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To think about what i think its core dialectic was. The tension between democracy and efficiency. These were both ideals that people from a Broad Spectrum of political backgrounds in the progressive era believed were important. And they believed they were not incompatible, but you can see some ways in which they were fundamentally at some tension. So again, throughout class today be thinking about democracy versus efficiency. So the central question for historians of the early 20th century what ...

Well wrap up other countries neutralities. But were going to focus on what neutrality looked like and meant for the americans, especially in the first half of the war. So the thing that i want you to understand the most, and this is really vital, because its its a very different understanding of neutrality than we have today. Neutrality at the beginning of the war did not mean inactivity. It did not mean passtivity and it most certainly did not mean impartiality. If it doesnt mean those things, ...

Right during the 1920s. Republican president s, fairly conservative ones, were elected by landslides, 1920, 1924, and 1928. Congress was in control of the republicans throughout the 1920s. With support of congress, republican president s signed bills which rolled back the income tax increases that were passed during world war i. And the leading social movements on the left, labor unions and the socialist party, both lost members during the war. In fact, the socialist party was never really a fac...

A Lasting Impact on American Society. This class is about an hour, 20 minutes. All right. So today were going to talk about america during the First World War. And ive called this lecture americans at war the myth busters edition. And i did that kind of intentionally. Because when we think about understanding the First World War in general, there are so many myths and misconceptions that are attached to the war that its really interesting for us to first understand why those myths exist and then...

Unequal distribution of wealth led to the Great Depression. Her class is about 75 minutes. Weve spent the last few weeks considering how americans adapted to abundance between the 1890s and 1920s. Despite the efforts of producers, advertisers, of retailers and of others, the supply of goods continue to outstrip demand. This wasnt because all everyone, all 106 million americans, had everything they needed. It was because they didnt have adequate purchasing power. They didnt have adequate wages or...

Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 right. And by this point i think it was ron who brought up that the battle of tan nen burg alone had roughly, how many . 250,000 on the other side in roughly a week. Ten days. So when we have that number there, that number on the western front, were about to have that kind of number in the middle east, a couple of thousand you know, almost 2,000 people dying at sea would barely have made the news had it happened to anyone else but the americ...

Stuff. And it wasnt just americans who were in the situation but so too were our trading partners around the world. They didnt have enough income to buy all the commodities we were producing in our fields and all the wonderful things our factories were making. So by the end of the 1920s the American Economy went bust. You all know the stock market crashed in 1929 and the World Economy went bust as well, a worldwide economic depression set in that lasted between 1929 and wasnt officially over unt...

Are there any questions about the cardiology privileges . Dr. Horton, i think my only question, and its actually my ignorance is the prerequisites, is that these are the specialty boards from abim and not not the primary board, then, is that right, that were asking for . Its the specialty boards for interventional cardiology. Is that your question . Yes. As the thing for specialty board for cardiovascular disease, which is different from just getting a regular abim, right . Right. Thats my under...

Office of Small Business slide. We will end this meeting with a reminder that the Small Business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in San Francisco and that the office of Small Business is the best place to get answers about doing business in San Francisco through the local emergency. If you need assistance with Small Business matters, continue to reach out to the office of Small Busine...

Bryant from sfgov tv for broadcasting this meeting. Madam clerk, do you have any announcement . Clerk yes, maam. The board of supervisors, legislative chair and Committee Room are closed. However, members will participate in the meeting remotely, at the same extent if theyre physically present. Public comment will be available both channel 26 andsfgovtv. Org are dreaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunities to speak during Pub...