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SOCIAL DARWINISM
haves were rich people , or people that had power
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
concept behind social darwin was racism , money, amd power
what social classes owe to each other was a pamphlet by waller graham summers about solving social problems created in 1883-1903 -
TRANSITIONAL IMMIGRATION
congress strengthened national immigration law with new legislation in 1903 and 1907
Another change , the introduction of pre inspection and more rigotous medical examinations at the point of departure saved time for people passing through same american of entry and reduced the number of excluded immigrants
nativists believed that because the u.s. now had fewer unskilled jobs available , fewer immigrants should be led -
LANGSTON HUGHES "THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVIERS"
It was a Harlem Renaissance Artist , he wrote this poem to revolve the importance of roots and the way they provide meaning in life
it influenced the value of the African race during the renaissance era
the crisis is the official magazine of the NAACP national association of the advancement of colored people founded in 1910 -
RED SCARE
Xenophobia: intense or irriational dislike or fear of ppl from other countries threat of com spread in Europe + far union strikes in the u.s. made ame .far their own communist revolution in the u.s. Palmer raids a Italian anarchist set off a bomb outside of attorney palmers home he set up a round of suspected combut most were released due to lack of evidence
Sacco + Vanzetti were imm. That were affected by the anti communist hysteria they were convicted and executed for a robbery crime -
ROARING TWENTIES
This time period is marked by optimism, celebration, experimentation and social change , but also fear of external influences and loss of American culture -
19 AMENDMENT
Politicians needed more votes to win , they decided to let woman vote.
This amendment is also know as suffrage
Before this right was founded woman didnt have the right to vote
The effects were that to pun votes , woman were later given more womans rights -
HENRY FORD IMMIGRANTS
Installed a mechanized assembly line to make production cheaper and faster
ford company Assembly 18.35/hour
worked 3 days a week and 8 hours a day -
UNIAE
Founder Jamaican born, Marcus Garvey
Purpose so black am. will take pride in their race and cultured start black own businesses and investments
Garvey lost support when he was deported to Jamaica for fraud
this movement would lend its self to dr martin luther king and the black panthers -
FATHER OF THE NAVAL AVIATION
Innovations in naval aviation
Glenn Curtis made the 1st air plane using a similar engine to a car years later he successfully flew his
Hydroplane in 1912 developed a larger flying boat
effects with all his innovations, helped further naval aviation , later air crafted , carriers -
NATIVISM IN THE 1920 AND 1930
A dislike of foreigns
the red scare which had anarchist bombings the saeco and vanzetti case.
Migration of African Americans from south to northern cities increased racial tensions with kkk
During red scare anarchist targetted judges, politicians, law enforcement officials 2 foreiners sentenced to death for robbery
kkk targetted African Americans doing lynchings and new foreiners using the emergency quota act to scared others -
TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL
1920 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 precense
Albert B. fall served secretary of the interior inpresident warren g hardings scansel a lasting stain on president reputation -
EMERGENCY QUOTA ACT
Cause = # of immigrants had grown almost 600% ranging 141,000 to 805,000 people after WW1
term = established maximum # of people who could enter the u.s.cut European immigration
how its positive=allows immigrants that are already living in the u.s. to have a secure job
groups like the kkk strongly supported the emergency quoata act and national origins formula to reduce the # of foreigners coming into the united states -
PLEDGE OF ALLIGANCE
The original POA is " i pledge pf alligance to my flag and the republic for which it stands
the changes " i pledge alligance to the flag of united states of america and to the republic
the words , my flag were replaced by the flag of united states in 1923, because some foreign born people might have in mind the flag of the country of their birth instead of the u.s. flag -
SCOPES TRIAL MONKEY TRIAL
As an American legal case in 1925 in which from tennessee violated the outlet act, which taught about the evolution
This made an unlawful to teach human evolution in any state funded school
William Jennings was the prosecutor , the attorney who defended scopes was convicted for teaching evolution his 1.00 fine was late set aside
The town first made the fine to collect money due to the Great Depression -
FIRST SOLO
Name of the pilot was charles lindberg
Name of plane was the spirit of st louis
start of this flight was roosevelt firld NY to land at la bourget airport near paris
He changed public opinion on the value of air travel and land the foundation for the future development of aviation -
FATS WALLER
Its jazz music was created specifically as a them song for the razar /waller/brook off broadway musical comedy and radio show
Aint misbehaving recording of 1929 were hits in the ASCAP ran king for thay year
his radio show was in every bodes living room black , white he used his radio show to influence the black and white -
EUGENICS
Eugenics is a set of beliefs and practices that aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population
The government under Theodore Roosevelt created a national heredity 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 Aryan people which came from eugenics were destined to rule the world -
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 exclusion act was modified which barred asians completely OUT!