Proud to hear good words about North Carolina

VOA Special English: The making of a nation- Slavery Arrives as Colonial Expansion Heads South
http://www.manythings.org/voa/history/7.html
"History experts say that the area that became North Carolina may have been the most democratic of all the colonies.  The people generally did not get involved in each other’s lives.  They permitted each other to live in peace. They faced danger together from pirates who made the North Carolina coast their headquarters."
"Experts say the people in northern Carolina were independent thinkers.  In 1677, some of them rebelled against England.  They did not like England's Navigation Acts. These laws forced people in Carolina to pay taxes to England on goods sold to other colonies.  Some northern Carolina settlers refused to pay this tax.  They even set up their own government and tried to break free of England.  But the English soldiers in the colonies stopped the rebellion by arresting its leader."
"The differences between the people of northern Carolina and southern Carolina became too great.  The owners of the colony divided Carolina into two parts in 1612."

Bad luck happenes to everyone. Disaster happenes when bad luck comes to a person who can't survive from it.

VOA Special English American History: Hoover Wins in 1928
http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/us-history/American-History-Hoover-The-Election-of-1928-115654339.html

Alfred Smith from the Democratic Party and Herbert Hoover from the Republican Party ran for president at 1928.

"Alfred Smith. A Democrat. A Roman Catholic. A politician from New York city. A man wanting some social change."

"Herbert Hoover. A Republican. A businessman who had proven the dream that even a poor boy could become great in America. A man who seemed to succeed with every effort he touch."

Alfred Smith against the new national laws of banning alcoholic drinks. Herbert Hoover was for it.

Herbert Hoover won the election.

But, it was Hoover's bad luck to be elected just before the worst economic crisis in US, the Great Depression. It was a pity that Hoover was the wrong person to guide US through its troubled waters.

1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the supporter of Alfred Smith, was elected as the 32nd President of the United States, who led the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war.

Roaring Twenties

What a interesting time period!

1) American History: 'Roaring Twenties' a Time of Economic and Social Change

 http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/us-history/American-History--Roaring-Twenties-a-Time-of-Economic-and-Social-Change-112612204.html

 2) American History: 1920s Were a Big Time for the Arts

http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/us-history/American-History-The-1920s-were-an-active-and-important-period-for-the-American-arts-112975584.html

3) American History: Nation Grows More Conservative in '20s

http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/us-history/American-History-Turning-to-the-Right-as-Conservatism-Grows-in-the-1920s-113369989.html