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Marcus Garvey from Jamaica advocated racial pride through UNIA.
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Amendment that made alcohol illegal but was ineffective because there were speakeasies and crime went up like gangsters.
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In 1920's economy unions were unsuccessful but united mine workers had a little bit of success.
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William Harding was elected as Republican president and his motto was "return to normalcy."
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Increased productivity was created through the assembly line.
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Farmers had dept and weren't the focus when business was. Technologies like fertilizers were introduced as well.
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U.S. Census stated that half of population lived in urban areas creating city culture.
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Commercial Radio went on air and was broadcasted created entertainment culture.
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Jazz music was a huge part of 1920's culture. It brought new music, style and dance. It is known as the Jazz Age.
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He wrote "The Old Man and the Sea" "The Sun Also Rises." He wrote about harder parts of life in the 1920s but also adventurous lifestyle
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He was a newspaper journalist and novelist and was known for his satirical take on modern affairs in 1920's.
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Ezra was a poet in the 1920's and a major figure in the early modernist movement.
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Nicknamed Empress of the Blues and was the most popular female African American blues singer and major influence on music.
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Amendment which made alcohol illegal but it was effective and created speakeasies and crime like gangsters.
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The depression of 1920-21 was a deflationary recession after World War I but ended with roaring twenties.
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Limited Migration to 3 % from a given nation in 1920 Census.
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Law that raised tariffs on imported goods to protect factories and farms.
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Business didn't have government interference and allowed for growing markets.
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Modernism in religion was religion plus evolution and fundamentalist believed that the bible word for word was true.
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Coolidge was elected as Republican president and his motto was "the business of America is business"
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Congress discovered that Fall had accepted bribes on oil.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the Great Gatsby and wrote about consumerism and the 1920's age.
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Thomas Eliot was a writer during the modernism movement and moved to England. He wrote "Ash Wednesday"
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The State of Tennessee v. John Scopes was a case in which a teacher taught about evolution which became unlawful.
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Entertainment in the 1920's that was moving pictures with sound.
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Protested against nativism and racist-ism and were executed.
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Hoover was elected as Republican president and his motto was poverty would soon be ended all together.
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Number of High School Students had doubled and education for men and women was important.
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Unprecedented volume of selling on Wall Street and stock prices plunged.
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Investors ordered brokers to sell when no buyers to be found.
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Harlem famous for concentration of talented actors, artists, musicians, and writers brought the Harlem Renaissance.
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An African American poet and commented on African American heritage and shaped the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance.
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An African American trumpeter, composer and singer and a key figure of African American identity.
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Highest Tariff rates in history up to 49% but both national and international economies sank further.
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Hoover's policy that gave loans that tried to stabilize key businesses.
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Amendment repealed the 18th amendment and made alcohol legal again.
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CCC was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 for unemployed men.
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The NRA established by FDR goal was to eliminate competition by bringing industry, labor, and government to create fair practices and set prices.
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FDIC was a independent U.S. corporation that insured bank deposits against loss in the event of bank failure.
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HOLC was to help stabilize real estate that had depreciated during the depression.
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New Deal program to help farmers refinance mortgages at below market interest rates.
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Roosevelt asked Congress to set up FERA which gave grants to states.
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Public Works Administration was a large scale public works agency in response of Great Depression.
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CWA created jobs and manual labor for millions during a hard winter.
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Agency created that set standards for construction and underwriting and insures loans made by banks.
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SEC was created to enforce the federal securities laws.
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Dust storms on the Great Plain led to many problems for farmers.
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Federal agency that relocated struggling urban and rural families.
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Provided federal loans for the installation of electrical systems in rural areas.
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Novel written by John Steinbeck and was set during the great depression and focuses on Midwest and dust bowls.
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Largest and most ambitious New Deal agency that employed millions of people to carry out public work projects.
