EXAM 3 Race Ethnicity During War o Less military money diplomacy sends money abroad and military William Taft marines intervene Woodrow Wilson o We can teach the world to be civilized Remake world College Press of Princeton President Authoritarian the US president He had instruction value Loved humanity didn t like people WWI was called the Great War the war to end all wars WWI o War over territory in Europe Different powers wanted territory Triple Entente Allies with the united states England France Russia Bad Guys Germany Austria Germany makes first attack by attacking Belgium o He Kept Us Out Of War Isolationism why would we want to go over seas and help Wilsons 1916 campaign slogan We finally declare war o Wilson has to convince we should now be in the war using propaganda Committee on Public Info o Hollywood Germans are portrayed as being evil Leader Kaiser portrayed as devil Hollywood dehumanizes enemy making it easier to fight and kill them if they aren t really people o Liberty Bonds war bonds During War Germans portrayed as monsters and animals not humans Destroy This Mad Brute o German Americans terrorized Mobs attacking them when they go to enlist in the war Targeted o Hyphenated Americans Claiming to be something and Germans better start calling themselves just American 100 American Campaign remove the hyphen be one or the other Black Community o Blacks were rallied to serve in the war and support o Debois says blacks need to show US supports Leaders say they expect some opportunities from supporting war Blacks are set free during war Southern whites did not like this Black men go into military o Highlight service of men and that they deserve full citizenship o US backlashes and civil rights is stalled until after WWII Sheet music o Becomes popular o He draws no color line o Not all whites were against black o Uncle Sam is also disappointed about Tennessee for the lynching of blacks We will support but need justice o Silent March In NY Blacks walk to unify justice Germans 19 teens push alcohol enemy over the top o 1919 Prohibition is passed if you are drinkning alcohol you are giving up resources to The Hun german organized crime o The Red Scare First with WWI Russia had communist revolution Fear that this would spread All of these movements influenced immigration to the Putting ourselves in danger if we let them in US o Anarchism Government is one of the main sources of the problem Against public education church big institution Believe control from above limits US Bombings blamed on foreigners Italian o Emma Goldman Came from Germany as an anarchism immigrant Blamed with bombings Believed in doing whatever it took to take them down o Part of target from red scare o A Mitchelle Palmer Attorney General Gethers dangerous raticals May Day May 1 1920 He rounded some up and shipped to 249 Said there was going to be a communist outburst Russia Red Arch o Sacco and Vanzetti 2 Italian immigrants anarchists Got caught in robbery and murder investigation Most likely didn t commit a crime Were armed when caught but living in dangerous world If you are rich you can buy good defense but if poor immigrants have hard time defending Executed in 1927 o Brings 2 sides of debate on immigration o Images about immigration will be passed Quato Acts How many people could come in passed off the country they came from Big business owners were mad o They wanted cheap labor o These acts don t apply to western part Roaring 20 s Roaring 20 s o Jazz age o New radios and movies with sound Great Gatsby o Culture Conflict Party scene backlash of conservative o Jazz Singer Al Jolson Jewish man First movie produced with sound o King Oliver s Creole Jazz Band Out of Nola More accurate view of what jazz bands looked like Energetic positions with a lot of instruments o Elvis Presley Made rock and roll into a culture o Speak Easy during Prohibition Many people find this to be an interesting way to entertain themselves White people o Juke Joint o Flapper Rural areas where black people hang out dance and drink Colored caf Young women youth culture Independent working Shorter hair and sexually adventurous Part of backlash Late teens or 20 s Cotton Club o Josephine Baker Wore famous banana suit o Media shows women who want to be on display but a lot of issues Paper Bag Test o Upper class black community Take brown paper bag and compare to skin If darker than considered black o Painting from Harlem Rennesaince in his picture more upper class Louis Armstrong in the Hot 5 o Main stream jazz artist Tennessee Palmer Hayden community Didn t show much of poor community o Created for blacks o Shows more than one social class 3 groups Musicians working Other 2 upper classes See culture clash Chain Gang o William H Johnston Shows more of mainstream Something real Negro Shack 1 Lois Mailon Jones Women Shows home structure Have different styles Writers o Were popular as well as artists o Langston Hughes Dream Deferred About losing hopes and dreams Talking about more than an individual o Mexican Americans Mexican Americans o Stoop labor o Share croppers Picked cotton 1929 o Stock market o Great depression Many losing savings and jobs No safety net Mexican Repatriation Cesar Chavez o Mexicans working in fields were sent back because of job demand o What happens to a lot of families in depression Had some form of debt Banks would come foreclose paid off houses if family o Chavez owned their own land had any debt Land was taken and forced to do migrant work o Famous activist Move to make weed illegal o Antimexican Mexicans already crazy but this makes them worse Many people smoking weed but Mexicans are targeted o Social Control Control of drug to control people o 1937 Marijuana Tax Act Make illegal with racism Depression o Everyone was affected o Hit poorest people the hardest o People began to hit the road and travel looking for work Mostly single men New Deal Administration o Roosevelt is trying everything to help o AAA Agriculture Adjustment Act Paid farmers not to use all of land so more money would come in Some land owners would get their money Sharecroppers were fired April 2 2014 Agriculture Adjustment Act Between the Wars o Passed by congress due to Roosevelt o Problems in agriculture Farming too much land at once o Unintended consequences Lowering prices Share croppers don t own land Poor share croppers being let go doesn t own the land Some people become homeless others are just living in extreme poverty Works
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