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America in the 20th Century, 78, World War II
produced by Media Rich Communications, in America in the 20th Century, 78 (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2004), 1 hour 7 mins
While the United States chose a course of isolationism in the aftermath of World War I, escalating aggression in Europe and Asia threatened world stability. With the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States was thrust into a conflict that would span the globe and trigger political, social and military re...
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produced by Media Rich Communications, in America in the 20th Century, 78 (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2004), 1 hour 7 mins
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While the United States chose a course of isolationism in the aftermath of World War I, escalating aggression in Europe and Asia threatened world stability. With the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States was thrust into a conflict that would span the globe and trigger political, social and military repercussions that would resonate through the twentieth century.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Media Rich Communications
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Media Rich Learning
Series
America in the 20th Century
Person Discussed
Sir Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, Benito Mussolini, 1883-1945, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945, Joseph Stalin, 1879-1953, Harry S. Truman, 1884-1972
Topic / Theme
Nazism, War, Wartime economy, Battle of Midway, June 3-6, 1942, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, D-Day Invasion, June 6, 1944, World War II, 1939-1945, Yalta Conference meets, February 1945, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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© 2004 Media Rich Communications LLC
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The American Citizens Handbook
edited by Joy Elmer Morgan, 1889- (American University, 1941), 416 page(s)
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edited by Joy Elmer Morgan, 1889- (American University, 1941), 416 page(s)
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General Audience
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Monograph
Contributor
Joy Elmer Morgan, 1889-
Date Published / Released
1941
Publisher
American University
Topic / Theme
Citizenship, Patriotism
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Explanation of Organization Chart
in Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (RG16). Office of Information (RG16.7). General Records (RG16.7.1). World War II Food Campaign Files, 1941-48, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (Box 2, Folder Unspecified, Organization Chart) , 2 page(s)
An organization chart illustrating cooperation between government agencies and communities in 'Food Fights for Freedom', with and explanation of the chart.
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in Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (RG16). Office of Information (RG16.7). General Records (RG16.7.1). World War II Food Campaign Files, 1941-48, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (Box 2, Folder Unspecified, Organization Chart) , 2 page(s)
Description
An organization chart illustrating cooperation between government agencies and communities in 'Food Fights for Freedom', with and explanation of the chart.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Government programs, Wartime economy, Community relations, Great Depression, 1929-1941, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), Americans
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Herbert Hoover & Huey Long
directed by Alan Landsburg, 1933-; produced by Alan Landsburg, 1933-, A&E Television Networks (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1989, originally published 1989), 46 mins
The Great Depression crashed upon America in 1929. This program profiles Herbert Hoover, president from 1929 to 1933, and Huey Long—governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932, senator from 1932 to 1935, presidential hopeful, and victim of assassination—murdered at the height of his popularity.
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directed by Alan Landsburg, 1933-; produced by Alan Landsburg, 1933-, A&E Television Networks (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1989, originally published 1989), 46 mins
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The Great Depression crashed upon America in 1929. This program profiles Herbert Hoover, president from 1929 to 1933, and Huey Long—governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932, senator from 1932 to 1935, presidential hopeful, and victim of assassination—murdered at the height of his popularity.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Alan Landsburg, 1933-, A&E Television Networks, Peter Graves, 1926-2010
Author / Creator
Alan Landsburg, 1933-
Date Published / Released
1989
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Speaker / Narrator
Huey Pierce Long, Jr., 1893-1935, Herbert Hoover, 1874-1964, Thomas Semmes Walmsley, 1889-1942, Peter Graves, 1926-2010
Person Discussed
Huey Pierce Long, Jr., 1893-1935, Herbert Hoover, 1874-1964, Thomas Semmes Walmsley, 1889-1942, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945, Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, CarlAustin Weiss, 1906-1935
Topic / Theme
Economic depressions, Government appointees, Heads of state, Humanitarian aid, Political corruption, Political influence, Political intrigue, Political life, Stock market, Economic classes, Great Depression, 1929-1941, World War I, 1914-1918, Mississippi River Flood 1927, Bonus Army Marches on Washington, D.C., 1932, Political and Social Movements, American History, World War I & Jazz Age (1914–...
Economic depressions, Government appointees, Heads of state, Humanitarian aid, Political corruption, Political influence, Political intrigue, Political life, Stock market, Economic classes, Great Depression, 1929-1941, World War I, 1914-1918, Mississippi River Flood 1927, Bonus Army Marches on Washington, D.C., 1932, Political and Social Movements, American History, World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), Depression & World War II (1929–1945)
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History Essentials, World War II: The European Theater
produced by Fred T. Gallo, fl. 1970-1977 and Jeff Yonis, fl. 2021, in History Essentials (Torrance, CA: Wonderscape Entertainment, 2021), 27 mins
Learn all about The European Theater of World War II and the pivotal battles along the way. What events led to war? Understand the events that led to war and the systematic way that Adolf Hitler exterminated millions of Jews in what has become known as the "Holocaust," Hitler's "Final Solution" for the Jewish peop...
