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Father of Naval Aviation
between 1908 and 1910 Glenn H. Curtis helped build a number of aircraft and set several early Aviation records. It made everything more faster and easier to transport. He also created the hydro plane and sea plane which marked the birth of the US Navy Aviation and Army Air Corps -
social darwin
social darwin is a term used for different movements charles darwin was one of the main discovers of evolution. leaders embraced the philosophy of social darwin, this philosophy adapted the ideas of british naturalist charles darwin would prosper weaker ones would fail because no one had the right to interfere with progress, which cause the rich people have a better chance to survive then the poor people. -
Henry Ford Innovations
Ford had been trying to increase his factories productively 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 streamlining process grew more sophisticated. the ford motor company announced that it would pay eligible workers minimum wage of $5 per day. for ford workers it meant double. Reduce work hours to 9-8. the most significant piece was the assembly line. -
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Red scare
Xenophobia is the intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries. Causes of this fear were that Americans were terrified that a communist rev. would break out in the US after WWI and take their jobs. Legal actions were Emergency Quota Act and the deportation of illegal aliens or may day -
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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 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 women would be able to vote the effect was that woman can vote now, ended women suffrage. the amendment also failed to bring men and women to be equal in business and economics -
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Nativism in the 20s & 30s
nativisn is the policy of protecting the interest of native-born or established imm. the belief in nativism was a prejudicial attitude towards imm. based on their national origin or their ethnic background imm. from europe came to U.S after WW1, they became a target group KKK was the most popular radical nativist group -
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 united states. the act limited the imm. helped the economy out. Another name for the act is the emergency imm. act. -
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 threat of soviet communism again more national fear president eisenhower encouraged congress to add the words 'under gods" to the pledge -
Fatts Waller
Fatts waller was a jazz pro pianist. He wrote "aint misbehavin" and "honey sickle rose" he was very famous in the black community for his jazz and radio show -
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National Origins Formula
-a Law that severely restricted imm. by establishing a system of national quotas that blatantly discriminated against imm.
-from southern and eastern Europe and virtually excluded asians
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Charles Lindbergh
Became the first person to fly across the atlantic ocean in 1927 his airplane is called the spirit st. louis. he traveled from island, new york to paris, france charles lindbergh became a national hero he also land the foundation for the future development of transcontinental ariation