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Great Migration
The Great Migration was when 6 million African Americans were moved out of rural areas and into urban. This happened because Urban areas needed more laborers after the war. -
Palmer Raids
Government passed raids and arrested suspected radicals for mail bombs. Sometimes leaded to deportation, Buford deported 250 aliens. -
Prohibition
The 18th amendment stated that it was prohibited to “manufacture, sell, or transfer intoxicating liquor”. This was realized to lower crime, promote family stability, and discipline troops. -
Jazz Music
Jazz began to spread and become more popular during the 1920s. The radio helped the spread of this relaxed but entertaining music. Jazz music helped impact American culture and fashion trends. -
Women’s Fashion
Fashion had a great change in the 1920s, when women began to show more skin and wear shorter hair. Flapper style was very popular in the 1920s, creating a newfound freedom for women. -
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance is a time when African American dance, art, fashion, music, theater, literature, and politics began to spread across America. The Harlem Renaissance was one of the most influential movements of creative culture for African Americans. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. This amendment would affect the rights of women in the future, and was just the start. -
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Quota Act of 1921
The Quota Act put a limit on how many immigrants could enter the US. The immigrant process changed and developed to what we use today. -
First Affordable Car
Ford Motor Company created a car called the “Ford Model T” which was the first affordable car. Middle-class Americans could now travel and own a car, instead of only upper class. -
Klu Klux Klan
The Klu Klux Klan returned in the 1920s directing their hate to African Americans, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants. -
National Origins Act of 1924
The National Origins act make quotas more strict and more permanent. They kept certain ethnic groups from entering the United States to keep America’s “character”. -
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby was a novel was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it was a semi-biography about his own life. This book helped show how the American Dream was portrayed in the 1920s. -
The Scopes Trial
The Scopes Trial was prosecution against John Scopes, a science teacher, who taught evolution in his class, which was illegal because of the recent rules. This trial was important because of the contradicting religious beliefs and science. -
Route 66
Route 66 was Americans first highway linking Chicago to Los Angeles. Route 66 made it shorter, quicker, and easier to travel across the United States and it became very popular. -
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was professional baseball player who set many records throughout his career. His records included most home runs, slugging percentage, runs batted, bases on balls, and on base plus slugging. -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was the first women to fly passenger across the Atlantic Ocean and then became the first women to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Was important to women’s rights and women in careers. -
Valentine’s day Massacre
Gangs had began to rise in American and 7 members of George Bugs Moran’s gang were shot dead. This event created drama with gangs and the prohibition. -
Wall Street Crash
The Wall Street Crash was the major crash of the American stock market. It started with Black Thursday and only began to get worse. The Crash occurred because production of products declines since there was few laborers and unemployment. -
Black Thursday
Black Thursday was on October 24, 1929 when stock markets began to crash. It set panic to investors in the stock market. This was the begging of the stock market crash and a future cause of the Great Depression.
