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Marcus Garvey
He founded the United Negro Improvement Association to promote resettlement of American blacks in their own African homeland. -
The Great Migration
African Americans moved up north to get away from the harsh segreation laws in hopes of better economic opportunities. -
Rise of Communism
The fear of the russian spread of communism begins to grow dramatically around the world shortly after the Russian Revolution -
Religion vs Atheism
With the spread of communism came the spread of atheism. Many Americans feared a growth in atheist numbers and began to deny scientific ideals such as evolution -
Religious Mixing
Many immigrants flee to the United States to avoid religious prosecution after their home countries turn to a more fascist or communist government which often means the toleration of only one religion or none at all. -
Rise of Fascism
Western scare of another European conflict due to the totalitarian ideal of fascism that arose after the Great War -
The Jazz Age
Post World War I movement in the 1920's, from which jazz music and dance emerged -
Flappers
Women dancers that would often perform at clubs with bands, specifically jazz. -
Harlem Renaissance
The cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s -
Literary Style of the 1920's
Literature became focused on the selfish individualism that became more popular during the Roaring Twenties. They reflected on their time period while adding more dramatic elements. -
1920's Economy
The economy was at it's best after the economic success of the Great War, it was doing so well that many believed that it could never crumble -
Election of 1920
First presidential election in the United States that included the votes of women across the country -
The Wasteland
Poem written by T.S.Eliot that spoke about the world's loss of personal, moral, and spiritual values -
Emergency Quota Act
Act restricting newcomers from Europe in any given year to 3% of their nationality who had been living in the United States in 1910. -
Langston Hughes
He was a leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance who described the rich culture of african American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. -
Immigration Act of 1924
Cut quotas for foreigners from 3% to 2%. Varying countries were only allowed to send a certain number of its citizens to America each year. -
The Great Gatsby
American novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald that focused on the Roaring Twenties' social life -
Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is an autobiography by the National Socialist leader Adolf Hitler, in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. -
The Jazz Singer
This was the first movie with sound and it was about the life of Al Jolson, a famous African American jazz singer. -
Strange Interlude
Play written by Eugene O'Neill that told the thirty year story of the modern American woman -
President Hoover
Hoover believed that the government should have no interference with businesses and kept and believed that the economy would boom forever -
The 18th Amendment
Federal law prohibits the production, transporting, and selling of any alcoholic beverage -
Black Tuesday
Primary cause of the Great Depression, considered one of the worst economic crashes in American history -
Effects of Black Tuesday
Nearly half of America’s banks had failed, and unemployment was approaching 15 million people, or 30 percent of the workforce -
The Dust Bowl
Series of dust storms that damaged the ecology of both American and Canadian farmland -
The Election of 1932
President Hoover loses almost every state's vote due to his failure to stabalize the American economy after the stock market crash -
Glass Steagall Act
Limited commercial bank securities, activities, and affiliations within commercial banks and securities firms -
Civilian Conservation Corps
Public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families as part of the New Deal -
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
The new name given by the Roosevelt Administration to the Emergency Relief Administration (ERA) which President Herbert Hoover had created in 1932 -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Reduced agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land and to kill off excess livestock. Its purpose was to reduce crop surplus and therefore effectively raise the value of crops -
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federally owned corporation that provided navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley -
Public Works Administration
Created by the National Industrial Recovery Act in June 1933 in response to the Great Depression -
National Industrial Recovery Act
Authorized the President to regulate industry in an attempt to raise prices after severe deflation and stimulate economic recovery -
Civil Works Administration
Short-lived U.S. job creation program established by the New Deal during the Great Depression to rapidly create manual labor jobs for millions of unemployed workers -
The 21st Amendment
Repeals the acts of the 18th Amendment that authorized prohibition -
National Recovery Administration
Stimulated competition and benefited producers and consumers by implementing various codes to establish fair trade. -
Home Owners Refinancing Act
Provided mortgage money to homeowners and offered other forms of aid. -
Federal Securities Act
Let the government monitor and regulate stocks and bonds. -
Reforestation Relief Act
This act established the Civilian Conservation Crops, providing work immediately for 250,000 men in reforestation, road construction and developing national parks. -
Emergency Banking Relief Act
FDR's first proposed legislation to Congress to stabilze the country's failing banking system. -
Fleeing the Great Plains
The Great Plains had become a vast desert and caused many of its residents to flee to other areas of the country such as California -
Securities and Exchange Commission
Government agency that holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws, proposing securities rules, and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other activities and organizations -
National Housing Act
This established the Federal Housing Administration, which insured loans for construction and renovations or repairs of homes. -
Securities Exchange Act
This established the SEC, which regulates securities activity. -
Rural Electrification Administration
One of the agencies created under in 1935 to promote rural electrification -
National Youth Administration
Agency in the United States that focused on providing work and education for Americans between the ages of 16 and 25 -
Wagner Act
Recognized for the first time the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively with their employers by protecting the workers' right to joining a union -
Social Security Act
To establish a Social Security Board; to raise revenue; and for other purposes -
Resettlement Administration
The Resettlement Administration was a New Deal U.S. federal agency that relocated struggling urban and rural families to communities planned by the federal government. -
Social Security Act
This act guaranteed pensions to those retiring at 65 with contributions from both employees and employer, offered financial aid to dependent children and blind people, and established a system of unemployment insurance
