body and burn it to char. This set off a chain reaction known as the “Red Summer” that were a series of lynchings and destruction aimed against African Americans. Historians estimate the damages to be 300 black lives and 191 attacks against black-owned businesses. (Source)

A big protest that had been going on since July 1848 originated from Senacca Falls New York. Women had been protesting their right to vote so their opinions could be heard by the government. They exercised their First Amendment rights and peacefully assembled and protested for this cause. One of the common ways they were seen protesting was by marching in parades. (Source)