Famous wars, famous movements, foot notes in history...that is to be more detailed.From 1900 - 1950, what were ten events which changed America economically and militarily?1) Spanish-American War: gave america possessions in the pacific, which meant trade and military bases
2) The movement of the majority of the population from farms to the cities: gave our rising industries a larger work force, increased incomes and income taxes
3) WWI: saw rise of airplane and tanks, gave us a military reputation, brought us out of isolationism
4) Sherman Anti-Trust Act: the basis for dismantling monopolies, increased competition in business, lowered prices
5) Automobiles: allowed people to live farther from their work, allowed trade goods to be shipped faster to to smaller and more rural areas
6) Tanks: changed the face of war, by WWII the main offensive weapon on the ground
7) Henry Ford: paid higher wages, so economy/taxes rise; made cars cheaper so more people could drive; formalized assembly line system of manufacturing
8) Airplane: change how wars were fought; became the primary weapon in WWII in the pacific...
9) The Stock Market Collapse/Great Depression: put country in dire economic straits until WWII; the starting point of larger government assistance to needy
10) WWII- we were the only industrial nation NOT to have our industries bombed, so we sold everything to everybody for the next 20 years...From 1900 - 1950, what were ten events which changed America economically and militarily?1, World War I, which forced the United States to assume a major position in international affairs, and was the beginning of active national government.
2. Depression and New Deal, in which the government assumed an active role in managing the national economy.
3.. Rise of the automobile, which reshaped the economy, spreading prosperity through the many subsidiary services it required, such as gas stations everywhere.
4. World War II, in which the United States became the truly preeminent world power militarily and economically.
5. The outbreak of the Cold War, in which the United States found itself moving to a perpetual war footing to prevent war.
6. The Rise of Ku Klux Klan, one of the darkest chapters in American history, the Klan was very powerful in the early 1920s until scandals finally disgraced its image.
7. Constitutionalization of the Bill of Rights. At the beginning of the century, the average citizen could not look to the bill of rights for any real relief from government. By 1950, substantial portions of the bill of rights were applied to state government, and the revolutions of civil rights and criminal rights law in the offing.
8. Airplanes: from the first 12 second flight at Kitty Hawk to the jet age, the revolution in flight fueled not only human excitement, but prompted thousands of related inventions and developments.
9. The development of vaccines and antibiotics. In 1919-20, an influenza epidemic wiped out a huge portion of the population. By 1950, scientists had developed large scale antibiotics, vaccines, and thousands of drugs that were making unimaginable headway against diseases.
10. The clash between science and traditional faith. This was embodied in the Scopes Trial in 1925, but it remains one of the defining struggles in American society at many levels.From 1900 - 1950, what were ten events which changed America economically and militarily?World war 2, which also brought the US out of the depression. The Airplane which the US held a great advantage in Air Power. The woman rights movement. Prohibition , the homestead act, the dust bowl of the 30's
