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Immigration:Nativism
Nativism returned among Protestants and workers fearing competition, and isolationist sentiment was popular in this era as well. -
Prohibition: 18th Amendment
This amendment banned alcohol nationwide. -
Economy: Henry Ford
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. -
Literature:F. Scott Fitzgerald
Author of the Great Gatsby which takes place during the roaring twenties and the American Dream. -
Culture: Dance
New dances came about that followed the fast/energetic feel of the new jazz styles. -
Culture: Automobile
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. -
Literature: Dorothy Parker
Female American poet and civil rights activist, delved in communism. -
Literature: Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound wrote many 1920s poems, and was another big figure in the modernist movement; he, too, expressed disillusionment with modern culture. -
Literature: T. S. Eliot
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 -
African American Identity: Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong was one of the most influential jazz musicians who popularized the scat style of singing. -
African American Identity: Harlem Renaissance
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. -
Religion: Fundementalism
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. -
Culture: Jazz
In the 1920's, jazz music became popular and experimental. Music theory began to advance. -
Culture: Entertainment
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. -
Economy: Advertiment
Advertising became more popular and more advanced for companies to use as a means to convince people to purchase their products. -
Politics: Red Scare
Communism began to take shape as the enemy of America's democracy, and many were persecuted for being communist. M6any more falsely persecuted. -
Economy: Ponzi Scheme
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. -
Politics: Socco-Vanzetti Trial
Two Italian immigrants were convicted of murder. They were found guilty primarily based on the fact that they were anarchists. -
Politics: Reign of Republicans
From 1920-1932, American Presidents were republican, meaning 3 terms in a row were republican ideals. -
African American Identity : Langston Hughes
African American playwright who helped bring African American culture to the theater. -
Immigration:Immigration Act of 1921
Limited the number of immigrants allowed into the US from eastern areas. -
Economy: The Boom
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. -
African American Identity:Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington was a famous African American jazz pianist who helped to make jazz popular and expand jazz theory through his compositions. -
Politics: Coolidge
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. -
African American Identity:Philip Randolph
Civil rights activist who pushed for better labor for African Americans, formed the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: the first African American labor union. -
Religion: The Scopes Trial
William Jennings Bryan against John Scopes said that teaching evolution in schools went against Christianity. -
Politics: Mexican Oil Reserves
US oil companies wanted US intervention/control in Mexican oil reserves, creating tensions. -
Culture: ¨Talkies¨
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. -
Herbert Hoover’s Policies:Election
Herbert Hoover pushed for limited federal power in the economic crisis. -
Literature:Ernest Hemingway
A well-respected author who had a great cultural understanding of his time. Helped to make writing a well respected platform. -
Stock Market Crash: Black Thursday
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. -
Herbert Hoover: Federal Farm Board
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. -
Economy: Great Depression
The stock market crash marked the beginning of the Great Depression, a worldwide economic crisis that lasted years. -
Stock Market Crash: Black Tuesday
The NYSE crashes, leading factor of the Great Depression. -
Dust Bowl: Drought
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. -
Dust Bowl:Dust Storms
Severe drought, little vegetation, and dry/light soil led to severe dust storms in the Great Plains region. -
New Deal: TVA
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. -
New Deal:FDIC
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was meant to ensure trust in the banking system by insuring commercial bank deposits up to a certain amount. -
New Deal: FERA
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. -
New Deal:PWA
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. -
New Deal: Home Owners' Loan Corporation
The Home Owners' Loan Corporation refinanced homes to prevent foreclosure. -
New Deal: Emergency Banking Relief
The government examined banks during the bank holiday in which they were all closed, and then reopened those they judged to be sound. -
New Deal:The Securities and Exchange Commission
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. -
New Deal:National Recovery Administration
This organization helped to eliminate dirty business and harsh competition by setting fair labor practice regulations. -
New Deal:Civilian Conservation Corps
A New Deal policy that created jobs for millions of Americans. -
Prohibition: 21st Amendment Ratified
This amendment lifted the prohibition of alcohol. -
New Deal: Federal Housing Administration
The FHA insured banks if their housing investments went sour and set guidelines for construction of houses. -
New Deal:National Housing Act of 1934
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. -
New Deal: Resettlement Administration
Helped to relocate families who were struggling to new communities with better opportunities. -
New Deal:Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
The FCIC insured farmer's crops to aid in the lasting effects of the dust bowl and the depression.
