1925

known as the Dawe’s Plan. He also won the Nobel Peace prize in 1925. The award came from the work of the First Committee of Experts. He actually sent a telegram to the person who accepted the prize for him, Laurits Selmer Swenson. In the telegram, Charles Dawes spoke what he wanted Swenson to say. He said that the award was for the committee and named off those in the committee. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1925/dawes-acceptance.html Dawes actually kept notes while…

adequate and self-sustaining during the war, intact they were flourishing and deserved the right to vote as equal and able citizens. In 1920, women received the vote from the 19th Amendment. The social politics and progresses of women from the 1890s to 1925 gave women significant strides that pushed them into higher positions of American society. Not only was this movement political, but it was also economic and…

1922. He began working as a bus boy and met Vachel Lindsay and he shared his poetry. He was impressed and through his connections summited the work in a magazine and won first place which He later received a scholarship to attend Lincoln University in 1925 for some of his literary work, and graduated in 1929. Langston then began to publish his work and started a newspaper comic called “simple” later telling that he was heavily influenced by poets Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman. The times that…

Vyse The Pedlar Vyse, the inveterate recorder of the street vendors abounding the streets of Chelsea, and The Pedlar of 1925, is but one of his discoveries, (Fig. 68). From the subject’s heavy clothing, it is reasonable to assume that she was another of Vyse’s wintertime subjects. The Pedlar woman wears an old felt hat with a green feather. Her dark green thigh length top coat is unbuttoned at the waist, revealing a long claret-coloured skirt. For the first time Vyse models a street vendor…

Marian Anderson was born on February 27, 1897, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to her parents Annie Rucker, and John Anderson. Her father sold ice and coal in downtown Philadelphia at the Reading Terminal, and eventually opened a small liquor business, prior to their marriage Marian's mother briefly attended Virginia Seminary and College in Lynchburg, Virginia. Marian’s parents were devoted Christians, her aunt would take Marian to concerts at the YMCA, local churches, and other community music…

Rachel Carson was one of the most influential and is often attributed with starting the modern environmental movement. Her work with Silent Spring, a book documenting the harmful effects on the environment, and other writings are often credited with moving the environmental movement forward. Rachel Carson was born on May 27, 1907, on a small farm near Springdale, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Maria Frazer, and Robert Warden Carson, an insurance salesman. Carson was an avid reader, and…

to defeat communism in their eyes. The hatred of demographics starts to vary beyond African Americans. The hostility from the Klan spread to Jews, Italians, Hispanics, and Catholics. The hatred is now spreading across the U.S. to all minorities. In 1925, Klansmen marched on Washington to try to show a facade they had created: that they were society's protectors. While President Grant tried to put an end to the Klan, the presidents in the 20s tolerated them. The tone that the president set in the…

During the 1920s, many events had taken place that have impacted American culture to this day. Some of these events include: the 1925 Scopes Trial, women’s suffrage and behavior, and the American film industry, too. The Scopes Trial brought about debates on evolution in schools, women’s rights are becoming more equal to those of men, and a revolution has begun in the American film industry. All of these events have had a lingering effect on how the American culture is today, and without them,…

after all the horrendous hurricanes. But, Hurricanes is not where Miami stops with natural disasters, Miami has had its fair share of tornados sweep through the city as well. Of the historic natural disasters that have occurred in Miami, Florida, the 1925 and 1997 tornados were huge standouts, as well as, Hurricane Jeanne and Hurricane Andrew. The famous tornado of 1997 that occurred in Miami, Florida is not significant necessarily for the amount of damage it did. This tornado is extremely…

illegally teaching the theory known as evolution in 1925. During this time, Creationism was mainly taught in all schools. This theory that God created the world and all life within it. At this point in time, Evolution has dominated our curriculum, it is the process by which living organisms evolve and adapt (“Introduction”). Although many people believe in different theories, equal opportunity for all would settle many disputes. Dayton, Tennessee, 1925 the “Scopes Monkey Trial” begins. John…