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produced by Fred T. Gallo, fl. 1970-1977 and Jeff Yonis, fl. 2021, in History Essentials (Torrance, CA: Wonderscape Entertainment, 2021), 27 mins
Description
Learn all about The European Theater of World War II and the pivotal battles along the way. What events led to war? Understand the events that led to war and the systematic way that Adolf Hitler exterminated millions of Jews in what has become known as the "Holocaust," Hitler's "Final Solution" for the Jewish people. The topics are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video that reinforce important concepts. Ages 10-14
Field of Study
Education
Content Type
Instructional material
Contributor
Fred T. Gallo, fl. 1970-1977, Jeff Yonis, fl. 2021, Julianna Yonis, fl. 2022
Date Published / Released
2021
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment
Series
History Essentials
Speaker / Narrator
Julianna Yonis, fl. 2022
Person Discussed
Benito Mussolini, 1883-1945, Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945
Topic / Theme
Attacks (Battles), Antisemitism, Nazism, Racism, Wartime economy, Genocide, World War II, 1939-1945, Yalta Conference meets, February 1945, Battle of the Bulge, December 16, 1944-January 16, 1945, Tehran Conference meets, December 1, 1943, Holocaust, 1939-1945, Battle of the Atlantic, February-May 1941, Rome-Berlin Axis Alliance Formed, October 25, 1936, Treaty of Versailles, June 28, 1919, Jews
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Copyright © 2021 Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
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How to Mobilize Your Community to Make Food Fight for Freedom
written by United States. Department of Agriculture. Food and Nutrition Service, in Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (RG16). Office of Information (RG16.7). General Records (RG16.7.1). World War II Food Campaign Files, 1941-48, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (Box 1, Folder Unspecified) (1943, originally published 1943), 14 page(s)
Mobilization guide for citizens to form Food Information Committees to carry out various activities in connection with the 'Food Fights for Freedom' food education program.
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written by United States. Department of Agriculture. Food and Nutrition Service, in Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (RG16). Office of Information (RG16.7). General Records (RG16.7.1). World War II Food Campaign Files, 1941-48, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (Box 1, Folder Unspecified) (1943, originally published 1943), 14 page(s)
Description
Mobilization guide for citizens to form Food Information Committees to carry out various activities in connection with the 'Food Fights for Freedom' food education program.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
United States. Department of Agriculture. Food and Nutrition Service
Date Published / Released
1943
Topic / Theme
Community events, Rationing, Wartime economy, Government programs, Great Depression, 1929-1941, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), Americans
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Images of America, Dover
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2000), 128 page(s),
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Originally part of the Dedham Grant of 1635, Dover, Massachusetts, became Dedham’s Fourth Precinct in 1729 and the Springfield Parish of Dedham in 1748. When the Commonwealth incorporated it in 1836, Dover’s economy was based on farming and grazing. Several companies, including the E.F. Hodgson Company and the...
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2000), 128 page(s),
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Originally part of the Dedham Grant of 1635, Dover, Massachusetts, became Dedham’s Fourth Precinct in 1729 and the Springfield Parish of Dedham in 1748. When the Commonwealth incorporated it in 1836, Dover’s economy was based on farming and grazing. Several companies, including the E.F. Hodgson Company and the Harvard Apparatus Company, successfully manufactured portable houses and medical instruments in Dover. However, they eventually left,...
Originally part of the Dedham Grant of 1635, Dover, Massachusetts, became Dedham’s Fourth Precinct in 1729 and the Springfield Parish of Dedham in 1748. When the Commonwealth incorporated it in 1836, Dover’s economy was based on farming and grazing. Several companies, including the E.F. Hodgson Company and the Harvard Apparatus Company, successfully manufactured portable houses and medical instruments in Dover. However, they eventually left, as Dover remained agriculturally based. By 1896, Dover had become a suburban community. From 1900 to 1914, wealthy Bostonians––many of them members of the Norfolk Hunt Club––built at least eighteen spacious country estates in Dover, far from the noise and hubbub of the city. Population grew slowly after World War I, but in 1945, the town increased in numbers, as veterans returned from World War II and others saw the convenience of commuting to work in Boston while living in a pastoral environment. Once the home of Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Gov. Francis Sargent, and benefactress Amelia Peabody, Dover today is an elegant country town, a mixture of estates, open fields, forests, and family neighborhoods.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2000 by Paul H. Tedesco.
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Images of America, Fairfield and Wayne County
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2012), 128 page(s),
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Known as the home of the Prohibition-era Shelton Brothers Gang, the true heritage of Wayne County, Illinois, is the collective life of its ordinary citizens—their surroundings, activities, and challenges. In 1819, settlers named the county seat Fairfield because there was “no fairer field” than the broad pra...
