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original pledge of allegiance 1892
-Bellamy had hoped that the pledge would be used by citizens in any country.
-the phrase to the flag of the united states of america was added to the pledge of allegiance in 1923 so it could be specific of US
-the phrase under god wasnt added to our pledge of allegiance until 1954 in response to threat of communism -
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father of the naval aviation 1902
glenn curtis was the 1st to drive a plane an engine in 1902 in 1908 he designed a sea plane that could land on water. landed his hydroplane in a naval aviation convinced the secretary of the navy to buy the first air craft in 1912 he developed a large flying boat constructed the first boat constructed 1st air plane to cross the atlantic -
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social Darwinism 1903
haves were rich people that had power if you were poor or not educated then it means that they didnt deserve to have money or power and they were not concept behind social Darwinism was racism money and power what social classes owe to each other was a pamphlet by William granham summers about solving problem created in 1903-1905 -
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social darwinism 1903
-haves were rich people, or people that had power
-if you were poor or not educated that it means that they dont deserve to have money or power and they were a have not
-concept behind social darwinsm was racism, money , and power
-what social classes owe to each other was a pamphlet by willam graham summers about solving social problems created in 1883-1903 -
red scare 1917
-xenophobia is the fear for foreigners
-many americans were scaree of the communists because to the communist had overthrown russia in 1917 and murdered them -
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UNIAE 1920
-Marcus moshiah garvey
the member pledge themselves to do all in their powers conserve the right of their noble race and to respect the right of all mankind believing always in the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of god
-north and frustration of struggling to cope with urban life st the scene for graveys back to africa -
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Henry ford 1920
-when manufacture first adopted their assembly line to their production process they often achieved dramatic gains in productivity ford was producing 1.6 million cars a year at less then $300 per car then growth in automative ownership from 8 to 24 million greatly affected all aspects of american life frod payed his workers $5 an hour so they could offord the model t they build -
emergency quota act 1921
-restricted immigration into the US
-the reason for passing the act was that the flood of immigrants in recent years had negative wage effects on native ban americans
-following the ww1, both europe and US were suffering economic and social upheaval
-the russian revolution and the dissolution both austria-hungaria empire and ottoman empire led to greated immigration to the US -
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Langston Hughes 1921
-poet and writer best known fro his work during the harlem renaissance. poetry activist, novelist, play , writing the crisis is the official publication of the NAACP national association for the advancement of colored people negro speaks of rivers claims rivers as ancient as the world older than the blood that flows in our veins -
teapot dome scandal 1921
Albert b. fall a close friend of various oil executives managed to get reserves transferred from the navy to the interior department
fall secretly leased the land two private oil companies including henry sinclairs mommoth oil company
fall recieved more than $400.000 in bond , bonds and cash -
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national orgins act 1924
established of a quota system limited immigration from southern and eastern Europe also established a quota to determine how many immigrants could enter the U.S all asians were excluded from immigrantion emergency quota act that limited immigration from ant country to 3% this act caused immigration to drop by almost 500.000 people between 1920-1922 -
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opes monkeys trail 1925
night school teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of tennessee state law of butter act did not after the teaching of any theory that denied the biblical the story of creationism hundreds of reporters from all thrown out on a technicality all mention of evolution was removed from text books in tenessee till the butter act was removed in 1967 -
first solo transatlantic flight 1927
-name of the pilot was charles lindbergh
-name of plane was the spirit of st louis
-start of this flight was roosevelt field ny to land at la bourget airport near paris
-he changed public opinion on the valuse of air travel and laid the foundation for the future development or aviation -
duke ellington 1932
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 america, the middle east and asia
ellingtons orchestra began its four year residency at harlems famous cotton club in 1927 succession of popular radio broad basis from cotton club brought -
Eugenics 1952
Eugenics is a set of belief and practices that aims at improving the genetics quality of the human population
the gov. under theodore roosevelt created a national herdity commission that was charged to investigate the genetics heritage of the country and to encourage the increase of families of good blood and discouraged the vicious ekements in the cross- bred american civilization -
19th amendment
on august 18, 1920 the 19th amendment to the U.S constitution granted american woman the right to vote , a right known as women suffrage by 1878 the NWSA ( national woman suffrage association) and the collective suffreage movement had gathered enought influence to lobby to U.S congress for a constitutional amendment -
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U.N.I.A 1920
-Marcus Mosiah Garucy
-the member pledge themsleves to do all their power to conserve the right of their noble race and to respect the right of all of mankind beliving always in the fatherhood of god
-north and the frustrations of struggling to cope with with urban life set scene for garveys back to africa movement -
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national origins formula (1921-1965)
-restricted immigration on the basis of existing proportions of the population.
-it aimed to reduce the overall number of unskilled immigrants, and to provent immigration from changing the ethics distibution of the population.