transition to modern america

  • Period: May 29, 1406 to Dec 15, 1463

    fatts waller

    fatts waller was a 1972 singer and proffesional piano plaver . he wrote misbehaving and honey sackle rose he was very famous in the black commanite for his 1922 and radios how
  • Father Naval Aviation

    Between 1908 and 1910 Glenn H. Curtis's helped build a number of aircraft and set several early aviation records it made everything more faster and easier to transport created the hydroero plane and sea plane marked the birth of the U.S navy aviation arm air crops.
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    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 pholosophy adapted the ideas of british naturalist charles darwin would prosper weaker ones would fail because no one the right to inferred with progress wich cause the rich people have better chance to survive the poor people
  • 19th amendment

    the cause of the 19th amendment was cause the women suffrage so that would be able to vote. the effect was that women can vote now ended women suffrage. the amendment also failed to bring men and women to be equal in business and economics
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    nativism in the 20s & 30s

    nativists believed white protestant american were superior to other people.it led to new restrictions on immigration . the migation of african americans increased racial tensions after the war .the ku klux klan were dead for decades then found new life in 1915 . they were hostile to immigrants , catholics, jews and african americans
  • immigration qu/ emergency qouta act

    the act legislation restricted new immigration of 3% of the number of residents per year for their country of origin all ready living in the u.s . the act limit the immigration of aliens in to the u.s . the immigrant helped the economy out. another name for the emergency qouta act is the emergency immigrant act
  • harlem renaissance artist duke ellington

    Duke ellington was an american composer pianist and band leader of jazz orchestra wich he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over fifty years in 1974 the song "it dont mean a thing"(if it aint got swing" brought about the jwing dance the song and the era was all about having a good time white audience eventually embrace these brilliant artist despite the highly segregated state of america.
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    the pledge of allegiance

    -in 1923 the pronoun "my" was dropped from the pledge of allegiance , and the words "the flag 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

    this act caused immigration to drop by almost 500,000 people between 1920 and 1922 but professionals were not affected and they were all coming to the u.s. looking for jobs and the cause of immigrants coming in from europe after wwi. This modified the immigration act time of this point
  • charles lindbergh

    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 ariation
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    red scare

    xenophobia fear of losing ones culture & coherence , person is obsessed w maintaining cultural superiority , feels threatened when confronted with foreign people . Federal employees determine whether loyal to government . Palmer raids occurred larger context of red scare cause fear/reaction to communist. general Palmer forecast massive radical on may day.