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Ellis Island (Immigration)
Ellis Island opens for entry of new immigrants. -
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Literature)
This was a famous book becuase it is the first fantasy written by an American to have immediate success. -
AAA (New Deal)
Provided government subsidies for farmers to decrease crop production. -
The Souls of Black Folk (African American Identity)
In this work Du Bois proposes that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line." -
The History of the Standard Oil Company (Literature)
She wrote about the monopolistic practices of Rockefeller's oil company -
The Jungle (Literature)
Upton Sinclair's book described the meat packing industry and helped cause a change. -
NAACP (African American Identity)
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington and Moorfield Storey. -
40 hour work week (culture)
Henry Ford announces a 40 hour work week. -
18th Amendment (20s Politics)
Eighteenth Amendment, amendment (1919) to the Constitution of the United States imposing the federal prohibition of alcohol. -
League of Nations (20s Politics)
The League of Nations is established and the US decide then not to join. -
Fashion Revolution (Culture)
The 1920's Fashion trends were the shorter, low-waisted dresses and revealing styles worn by the Flappers, the 'bobbed' hairstyles, cloche hats, the casual, haphazard fashion of a mixture of brightly colored clothes, scarves and stockings with bold, striking Art Deco geometric designs of the era. -
Ballroom Dancing (Culture)
The Waltz was replaced with ballroom dancing during this time period. -
Harlem Renaissance (Culture)
The Harlem Renaissance was important because it inspired an explosion of cultural pride and was perceived as a new beginning for African Americans. -
Broadway (Culture)
Broadway Musicals flourished in this time period. -
National Urban League (African American Identity)
developed training programs intended to help African Americans migrating from the South to the North. -
High Crime (Prohibition)
Because of prohibition, crime rates in many major cities spiked due to monopolizinf speakeasies. -
Consumerism (Economy)
Consumerism came into its own throughout the 1920s as a result of mass production, new products on the market, and improved advertising techniques. With more leisure time available and money to spend, Americans were eager to own the latest items. -
Prohibition Era begins
The beginning of 1920 saw a new era of anti-alchohol ways in America. -
Ernest Hemmingway (Literature)
Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist and short-story writer. Hemingway is among the most prominent of the "Lost Generation" of expatriate writers who lived in Paris in the 1920s. -
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Religious parents were angered and began to take action against
the education system for removing faith from the education system. -
Roaring 20s
Following the end of World War I, the industrial might of the United States was unleashed for domestic, peaceful purposes. Within a few short years, an economic shift took place as the economy transitioned from wartime production to peacetime production. -
Economic Good of World War 1
The high production rates in world war one shifted to peacetime production which lead to consumerism -
19th Amendment (20s Politics)
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. -
Coolidge Prosperity (Economy)
Coolidge slashed taxes and encouraged legislation that supported private business. -
Immigration Act of 1924
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. -
Scopes Monkey Trial (Religion)
A court case that became known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, took place in 1925 in which a high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. -
The Great Gatsby (Literature)
Embodied powerful myths about American Dreams. -
1928 U.S. Election
The Republicans were identified with the booming economy of the 1920s and Smith, a Roman Catholic, suffered politically from anti-Catholic prejudice. -
Stock Market Crash (SMC)
The stock market crash in 1929 plummeted the US and a majority of the world into the Great Depression. -
Great Depression (Economy)
Catalyzed by the stock market crash in 1929, the Great Depression is perhaps the worst economic event in world history. -
Black Thursday (SMC)
The crash began on Oct. 24, 1929, known as "Black Thursday" when the market opened 11% lower. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff (New Deal)
This was a higher tax on imports to force Americans to buy American products and get the economy rebooted. -
Scottsboro Boys (African American Identity)
The Scottsboro Boys were nine African American teenagers, ages 13 to 20, falsely accused in Alabama of raping two white women on a train in 1931. -
Davis-Bacon Act
Mandated that all federally funded or assisted construction projects pay the “prevailing wage” (i.e., the above market-clearing union wage). The result of this move was to close out non-union labor, especially immigrants and non-whites, and drive up costs to taxpayers. -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (New Deal)
A government corporation administered by the United States Federal Government starting in 1932 that provided financial support to state and local governments and made loans to banks, railroads, mortgage associations, and other businesses. -
Norris-LaGuardia Act
five major provisions each enshrined special provisions for unions in the law, such as prohibiting judges from using injunctions to stop strikes and making union-free contracts unenforceable in federal courts. -
Emergency Farm Mortgage Act (New Deal)
The Farm Credit Act coincided with the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act which provided $200 million in loans for farmers facing foreclosure. -
FERA (New Deal)
An attempt by Franklin Roosevelt under his New Deal to provide recovery and relief from the Depression. -
20th Amendment
Twentieth Amendmendmetn indicated the beginning and ending dates of presidential and congressional terms. -
Emergency Banking Act (New Deal)
Shut down of the nations banks, which allowed the government to examine all banks and allow those that were financially sound to open back up. Roosevelt wanted this done in order rebuild confidence in the nation's banking system. -
CCC (New Deal)
Organized to utilize the nation's unemployed youth by building roads, planting trees and improving parks. -
FDIC (New Deal)
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) preserves and promotes public confidence in the U.S. financial system by insuring deposits in banks and thrift institutions for at least $250,000. Created by the Glass Steagall Banking Reform Act. -
Dust Bowl Peak
Great dust storms spread from the Dust Bowl area. The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more than 75 percent of the country and affecting 27 states severely. -
SEC (New Deal)
The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. -
Wagner Act (New Deal)
Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA") in 1935 to protect the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail certain private sector labor and management practices, which can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses and the U.S. economy. -
WPA (New Deal)
Employed 85 million people in construction and other jobs. -
Social Security Act
Permanent agency designed to ensure that the older segment of society always would have enough money to survive. -
FSA (New Deal)
Requires corporations to provide all information on stocks. -
Dust Bowl Ends
In the fall, the rain comes, finally bringing an end to the drought. -
Jackie Robinson (African American Identity)
The first African American to play in the MLB.
