Topic Opposition Of The New Deal Class: US History Date: November 20‚ 2013 Questions/Main Ideas: Notes Opposition The Oppositon took 3 forms -New Deal isn’t doing enough -New Deal is doing too much -Opposition from the Supreme Court “The New Deal isn’t doing enough!” Many people were still very poor (Black people‚ farmers hit hardest) Huey Long *Key person* **Dr. Francis Townsend - $200/month pensions for y.o.s (if they spend it in the same month = stimulating the economy)
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The Great Society What is the Great Society? Lyndon Johnson came up with the Great Society of the 1960s. It helps with education and people in poverty. Medicaid and Medicare are also two big parts of the Great Society during the 1960s. Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27‚ 1908. Johnson graduated from high school‚ at the age of 15‚ as a valedictorian‚ in 1924. When Johnson finally went to college‚ his tuition was only forty-five dollars per year. He went to South West Texas State Teachers
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John F. Kennedy‚ demanded that the United States moved in the direction of the "New Frontier". Kennedy set forth new challenges for the United States and the term "New Frontier" was first stated in his inauguration speech. His goal was to challenge Americans and he said‚ "Ask not what your country can do for you‚ ask what you can do for your country." After Kennedy explained that the torch had been passed to a new generation of Americans‚ people responded to his request by joining the newly formed
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the “Frontier Thesis” and the Revisionists Arguments Fredrick Jackson Turner delivered his “Frontier Thesis” or also known as the “Turner Thesis” in 1893 at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago‚ Illinois. It was in this essay‚ Turner delivered a thesis that would shape the interpretation of American history. “The frontier is the line of most rapid and effective Americanization‚" Turner declared. “American social development has been continually beginning over again on the frontier. This
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"Since the days when the fleet of Columbus sailed into the waters of the New World‚ America has been another name for opportunity‚ and the people of the United States have taken their tone from the incessant expansion which has not only been open but has even been forced upon them (Turner)." When the Europeans immigrated to the New World‚ they were faced with an overwhelming frontier atmosphere and forced to adapt to their environment or perish. As a result‚ an Americanization occurred which made
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After reading the "New Frontier: Transformation of Management for the New Millennium" by Michael A. Hitt‚ identify two or three of the key concepts presented by the author. Based on the key concepts you identified from the article‚ offer an objective observation that his view of the future‚ stated in 2000‚ may or may not apply today. In addition‚ you are to respond to two other postings that builds on or stems from what the learner posted to this forum. The quality of your response is what builds
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The Frontier Thesis Introduction The emergence of western history as an important field of scholarship started with Frederick Jackson Turner’s (1861-1932) famous essay “The Significance of the Frontier in American history.”[1] This thesis shaped both popular and scholarly views of the West for the next two generations. In his thesis‚ Turner argued that the West had to be taken seriously. He felt that up to his time there had not been enough research of what he in his essay call “the fundamental
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“WWII – Innovations and New Frontiers” HIUS 380 – Modern American Military History Professor Robert Ritchie Liberty University Ken White Student ID – 87118 April 13‚ 2013 War‚ in its raw nature‚ has always allowed mankind to invent and produce better weaponry‚ causing the opposing side to alter their military tactics and strategize over an offensive or defensive position based on the devastation an accuracy of the new armaments. WWII was no exception as history
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of the Frontier (?) Frederick Jackson Turner described the frontier as “a return to primitive conditions on a continually advancing frontier line” (Turner 530). Turner separates the process of civilization into four phases: “the trader’s frontier‚ the rancher’s frontier‚ or the miner’s frontier‚ and the farmer’s frontier” (Turner 536). After all four stages are completed and there are no more or too few places to settle - the major movement of people is done with - Turner says the frontier is closed
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In the United States‚ the frontier was the term applied to the zone of unsettled land outside the region of existing settlements of Americans. In a broad sense‚ the notion of the frontier was the edge of the settled country where unlimited free land was available and thus unlimited opportunity. Being a frontiersman in the so-called Wild West‚ a cowboy‚ rancher or gold miner were idealized within American mystery. Mark Twain colorfully related that accounts of gold strikes in the popular press had
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