How are you all doing . Our topic for today is the second part of our civil war content for the semester. I want to talk today about Economic Policy and social events that are tied to the economy. I titled this feeding the confederacy. We will focus most of our attention on the Confederate States. We will talk about the crucial of we will talk about the crucial issue of how you make sure your soldiers and civilians have enough to eat over the course of the war. There are two key ironies of this confederate experience for me, that historians who studied the confederacy point to. One is that the Confederate States of america is a predominantly agricultural nation. The vast majority of the union and confederacy live on farms. But especially in the Confederate States. We are dealing with a population that is overwhelming people who live on farms. Yet, they will struggle to feed themselves more often than they will run out of bullets and armaments. This is surprising when you think of an ag
Several military exercises, and they receive a ticker tape parade in new york city. Pres. Kennedy your majesties, i speak on behalf of all of my fellow americans in welcoming you to the United States. The interest of both of us is the same, to maintain our freedom, to maintain our peace, and to provide a better life for our people. That is the purpose of your visit, your majesty, how we can jointly preserve that effort. Mr. President , it is a most pleasant opportunity for the empress and myself to be able to accept your very kind invitation to visit your beautiful country. Today the name of america has a magic meaning for the most distant communities of the world. I bring with me the greetings of my countrymen to your people. With the expression of the sincerest feelings of pleasure. And i expressed to you, mr. President , my warm wishes for happiness and prosperity for your great and noble nation. Cape canaveral. Home of the American Space agency. A center of Scientific Research and
Here ifus would not be it was not for the coming of the railroad. Railroads were evolving and changing. Locomotivesng new coming on. We said we need to preserve some of that before it disappears. Thathave set up in the way the white train used to operate. Coach. End is the escort next to us is what is called a buffer car. By law, people cannot ride in a car adjacent to explosives. Around 1980, they modified the train. That is the sole survivor. Cup w we are up in the ola of the extra coach. It is an elevated area. This is the security perch. There would not be any difficulties with people trying to get on the train. They are blocked off right now. The furriers could use those. Pantex today is the primary assembly and disassembly unit for Nuclear Weapons and the u. S. But this really begins when the japanese attacked pearl harbor. Primary to that, we had many lend lease programs. Amarillo makes a great location. Where this exists is no accident. The railroad is hugely important. Is the
Professor Darren Dochuk teaches a class about mid20th century Oil Interests. He describes the expansion of he describes the east Texas Oil Boom and the expansion of u. S. Oil businesses abroad to places like saudi arabia and alberta, canada. He argues that religion played a significant role in the worldview and Business Practices of Global Companies and individual prospectors. This class is one hour and 15 minutes. Prof. Dochuk good morning. Welcome back from spring break and welcome back to our history of oil in american life. Today we are going to look at a critical phase between the 1930s and 1950s. A moment in which some important turns take place in the life of american oil. Two sectors we have been looking at, major oil and independent oil. This is a period in which the nation itself is kind of awakened to a new role in global politics. In 1941, it was famously stated that the u. S. Was entering a new era of global leadership. It was the American Century dawning in the early 1940