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Langston Hughes " The Negro Speaks Of Rivers" 1902
-it was Harlem renaissance artists he wrote the poem to revolve the importance of roots &the way they provide meaning on life
-it influenced the value of the Africa race during the renaissance gra
-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 deserve to have money or power
Concept behind social Darwinism was racism money and power
"What social classes owe to each other " was a pamphlet by Williams graham summers about solving social problems created in 1883-1903 -
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Transition immigration 1903-1907
-congress strengthened national immigration law with new legislation in 1903-1907
-another change the introduction of pre-inspection and more-rigorous medical examinations at the point of departure saved times or people passing through some American parts 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 led into the country -
Henry FORD innovation 1905
-when Henry ford first adapted the assembly line to the production they often achieved dramatic &consumer benefited from lower prices
-skill workers were no longer needed in complex manufacturing operation like car assembly
-model t was introduced in 1905 &introduced the assembly line in 1914
-assembly line was afficient he was able to double wages overnight while slashing prices
-ford paid employes $5 so they could afford the cars they were building -
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Red scare 1917-1920
-xenophobia irrational fear of foreigners.
Causes The was scared of the communist party that was forming in the U.S when a wave a strikes also hit the US in 1919
-The Palmer Raids were the direct responce to the supposed attended bombings which to the breaking into peoples houses violating their rights headed by Attorney General Alexande Mitchea were senten to
-sacco and vanzetti were both italians accused for supposidly being communist and death for robbery. -
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Bolshevik revolution 1917-1920
-Xenophobia is the intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries
-the end of WWI brought new fears to many Americans of communist ,ararchists and immigrants
-when a wave strikes also hit the U.S in 1919 many Americans feared this was the start of their own communist evolution
-Attorney general A Michell palmer was the leader of the "palmer raids "it was the capture arrest and deport radical leftists especially anarchists from theU.S -
father of naval aviation Glenn curtiss
-designed seaplanes early aircraft carriers hydroplane (take off f/ water and land on the deck of a ship )
-convinced the sec of the navy to buy its 1st aircraft for military use
-constructed the 1st airplane to cross the Atlantic ocean for the US navy -
19th amendment
-19th amendment to the u.s constitution granted american women the right to vote -a right know as women suffrage
-1848 the moment for women's right launched on a national level with a convention it become a centerpiece of women right movement
-after 70 year battle the passage of the 19th amendment possed -
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Marcus mosiah garver
the members pledge themselves to do all in their power conserve the rights of there noble race and to respect right of all mankind believing hallways 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 back to Africa movement
-he when to Jamaican and was kicked out of united states
-he wanted the people to come back to Liberia which was a movement "back to Africa " -
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The roaring twenties 1920-1929
This Time period is marked by optimism,celebration,experimentation and social change,but also fear of external influences and a loss of "American Culture" -
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nativism in the 20s and 30s
-negativism the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants
-nativim has become a term for "opposition to immigration" based on fears that the immigrants will distort or spoil existing cultural valves
-the ku klu klan dead for decades found new life in 1915 .Klan members where hostile to immigrants Catholics Jews and African american -
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national origins formula
-it was an american system of immigration quotas between 1921-1965
-it restricted for all Asians and south and east europeans from entering the U.S on the basis of existing of portion of the population of the population-the u.s were afraid of immigrants tailing jobs and Communism -
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teapot dome scandal
920 involved national security big oil companies +corruption security big selling military land
-events led decades before government 2 u.s navy officials new global presence
-Albert b.fall served as secretary of the interior in president warren hoardings cabinet
- scandal left a lasting stain on president reputation 1 -
Teapot dame scandal
-Albert b fall a close friend of various oil executives managed to get reserves transferred from the navy to the interior department
-fall secretly leased the land to two orivate oil companies including Gerry Sinclair mammoth oil company
Fall recerved more then $4000 in bans bonds +cash
-He was found guilty to bribery + became the 1st American to be convicted of a telony
Fall + Harding were close friends during this events hurt president Harding to not be re-elected -
Emergency quota act 1921
-restricted immigration to the U.S
-cause a high number of immigrants became a major concern
-Northern Europeans were allowed in( similar culture)
-Americans weren't pleased with increase of political power in immigration groups WWI just happened and whated to come to America -
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National origins formula 1921-1965
It was an American system of immigration quotes between 1921-1965. exsisting
-it restricted for all Asians and South and East Europeans from entering the u s on the basis of proportion of the population.
-The us were afraid of immigrants talking jobs and communists.
-lt modified the chinese exclusion Act and the lmmigration act of 1924. -
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pledge of allegiance
in 1923 the word "the flag the united states of american "were added.because who could theoretically be pledging their native land (rather than US )as they spoke so it could be clear as to which they were saluting in 1954 responding to the threat of soviet communist ( again more national pledge)president Eisenhower encouraged congress to add the word "under god to the pledge " -
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Harlem renaissance 1924-1929
During ww1 African Amoricans had witnessed a society in rope that was for American Soldiers returned ei home they found racism against African Americans as deeply entronched Two decades from 1810 to 1930 witnessed the movemont known as the Great Migration 2 milion African Americans out of the South to the Punished Land of the North East or Midwest The Harlem Renaissance or Negro Movement ocourred as a result of an increase in radical American intellectuals and when Migration into Hariem -
monkey trial
-know as "he state of Tennessee us Thomas scopes
-john scopes was accused of violating Tennessee butler acts which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state funded school
-scopes was defended by Clarence Darrow &across the aisle was William Jennings Bryan
-most people on jury were churchgoing farmers
-john scopes lost&had to pay a fine of $100& the butler act stood strong until 1967
-the butler act was teacher who couldn't deny biblical origin -
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
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eugenics
-the concept of eugenics was a movement aimed at improving the genetic composition of the human race
-Alexander graham bell and Leonard Darwin had come up with the eugenics ideas of eugenics in 1912
-eugenics was carried by the Nazi party during wwi by aolotf Hitler during the genocide of the Jews -
Duke Ellington 1932
-Duke Ellington was jazz composer he called his music "American music "during his 50 year career he played 20,00 performances
-Ellington's orchestra began a four year residency at harlems cotton club in 1927
-Ellington gained a miximal profile through his orchestra's appearances at at the cotton club his name because known father the success of "it don't mean a thing"and "mood indigo"
-the cotton club was Africa American composers and for white quinces -
Fats Waller
-it jazz music
-Was created specifically as a them song for the razaf /Waller/book off broad way musical comedy radio show
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