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pledge of allegiance
- it was written by francis bellamy
- it was changed since 1892 to 1954 before it was agreed on
- it was change so immigrants would not confuse loyalties between their birth country and the US
- in 1923 they added the flag of the united states a year later addedd of america
- in june 14 1954 added under god by joint resolution of congresss
- from 1954 till the US pledge of allegiace simce the last change in 1954
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father of the naval aviation
- glenn curtis was the 1st to fly a plane with an engine in 1902
- in 1908 he designed a sea plane that could land on water
- landed his hydro eroplane in a naval aviation
- convinced the secretary of the navy to buy the 1st air craft
- in 1912 he developed a larger plane that lands on water
- constructed the 1st sir plane to cross the atlantic ocean for the US navy
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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 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 each other was a pamphlet by willliam gaham summers about solving social problems created in 1883-1903
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red scare
- xenophabia is the fear of foreigners
- many Americans were scared of the communists because the communist had over thrown 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 communities
- palmer raids caused mass arrests palmer violated peoples civil rights palmer lead groups of people seaching communists
- no communists were discovered lives were ruined due to the raids
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harlem renassance
- the harlem renaissance was the rise of the power of africa americans gaining civil rights the harlem renaissance was also known as the " new negro movement " conflicting factors leading to the harlem renaissances were the great migration of american americans to northern cities which had created new industrial work opportunities for tens of thousands of people over two million african americans moved to the north
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transcontinental immigration
- after the war the need for unskilled labor went down the US set up a quote system in order to limit immigration
- the immigrants who were already here were being discriminated and were forced to be Americanized
- it affected their plans to go back to their country because of fear of not being able to return
- new business activity centered in Cities which caused many people to move
- new banks throughout the country helped fiance economy growth by making loans to business
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19th amendment
- women around the country had been fighting for the right to vote for over 300 years -suffrage - voting
- women started voting in governmental elections and becoming involved in the political system
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u.n.i.a
marcus mosiah Garvey the members pledge themselves to to all 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 and the frustrations of struggling to cope with urban life set the scene for Garvey back to African movement -
henry ford
when manufacturer first adopted their assembly line to their production process they often achieved dramatic gains 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 all aspects of american life frod payed his workers per hour so they could afford the model T they built -
national orgins formula
- restricted immigration on the basis of existing proportions of the population
- it aimed to the reduce the overall number unskilled immigrants and to prevent immigration from changing the ethic distribution of the population
- it discriminated aganist southern and eastern europeans
- the gov. only allowed 2% of the population into the nation
- the Asian exclusion act was modified which banned asians completely out
- the act caused immigration to drop by almost 500k people b/w 1920-1922
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emergency quota act
- it limited the number of immigrants entering the US in any one year to 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 the were more jobs for the Americans
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langston hughes
poet and writer best known for his work during the harlem renaissance poetry activist novelist play writing the crisis is the official publication of the NAACP national association for the advancement of colored people negro speaks of rivers claims rivers as ancient as the world older than the blood that flows in our veins -
teapot dome scandal
- albert b fall a close friend of various oil executives from the navy to the interior department
- fall security leased the land to two private oil companies including henry sinclairs mammoth oil company
- fall received more than 400,000 in bans bands and cash 1st american to be conbictied of a felony
- fall and harding were close friends during this event it hurt harding to not be re relected
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nativism in the 1921-1945
a dislike of foreigners the red scare which had anarchist bombing the Sacco and Vanzetti case migration of African Americans from south to northern cities increased racial tensions with KKK during red scare anarchist targeted judges politician law enforcement officials 2 foreigners to death for robbery and KKK targeted African Americans dang lynchings and new foreigners using the emergency quota act to scare others -
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 that limited immigration from ant country to 3% this act caused immigration to drop by almost 500,000 people between 1920-1922 -
scopes monkey trial
- high school teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law
- the butler act did not allow the teaching of any that denied the biblical story of creationism
- hundreds of reporters from all over the country first trial broadcast on the radio
- he was found guilty had to pay free of 100 but the verdict was thrown out on a technicality
- all mention of evolution was removed from textbooks in Tennessee till the butler act was removed on 1967
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Charles lindbergh/ solo translatic flight
Charles Lindbergh and the spirit of st. Louis completed the first non stop flight from new york to pairs in 1927 the propose plane had named the spirit of st louis and the pilot was to be Charles a Lindbergh ford mode motivator airplane in 1926 transatlantice flights by Charles Lindbergh and Amelia farhort helped to promote cargo and commercial instruments -
first solo transatlantic flight
- the pilots name is charles lindbergh his plane was called the spirit of st louis
- he flew the rossevelt field in long island new york US 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 who came to see him
- after charles landbergh flight the publics opinion changed planes and flying itself instead of being terrified anymore they want to learn to fly themselves
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fats waller
originated from African american communities of new Orleans in the US during the late 19th and 20th century "aint misbehaving " song was written while "lodging" in alimony prison and that is why he was not "miss behaving " . began a new radio program called "rhythm club " and two holiwood films "hooraryfor love" and "king of burlesque" -
eugenics
eugenics is a set of beliefs and practices that aims improving genetic quality of the human population the gov. under theodore roosevelt created a national herd by 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 civilzation hiter believed that the aryan people which came from eugenics were destined to the rule the world -
duke ellington
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 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