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Langston Hughes "the negro speaks of rivers"
it was a Harlem renaissance artists 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 era
the crisis is the official magazine the (NAACP) of colored people founded in 1910 -
social Darwinism
haves were rich people , or people that had power
if you were poor or not educated then h means that they don't deserve to have money or power
concept behind social Darwinism was racism , money & power -
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transitional immigration
congress strengthened national immigration law with new legislation in 1903 and 1907
another change the introduction of pre-inspection and more rigorous 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 of the U.S now had fewer unskilled jobs available fewer immigrants should be laid into the country -
Henry ford innovations
installed a mechanized assembly line to make production cheaper and faster
ford company assemble
18.35/hr
worked 3 days a week and 8 hours a day -
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Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington
Duke lead a 10 piece orchestra at Cotton club titled 'the negro spirituals'
cotton club only allowed blacks to perform and whites to watch wrote thousands of competitions
his work brought white & blacks together -
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Red Scare
xenophobia intense or irrational dislike or fear of people 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 of a bomb outside of attorney palmers home he set up around up of suspected combat most were released due to lack of evidence
Sacco Vanzetti were immigrants that were EFFECTED BY THE ANTI COMMUNIST HYSTERIA THEY WERE CONVICTED AND EXECUTED for a robbery crime -
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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 -
19th Amendment
politicians needed more votes to win , the decided to let women vote
this amendment is also known as suffrage
before this right was founded women don't have the right to vote -
UNIAE
Marcus Mosiah Garvey
the members pledge to do all in their power to conserve the rights of their noble race & to respect the rights of all mankind believing always in the brotherhood of man & the father hood of good
north & the frustrations of struggling to cope with urban life set the scene for Garvey & back to Africa movement
he went to Jamaican & was kicked out of the u.s
he wanted the people to come back to Liberia which was a movement ;back to Africa; -
Father of the naval aviation
innovations in naval aviation
Gleen Curtis made the 1st airplane using a similar engine to a car years later he successfully flew his "hydroplane in 1912 developed a larger 'flying boat'
effects with all innovations helped further naval aviation later air crafted carriers -
teapot dome scandal
1920's involved national security big oil companies and corruption of u.s and selling military land events led decades before government and u.s navy officials new global presence Albert b fall served secretary of the interior in president warren G hoardings cabin
scandal left a lasting stain on president reputation -
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Nativism in the 1920's and 1930's
a dislike for foreign
the red scare which had anarchist bombings
the Sacco and Vanzetti Case
migration from African Americans from south to northern cities increased racial tensions with KKK
during red scare anarchist targeted judges politicians law enforcement officials 2 foreigners sentenced to death for robbery & KKK targeted African Americans and new foreigners using the emergency quota act to scare others -
Emergency Quota Act
of immigrants had grown almost 600% ranging 141,0000-805,000 people after WWI
established max # of people who could enter the united states
"cut European immigration"
allows immigrants that are already living in the u.s have a secure job
groups like the KKK strongly supported the EQA & national origins formula to reduce the # of foreigners coming to the u.s -
pledge of allegiance
The original POA i pledged allegiance to my flag & the republic for which it stands
the changes ; i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and the republic
the words ;my flag; were replaced by the flag of the us in 1923 because some foreign born people might have in mind the flag of their country of their birth instead of the u.s flag -
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Charles Lindbergh/solo transatlantic
Charles Lindbergh & the spirit of st Louis completed the first non stop flight from new York to Paris in 1927
the propose plane had been named the 'spirit of St Louis & the pilot was Charles A Lindbergh -
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Harlem Renaissance
during WWI African Americans had witnessed a society in Europe that was tolennt American soldiers returned home they found racism against African Americans as deeply entrenched
2 decades from 1910-1930 witnessed the movement known as the great migration about 2.000 African Americans out of the south to the promised land of the north east or Midwest the Harlem renaissance or New negro movement occurred as a result of an increase in radical american intellectuals -
scopes trial monkey trial
as an american legal case in 1925 in which a teacher 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 convinced for teaching evolution his 1.00 fine was late set aside
the town first made the fine to collect money due to great depression -
First solo transatlanti flight
name the pilot was Charles Lindbergh
name of plane was the spirit of the st. Lours
start of this flight was Roosevelt field N.Y to land at land at la bourgeois airport near pairs
the changed public opinion on the value of air travel & laid the loundation for the future development of aviation -
fats w aller
Waller influence the are of Jazzing s
jazz music is a genre that originated from African American Community an the late 19th and early 220th century
popular song aint misbehaving is based on a night club and people having fun
Waller also had a radio show that brought black && white people together -
Eugenies
is a set of beliefs and practices that aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population
hilter believed that the Aryan people which came from eugenies were desalinated to rule the world -
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national origins formula
it establish how many immigrants could enter the u.s restricted by origin discriminated people outside western Europe
thee gov. only allowed 2% of the population in the nation
the Asian exclusion act was modified which barred Asians completely OUT!