Final Flashcards
Era/Year:WW1
Context:The sinking of the Lusitania on 1915 was a defining moment for the United States during WWI. US had remained neutral but this event sent calls for war sweeping through the press.
Desctiption:This was one of the propaganda pieces showing an innocent women clutching her baby as they are sinking to the bottom of the ocean
Meaning:to evoke anger and urge people to enlist.
Era/Year:WW1 1916
Context: During his re-election in 1916, President Wilson recognized the strength of anti-war sentiment.
Desctiption:Wilson ran for reelection on the slogan “He kept us out of war”. Wilson also reminded voters of his Progressive reform agenda. He also used “Peace with Honor” and “he proven the pen is mightier than the sword”.
Meaning: tried to show that while they weren’t at war, they still remained strong and fought for their rights. It was a close rase between Wilson and Hughes but Wilson won.
Era/Year:WW1 1917
Context:After the US entered WW1, Wilson was expected to meet with Russian delegates to convince them to keep Russia in the war.
Desctiption: The militant suffragists decided to also greet the Russians with this sign.
Meaning:this was meant to turn Wilson’s words against him that his goal was to spread democracy while America was not democratic because women were not allowed to vote.
Era/Year: WW1
Context: During WWI tensions were high against Germans including the fear of spies. Some Americans took matters into their own hands attacking Germans.
Desctiption: Picture shows John Meints a German-American farmer after he was beaten, tarred, and feathered.
Meaning: Shows the emotions including anger that happen during a war.
Era/Year: WWI 1918
Context: During WWI suddently a new vicious killer appeared killing many called the Spanish Influenza.
Desctiption: Picture shows a poster posted on a naval factory alerting to the dangers of spitting.
Meaning: The image tells us the Spanish Influenza has endangered the prosecution of the war in Europe and also shows the fear it caused.
Era/Year: The Twenties, March 21, 1927
Context: The Age of Flight has important significance in a time where machines seemed to matter more than people.
Desctiption: Picture of Charles Lindbergh flying the Spirit of St. Louis flying by the Eiffel Tower.
Meaning: Shows the pioneer spirit of the nineteeth century and played a part on American’s conflicting vision of the modern age.
Era/Year: The Twenties, 1925
Context: The Twenties also had many different racial problems and tensions. The 1925 Klan march in Washington D.C shows…
Desctiption: Klan members with the American flag on the steps of the capitol without their masks.
Meaning: This equated patriotism with white supremacy and also shows how Klan members were unafraid to reveal their identities.
Era/Year: The Twenties
Context: During the twenties there was a debate about how to end racial attacks and segregation.
Desctiption: This picture shows Marcus Garvey in full military dress.
Meaning: Garvey founded the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association to encourage economic and self-sufficiency by creating bacl-owned businesses.
Era/Year: The Great Depression
Context: During the great depression United States was seeking solutions. FDR set out to try many different things to stimulate the economy.
Desctiption: The cartoon shows a patient laying unconsiously as doctors try different experiments on it.
Meaning: intended to send a message that the brain trust was performing risky and potentially painful economic experiments on our unaware country.
Era/Year: The Great Depression
Context: During the great depression in the dust bowl, drought and soil erosion caused massive dust storms across southern and plain states.
Desctiption: “”. The solid wall of dirt and soil of an approaching dust storm
Meaning: gives an indication as to why dust storms were suffocating and potentially lethal.
Era/Year: The Great Depression
Context: Over 2.5 million farmers hit the road in search of work in the thirties.
Desctiption: shows a rickety truck filled loaded with with migrant families traveling.
Meaning: The old, rickety truck crammed with children shows the financial hardship families faced as they traveled around in search of work.
Era/Year: The Great Depression
Context: During the great depression African Americans also faced hardships. The new deal was supposed to help everyone including African Americans.
Desctiption: A billboard with a white family touting America as the land of opportunity
Meaning:shows the irony of the words as needy African Americans stand in line at a soup kitchen.
Era/Year: WW2
Context: In the beggining stages of WW2, Hitler invaded Europe including taking over France.
Desctiption: In this photograph Hitler is posing in front of the Eiffel Tower.
Meaning: to underscore France’s defeat and symbolize his control of France and Europe.
Era/Year: WW2
Context:During WW2 there was great debate between non-interventionist and those who felt they should help in the war.
Desctiption: This Dr. Seuss cartoon shows a non-interventionist wearing an “America First” hat in a bathtub as predatory sea creatures with swastikas surround him.
Meaning:criticizes non-interventionists by portraying them as oblivious to the dangers that surround them.
Era/Year: WW2
Context: As America entered WW2, its primary enemy was Japan.
Desctiption: this piece that tells “How to Tell Japs from the Chinese” shows stereotypical difference between Chinese and Japanese men.
Meaning: Americans had a tendency to lump all Asians together but being able to tell the difference between the 2 was important.
