HIS 136 Study Guide - Final Guide: Tennessee Valley Authority, Fair Employment Practice Committee, National Industrial Recovery Act
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Migration of african americans from the south to the north. Changed the image of blacks from rural, uneducated peasants to urban, sophisticated cosmopolitans. Significance: it brought to light the black experience in american cultural history. It redefined culturally and sociologically how america and the world viewed african americans. Thought african americans should go back to africa due to poor treatment in america. Founded pan africanism, the idea that all black people everywhere have a common cultural heritage in africa. They should redeem africa by working to end colonialism there. Significance: pan africanism was important because, for the first time, black people were represented a having a common culture and cause to bind them all together, no matter which country they lived in. Law said you cannot teach evolution of man. Scopes taught evolution anyways to test how this law would hold up in court. Judge didn"t allow scientists to testify in court about the truth behind the theory of evolution.
