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The Roaring 20s changed American Culture to be more loose and centered more around consumption.
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Congress passed the National Origins Act to restrict immigration from the western hemisphere especially immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe.
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John T. Scopes, a high school teacher was tried for breaking a Tennessee law that forbade the teachings of Darwinism and Evolution. However, the trial blew up into something more for the American people and its culture.
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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were two Italian anarchists that were executed because they were accused of robbery and murder.
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Millions of Americans found themselves without jobs and they struggled to provide for their families. The economy slowed down significantly and the GDP of the US dropped dramatically.
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The United States Stock Market collapsed and shares in companies such as U.S. Steel dropped from $262 to $22. The drop in stocks revealed the weaknesses of the US economy.
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In 1932, about fifteen thousand World War I veterans marched to Washington D.C. to demand that they receive their cash bonuses that were scheduled to be paid out in 1945.
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The act was created my Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide financial assistance to the unemployed and provided pensions for the old.
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The Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor and the US responded by joining World War II with the Allied Powers against the Axis Powers.