VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) The presidential election of nineteen twenty-eight gave American voters a clear choice between two different kinds of candidates and political parties. The Democratic Party nominated Al Smith, the popu...
THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. The election of Republican presidential candidate Herbert Hoover in nineteen twenty-eight made Americans more hopeful than ever about their future. Chief Justice William H. Taft, left, administers the oath of office to H...
VOICE ONE: In 1936, Dorothea Lange photographed a woman from Oklahoma who worked as a picker in the pea fields of Nipomo, California. Florence Thompson was a widow, age 32, with seven children. This picture, Lange's most famous, is known as "Migrant Mother."THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Spe...
VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC)The stock market crash of nineteen twenty-nine began a long and difficult period for the United States. President Herbert Hoover struggled to find solutions as the nation sank into the worst economic cr...
VOICE ONE:THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Herbert HooverPresident Herbert Hoover worked hard to rescue the American economy following the crash of the stock market in October nineteen twenty-nine. Within one month, he called the nation's busine...
VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America.(MUSIC)Americans voted for Democratic candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt in large numbers in the presidential election of nineteen thirty-two. They were tired of the policies of Republican President Herbert Ho...
VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America.(MUSIC)The inauguration speech of President Franklin Roosevelt in March, nineteen thirty-three, gave hope to millions of Americans. The new president promised to fight the terrible economic crisis, the Great De...
VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America.Franklin Roosevelt with his wife, Eleanor, at right, leave on a train for a nine-day campaign trip from Washington on October 8, 1936Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal policies during the nineteen-thirties changed t...
VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America.(MUSIC) Franklin RooseveltFranklin Roosevelt's first three months as president were one of the most exciting periods in American politics. Roosevelt entered the White House in March nineteen thirty-three. The n...
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America.Hard economic times and social conflict have always offered a rich source of material for artists and writers. A painter's colors can show the drying of dreams or the flight of human spirits. A musician...
VOICE ONE:Franklin Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act of 1935By the middle nineteen thirties, America seemed to be moving out of the worst economic depression in its history. Most people supported the "New Deal" policies of President Franklin Roosevelt. The dark view that many Americans held ...
VOICE ONE:The Making of a Nation -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America.(MUSIC)I'm Shirley Griffith. Today, Doug Johnson and I tell about American foreign policy during the nineteen thirties. VOICE TWO: For much of its history, the United States was not involved in world disputes. O...
VOICE ONE:The Making of a Nation鈥擜 program in Special English by the Voice of America.(MUSIC)Growing tensions in Europe and Asia created a serious conflict for Americans during the nineteen thirties. Most Americans opposed the Fascist or military leaders gaining control in Germany, Italy, Japan, and...
VOICE ONE:Germany's attack on Poland and the start of World War Two presented a serious problem to Americans in September nineteen thirty-nine. Adolf HitlerThe United States -- by law -- was neutral. And few Americans had any desire to fight in another world war. But Americans did not like Germany's...
VOICE ONE:THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC)History usually is a process of slow change. Customs and traditions flow slowly from day to day. However, certain single events also can change the course of history. Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo was su...
VOICE ONE:THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC)We have seen in recent programs how the rise of Fascist leaders in Europe threatened American neutrality in the nineteen thirties. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany created the most obvious thre...
VOICE ONE:THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC)Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December nineteen forty-one was one of the most successful surprise attacks in the history of modern warfare...
THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC)In December nineteen forty-one, the United States was at war. It declared war against Japan after Japanese planes destroyed American air and naval forces in Hawaii. And a few days later, Germany and Italy declared...
VOICE ONE:Invasion at NormandyTHE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC)On June fifth, nineteen forty-four, a huge Allied force waited for the order to invade German-occupied France. The invasion had been planned for the day before. But a storm forced a d...
VOICE ONE:THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC)American military planners had to make an important decision when the United States entered the Second World War in late nineteen forty-one. They could not fight effectively at the same time in Asia and ...
