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langston hughes the negro speakes of rivers
it was harlem renisants artists he wrote this poem to revolve the importance of the roots and the way they provide meaning in life
-it influenced the value of the african americans race during the reniciansece era
-the critics is the official magazine of the NAACP national association of the advancment of colored people found in 1910 -
social darwinism
haves were rich people
-have nots were poor, rich did beleived that if they didnt deserve power or money -
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transitional immigrants
congress strenghened 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 some american of entry and reduced the number of excluded immigrants
-nativists believed that because the us now had fewer unshilled jobs available fewer immigrants should be laid into the country -
henry ford immigrants
-installed a mechanized assembly line to make production cheaper and faster
-ford company assembly $18.35/hour
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first solo transatlantic flight
name of the piolot was charles lindberg
-name of the plane was the spirit of st louis
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19th amendment
-19th amendment to the us constitution granted american women the right the right to vote a right known as woman suffrage
-1848 the movement of womans right launched on a national level with a convention it became a center piece of womens rights movement. after 10 years battle the passenger of the 19th amendment -
father of naval aviation
glenn cutis made the 1st airplane using a similar engine to a car years later he sucewssfully flew his hyfrdrsain plain in 1912 flying car
-effects with all inovations helped further naval aviatiion -
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red scare
xenophobia=irrational fear of foreigners
causes the us was scared of the communist party that was forming in the us when a wave strikes also hit the united states in 1919
-the palmer raids were the direct response to the supposed attemted bombin which led to the breaking into peoples houses violating their rights headed by attorney general alexander mitchell palmer
-sacco and vanzetti were both Italians accused for supposedly being communist s and were sentenced to death for robbery -
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nativism
-a dislike of foregns
-the red scare which had anarchist bombing the sacco and vanzetti case
-migration of african americans from south to nothern cities increased racial tensions with kkk
-during red scare anarchist targeted judges politicals law enforcment officials 2 foreiners sentenced to death for robbery and kkk targeted african american dans lynchings and new forieners using the emrgancy quota act to scare others -
emergancy quota act
cause of # of imigrants had grown almost 600% ranging 141,000 to 805.000 people after ww1
term established maximum # of people who could enter the us cut european immigration
-groups like kkk strongly supported the emergancy quota act and national orgins formula to reduce the # of foreigners coming into the united states -
uniae
-founder jamacan born marcus garvey
-purpose black am will take pride in their race and culture start black own buisness and investment
-lost support when when he was deported to jamaca for fraud -
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Harlem renaissance
wuring ww1 african american had witnessed a society in europe that was tolennt in american soldiers returned home,they found racism against african american as deeply enchanted -
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teapot dome scandal
1920 involved national security big oil companies and corruption of us and selling military land event led decades before gov and us navy officials new global presence
-two decades gtom 1910-1930 witnessed the movement known as the great migration about two million african american out of the south to the promised land of the north east or midwest the harlem renissance or new negro movement occured as a result of an increase in radical american intellectuals -
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national orgin formula
was established how many immigrants could enter the us restricted by orgin discriminated people outside western europe
-the gov only allowed 2% of the population into nation
-asian exclusion act was motified which barred asian completely out -
pledge of alligance
the original POA is "i pledge of allegiance to my flag and republic for which it stands the changes" i pledge allegiance to the flag -
scopes trail monkey trail
as an american legal case in 1925 in which a teacher from tennessee violated the outlet act which taught about evolution
-this made an awful to teahc human elovation
-charged $1 and was later droppped
-made fien to collect money