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Social Darwinism
some people prospered and others did not, economists, social, philosophers and business leaders embraced the philosophy adapted the ideas of the British naturalism
Charles Darwin and applied them to human society
social Darwinism said stronger people , business, and nations would prosper, weaker ones would fail, no one had the right to interfere with the progress. -
Father Naval Aviation
Between 1908 and 1910 Glenn H. Curtis helped build a number of aircraft and set several early aviation records
it made everything faster and easier to transport created the hydro plane and sea plane marked the birth of the U.S. Navy aviation arm air corps. -
Henry Ford Innovations
Ford had been trying to increase his factories productivity for years.
-The workers who built his model W cars arranged the parts in a row on the floor, put under construction auto on skids and dragged it down the line as they worked.
later, the streaming process grew more sophisticated,
the ford motor company announced that it would pay eligible workers minimum wage of $5 per day.
-reduce work hours to 9-8 -
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Red Scare
took place in the US America became xenophobic is the irrational fear of foreign congress passed Emergency Quota Act closing the door to southern and Eastern European imm.
Palmer Raids the raids were when the FBI would go into houses and business of people looking for anything associated with communism many imm. were deported without trial.
department of justice had uncovered plots against the lives over 20 Federal and state officials as part of planned may day -
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The Roaring 20s
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
The cause of the 19th Amendment was because of the women suffrage so that women would be able to vote
the effect was that women can vote now ended women suffrage
the amendment also failed to being men and women to be equal in business and economics -
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National Origins Formula
A law that severely restricted imm. by establishing a system of national quotas that blatantly discriminating against imm. and nationality act continues N.O.F. with proportional quotas but removes racial restriction. -
mod.of the original pledge of allegiance
the words "my country" was dropped and words " the flag of the united states of America" was added because they felt like imm. would be pledging to their native land rather than the U.S. in 1950 responding to the threat of soviet community.
president Eisenhower encouraged congress to add the word "Under God" to the pledge. -
Emergency Quota Act
The act legislation restricted new imm. of 3% of the numbers of residents per year from their country of origin all ready living in the US
-The act limits the imm. helped the the economy out.
-another name Emergency imm. act -
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Nativism
is the policy of protecting the interests of native born or established imm.
-the belief in Nativism was a prejudicial attitude towards imm. based on their national origin, their ethnic background imm. from Europe came to US after WW1
They became targeted group of people Ku Klux was the most popular radical nativist group -
"Fats" waller
A musical by Thomas "Fats" Waller called "aint misbehavin" that later received a Tony Award as best Broadway musical.
Waller desire to this story was to answer quips regarding his reputation for overindulging in wine, woman, and song. -
Harlem Renaissance artist - Duke Ellington
duke Ellington was an American composer, paints,and band leader of a jazz orchestra
which led from 1923 until his death
in a career spanning over fifty years in 1974
The song "It don't mean a thing(if it aint got that swing")
White audience eventually embraced these brilliant artists despite the highly segregated state of America