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original pledge of allegiance
*bellamy had hoped that the pledge would be used by citizens in any country
*the phrase "to the flag of the united states of america" was added to the pledge of allegiance in 1923 so it could be specific to US
*the phrase "under god" wasnt added to our pledge of allegiance until 1954 in response to threat of communism -
langston hughes
*it was a renaissance artist he wrote the poem to revolve the importance of roots & the way they provide meaning in life -
social darwinism
*have were rich people & or people that had power
*if you were poor or not educated the it means that they dont deserve to have power or money -
henry ford
*was a engineer early automobile manufacturer
*if you were poor or not educated then it means that they dont deserve to have money or power and they were a have not -
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harlem renaissance
*the migration led to the relocation of more than 6 million african americans from the rural south to the cities of north midwest and west from 1917-1970 -
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red scare
*causes the u.s was scared of the communist party that was forming in the u.s when a wave a strikes also hit the u.s in 1919 -
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transitional immigration
*most europe immigrants came to escape war and for better economic opportunities
*in the late 1800s to early 1900 the attitude towards immigrants was bad as well as ill manned -
UNIAE
*marcus mosiah garvey
*the members pledge themselves to do all in their powers conserve the rights of their noble race and to respect the rights of all mankind -
u.n.i.a
north & frustration of struggling to cope with ubran life set the scene for garveys back to africa movement -
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national origins formula
*restricted immigration on the basis of existing proportion of the population it aimed to reduce the overral number of unskilled immigrant -
teapot dome scandal
*albert b fall a close friend of various oil executives , managed to reserve tranferred from the navy to the interior department
*fall secretly leased to 2 private oil ccpmanies including henry sinclair mammoth oil company -
first solo transalantic flight
*name of the pilot was charles lindbergh
*name of the plane was spirit of st louis
*start of this flight was roosevelt fielfd NY to land at la bourget airport near paris -
fats waller
*area of influenced the area of music jazz music originated from african american communites of new orleans in the u.s during the 19th and 20th century -
duke ellington
*he was a jazz composr but he called his music american music.
*his 50 year career he played over 20,000 performances -
eugenics
*is a set of belief and practice that aims at improving the genetics quality pf the human population the gov. under theodore roosevelt created a national heredity commision that was chrged to investigate the genetics heritage of the country -
emergancy quota act
*restricted immigration to the u.s
*the reason or passing the act was the flood of immigrants in recent years had negative wage effect on native born americans -
19th amendment
*the u.s cpnstitution granted american women the rights to vote a right known as women suffrage -
quota act ending with ww2
*nativism the policy of protecting the interest of natives born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants