HIST 300 Texas A&M

The \"Johnson Treatment\" o Took military units from Europe to wage war in Vietnam o After Kennedy\'s death o Johnson escalates the war o Pushes welfare and medicare Cost money o Promotes good programs but tends to get his way by brown beating politici

1. Hoover a. \"rugged individualism\" b. Believed relief should come from local or state gov\'t c. Should have probably blamed Europe d. Hoover lacked a real response i. Made him seem cold ii. Inflexible iii. Raised Tariffs in response e. Eventually Ame

AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY 1890-1914 Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches Otto von Bismarck (1815-1893) READINGS: Stranges, Chapter 7 Henretta, Chapter 21 I. INTRODUCTION The historical problem The role of the United States in international affa

1. Bataan Death March - a war crime involving the forcible transfer of prisoners of war, with wide-ranging abuse and high fatalities, by Japanese forces in the Philippines, in 1942, after the three-month Battle of Bataan, which was part of the Battle

1. The Roaring 20s a. The Election of 1920 i. US had enough of progressivism ii. Repub Warren G Harding \"return to normalcy\" iii. Dem James M. Cox (progressive) iv. Socialist Eugene v. Debs v. Harding easily wins: Electoral votes 404; % of pop v

1. 2. 3. 4. Post WWII Korea War W/out China War W/ China Truce War lasted from

The Great War, 1914-1918 1. Causes a. US not involved until 1917 b. Began because of Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand i. Visiting Serbia ii. Killed June 28, 1914 iii. Austria Declares War iv. Alliance system Germany & Russia soon get involv