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2012), 128 page(s),
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Known as the home of the Prohibition-era Shelton Brothers Gang, the true heritage of Wayne County, Illinois, is the collective life of its ordinary citizens—their surroundings, activities, and challenges. In 1819, settlers named the county seat Fairfield because there was “no fairer field” than the broad prairie between the timberlands. Villages scattered across the 715-square-mile county attracted families, teachers, doctors, blacksmiths,...
Known as the home of the Prohibition-era Shelton Brothers Gang, the true heritage of Wayne County, Illinois, is the collective life of its ordinary citizens—their surroundings, activities, and challenges. In 1819, settlers named the county seat Fairfield because there was “no fairer field” than the broad prairie between the timberlands. Villages scattered across the 715-square-mile county attracted families, teachers, doctors, blacksmiths, ministers, and merchandisers. The railroad brought prosperity. Fairfield's opera house, college, woolen mill, stately churches, elegant homes, and packed business district made it a social hub. In the 1900s, Sexton Manufacturing added a massive factory complex, including Cambridge Court cottages for unmarried female workers. On farms, poultry production reached industry levels. By the 1920s, the county had over 100 one-room schools. The discovery of oil in 1937 relieved Depression-era woes and fueled Fairfield's civic expansion after World War II. These photographs show generations of shopkeepers, students, farmers, musicians, builders, barbers, teachers, merchants, and factory workers in the heart of the rural Midwest.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 by Judith Puckett
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Images of America, Georgia: A State History
written by Georgia Historical Society, in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2010), 208 page(s),
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Georgia's past has diverged from the nation's and given the state and its people a distinctive culture and character. Some of the best, and the worst, aspects of American and Southern history can be found in the story of what is arguably the most important state in the South. Yet just as clearly Georgia has not al...
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written by Georgia Historical Society, in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2010), 208 page(s),
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Georgia's past has diverged from the nation's and given the state and its people a distinctive culture and character. Some of the best, and the worst, aspects of American and Southern history can be found in the story of what is arguably the most important state in the South. Yet just as clearly Georgia has not always followed the road traveled by the rest of the nation and the region. Explaining the common and divergent paths that make us who we...
Georgia's past has diverged from the nation's and given the state and its people a distinctive culture and character. Some of the best, and the worst, aspects of American and Southern history can be found in the story of what is arguably the most important state in the South. Yet just as clearly Georgia has not always followed the road traveled by the rest of the nation and the region. Explaining the common and divergent paths that make us who we are is one reason the Georgia Historical Society has collaborated with Buddy Sullivan and Arcadia Publishing to produce Georgia: A State History, the first full-length history of the state produced in nearly a generation. Sullivan's lively account draws upon the vast archival and photographic collections of the Georgia Historical Society to trace the development of Georgia's politics, economy, and society and relates the stories of the people, both great and small, who shaped our destiny. This book opens a window on our rich and sometimes tragic past and reveals to all of us the fascinating complexity of what it means to be a Georgian.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Georgia Historical Society
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003 by The Georgia Historical Society
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Images of America, Hawthorne Works
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2014), 128 page(s),
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A burgeoning town on the fringes of Chicago rose and fell with the successes of the Western Electric Company. For almost 90 years, the Hawthorne Works plant employed, educated, entertained, and defined the township of Cicero. As the manufacturing arm of Western Electric, Hawthorne contributed greatly to the prospe...
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2014), 128 page(s),
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A burgeoning town on the fringes of Chicago rose and fell with the successes of the Western Electric Company. For almost 90 years, the Hawthorne Works plant employed, educated, entertained, and defined the township of Cicero. As the manufacturing arm of Western Electric, Hawthorne contributed greatly to the prosperity and national defense of the United States. As the site of the controversial Hawthorne Studies of workplace motivation and behavior...
A burgeoning town on the fringes of Chicago rose and fell with the successes of the Western Electric Company. For almost 90 years, the Hawthorne Works plant employed, educated, entertained, and defined the township of Cicero. As the manufacturing arm of Western Electric, Hawthorne contributed greatly to the prosperity and national defense of the United States. As the site of the controversial Hawthorne Studies of workplace motivation and behavior, the plant reconfigured business and social science models. A community within a community, Hawthorne had its own sports teams, social clubs, hospital, railroad yards, and savings and loan. At its peak, the works was the largest single-site employer in Illinois and one of the biggest manufacturing establishments in the country, second only to the Ford plant in Detroit. Hawthorne typifies the era when American industrial giants dominated the global economy and generations of blue-collar workers strived for a fair share of the “American Dream.”
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Topic / Theme
Factories, Municipal utilities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 by Dennis Schlagheck and Catherine Lantz
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