The Fuel Administration

 

anzacday.org.au 

The Fuel Administration was a world war 1 agency that was created on, August 23rd in 1917, under the authority of the Lever Act. The agency controlled over production, distribution, and price of coal and oil. The fuel administration was created to stimulate an increase in the production of fuel, encourage economy in consumption of fuel. What caused The fuel administration was the shortages of coal that was experienced in the winter of 1916-17. To stop the shortages of fuel & coal Woodrow Wilson started The Fuel Administration.

The fuel administration changed the U.S. because now the U.S. had complete control over the coal industry including the production, pricing, sale, shipment, and distribution phases. Although the fuel administration also included oil and natural gas, it prevented the government from having as much control over the price of oil and gas. The major effect that The fuel administration had on American people was that they were acquired and operated merchant vessels to ship men and supplies to Europe, and they ran a massive labor exchange program that matched workers and jobs around the country. 

3 sources:

www.powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us 

www.pubs.usgs.gov 

www.uvm.edu

The Fuel Administration Propaganda poster: 

 

 

horsesoldier.com 

The meaning of the propaganda poster is that Uncle Sam needs help with the war. He wants men to join & help save energy & coal.

World War I

greatwar.ku.edu 

The four causes of World War I are nationalism, imperialism, alliances, and militarism. Nationalism is when people have devotion, loyalty to their country. Imperialism is the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries. Alliance is a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes. Militarism is the principle or policy of maintaining a large military establishment. The event that sparked WWI was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria.

The two events that dragged the U.S into WWI was the sinking of the Lusitania. The Lusitania was traveling from New York to England when it was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland. It caused 128 Americans on board of the Lusitania to drown. The second event that dragged the U.S into WWI was the Zimmerman Telegram, it was sent from the German foreign secretary to the German Ambassador to Mexico. It stated that the U.S had to stay neutral and that if the U.S goes to war, Mexico must fight on the home front in an financially supported alliance with Germany then if Mexico agrees to fight, they will reconquer New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

  Soon after the U.S. entered the war President Wilson announced America's war in a famous speech. Wilson referred the war as Fourteen Points. One of the major points was that each nationality should have its own country. The fourteen points reduced armaments and an end to secret dealings between countries. Wilson then created a League of Nations to peacefully settle disputes between countries. The Treaty of Versailles is the treaty that ended the war. The Treaty of Versailles left Germany with lost territory to France and Poland and all of its colonies. Germany lost its navy and its powerful army, Germany had to accept blame for starting the war and a huge reparation to the Allies and Austria-Hungary's empire was divided, but the treaty adopted Wilson's idea of a League of Nations. The United States refused to join the League of Nations and since they refused, it marked the return of the American policy of isolationism. The U.S. favored the policy because they were unhappy with the huge costs of the war. I think the peace settlement caused people to loose parts of their countries and also to start another war. I think what happened in the 1920s and 1930s is that the U.S probably wanted to go into another war.

  

Two Important Laws That Changed America

• The Homestead Act of 1862
• The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

stories.washingtonhistory.org

 

perlmortgage.com 

The Homestead act was a law that was passed by Congress in 1862 and signed by Abraham Lincoln. The law stated that it was promising ownership of a 160-acre of public land to citizens. It was also promised to the head of a family who had resided on and cultivated the land for five years after the initial claim. The homestead act's terms proved the undoing of many settlers. Some claimants didn't even own equipment or didn't know anything about farming. Even the smallest sections such as the quarter sections (barely sufficient land in humid places) couldn't even support plain settlers in the west. By 1800, the least amount of a "lot" was divided into 320 acres and settlers were allowed to pay in 4 installments but prices remained the same at $125 an acre until 1854.

The Chinese Exclusion act was a law that stopped Chinese immigrants from immigrating to the U.S. for 10 years. The Chinese exclusion act was passes in 1882. In 1848 there has been a huge flow of Chinese laborers that were coming to the pacific coast. They had to emigrate because they were looking for cheap labor and were enrolled to have a job in building of transcontinental railroads. By 1867 there were 50,000 Chinese immigrants in California. Most of the Chinese immigrants that were there were mostly manual laborers. The numbers of Chinese people increased by the end of the conclusion of 1868 because of the Burlington treaty with China.That treaty guaranteed the right of Chinese immigration but it did not however guarantee the right of naturalization.

Overall, these two laws were very compatible. Homestead act addressed economic problems. Chinese exclusion act addressed economic problems also. Homestead addressed that problem because it had to do with buying land and the land costs to much. Most people back then couldn't even afford to pay for it. Chinese exclusion act addressed that problem also because it had to do with Chinese not being able to have jobs and how would they be able to pay bills in their homes, also that Chinese people couldn't be able to go to the U.S. 

Three Sources:

• www.archives.gov 
• www.digitalhistory.uh.edu 
• www.mtholyoke.edu       

 

Splendid Little War

 

metropostcard.com 

I think that newspapers can stir up feelings and can cause a war because the newspapers could be lying about people or what people say. I also think that newspapers or television can stir up feelings and can cause a war because the television could make commercials or can make an inappropriate statement about someone or something. Newspapers could start problems too because they can make rumors and try to accuse people when the people being accused didn't really do anything or say anything. Lastly, newspapers can start gossip.

I think if I lived in Europe I would be convinced that the U.S. became a great world power by defeating Spain because they took on a lot of people in that war. It took bravery to defeat Spain. I think that the U.S. did become a great world power because they did not back down in fighting Spain. Lastly, I think that the U.S. became a great world power by defeating Spain was because they destroyed "Maine" the boat.
harvardmagazine.com
www.smplanet.com
 www.homeofheroes.com

Tsunami in JAPAN?!

defensemedianetwork.com

On March 11, 2011, we currently realized that there has been a tsunami in Japan. We also know that what caused the tsunami was Japan's Magnitude 8.9/9.0 earthquake. It somehow triggered the tsunami to hit Japan. Japan isn't really coping with the whole tragedy that happened. Many/Millions of Japan's population has dropped, and many of Japan's "people" are sick. Roughly about more than 10,000 deaths and counting has occurred in Japan recently. Many people are still heart broken and since of all the destruction in Japan it has caused many people in Japan to be homeless. The nuclear plant so far has not been that well. First one of the nuclear plants has exploded leaving radioactive activity everywhere in Japan. Many maybe billions of people have been evacuated because of the radioactive activity and it can kill many Japanese people. We all hope that Japan can retaliate from the destruction soon.
Here is the link where I got information from: Nytimes.com 

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Booker T. Washington & W.E.B DuBois

Booker T. Washington  

Booker T. Washington had a different perspective than W.E.B DuBois. Booker T. Washington wanted African Americans to be well educated to be able to become valuable members of their communities. Washington who taught himself to read, founded the Tuskegee institute in 1881. The institute taught African Americans farming and industrial skills. Washington argued that equality would be achieved when African Americans gained education. Washington emphasized economic power for African Americans.

W.E.B DuBois

W.E.B. DuBois also had a different perspective from Booker T. Washington. DuBois formed The NAACP (National Association for the advancement of colored people). His group remains a force of efforts to gain legal and economic equality for African Americans. DuBois focused more on training the liberal arts and in humanities. His theme was economic democracy and channeling of black power.

W.E.B DuBois concentrated on political power to gain rights for African Americans.
These are the websites I got the information from: projectblackman.com & gardenofpraise.com

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