history usa theme 3

who was betty friedan?

wrote the feminine mystique

comfortable concentration camp

(one) otf the founder of NOW

shirley chisholm?

first black woman to be elected to congress

what did elanor roosevelt set up in 1961

commision of enquiry on the status of woman

problems of suburb living

many women turned to drugs -miltown and valium

abuse by husbands

what was ms magazine

gloria steinem

feminisnt magazine

what was ERA

equal rights amendment act

put protection for women into the constitution

opposition to era and who was a main spokes person?

phyllis schlafly made stop era organisation

argeued it would strip women of special priveliges

national womens political caucus 1971 and its attendies?

betty friedan,chisholm,bella abzug,gloria steinham

bring more women into political posistions

what changed for women after ww1

19th ammendment - women got the vote

what were flappers and their time period

during roaring 20s

women who cut hair short and wore short dresses

only a small percentage of population

impact of great depression on women

women were forced to work more

13 million women emplyed

impact of ww2 on women

womens army auxillary corps (waac)

employedment rose again

immigration in the 1920s

us had a open door policy

what was the dillingham commision and when?

1911

investigated impact of immigration

emergancy qouta act

limited the amount of immigrants coming from any country to 3% of the people living in the us

what is the usa called immigration wise

a melting pot

why did the us remove the quota system

outlived its usefulness

cuban refeugee program

jfk against it

what was the hays code

a code that forbid sex, slave trade, mixed race marrigges swearing from films

who was father coughlin

a preist who broadcasted his sermons critising the kkk

clark gable?

60 movies in 37 years

gone with the wind

testified against communists in HUAC

what was the first “talkie” (talking film)

the jazz singer 1927

however the white actor used blackface

who was the biggest movie studios in hollywood

FOX MGM and warner brothers

what time period was the golden age of cinema

the 1930s

name some jazz musicians

duke ellington and louis armstrong

What were “old immigrants”?

From Britian,germany and ireland

What were “new immigrants?”

from southern and eastern european?

What was the emergency quota act?

1921

set limits on number of immigrants

How many mexicans were deported during the great depression?

400,000

Who were sacco and vanzetti?

Italian born anarchists

sentenced to death for beliefs not actual crime

Impacts of immigrants on urban life?

communities of immigrants-chinatown little italy

industry workers

shifting attitides post ww2?

hostility towards german and japanese immigrants

what was an internment camp? during WW2

where illegal aliens could be rounded up and had their property seized

120,000 japanese americans

What was the Immigration and nationality act (hart-celler act)?

removed the qouta system in 1965

what was the a nation of immigrants? 1958

Book by kennedy supporting immigrants

What was operation wettback?

Government drive to deport illegal mexican immigrants

Cuban adjustment act 1959?

gave citizen ship to any cuban who entered the county after 1959

Clara bow?

Personified the roaring 20s

46 silent films and 11 talkies

first commercial radio station?

KDKA in 1928

how many radio stattions were there in 1924?

600

“Amos and andy”?

very popular radio station

How many tv stations were there by 1954?

354

1960 presidential debates on tv and how did it affect them?

65 mill viewrs

Kennedy was cool and confident

Nixon was sweaty and nervous (although not really his fault)

First Political satire Show?

Rowan and Matins Laugh in

Public broadcasting service? 1969

Governement funded

Liberal agenda of educaiton entertianment

Seasame street for example

MASH?

drama series set during the korean war

but secretley had messages about the vietnam war

Walter cronkite?

Highly influential anchorman

revealed the true nature of vietnam was as a loosing game