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| New York Neighborhood. major Black social center |
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cultural explosion for negroes in the 1920's
new negro movement
rebirth of african american arts |
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from 1920's-Great depressions
originated in new orleans
negroes |
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people moving to urban areas, contributed to growth
successful people lived downtown
great migration (blacks to north) |
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Henry ford
model T 1908-1927
car was symbol of freedom, success |
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popularized by alain leroy locke
attempt to reconstruct their image.
along with harlem rennaisance |
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plack poet, leader of harlem renaissance
1902-1967
jazz poetry
a dream deferred |
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harlem renaissance
writer and poet
believer in the new negro |
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founder of back to africa movement
universal negro improvement association |
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a movement from 5 million blacks from the south to the north
began in 1915~
first with WW1, then more in the 20's and on |
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urbanization
freedom and success
30 million in US
leisure and convenience |
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| 1920 young woman behavior focused on enjoying life and flouting her sexuality and behavorial conventions |
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founder of planned parenthood
american birth control leauge
women's rights activist
comstock act- criminalized contraceptives |
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radio, magazines, newspapers created stars
rudolph valentino - actors, athletes, magicians (houdini)
babe ruth |
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18th amendment 1920-1933
despised
anti-saloon league and woman's christian temperance union caused it
allowed to have alcohol, not to buy, sell, or transport
bootlegging
vetoed by president wilson |
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protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants
restricted southern and easter europeans imigrating to the US
like mexicans now |
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| st valentines day massacre |
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murder of 6 mob associates
irish american gang vs italian gang (capone)
chicago |
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john scopes accused of teaching human evolution
butler act tennessee
purposefully drew national attention |
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| revived afer the birth of a nation, movie glorifying kkk. dominated politics using the decade strategy |
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after bolshefic revolution, fear of communism spread
1919 anarchist bombings
anyone who wasn't patriotic was suspected
attourney general Milchell palmer's home was bombed |
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italian born anarchists
murdered two people and were judged guilty.
drew international attention |
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limited number of foreigners allowed into US
signed by new president harding |
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| National origins Act of 1924 |
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restricted immigration of europeans, basically excluded nonwhite immigration
calvin coolidge |
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| annual quota for immigration changed |
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signed in by chester arthur in 1882, made permanent in 1902
quotas lasted until 1965 |
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preceded by great crash in 1929
longest economic depression in the western world
stock market problems: buying on margin, unrestrained speculation
overproduction and under purchasing |
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| hoover's response to great depression |
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met with unions and owners
cut taxes
federal spending increase
federal loans to states
reconstruction finance corporation |
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| Reconstruciton finance corporation |
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| great depression answer, financial support to state and local govts, made loans to businesses like banks and railroads |
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people thought hoover caused it
hooverville-homeless shelter shanty town
hoover blanket = newspaper
hoover flag- empty pocket pulled out |
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ww1 veterans who demanded their future bonuses, marched on washington
failed. several were killed. huge news
hoover backlash |
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landslide victory 1932
supported by public
had just defeated polio |
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phase 1 and 2
increase in federal support for depression
1: relief, recovery, reform
civilian conservation corps, works progress administration
agriculture adjustment act
national recovery administration
federal deposity insurance corporation
securities and exchange commision |
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"the kingfish"
governor of louisiana, us senate
democrat, populist, denounced rich and banks
critic of new deal |
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american physician
old-age pension proposal during depression
helped establish the social security system
critic of new deal |
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progressive tax, 75% of 5million incomes or more
FDR was badass, dgaf |
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| system of old age benefits, created social security |
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| national labor relations act |
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wagner act
protected rights of employees and employers curtailes private sector labor practice |
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| fought over new deal stuff. |
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| treaty of versailles 1918 |
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| a treaty that ended ww1, ended war between germany and allies. fucked germans hard |
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| european great depression |
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unemployment around 30%
germany fucked hard, the currency was basically ruined |
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| nationalsozialistische deutsche arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) |
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nazi party
active between 1920 and 1945 |
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| nazi term for the incorporation of austria into germany in 1938 |
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| German invasion of the soviet union |
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atrocities and genocide
worst conflict in history between 2 contries
genocide! |
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isolationist until pearl harbor
didn't war on germany, vice versa. just japs |
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| obstructed, cut of resources, siezed financial assets |
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fdr declared war on dec 8, hitler on us on dec 10
public very in support after the attack |
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german offensive, americans surpriese
allied counterattack
siege of bastogne
over 100,000 casualties |
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victory in europe day
may 8 1945
acceptance of nazi surrender |
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6 million jews
the "final solution"
auschwitz, treblinka
biggest crime in history |
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| nuremburg trials- 24 officers' war crimes |
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war in the pacific between US and japanese navies, settled by the battle of midway
held by japan for a long time |
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turning point in war of the pacific theater
june 3-6 1942
japanese very injured, lost the power over the pacific theater |
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vice president to FDR, took over after his death
dropped atom bomb on japan
manhattan project |
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killed more than all previous wars
all former great powers destroyed, US and USSR rise from the rubble - cold war inc |
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| using all a nations resources to fight a war |
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using the nations industrial potential
ford was making tanks, etc |
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AMERICAAAAA FUCK YEAH
incredible industrial output
made most tanks the allies used at end of war |
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sold by govt, bought back by govt later. used as a loan basically
endorsed by many celebrities |
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| govt agency that supervised production during ww2. established by FDR in 1942 |
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| office of price administration |
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within the office for emergency managment
august 1941
price controls and rents |
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created (secondly) by FDR during 1942-45
arbitrated disputes between workers and emplyers for reliability and productivity during the war |
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military growth
factories ran 24/7
many more workers needed |
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fulfilled the jobs men left during war
aircraft and shipbuilding
in military; nurses, admin/comms, pilots |
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jap camps
blacks prospered because of the tuskegee airmen, famous black troops. segregation was lessened bc need for troops
civil rights movement had been born |
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| african americans in the military |
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| blacks prospered because of the tuskegee airmen, famous black troops. |
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victories at home and abroad
called for integration in the armed forces, and equality
victory over enemies at home and abroad |
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| desegregated voting in texas. Democrats were allowed white primaries, but no longer. smith won |
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used as code talkers - navajo language
average income increased, still very low
life still bad
nearly all on reservations |
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guaranteed basic human rights to mexican contract laborers in the US. initiated in 1942
not happy, riots happened |
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| mexican american culture associated with zoot uits, street gangs, night life, and craziness |
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| zuits that were way too big. looked rediculous. caused riots because of the cotton industry |
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led to minority issues
female emergence
the first "good" war
following entertainment explosion "audie murphy" |
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