Transition To Modern America

  • Father Naval Aviation

    Between 1908 And 1910 Glenn H. Curtiss helped build a number of air craft and set several early aviation records it made everything more faster and easier to transport created the hydroplane and sea plane marked the birth of the U.S navy aviation arm air crops.
  • Social Darwin

    Social Darwin is a term used for different movements Charles Darwin was one of the main discovers of evolution leaders embraced the philosophy of social Darwin this philosophy adapted the ideas of British naturalist Charles Darwin would prosper weaker ones would fail because no one the right to interfere with progress which cause the rich people have a better chance to survive than the poor people have nots.
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    Red Scare

    Red scare took hold in U.S American became xenophobic is irrational fear of foreigners congress passed emergency quota act closing the door to southern and eastern European immigrants Palmer raids the raids were when the fbi would go into houses and business of people looking for anything associated with communism many immigrants were deported without trial. Department of justice and uncovered plots against the lives of over 20 federal and state officials as part of planned may day.
  • The 19th Amendment

    The causes of the 19th amendment was women include Elizabeth Cady and Lucretia Mott. Finally seventy years after it began the battle for voting rights ended with this amendment. The overall effect of the 19th amendment is women earning their right to vote and they began to fight for other rights they believe that they believe that they should have alongside men.
  • Henry Ford

    Henry Ford was an engineer and early automobile manufacturer ford wanted to give workers enough buying power to purchase the cars and other goods they were mass production he introduced the assembly live in 1914 increasing product by moving cars along a convey belt while workers completed the assigned tasks.
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Warren Harding was president at the time. Secretary of the interior Albert Bacon Fall accepted bribes from oil companies to let them drill wherever they wanted. The scandal lead to mistrust of addictions by the people Albert Fall was the first Cobinet member to ever go to jail.
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    Natiuism In The 20's and 30's

    Naturism is the policy of protecting the interest of native born of established immigrants The belief in naturism was a prejudicial attitude towards immigrants form Europe came to U.S after WW1 they became a target group Ku Klux Klan was the most popular radical nativity group.
  • A Musical By Thomas "Fats" Waller Called

    Aint Misbehaving that later received a tony awards as Best Broadway musical walkers desire to this story was to answer quips regarding his reputation for over inducing in wine, woman, and song.
  • Harlem Renaissance Artist Duke Ellington

    Duke Ellington was an American composer pianist and band leader of a jazz orchestra which he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over fifty years in 1974 The song "I Don't Mean A Thing" brought about the swing dance. The song and the era was all about having a good time white audience eventually embraced these brilliant artist despite the highly segregated state of America.
  • The Pledge Of Allegiance

    In 1923 the pronoun my was dropped from the pledge of allegiance
    and the words "the of the united states of america" were added.
    In 1954 the pledge of allegiance underwent yet another change in 1954 Responding the threat of soviet communism again more national fear president Eisenhower encouraged congress to add the words under god to the pledge.
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    National origins formula

    A law that severely restricted immigrants by establishing a system of national quotas that blatantly discriminated against immigrants. From southern and eastern Europe and virtually excluded Asians Resided immigrants and nationality act continues (N.O.F) with proportional quotas but removes racial restrictions.
  • Charles Lindbergh

    Became the first person to fly across the Atlantic ocean in 1927 his airplane is called "The spirit of St.Louis" He traveled from island New York to Paris, France Charles Lindbergh became a national hero, he also laid the foundation for the future development of transcontinental aviation.