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NARRATIVE TO FIRST EDITION (Beginning 1900)
By Van J. Simmons, Jr.
President of the United States of America - William
McKinley (since 1897)
U.S. became a world power following the Spanish
American War (Apr 21 - Dec 10, 1898).
Old World (European) power and influence was
effectively removed from the Americas with Spain's
withdrawal from Cuba. Puerto Rico, Wake, Guam and the
Philippine Islands were ceded to the United States
with resultant determination of the U.S. construction
of the Panama Canal and the annexation of Hawaii as
U.S. territory June 14, 1900. U.S. Armed Forces (Army,
Navy, Marines) became increasingly important in the
U.S. National and Foreign Policy Affairs. The nation's
industrial base began growth and expansion that were
to overtake others in the world. There were more than
50 automobile companies operating as Private
Enterprise businesses in the U.S. by 1898. Automobile
manufacturing and sales became the main prop of the
national economy and remained so until the 1970's.
Heavyweight boxfighting was a very popular sport of
the times. Bob Fitzsimmons held titles in three
divisions: Middle, Light Heavy and Heavyweight
divisions from 1891 to 1904. This was an incredible
record for the sport that has not been equalled up to
present times.
Significant social issues of the times: Adversarial
relationship between Science and Religion.
Historically the U.S. had been Christian (primarily
Protestant). Charles Darwin's theories of evolution
came to be increasingly discussed and debated.
Darwin's "Theory of Evolution" was strongly opposed by
religious groups and strongly supported in major
academic institutions. Hoaxes such as the
"Piltdownman" affair, were subsequently revealed to
have been falsely planted "evidence" and brought
serious conflicts between religious institutions and
institutions of science, resulting in a "science
versus religion" struggle between proponents of the
differing interested groups. Efforts to prevent
teaching of evolution in schools were met by legal
efforts to discredit or suppress those creation
scientists who remained in academia. Evolutionists'
efforts oftentimes demonstrated overzealousness, lack
of scruples and deliberate deceptions that could only
be dealt with over long periods of time in costly and
sensational lawsuits. The Soviet Union, through its
international arm, the COMINTERN (Communist
International) supported anti-religious groups with
highly developed material and Agitation Propaganda
(AGITPROP) methods and infiltration operations
proportionately far beyond their actual membership
numbers in the United States. This was to have far
reaching and devastating effects upon the general
public and the government of the United States -
particularly during the "Communist Scare" years of the
1950's.
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