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Ellis Island opens for entry of new immigrants
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Supreme Court says that anyone born in the US is granted citizenship.
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She wrote about the monopolistic practices of Rockefeller's oil company
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Upton Sinclair's book described the meat packing industry and helped cause a change.
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This was a famous book becuase it is the first fantasy written by an American to have immediate success.
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Influential book that helped towards change.
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Provided government subsidies for farmers to decrease crop production
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Organized to utilize the nation's unemployed youth by building roads, planting trees and improving parks.
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This literary, artistic, and intellectual movements foster a new African American identity
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Becomes the first African American to play MLB
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9 black youths are indicted on the accusation of raping 2 white women.
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The NAACP is founded in this time period
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Organizations are made to promote the spirit of race pride.
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The League of Nations is established and the US decide then not to join.
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Prohibition begins cuasing major revolts.
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Women are given the right to vote.
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Many families got together to sing or paid someone to sing to them.
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Broadway Musicals flourished in this time period
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The Waltz was replaced with ballroom dancing during this time period.
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Attire consisted of formal clothes and flashy dresses.
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Speeding, or driving a motor vehicle fast, was very popular for males in this time period
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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.
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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.
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Time Magazine is founded during this year.
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An attempt by Franklin Roosevelt under his New Deal to provide recovery and relief from the Depression. This was the first of his major relief operations. It provided state assistance for the unemployed and their families. This program provided work for over 20 million people. FERA's main goal was alleviating household unemployment by creating new unskilled jobs in local and state government.
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Passed in 1933 to authorize the President to regulate industry in an attempt to raise prices after severe deflation and stimulate economic recovery. It also established a national public works program known as the Public Works Administration (PWA, not to be confused with the WPA of 1935). The National Recovery Administration (NRA) portion was widely hailed in 1933 but by 1934 business' opinion of the act had soured. By March 1934 the "NIRA was engaged chiefly in drawing up these industrial codes
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John Scopes, a biology teacher, is arrested for teaching evolution in the classroom and is tried and found guilty.
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Embodied powerful myths about American Dreams
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The scopes trial takes place.
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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.
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Announces a 40 hour work week.
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The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. As our nation's securities exchanges mature into global for-profit competitors, there is even greater need for sound market regulation. All investors, whether large institutions or private individuals, should have access to certain basic facts about an investment prior to buying it, and so long as they hold it.
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The first talking movie is made.
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Gang violence is rising in nearly every city.
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Al Capone had his enemies killed so he would monopolize in speakeasies and bootlegging.
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The Great Depression begins.
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In this year the stock market crashes starting the Great Depression
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In this year the car radio is invented.
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The stock market crashes when 16 million shares are traded and billions of dollars are lost.
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This was a higher tax on imports to force Americans to buy American products and get the economy rebooted.
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The start of severe droughts in the west.
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This allowed grants and loans to state government
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The stocks hit their lowest points and then people were reluctant to spend money because they felt poor.
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This helps farms facing foreclosure.
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Permanent agency designed to ensure that the older segment of society always would have enough money to survive. Old age benefits.
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Hired people to build dams to prevent flooding and solid electricity
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Employed 85 million people in construction and other jobs. Established under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act.
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Employed 4 million people for 15 dollars a week. Construction and repair jobs. Provided temporary employment.
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Requires corporations to provide all information on stocks. Securities and Exchange.
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Newton Cantwell is arrested for solitation in a catholic neighborhood but the charges are dropped when they said he was protected by the 1st and 14th amendments
