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Father Naval Aviation
Between 1908 and 1910 Glenn H.Curtiss helped build a number of aircraft and set several early aviation records
-It made everything faster and easier to transport created the hydroeroplane and sea plane marked the birth of the U.S. navy aviation
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Social Darwin
Social darwin is a term used for different movements charles darwin was one of the main discovers of evolution
-Leaders enforced the philosophy of social darwin,This philosophy adopted the ideas of british naturalist charles darwin would prosper weaker ones would fail because no one the right to infer with progress -
Henry Ford Innovations
His innovation reduced the time it took to build a car from more than 12 hours to two hours and 30 minutes
-Ford paid his workers $5 an hour for 5 days a week as other companies paid $2.34 for 6 days
-Ford paid his workers $5 so they can buy his cars -
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Red Scare
Red scare took hold in the U.S.
-American became xenophobic is the irrational fear of foreigners-congress passed emergency quota act closing the door to southern and eastern European immigrants
Palmer Raids-Palmer raids where when the F.B.I would go into houses and businesses of people looking for anything associated with communism,many immigrants were deported without trial -
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The Roaring Twenties
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 woman suffrage so that woman would be able to vote
-The effect was that woman can vote now ended woman suffrage
-The amendment also failed to bring men and woman to be equal in business and economics -
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National Origins Formula
-It restricted immigration to 3% of foreign-born persons of each nationality that resided in the United States
-It was modified from the Immigration Act of 1924
-almost 500,000 persons between 1920 and 1922, primarily Southern and Eastern European immigrants
-Immigration from North and South America was not restricted -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Warren G Harding was President at the time
-Secretary of the interior Albert Bacon Fall accepted bribes from oil companies to let them drill wherever they wanted
-The scandal led to mistrust of politicians by the people,Albert Fall was the first cabinet member to ever go to jail -
Emergency Quota Act
The act legislation restricted new immigration of 3% of the number of residents per year from their country or orgin all ready living in the U.S.
-The act limits the immigration helped the economy out
-Another name for the act is the emergency immigrant act -
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Nativism in the 20s & 30s
Nativism is the policy of protecting the interest of native-born or stablished immigrants
-The belief in nativism was a prejudicial attitude towards immigrants based on their national origin or their ethnic background
-Immigrants from Europe came to the U.S. after WWI,They became a target group
-Ku klux klan was the most popular radical nativist group -
"Fats" Waller
A musical by Thomas "fats" Waller called "ain't Misbehavin"that later recieved a tony award as best broadway musical
-Wallers disire to this story was to answer quips regarding his reputation for over indulging in wine,woman,and song -
The Pledge Of Allegiance
In 1923,The pronoun "my" was dropped from the pledge of allegiance and the words "the flag of the United states of america" were added
-In 1954,The Pledge Of Allegiance under went yet another change in 1954.Responding the treat soviet communism (again more national fear) President Eisenhower encouraged congress to add the words "under god" to the pledge -
Harlem Renaissance Artist-Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington was an american compaser,Pianist,and band leader of a jazz orchestra which he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over 50 years in 1974 the song "It dont mean a thing(If it aint got that swing) brought about the swing dance
-The song and the era was all about having a good time
-White audiences eventually embraced these brilliant artist despite the highly segregated state of america -
Charles Lindbergh
Was the first person to fly across the Atlantic ocean in 1927
-His airplane is called "The Spirit Of St.Louis"
-He traveled from island,New York to Paris,France Charles Lindbergh became a national hero,he also laid the foundation for the future development of transcontinental ariation