history usa theme 3

who was betty friedan

wrote the femine mystique

comfortbale concentration camp

(one) founder of NOW

shirley chisholm

first black woman to be elected to congress

what did elanor roosevelt do to help

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

phyllis schlafly made stop era organisation

argeued it would strip women of special priveliges

national womens political caucus 1971

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

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

womens army auxillary corps (waac)

employedment rose again

immigration in the 1920s

us had a open door policy

what was the dillingham commision

1911

investigated impact of immigration

old immigrants-british irish and german

new imigrants-south and east europe

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