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Langston Hughes "The negro Speaks of Rivers"
*it was a Harlem Renaissance Artists, He wrote this poem to revolve the importance of roots & 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 of 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 dont 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 Graham Sumner's about 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 thorough same american of entry and reduced the number of excluded immigrants
*nativists believed that because the U.S now had fewer unskilled jobs available , fewer immigrants should be laid into the country -
Henry Ford Immigrants
*installed a mechanized assembly line to make production cheaper and faster.
*Ford Company Assembly $18.35/hour
*worked 3 days a week and 8hours a day -
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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 & blacks together -
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red scare
xenophobia: intense or irrational dislike or fear of ppl from other countries threat of com spread in Europe+ far union strikes in the U.S made Ame. far their own communist Revolution in the U.S Palmer Raids-a Italian anarchist set off a bomb outside of attorney Palmer's home he set up a round up of suspected combut most were released due to lack of evidence
Sacco+ Vanzetti were imm. that were affected by the anti communist hysteria they were convicted and executed for a robbery crime -
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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 -
UNIAE
*founder- Jamaican born, Marcus Garvey
*Purpose so Black Am. will take pride in their race & Cultured
start black own businesses and investments
*Garvey lost support when he was deported to Jamaica for fraud
this movement would lend its self to Dr. Martin Luther King and the Black Panthers -
father of the naval aviation
innovations in Naval aviation
* Glenn Curtis made the 1st airplane using a similar engine to a car years later he successfully flew his "hydroplane" in 1912 developed a larger " flying boat "
*effects w all his innovations , helped further naval aviation , later air crafted , carriers -
19th amendment
*19th amendment to the U.S constitution granted American Woman the right to vote,, a right known as woman suffrage
*1848 the movement for woman's right launched on a national level with a convention it became a centerpiece of woman's right movement
*after 10 year battle the passage of the 19th amendment passed -
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Nativism in the 1920s and 1930s
a dislike for foreign's
the red scare which had anarchist bombings ,
the Sacco and Vanzetti Case
Migration from African Americans from South to Northern Cities increased racial tensions with KKK
During Red Scare anarchist targeted judges, politicians, law enforcement officials, 2 foreigners sentenced to death for robbery & KKK targeted African Americans and new foreigners using the Emergency Quota Act to Scare Others -
emergency quota act
*cause = # of immigrants had grown almost 600% ranging 141,000 to 805,000 people after WW1
*Term= established maximum # of people who could enter the U.S "cut European immigration"
*how its positive= allows immigrants that are already living in the U.S to have a secure job
*Groups like the KKK strongly supported the Emergency Quota Act and National Origins Formula to reduce the # of foreigners coming into the United States -
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Teapot Dome Scandal
*1920s involved national security big oil companies and corruption of U.S and selling military land
events led decades before gov. and U.S navy officials, new global presence
*Albert B Fall served secretary of the interior in president warren G. Harding's Cabin
*Scandal left a lasting stain on president reputation -
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 " my flag" were replaced by "the flag of United States" in 1923, because some foreign born people might have in mind the flag of the country of their birth instead of the U.S 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.
the Harlem renaissance or "New Negro Movement occurred as a result of an increase in radical American Intellectuals -
Scopes Trial Monkey Trial
*as an american legal case in 1925 in which a teacher from *Tennessee violated the outlet act, which taught about the Evolution
*this made an 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 late set aside
*the town first made the fine to collect money due to the great depression -
Charles Lindbergh/Solo Transatlantic Flight
*Charles Lindbergh & the spirit of St.Louis completed the first non stop flight, from New York to Paris in 1927
the purpose plane had been named the "spirit of St. Louis" & the pilot was to be "Charles A. Lindbergh".
*Henry Ford made a Trimurti airplane in 1926 translocation flights by Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Far hart Helped to promote cargo and Commercial instruments -
First solo transatlantic flight
*name of the pilot was Charles Lindberg
*name of the plane was the spirit of St.Louis
*start of this flight was Roosevelt field NY to land at La Bourget airport near Paris
*he changed public opinion on the value of air travel and laid the foundation for the future development of aviation. -
fats Waller
*Waller influence the are of Jazzing s
*jazz music is a genre that originated from African American *Community an the late 19th and early 20th century
*popular song- aint misbehavin is based on a night club and people having fun
*Waller also had a radio show that brought black && white people together -
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 destined to rule the world -
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national origins formula
*it established how many immigrants could enter the U.S restricted by origin discriminated people outside Western Europe
*the Gov. only allowed 2% of the population into the nation
*the Asian exclusion act was modified which barred Asians completely OUT!