End of War Return to Normalcy

End of War, Return to Normalcy,

Immigration Restriction Act

This article might be a good cause of the increased international involvement. It showed that we had to tighten up immigration because of the large amount of people wanting to come in the country. The literacy test on those wishing to enter was huge, and Congress overrode the president's veto.

Franklin D. Roosevelt First Inaugural Address

This address is his first speech as president and he states a lot of his goals but towerds the end he states the importance of keeping our international relationships

Good Documents to Use- Second World War and Cold War

FDR War Speech

Great document that explains that the Japs have attacked us and as a result that we must respond and we must attack them. We will win an absolute and righteous victory, so help us God

Truman Doctrine

President Truman asking Congress for money to help Greece and Turkey because we must do it for world peace. Shows that the United States is involved in the world and that we care.

Truman Loyalty Oaths

This document shows that the US had a growing concern over Communism. Basically, Truman made an executive order that made it illegal to hold office and to be associated with or have sympathy for groups that supported communism.

Bellamy's book, the average commercial building was described as a "vast hall full of light, received not alone from the windows on all sides, but from the dome, the point of which was a hundred feet above ... The walls and ceiling were frescoed in mellow tints, calculated to soften without absorbing the light which flooded the interior." This description greatly influenced the Bradbury Building.