Era/Year: WW2
Context:Towards the end of WW2, General MacArthus was stationed in the Phillipines but FDR ordered him to go to Australia.
Desctiption:Photo shows MacArthus returning after promising to do so.
Meaning: this was to build morale and give strength to the cause of liberating the Phillipines.
Era/Year: WW2
Context: After WW2 was over it was time for fixing and reflection of what had happened.
Desctiption: Picture shows one of many concentration camps. Germans who had professed ignorance about the attrocities were shown these camps and had to help with burying the bodes.
Meaning: by showing the attrocities it helped everyone including Americans to understand the level of horror of what happened.
Era/Year: The Early Cold War
Context: Tensions were high between the US and the Soviets including conflicting visions.
Desctiption: This Soviet propaganda shows US currency personified as a person resting his legs on peoples backs.
Meaning: to show capitalism as an exploitive, class-based system that enriched a few at the expense of many.
Era/Year: The Early Cold War
Context: The 1948 election presented voters with competing visions of what dierction the country should take.
Desctiption: this photo show President Truman after his election victory holding the Chicago Daily Tribune with incorrect results.
Meaning: symbolizes the importance of waiting for all election results before reporting a winner.
Era/Year: The Early Cold War, 1957
Context: During the Cold War tension were high between the US and the Soviets. The arms race was huge including competition in technology and space.
Desctiption: This photo shows Sputnik, the worlds first satellite launched by the Soviets into space.
Meaning: became a symbol of Soviet technoligical superiority and fueled the arms race even more.
Era/Year: Vietnam War
Context: The war between Vietnam and the US had many different facets to it.
Desctiption: Photograph of Ho Chi Minh sitting with children
Meaning: reinforced his reputation in Vietnam as a beloved, wise leader.
Era/Year: Vietnam War
Context: Vietnam War warfare was tough for many reasons including the different tactics Vietnamese used with their territory.
Desctiption: The drawing of a Vietcong Hideout shows all the different parts of the hideout
Meaning: shows underground hideouts had a number of advantages and was tough for Americans to combat
Era/Year: Vietnam War, April 1970
Context: The invasion of Cambodia in 1970 changed the opinions of many American’s on the war. Protests errupted on campuses nationwide.
Desctiption: This Time cover shows the tragedy that happened at Kent State during a protest where 4 were shot and killed.
Meaning: the cover sent a message to some that the war had come to America while it had been undertaken to protect American democracy was instead destroying it.
Era/Year: 1964
Context: The 1964 gave President Johnson an opportunity to gain legitimacy after Kennedy’s assassination.
Desctiption: This democratic ad shows an inoccent little girl and then shows a nuclear attack decimating everything.
Meaning: was used to imply Goldwater’s radical views would lead to a nuclear war.
Era/Year: 1961
Context: The Civil rights Movement was a historic time with many tactics used to succeed.
Desctiption: These photos show the brutality police used on African Americans protesters.
Meaning: the strategy to use the media to their advantage by showing the brutality they faced and gaining sympathy was important in the civil rights movement.
Era/Year: 1964
Context:Freedom Summer was important in the Civil rights movement.
Desctiption: This picture shows the FBI search flyer of 3 Freedom Summer workers who were abducted and later killed
Meaning: though this and many other attacks were scary, it never stopped the Freedom Summer and the Civil rights movement from achieving its goal.
Era/Year: 1960s
Context: The Vietnam War presented a fiscal problem for Johnson’s Great Society.
Desctiption: The cartoon shows President Johnson being torn between two Mistresses the Vietnam War and US needs.
Meaning: the cartoon show the difference between war spending and domestic spending by the appearance of each mistress..
Era/Year: 1973
Context: In 1973 a dispute between the US and Arab nations led to an oil embargo.
Desctiption: This is one of many signs all accross the US letting people know there was no gas.
Meaning: this served as a humiliating reminder that foreign nations could wreak havok on the US economy.
Era/Year: 9/11/2001
Context: On the morning of September 2001, 4 planes were hijacked by members of Al-Qaeda for terrorist attacks.
Desctiption: In this photo the twin towers can be seen after a plane has crashed into each of them.
Meaning:this attacks had a major effect on America as it led to the invasion of Afghanistan and the “War on Terror” that is still and will probably continue going on.
Era/Year: 1989
Context: In the late 80 - early 90s, communist regimes were being defeated all over Europe. Revolts were occuring everywhere includig China.
Desctiption: This picture shows a man blocking tanks from passing
Meaning: days after the Tiananmen Square revolt where tanks shot civilians. the man later came to be known as “tank man” and inspired many for his defense of peace and human rights.
Era/Year: April 2003
Context: The Bush Doctrine gave the US many controversial rights including the right to launch a preemtive attack.
Desctiption: This newspaper cover tells of the victory over Saddam after only 3 weeks of having invaded.
Meaning: While the newspaper had already called a victory, the war continued for years and problems in Iraq because of it including ISIS continue today.
