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father of the naval aviation
Glenn Curtis was the 1st to drive a plane with 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 larger flying boat constructed the 1st air plane to cross the Atlantic -
social Darwinism
haves were rich people or people that had power if you were poor or not educated then it means that they didn't deserve to have money or power and they were a have not concept behind social Darwinism was racism money and power what social classes owe to each other was a pamphlet by William graham summers about solving problems created in 1903-1905 -
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red scare
xenophobia is the fear of foreigners many Americans were scared of the communists because the communist had overthrown Russia in 1917 and murdered them. a series of bomb explosions in 1919 including an attempt on Mitchell Palmer lead to a campaign against the communist. Palmer raids caused mass arrests palmer violated peoples civil rights palmer lead groups of people searching for communists no communists were discovered, lives were ruined due to other raids -
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Harlem renaissance
the Harlem renaissance was the rise of power of African Americans gaining civil rights. the Harlem renaissance was also known as the "new negro movement" contributing factors leading to the Harlem renaissance were the great migration of African Americans to northern cities which had created new industrial work opportunities for tens of thousands of people.over two million African Americans moved to the north to escape share cropping tenant farming and deep racism they faced. -
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transitional immigration
after the war the need for unskilled labor went down the u.s set up a quote system in order to limit immigration the immigrants who were already here were being discriminated and were forced to be Americanized it affected their plans to go back to their country because of fear of not being able to return new business activity centered in cities which caused many people to move new banks throughout the country helped fiance economic growth by making loans to business -
19th amendment
politicians needed more votes to win they decided to let woman vote. this amendment is also known as suffrage. before this right was founded woman didn't have the right to vote the effects were that to pull votes from the fright of woman were later given more woman rights -
u.n.i.a.
Marcus mosiah Garvey the members pledge themselves to do all in their power to conserve the rights of their noble race and to respect the rights of all mankind believing always in the fatherhood of god north and the frustrations of struggling to cope with urban life set the scene for Garvey back to African movement -
Henry ford
when manufacturer 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 a price of less than $300 per car the growth in automotive ownership from 8 to 24 million greatly affected all aspects of american life frod payed his workers $5 an hour so they could afford the model T they built -
emergency quota act
it limited the number of immigrants entering the united states in any one year to 3% of each nationality group in 1910 from 1919-1921 the number of immigrants had grown almost 600% congress in response to nativst pressure decided to limit immigration from certain countries including japan positive thing about it was there were more jobs for the Americans -
Langston Hughes
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
Albert B. fall, q close friend of various oil executives managed to get reserves transferred from the navy to the interior department. fall secretly leased the land to two private oil companies including Henry Sinclair mammoth oil company fall received more than 400,000 in bans bonds and cash he was found guilty of bribery and became the 1st american to be convicted of a felony fall and Harding were close friends during this event it hurt president Harding to not be reelected -
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nativism in the 1921-1945
a dislike of foreigners the red scare which had anarchist bombing the Sacco and Vanzetti case migration of African Americans from south to northern cities increased racial tensions with KKK during red scare anarchist targeted judges politician law enforcement officials 2 foreigners to death for robbery and KKK targeted African Americans dang lynchings and new foreigners using the emergency quota act to scare others -
national origins act
established of a quota system limited immigration from southern and eastern Europe also also established a quota to determine how many immigrants could enter the u.s all Asians were excluded from immigration 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 -
scopes "monkeys trail"
high school teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of Tennessee state law the butter act did not allow the teaching of any theory that denied the biblical story of creationism hundreds of reporters from all after the country trial broadcast on the radio he was found guilty had to pay fine of $100 but the verdict was thrown out on a technicality all mention of evolution was removed from text books in Tennessee till the butter act was removed in 1967 -
charles lindbergh/ solo translatic flight
Charles Lindbergh and the spirit of st. Louis completed the first non stop flight from new York to pairs in 1927 the propose plane had named the spirit of st Louis and the pilot was to be Charles A. Lindbergh Henry ford made motivator airplane in 1926 transatlantic flights by Charles Lindbergh and Amelia farhort helped to promote cargo and commercial instruments -
frist solo transatlantic flight
the pilots name is Charles Lindbergh his plane was called the spirit of st. Louis he flew from the Roosevelt field in long island new York u.s to pairs France 100,000 people came to see him after he landed in pairs France France and when he came back to the united states there were 4,000,000 people who came to see him. after Charles Lindbergh flight the public opinion changed on planes and flying its self. instead of being terrified anymore they wanted to learn to fly themselves -
fats Waller
originated from African american communities of new Orleans in the us during the late 19th and 20th century "ain't misbehaving" song was written while "lodging" in alimony prison and that is why he was not " miss behaving". began a new radio program called "rhythm club" and two Hollywood films "hooray for love" and " king of burlesque" -
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the 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 -
eugenics
eugenics is a set of beliefs and practices that aims at improving genetic quality of the human population the government under Theodore Roosevelt created a national herd by 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 the Aryan people which came from eugenics were destined to rule the world -
pledge of allegiance
in 1954 "under god" was added to the pledge in a response to the threat of communism congress after a campaign by knights of Columbus the pledge was now both patriotic oath and a public prayer -
duke Ellington
duke Ellington was influenced to the Harlem renaissance he was in fact a musician jazz music also swing music Ellington was known for being a american composer pianist and bandleader of jazz orchestra. he influenced both black and white people with his music because music doesn't have racist [ cotton club ] was where duke played it was a club for African american music but only white people were allowed