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Father of the naval aviation
-Glenn Curtis was the 1st to drive a plane with an engine 1902 in 1908 he designed a sea plane that could land on water .
- Landed his hydroplane in a naval aviation convinced the secretary of the navy to buy the first air craft in 1912 he developed a larger flying boat constructed the 1st air plane to cross the Atlantic -
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 were 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 about solving social problems created in 1883 - 1903. -
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Red Scare
-Xenophobia irrational fear of foreigners
-Many Americans were scared of the communist because the communist had overthrown Russia in 1917 and murdered them.
-A series of bomb explosions in 1919 including an attempt on Mitchell Palmer lead to a campaign against the communist.
-Palmer raids caused mass arrest Palmer violated peoples civil rights Palmer lead groups of people searching for communists no communists were discovered , lives were ruined due to others raids. -
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Harlem Renaissance
-The Harlem Renaissance was the rise of power of Africans-Americans gaining civil rights.
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Transcontinental Immigration
-After the war the need for unskilled labor went down, the U.S set up a quote system in order limit immigration.
-The immigrants who were already here being discrimination of were forced to be Americanized.
-It affected their plans to go back to their country bc of not being able to return.
-New business activity centered in cities which caused many people to move.
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Henry Ford
-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 automotive ownership from 8 to 24 million greatly affected aspects of american life frod payed his workers $5 an hour so they could afford the model T they built . -
19th amendment
-Politician needed more votes to win they decided to let women vote.
- Before this right was founded women didn't have the right to vote the effects were that to pull votes from the fright of women were later given more women right . -
U.N.I.A
-Marcus mosiah Garvey the members pledge 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 fatherhood of god north & the frustrations of struggling to cope with urban life set the scene for Garcey back to African movement. -
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Nativism in the 1921-1945
-A dislike of foreign
-The Red scare which had anarchist bombing the Sacco & Vanzetti case.
-Migration of African Americans from south to northern cities increased racial tensions with kkk.
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Duke Ellington
-Was influenced to the Harlem renaissance he was in fact a musician jazz music also swing music Ellington was known for being a american composer pianist and bandleader of jazz orchestra .
-He influenced both black and white people with his music because music doesn't have racist [ cotton club ] was where duke played it was a club for African american music but only white people were allowed . -
Emergency Quota Act
-It limited the number the immigrants entering the united states in any one year 3% of each nationality group in 1910 from 1919 - 1921.
-The number of immigrants had grown almost 600% congress in response to nativist pressure decided to limit immigration from certain countries including japan positive thing about it was there were more jobs for the Americans . -
Langston Hughes
-Poet and writer
-Best known for his work during Harlem Renaissance .
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Teapot dome scandal
- Albert B. Fall , 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 private oil companies including Henry Sinclair mammoth oil company fall received more than 400,000 in bans bond & cash he was found guilty of bribery & became the 1st American to be convicted of a delony and Harding were close friends during this event it hurt president Harding to not be reelected .
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National origins act
- Established of a quota system limited immigration from southern and Eastern Europe also established a quota to determine how many immigrants could enter the U.S all asians were excluded from immigration emergency quota act , limited immigration from a country to 3% this act caused immigration to drop by almost 500,000 people between 1920 - 1922
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Scopes " Monkey Trail "
-high school teacher accused of teaching evolving in violation of a Tennesse state law.
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Charles Lindbergh
Charles linbergh & 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 too be "Charles A lindbergh".
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First solo transatlantic flight
-the pilots name is Charles Lindbergh his plane was called the Spirit of st.louis.
-he flew from the Roosevelt field in long island, New York,U.S to Paris France.
-100,000 people came to see him after he landed in Paris,France and when he came back to the United States there were 4,000,000 people to see him.
-after Charles Landberghs flight the public's opinion changed on places and flying itself in stead of being terrified anymore they had to learn how to fly themselves -
Fats Waller
-originatd fro African american communites of new Orleans in the U.S during the late 19th century "ain't misbehaving" song was written while lodging in alimony prison that is why he was not
"mis behaving".
-Began a new radio program called "Rythm club"
-two hollywood films "hooray for love!" and "king of buriesque -
Eugenics
Is a set of beliefs & practices that's aims at improving genetic quality of human population.
- The government under Theodore Roosevelt created a national herd by commission.
- That was charged to investigate the genetic heritage of the country & the encourage the increase of families of good blood and discourage the vicious elements in the cross bred -
Pledge of Allegiance
-In 1954 "under god" was added to the pledge in a response to the threat of communism congress after a campaign by knight of Columbus the pledge was now both patriotic oath and a public prayer .