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original pledge of allegiance
bellamy had hoped that the pledge would be used by citizens in any country
the phrase ''to flag of the united states of Americans'' was added to the pledge of allegiance in 1923 so it could be specific of u.s.
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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 & they were a have not
-Concept behind Social Darwinism was racism,money & power
-What social classes owe to each other was a pamphlet by William Graham Sumners about solving social problems created in 1883-1903 -
Henry ford
was an engineer early automobile manufacturer.
he introduced the assembly line in 1914, increasing production by moving cars along a conveyor belt while workers completed assigned tasks. -
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red scare
xenophobia is the fear of foreigners
many Americans were scared of the communist because the communist had overthrown Russia in 1917 and murdered them.
no communist were discovered, lives were ruined due to the raids. -
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harlem renaissance
-The Harlem Renaissance was the rise of power of Africans-Americans gaining civil rights
-The Harlem Renaissance was also known as the "New negro movement"
-Contributing factors leading to the Harlem Renaissance were the Great Migration of Africans-Americans to Northern cities had created new industrial work opportunity for tens of thousands of people over 2 mil African-Americans moved to the north to escape share cropping,tenant farming& deep racism they failed -
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transitional immigration
most European immigrants came to escape war, and for better economic opportunities.
in the late 1800's to earn 1900's the attitude towards immigrants was bad as well as ill marred
Marcus garret created the back to African movement
''keep america for Americans'' was used on a large scale first anti immigrants. -
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the roaring 20's
this time period is marked by optimism, celebration, experimentation and social change, but also fear of external influences and a loss of american culture -
19th amendment
-on august 18, 1920 the 19th amendment to the us. constitution granted american women the right known as women suffrage by 1878 the NWSA and the collective suffrage movement had gathered enough influence to lobby the us congress for a constitutional amendment this allowed women the right to vote -
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national origins formula
-restricted immigration on the basis of existing proportions
of the population.
it aimed to reduce the overall number of unskilled immigrants, and to prevent immigration from changing the ethnic distribution of the population. it discriminated against southern and eastern Europeans. -
monkey trial event
john scopes a biology teacher was arrested for teaching his class about the treaty of revolution people involved in the case William Jennings Bryan -
first solo transattantic flight
name of the pilot was Charles Lindbergh
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 pans.he changed public opinion on the value of Ariel travel and land the foundation for the future development of attention. -
emergency quota act
-restricted immigration into the united states.
-the reason for passing the act was that the flood of immigrants in recent years had negative wage effects an native ban Americans
-following the WWI,both Europe and us were suffering economic and social upheaval. -
fats waller
originated from African american communities of new Orleans in the us during the late 19th and 20th century -
duke ellington
-he was a jazz composer but he called music american music
-his fifty year career he played over 20,000 performers in Europe, Latin america, the middle east and Asia.
his orchestra began its four year residency at harems famous cotton club in 1927, succession of population radio brodcast. -
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 increased of families. -
uniae
UNIAE
3 Oct 1920 -Marcus Mosiah Garvey
-The members pledged themselves to do all in 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 US
-He wanted the people to come back to Liberia which was a movement "Back-to-Africa" -
teapot dome scandal
-1920's involved national security, big oil companies and corruption of u.s and selling military land
-events led decades before government and u.s navy officials, new global precense
-albert b. falls served as secretary of the interior in president warren g. hardings cabinet. -
Charles Lindbergh/solo translatic
charles lingbergh and the spiritual -
nativism in the 20's and 30's
-the red scare anarchist bombing
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