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Nativism returned among Protestants and workers fearing competition, and isolationist sentiment was popular in this era as well.
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This amendment banned alcohol nationwide.
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Henry Ford invented the assembly line method of factory which increased efficiency and productivity. Although invented in 1903, the assembly line doesnt get put into practice until the 1920´s.
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Author of the Great Gatsby which takes place during the roaring twenties and the American Dream.
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New dances came about that followed the fast/energetic feel of the new jazz styles.
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By the end of the 1920s, most American families owned at least one car. It changed the way people got around and did most things social, and economically is replaced the railroad industry in growth and made the rubber, gasoline, steel, glass, and highway construction industries reliant on it.
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Female American poet and civil rights activist, delved in communism.
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Ezra Pound wrote many 1920s poems, and was another big figure in the modernist movement; he, too, expressed disillusionment with modern culture.
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T. S. Eliot wrote a number of plays, poetry, and non-fiction works throughout the 1920s. As part of the modernist movement, he often wrote about the emptiness of modern life
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Louis Armstrong was one of the most influential jazz musicians who popularized the scat style of singing.
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As many African Americans moved north, a large community developed in Harlem. Harlem soon became known for its concentration of artists, actors, musicians, writers, and etc.
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More traditional/rural protestants condemned modernism. These fundamentalists accepted the Bible's word as the end-all-be-all truth, believed in creationism, and blamed modernists for declining morals.
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In the 1920's, jazz music became popular and experimental. Music theory began to advance.
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Radios became a new method of mass communication and entertainment and expanded rapidly throughout households, providing broadcasts on news, sports, soap operas, quiz shows, and comedies. The film industry in Hollywood also finally boomed.
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Advertising became more popular and more advanced for companies to use as a means to convince people to purchase their products.
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Communism began to take shape as the enemy of America's democracy, and many were persecuted for being communist. M6any more falsely persecuted.
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The Ponzi Scheme was when Charles Ponzi tricked people into thinking that their money could be trusted in his investments, when he really just took their money for himself.
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Two Italian immigrants were convicted of murder. They were found guilty primarily based on the fact that they were anarchists.
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From 1920-1932, American Presidents were republican, meaning 3 terms in a row were republican ideals.
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African American playwright who helped bring African American culture to the theater.
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Limited the number of immigrants allowed into the US from eastern areas.
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The Roaring 20´s came with a large economic boom from low income taxes and new innovations. However, it eventually led to the stock market crash of '29.
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Duke Ellington was a famous African American jazz pianist who helped to make jazz popular and expand jazz theory through his compositions.
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Coolidge won the 1924 presidential election. He believed in limited government, especially in terms of the economy, and did little himself and vetoed much from Congress.
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Civil rights activist who pushed for better labor for African Americans, formed the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: the first African American labor union.
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William Jennings Bryan against John Scopes said that teaching evolution in schools went against Christianity.
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US oil companies wanted US intervention/control in Mexican oil reserves, creating tensions.
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The film industry began to move away from silent films and moved towards films with sound, changing Hollywood forever. ¨The Jazz Singer¨ was the first feature talkie.
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Herbert Hoover pushed for limited federal power in the economic crisis.
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A well-respected author who had a great cultural understanding of his time. Helped to make writing a well respected platform.
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Black Thursday was marked the beginning of the 1929 stock market crash. The day before the Dow Jones had fallen and the trading volume was 12.9 million.
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The board tried to help farmers stabilize prices by holding surplus product in storage, but it turned out there was way too much overproduction for the program to handle.
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The stock market crash marked the beginning of the Great Depression, a worldwide economic crisis that lasted years.
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The NYSE crashes, leading factor of the Great Depression.
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In the 30's, a severe drought caused Great Plains agriculture to have little profit in the US already in a depression. This caused many to sell their farms to to inability to pay debt or taxes.
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Severe drought, little vegetation, and dry/light soil led to severe dust storms in the Great Plains region.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority was a government corporation that hired thousands in one of the country's poorer areas to build dams, power plants, control flooding, and make fertilizer.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was meant to ensure trust in the banking system by insuring commercial bank deposits up to a certain amount.
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The Federal Emergency Relief Association gave grants of federal money to state/local governments operating soup kitchens and providing other forms of relief for the homeless.
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The Public Works Administration provided thousands of jobs by giving money to state/local governments to build public work projects such as roads, bridges, dams.
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The Home Owners' Loan Corporation refinanced homes to prevent foreclosure.
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The government examined banks during the bank holiday in which they were all closed, and then reopened those they judged to be sound.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission was meant to prevent this from happening again; it put limits on speculative practices that had caused the stock crash and also regulated the stock market.
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This organization helped to eliminate dirty business and harsh competition by setting fair labor practice regulations.
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A New Deal policy that created jobs for millions of Americans.
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This amendment lifted the prohibition of alcohol.
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The FHA insured banks if their housing investments went sour and set guidelines for construction of houses.
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This act created the FHA and its purpose was to insure banks in their real estate investments to promote growth in the real estate economy. It also sought to help make housing more affordable.
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Helped to relocate families who were struggling to new communities with better opportunities.
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The FCIC insured farmer's crops to aid in the lasting effects of the dust bowl and the depression.
