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langston hughes
-it was a Harlem renaissance artist. He wrote the poem to revolve the importance of roots & the way they provide meaning in life
-it influenced the value of the African race during the renaissance act -
social darwinism
-have were rich people, or people that had power
-if you were poor or not educated then it means that they don't deserve to have money or power & they were a have not -
henry ford
-was an engineer early automobile manufacturer
-he introduced the assembly line in 1914, increasing production by moving cars along a conveyor belt while workers completed their assigned tasks paid workers $5.00 an hr (highest paid)
-the workers worked only 5 days out of the week -
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harlem renaissance
-the great migration led to the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural south to the cities of the north, midwest & west
-mass migration of african americans from the south during ww1 had helped filled new yorks industrial needs
-the jim crow laws lead to a mass migration from the south to places like new york, chicago, because the african americans wanted to get away from the jim crow laws & racism -
red scare
-causes: the US was scared of the communist party that was forming in the US when a wave a strikes also hit the US in 1919
-the palmer raids were the direct response to the supposed attending bombing which led to the breaking into people -
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trasitional immigration
-most European immigrants came to escape war, & for better economic opportunities
-in the late 1800's to early 1900's the attitudes towards immigrants was bad as well
-Marcus Garvey created the back to africa movement
-"keep Americans for America" was used on a large scale for anti immigration -
19th amendment
-the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote, a right known as women's suffrage
-by 1878 the NWSA (national women suffrage association) & the collective suffrage movement had gathered enough influence to lobby the U.S. congress for a constitutional amendment
-this has allowed women the right to vote -
UNIAE
-Marcus Mosiah Garvey
-the members pledge themselves to do all in there power to conserve the rights of their noble race & to respect the rights of all mankind believing always in the brotherhood of man & the fatherhood of god
-north & the frustrations of struggling to cope with urban life set the scene for Garvey's back to Africa movement
-he went to Jamaica & was kicked out of the U.S -
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national origins formula
-restricted immigration on the basis of existing proportions of the population
-it aimed to reduce the overall number of unskilled immigrants, & to prevent immigration from changing the ethnic distribution of the population.It discriminated against southern & eastern Europeans.
-the government only allowed 2% of the population into the nation
-the asian exclusion act banned asians from the U.S.
-the caused immigration to drop by almost 500,000 people between 1920 & 1922 -
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teapot dome scandal
-1920's involved national security, big oil companies & corruption of U.S. & selling military land
-events led decades before government & U.S. navy officials, new global presence
-albert B fall served as secretary of the interior in president warren G harding's cabinet
-scandal left a lasting stain on president reputation -
charles Lindbergh/solo transatlantic flight
-charles & the spirit of the st. louis completed the first non stop flight from new york
-the plane had been named spirit of st, louis & the pilot was to be charles lindbergh -
"fats" Waller
-area of influenced: influenced the area of music, jazz music originated from african american communities of new Orleans in the US during 19th & 20th century. jazz music allows an individual musician to expires themselves on their instruments -
duke ellington
-he was a jazz composer but he called his music "american music"
-his fifty year career he played over 20,000 performances in europe, latin american, the middle east & asia
-ellington's orchestra began it's four year residency -
eugenics
-eugenics is a set of beliefs & practices that aims at improving the genetics quality of the human population
-the gov under theodore roosevelt created a national heredity commission that was changed to investigate the genetics heritage of the country & to "encourage" the increase of families of good blood & discourage the vicious elements in the cross-bred american civilization -
emergency quota act ending with the start of WWI
-the act proved in the long run the most turning point in america immigration policy because it added two new reatures to the americans immigration & the use of the of a quota system for establishing those limits
-the law aimed at father restricting the southern & eastern euroreans among jews