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United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
brought to Harlem from Jamaica by a charismatic immigrant, Marcus Garvey. -
Volstead Act
provide enforcement for the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. -
1920 presidential election
Harding's campaign promised a return to "normalcy," rejecting the activism of Theodore Roosevelt and the idealism of Woodrow Wilson -
The first commercial radio station
broadcast music to just a few thousand listeners. By 1930 there were over 800 stations broad-
casting to 10 million radios-about a third of all U.S. homes. -
Main Street
a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis, and published in 1920. Satirizing small town life, Main Street is perhaps Sinclair Lewis's most famous book, and led in part to his eventual 1930 Nobel Prize for Literature. -
Beyond the Horizon
His first full-length work to be staged, Beyond the Horizon won the 1920 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. -
Harlem renaissance start
an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s -
Modernism
the struggle between modern values and anti-modern values could be seen in the literature, silent film, and drama of the American culture -
Fundamentalism
Fundamentalists blamed the liberal views of modernists for
causing a decline in morals. -
Brief postwar recession
a sharp deflationary recession in the United States and other countries, beginning 14 months after the end of World War I -
The first quota act
limited immigration to 3 percent of the number of foreign-born persons from a given nation counted in the 1910 Census (a maximum of 357,000). -
Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act
raised American tariffs on many imported goods to protect factories and farms -
Roaring 20's
a lengthy period of business prosperity 1922-1928 -
The Waste Land
long poem by T.S. Eliot, published in 1922, first in London in The Criterion (October), next in New York City in The Dial (November), and finally in book form, with footnotes by Eliot. -
Duke Ellington
leader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death over a career spanning more than fifty years. -
The Election of 1924
In a three-way contest, incumbent Republican President Calvin Coolidge won election to a full term. -
1924 Scandal
Congress discovered that Fall had accepted bribes
for granting oil leases near Teapot Dome, Wyoming. -
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
provided networks of radio stations that enabled people from coast to coast to listen to the same programs: news broadcasts, sporting events, soap operas, quiz shows, and comedies. -
second quota act
set quotas of 2 percent based on the Census of 1890 (before the arrival of most of the "new" immigrants). -
The Great Gatsby
novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1925 -
The New Negro
anthology edited by Alain Locke, renaissance movement was named after it -
Color
The first book by one of the finest poets of the Harlem Renaissance, and at the time, the most famous Black writer in America, Countee Cullen -
The Sun Also Rises
novel by Ernest Hemingway, published in 1926 -
Columbia Broad- casting System (CBS)
provided networks of radio stations that enabled people from coast to coast to listen to the same programs: news broadcasts, sporting events, soap operas, quiz shows, and comedies -
"Talking Pictures"
With the introduction of talking (sound) pictures in 1927,
the movie industry reached new heights. -
Charles Lindbergh's flight
thrilled the nation and the entire world by flying nonstop across the Atlantic from Long Island to Paris. -
McNary-Haugen Bill
a controversial plan in the 1920s to subsidize American agriculture by raising the domestic prices of farm products (vetoed) -
the Election of 1928
Republican Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover defeated the Democratic nominee, Governor Al Smith of New York (Hoover was the last Republican to win a presidential election until 1952) -
The Great Depression
a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. -
Black Thursday
an unprecedented volume of selling on Wall Street, and stock
prices plunged. -
Black Tuesday
share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence of the Great Depression. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
passed by the Republican Congress set tax increases ranging from 31 percent to 49 percent on foreign imports. -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
a measure for propping up faltering railroads, banks, life insurance companies, and other financial institutions. -
New Deal Philosophy Beginning
In his campaign for president in 1932, Roosevelt offered vague promises but no concrete programs. -
the 21st Amendment
repealing the Eighteenth was ratified, and millions
celebrated the new year by toasting the end of Prohibition. -
The First Hundred Days
During this brief period, Congress passed into law every request of President Roosevelt, enacting more major legislation than any single Congress in history. -
Bank Holiday
To restore confidence in those banks that were still solvent, the president ordered the banks closed for a bank holiday on March 6, 1933. -
Beer-Wine Revenue Act
legalized the sale of beer and wine. -
Fireside Chats
The president assured his listeners that the banks which reopened after the bank holiday were safe. -
Emergency Banking Relief Act
authorized the government to examine the finances of banks closed during the bank holiday and reopen those judged to be sound. -
Glass-Steagall Act
increased regulation of the banks and limited how banks could invest customers' money -
Home Owners Loan Corporation
provided refinancing of small homes to prevent foreclosures. -
Farm Credit Administration
provided low-interest farm loans and mortgages to prevent foreclosures on the property of indebted farmers -
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
offered outright grants of federal money to states and local governments that were operating soup kitchens and other forms of relief for the jobless and homeless. -
Public Works Administration
allotted money to state and local governments for building roads, bridges, dams, and other public works. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
employed young men on projects on federal lands and paid their families small monthly sums. -
Soil Conservation Service
to teach and subsidize the plains farmers to rotate crops, terrace fields, use contour plowing, and plant trees to stop soil erosion and conserve water. -
The Filipino Repatriation Act
ted family reunification under U.S. immigration law, forcing many Filipino families to remain separate for a number of years -
Fair labor Standards Act
established several regulations on businesses in interstate
commerce -
The Grapes of Wrath
The novelist John Steinbeck wrote about their hardships in his classic study of economic heartbreak
