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By 1914, more than 70,000 Mexican immigrants gravitated toward the U.S. to flee from the terror of the Mexican Revolution.
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William J. Simmons founded the new Ku Klux Klan in Atlanta, Georgia. Pledged to serve America’s white, Protestant community; Fight for “Americanism”
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It prohibited the government from committing cruel and unusual punishments. This included torturing people.
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One of the first commercial radio broadcasts informs listeners of the Warren G. Harding landslide victory in the presidential election
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Racial and cultural tensions follow the influx of immigrants. Fear and prejudice felt toward Germans and Communists extends to all immigrants. Rise in racism; Resurgence of nativism; Growth in the desire to protect the interests of
old-stock Americans against those of immigrants. Eugenics: Pseudo-science that deals with improving hereditary traits; Depicted human inequalities as inherited traits; Warned against the breeding of “inferior” humans. -
Established a temporary quota system which limited immigration. According to the act, only three percent of the total number of people in any ethnic group already living in the 1910 census could be admitted in a single year. Restricted the number of immigrants from all countries; Discriminated heavily against people from Southern and Eastern Europe.
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This bill would make lynching illegal in the United States.
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Claude McKay, an immigrant from Jamaica, translated the shock of American racism into a collection of poetry.
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This is an important step, because before they were not allowed to have a world series. -
Tennessee passed the Butler Act which outlawed any teaching that denied “the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible.”
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A very popular book at the time, because it exposed the emptiness and superficiality of our modern society.
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This is important because it portrayed the African American Experience of the United States
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For more info click hereTwo Italian Immagrants blamed to be anarchists, after 6 years of legal battles the jury found them guilty, without proof and they were executed.
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Babe Ruth was famous for hitting hundreds of home runs in the 1920’s.
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This is important because it shows the advancment in planes, during the Jazz Age.
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Margaret Mead, one of the first woman anthropologists published this highly regarded study. Sometines Described life in a Pacific island culture.
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Claude had already published works before, a collection poems.
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- Prohibition was not well-received by any means
- Almost as soon as the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified, the battle began to repeal -ProhibitionThe ratification of the 21st Amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment and ended the federally-mandated Prohibition.
