AMH2020
When: early 1900s
What: Henry Ford was an American industrialist and
business magnate. As founder of the Ford Motor Company,
he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles
affordable for middle-class Americans through the Fordism
Henry Ford system.
Significance: made Ford automobile industry, shaped the
way cars were made
When: early 1900s
What: car that was manufactured and acessible to
americans
Significance: The vehicle was one of the first mass
Model T production vehicles, allowing Ford to achieve his aim of
manufacturing the universal car.
when: early 1900s
what: device that allowed politicans to communicate thier
ideas, fire-side chats, etc
Radio significance: changed the way the public interacted with
public figures
when: early 1900s
What: limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into
the United States through a national origins quota
significance: limited access to the United States and
emerging immigration act affected immigration
when: early 1900s
what: The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson-Reed Act,
including the Asian Exclusion Act and National Origins
Act, was a federal law that prevented immigration from
Asia and set quotas on the number of immigrants from
National origin act Eastern and Southern Europe.
significance : barred immigrants from coming into the
United States
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, AMH2020
when: early 1900s
what: 1925 Tennessee law prohibiting public school
teachers from denying the book of Genesis account of
mankind's origin. The law also prevented the teaching of
the evolution of man from what it referred to as lower
Butler act orders of animals in place of the Biblical account.
significance:
when: ealry 1900s
what: John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for
teaching evolution in his Dayton, Tenn., classroom. The
first highly publicized trial concerning the teaching of
evolution, the Scopes trial also represents a dramatic clash
between traditional and modern values in America of the
1920s; referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial
significance: represents a dramatic clash between
Scopes trial
traditional and modern values in America of the 1920s
when: ealry 1900s
what: American evangelist whose revivals and sermons
reflected the emotional upheavals caused by transition
from rural to industrial society in the United States
significance: Sunday was a strong supporter of Prohibition,
and his preaching likely played a significant role in the
Billy Sunday adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1919.
when: early 1900s
what: McPherson pioneered the use of broadcast mass
media for wider dissemination of both religious services
and appeals for donations, using radio to draw in both
audience and revenue with the growing appeal of popular
entertainment, Evangelicalist
Ammee Mcpherson significance: highlighted the change in the use of radio for
information
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, AMH2020
when: ealry 1900s
what: a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music
and dance styles gained worldwide popularity. The Jazz
Age's cultural repercussions were primarily felt in the
United States, the birthplace of jazz.
significance: decade's spirit of liberation. At the same time,
new dance styles arose, involving spontaneous bodily
movements and closer physical contact between partners,
Jazz Age
changed perception of women + beauty and African
Americans.
when: early 1900s
what: Garvey was known as the founder of the Universal
Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), figure in
significance: urged Black Americans to be proud of their
identity, the UNIA aimed to achieve Black nationalism
through the celebration of African history and culture.
significance: Formed in Jamaica in July 1914, the UNIA
aimed to achieve Black nationalism through the celebration
Marcus Garvey of African history and culture, civil rights leader
when: early 1900s
what: stock market crash cuased by overinflated shares,
growing bank loans, agricultural overproduction, panic
selling, stocks purchased on margin, higher interest rates,
and a negative media industry.when the stock market
Black Tuesday plummeted and the U.S. plunged into the Great
Depression.
significance: started the great depression
Bank coins
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When: early 1900s
What: Henry Ford was an American industrialist and
business magnate. As founder of the Ford Motor Company,
he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles
affordable for middle-class Americans through the Fordism
Henry Ford system.
Significance: made Ford automobile industry, shaped the
way cars were made
When: early 1900s
What: car that was manufactured and acessible to
americans
Significance: The vehicle was one of the first mass
Model T production vehicles, allowing Ford to achieve his aim of
manufacturing the universal car.
when: early 1900s
what: device that allowed politicans to communicate thier
ideas, fire-side chats, etc
Radio significance: changed the way the public interacted with
public figures
when: early 1900s
What: limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into
the United States through a national origins quota
significance: limited access to the United States and
emerging immigration act affected immigration
when: early 1900s
what: The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson-Reed Act,
including the Asian Exclusion Act and National Origins
Act, was a federal law that prevented immigration from
Asia and set quotas on the number of immigrants from
National origin act Eastern and Southern Europe.
significance : barred immigrants from coming into the
United States
1
, AMH2020
when: early 1900s
what: 1925 Tennessee law prohibiting public school
teachers from denying the book of Genesis account of
mankind's origin. The law also prevented the teaching of
the evolution of man from what it referred to as lower
Butler act orders of animals in place of the Biblical account.
significance:
when: ealry 1900s
what: John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for
teaching evolution in his Dayton, Tenn., classroom. The
first highly publicized trial concerning the teaching of
evolution, the Scopes trial also represents a dramatic clash
between traditional and modern values in America of the
1920s; referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial
significance: represents a dramatic clash between
Scopes trial
traditional and modern values in America of the 1920s
when: ealry 1900s
what: American evangelist whose revivals and sermons
reflected the emotional upheavals caused by transition
from rural to industrial society in the United States
significance: Sunday was a strong supporter of Prohibition,
and his preaching likely played a significant role in the
Billy Sunday adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1919.
when: early 1900s
what: McPherson pioneered the use of broadcast mass
media for wider dissemination of both religious services
and appeals for donations, using radio to draw in both
audience and revenue with the growing appeal of popular
entertainment, Evangelicalist
Ammee Mcpherson significance: highlighted the change in the use of radio for
information
2
, AMH2020
when: ealry 1900s
what: a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music
and dance styles gained worldwide popularity. The Jazz
Age's cultural repercussions were primarily felt in the
United States, the birthplace of jazz.
significance: decade's spirit of liberation. At the same time,
new dance styles arose, involving spontaneous bodily
movements and closer physical contact between partners,
Jazz Age
changed perception of women + beauty and African
Americans.
when: early 1900s
what: Garvey was known as the founder of the Universal
Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), figure in
significance: urged Black Americans to be proud of their
identity, the UNIA aimed to achieve Black nationalism
through the celebration of African history and culture.
significance: Formed in Jamaica in July 1914, the UNIA
aimed to achieve Black nationalism through the celebration
Marcus Garvey of African history and culture, civil rights leader
when: early 1900s
what: stock market crash cuased by overinflated shares,
growing bank loans, agricultural overproduction, panic
selling, stocks purchased on margin, higher interest rates,
and a negative media industry.when the stock market
Black Tuesday plummeted and the U.S. plunged into the Great
Depression.
significance: started the great depression
Bank coins
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