week 4

By christy11

  • social Darwinism

    -haves were rich people, or people that had power.
    -if you were poor or not educated then it meant that they don't deserve to have money or power and they were a have not
    -concept behind social Darwinism was racism, money, and power
    -"what social classes owe to each other" was a pamphlet by William graham summers about solving social problems.
    created in 1883- 1903
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    transitional immigration

    -ww1 immigration was reduced to trickle by the conflict in Europe
    -navitist feelings against immigrants led congress to restrict immigration from europe for the 1st
    -imigrants were over flooding the urban areas
    -the economy was drawn down a tad dueb to nlittle jobs available

  • 19th amendment

    -at the time us was founded, its female citizens did not share all the same rights as men
    -this amendment gave the woman the right to vote in in 1920
    -unified suffrage laws across the u.s will later move into womens rights

  • uniae

    -Marcus mosiah Garvey
    -the members pledge themselves to do all in their power conserve the rights of their noble race and to respect the rights of all making believing always in the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of god.
    -north and frustration of struggling to cope with urban life set the scene for Garvey's back to africa movement
    -he went to jamaican and was kicked out of the us
    -he wanted the people to come back to liberia which was a movement "back to africa"
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    national origins formula

    -it established how many immigrants could enter the u.s restricted by origin discriminated people outside western Europe
    -the government only allowed 2% of the population into the nation
    -the Asian exclusive act was modified which barred Asians completely out

  • emergency quota act

    cause-# of immigrants had grown almost 600% ranging 141,000-805,000 people after ww1
    term-established max # of people who could enter the united states "cut European immigration" how its positive-allows immigrants that are already living in the u.s have a secure job groups like the "kkk" strongly supposed the EQA and national origins formula to reduce the # of foreigners coming to the u.s
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    teapot dome scandal

    -1920's involved national security big oil companies and corruption of u.s and selling military land
    -events led decades before gov and u.s navy officials new global presence
    Albert b fall served secretary of the interior in president warren g Harding cabinet
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    Harlem renaissance

    during ww1 African american had witnessed a society in Europe that was tolerant in american soldiers as deeply entrenched.
    -two decades from 1910 to 1930 witnessed the movement known as the "great migration " about two million African Americans out of the south to the promised land of the northeast and Midwest the Harlem renaissance of negro movement occurred as a result of an increased in radical american intellectuals and urbanization into harlem

  • national origins act

    purpose-established of a quota system limited immigration from southern and east Europe also established a quota to determine how many immigrants could enter the u.s all Asians were excluded from immigration
    -emergency quota act that limited immigration form any country to 3% this act caused immigration to drop by almost 500,000 persons between 1920-1922

  • scopes trial-monkey trail

    as an american legal case in 1925 in which a teacher from Tennessee violated the butler at which taught about evolution
    -this made in unlawful to teach human evolution in any state funded school

    -Williams Jennings was the persecutor. the attorney who defended scopes was convinced for teaching evolution his $1.00 fine was later set aside
    -the town first made the fine to collect money due to the great depression

  • frist solo transatlantic flight

    -the pilots name is Charles Lindbergh his plane was called the spirit of st, Louis he flew from the Roosevelt field in long island new York u.s to parris France and when he came back to the united states there were 4,000,000 people who came to see him. after Charles Lindbergh flight the public opinion changed on plans and flying its self. instead of being terrified anymore they wanted to learn to fly themselves

  • Charles Lindbergh/solo translatic flight

    Charles Lindbergh and the spirit of st. Louis completed the first non stop flight from new York to pairs in 1927 the propose plane had named the spirit of st Louis and the pilot was to be Charles a Lindbergh Henry ford made motivator airplane in 1926 transatlantic flights by Charles Lindbergh and Amelia farhort helped to promote cargo and commercial instruments

  • fats Waller

    • originated from African american communities of new Orleans in the us during the late 19th and 20th century "aint misbehaving" song was written while " lodging " in alimony prison and that is why he was not" misbehaving began a new radio program called "rhythm club" and two Hollywood films "hooray for love " and king of burlesque

  • eugenics

    eugenics is a set of beliefs and practices that aims at improving genetic quality of the human population the government under Theodore Roosevelt created a national herd by commission that was charged to investigate the genetic heritage of the country and to encourage the increase of families of good blood and discourage the vicious elements in the cross bred american civilization hitler believed that the Aryan people which came from eugenics were destined to rule the world

  • pledge of allegiance

    -in 1954 "under god" was added to the pledge, in a response to the threat of communism.
    why was it changed?
    -congress after campaign bu knights of columbus, the pledge was now both patriotic oath and public prayer.