Loveland High School - Lohian Yearbook (Loveland, OH)

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.... ; .....- .A 7. . .1 was setting the pattern For the American way of life. The cuuntry became a mobile society with electric trolleyst automo- biles, farm machinery, and bicycles. all the rage, Along With the accessibility uf travei came a new era pf nationaiism. Trans portal ion 1; h A World War called upon the nation's young men to unite and fight After the war in Europe, the, nation pulled itself together and industry flourished once again. A carefree America bur- ied war memories in the new moving pictures, tdaphones, light bulbs. eiec'tric generators, stock market ticker tape machines, phono- graph; and a wealth of inventions from the fen tile minds of its young inventors. Baseball beu cam:- the national sport and prohibition was haw. Black Thursday, October 24. 1929, saw the American stock market crash to the lowest level in history. Panic set in as the unemployment level skyrocketed. The country was in its worst Konomic crisis. Slowly, but surely. the wounds of the crash, the dust bowl. and poverty healed. NATION NATION 7 sum m. mum n95 t h '35 RATION anion h STAMP In. SIAHF R0. RATION Hf RATIO , STAMP m STAMP NO. 42 43 RATION RAT! on STAMP N0. STAMP N0. 46 47 'The steel industry gtarcd up tor the rcvival while rumors were whispered in the Roosevelt administtatinn of another impending war. The nation's leaders suatfed', unlit December 7, I941 Pearl Hatbcn'! Industrial production reached a peak daring the 'war years. Upon their return from Fcur veins of battle. the veterans Forged ahead with an eye on a better life for everyone. Several mod- erate recessio'nea in the 50's and 60: reminded cautious citizens of past decades; Huge strides were being taken in the scientific field. Television became a part of even! family's lifet National events were household topics - white they happened - thanks to the new mediz um. Individuals and groups were seen on the tube as they advocated new social reform. o: iustire. or Spatial causes of their own TV gave individuals and poiitical systems power greater than ever before. Audio-visual journalism had made its impact, Nearly 100 years of struggling for civil liberties were realized when President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. The Act outlawed segregation in any form. the nation as it approathed its VZO'Oth birthday. The wmldhs energy sources and natural re- suurces wvre being used up faster than they could be replenishedt Americans once again waded into a new frontier, The energy crisis and ecotngyw were prominent words in the language; Ways to save nature hum the neglect of mankind and way? of presetving precious Fuel without damaging that balance of mature were the ohiectives 0? Americans arms's the Country. . , -A...: . Earth': crises spurred Amerirans into further pioneering. This time ., outer spate. Ameri- can astronauts were the first on the surFace of the moon and the U St was first to build a sky- lab For more scientific study; American is still teaming and growing after a mere ZDO-year infancy. The original determina- tion of our Forefathers was told again in the wmds of Neil Armstrong 35 he made the First step on the moon a small step for man,-but a giant step for mankind. '7

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CHAPTERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY The Stamp Act uf1765 was an attempt by Eng land to tax items that were wholly American. The colonists reacted in seething resentment which erupted into angry protestations. The first blood of the American Revolution was spilled during one such incident at Boston in 1770. Several Americans lost their lives over a snowhaii thrown at a British sentry. In the tight to achieve commerce equality, the United States Found itself in a naval wax over shipping lanes, Fort McHenw was heriocally held during a British naval bombardment, and the stars and stripes still flew after a night of hard fighting. The next morning Francis Scott Key penned the immortal words of what would become the nalionai anthem. Settlers had to have permanent access to the new lands. so canals and bridges were built to fatty stages and wagon trains loaded with machinery destined for settlements in the West. The pioneers Eoresaw great wealth in the cheap acreage that was available. Frontiersmen cleared the wildemess. built set- tlements and drove back the Indians. The Pony Express and the telegraph became primary means of communication. Agriculture was the wealth of the countty. American inventions of the time were often re- lated to working the soilt The McCormick Reaper, mowing machines. textile looms and the cotton gin were instrumental in the settling of new frontiers. In 1848, fames Marshall found gold in the race of a sawmill he was building for john Suttet at Columa, California. The lust to get rich quicki' was the force behind this biggest and gaudiest gold rush evert While gold rush Fever gripped the country, states were increasingiy more divided on the slavery issue. Civil war broke out in the East. This Brothers War was bitterly fought and. though the scars temain even today, slavery was abolis hedl Cities grew at an alarming pace; often without regard to the limits of safety. The great Chicago fire of 1871 burned the bustling cattle market empire beyond recognition But the pioneer spirit was not broken. Chicagoans began re- building and preparations were underway to celebrate the 100th birthday of the country The Iron Horse, carrying homesteaders, greatiy helped settlement of the new country; The First transcontinental railroad connected the country at Promontory Summit, Utah. on May 10,1369.

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