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Langston Hughes "the negro speaks of rivers"
it was Harlem Renaissance artists, he wrote this poem to revolve the importance of the roots and the way they provide meaning in life.
it influenced the value of the African race during the renaissance era.
the crisis is the official magazine pf the (NAACP) national association of the advancement of colored people founded in 1910 -
social darwinism
haves were rich people or people that had power.
if you were poor or not educated then it means that they don't deserve to have money or power and they where a have not
concept behind social Darwinism was racism, money and power
what social classes owe to each other was a pamphlet by William Summer's about solving social problems created in 1883-1903 -
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Transitional immigration
congress strengthened national immigration law with new legislation in 1903 and 1907
another change the introduction of pre-inspection and more rigorous medical examinations at the point of departure saved time for people passing through same american of entry and reduced the number of excluded immigrants
nativists believed that because the US now had fewer unskilled jobs available, few immigrants should be laid into the country -
Henry Ford Immigrants
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 automobile ownership, from 8 to 24 million, greatly affected all aspects of american life.
ford payed his workers $5 an hour, so they could afford the model T they built. -
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Edward Kennedy "DUKE" Ellington
duke lead a 10 piece orchestra at cotton club titled "the negro spirituals"
cotton club only allowed blacks to perform and whites to watch wrote thousands of competitions
his work brought white and blacks together -
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Red Scare
xenophobia - irrational fear of foreigners
causes- the US was scared of the communist partly that was forming in the US when a strike also hit the US in 1919
the Palmer raids were the direct response to the supposed attended bombings which led to the braking into peoples houses violating their rights headed by Attorney general Alexander Mitchell Palmer
Sacco and Venzetti were both Italians accused for supposedly being communist and were sentenced to death for robbery -
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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 -
19th amendment
politicians needed more votes to win they decided to let women 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 full voted from women were later given more woman rights -
UNIAE
Marcus Mosiah Garvey
the members pledge themselves to do all their power to conserve the rights of their noble race and to respect the rights of all mankind believing always in the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of god. north and the frustrations of struggling to cope with urban life set the scene for Garvey's back to Africa Movement
he went to Jamaica and was kicked out of the united states
he wanted the people to come back to Liberia which was the movement "back-to-Africa" -
Father of Naval Aviation
innovations in the naval aviation
-Glenn Curtiss made the 1st airplane using a similar engine to a car.
-years later he successfully flew his "hydroeroplane"
-In 1912 developed a larger "flying boat"
effects with all of his innovations helped further naval aviation , later air-crafted carriers -
Emergency Quota Act
cause - the number of immigrants had grown almost 600% ranging 141,00-805,000 people after ww1
term- established max # of people who could enter the united states "cut European immigration"
how its positive- allows immigrants that are already living in the us have a sewer job.
groups like the "kkk" strongly supported the EQA and national origins formula to reduce the # of foreigners coming to the us -
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National origins formula
it established how many immigrants could enter the us restricted by origins discriminated people outside western Europe.
the government only allowed 2% of the population into the nation.
the Asian exclusion act was modified which barred Asians completely out -
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Natvism
a dislike of foreigns
the red scare which had anarchist bombings
the Sacco and Vanzetti case
migration of African American from the south to Northern cities increased racial tensions with KKK
during the red scare anarchist targeted judges,politicians, law enforcement officials, 2 foreigners sentenced to death for robbery
KKK targeted African Americans dans lynchings and new foreigners usings the emergence quota act to scare others -
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Teapot Dome Scandal
1920's involved national security big oil companies and corruption of US and selling military land events led decades before gov. and US navy officials, new global presence
Albert B Fall served secretary of the interior in president warren G.Harding's Cabin
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Pledge of alligance
the original POA is "i pledge of allegiance to my flag and the republic for which it stands the changes "i pledge allegiance to the flag of united states of america and to the republic the words "mt\y flag" were replaced by "the flag of the united states" in 1923, because some foreign born people might have in mind the flag of the country of their birth instead of the US flag -
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Harlem Renaissance
during ww1 African-Americans had witnessed a society in Europe that was tolennt in american soldiers returned home, they found racism against African-Americans as deeply entrenched
two decades from 1910-1930 witnessed the movement known as the "great migration" about 2 millions African-Americans out of the south to the "promised land" of the north east or Midwest.
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Scopes Trial Monkey Trial
as an american legal case in 1925 in which a teacher from Tennessee violated the outlet act, which taught about evolution
this made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state funded school.
William Jennings was the prosecutor, the attorney who defended scopes was convicted for teaching evolution his $1.00 fine was later set aside
the town made the fine to collect money due to the great depression -
First solo translantic flight
Charles Lindbergh flew the spirit of St.Louis. the flight started in New York and ended in Paris. his darling trip made him a national hero and worldwide celebrity, thus giving Americans the confidence of air travel -
fats Waller
Waller influences are of jazz
jazz music is a genre that originated from African American communities in the late 19th early 20th century.
popular song- aint misbehavin is based on a night club and people having fun
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Eugenics
Eugenics is a set of beliefs and practices that aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population
the government under Theodore Roosevelt created a national heredity 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 to rule the world.