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Henry Ford, The assembely line to automobile production was introduced
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when men went off to fight in world war 1 in 1917, millions of women took their places in factories and mines.
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Created a short recession from 1919 to 1921
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citizens have witnessed attacks on the civil libeties
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acts of 1921,1924, and 1929 restricted immagration from Southern and Eastern Europe by establishing quotas for each natinallity based on american exisisting ethnic composition.
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the 1920's were naturally prosperous times. wages and employement oppertunities have increased, while business profits and production soared.
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the 1920's witnessed new patterns of consumtion, creating mass markets for goods
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The citzens saw the emergence of new value challenging traditional views.
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women began to smoke and drink. while things began to flouyrish like music
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the stock market crashed. people frantically tried to sell all their stocks, as share prices plunged. the effects of the crash quickly spread.
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Three causes of the great deppression were Overproduction, speculation, and the stock market crash
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The 1920's are often followed by periods of recession or depression, like the great depression of the 1930's
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defeated Hoover in the presidential election of 1932 Roosevelt promised a New Deal.
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Civilian consevation Corps (1933) Gave jobs to young people planting trees and cleaning up forests. C.C.C lived in camps and recieved free food.
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insured bank deposits so that people would not lose their savings in case a bank failed
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Was created to watch over the stock market and guard against another stock market attack.
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provided workers with unemployment insurance, old age pensions, and insurance if they died early
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The supreme court upheld the relocations in Kormatsu V. United states
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1945-1960 the yars after World War II were generally a period of recovery and economic growth.
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Was a decade marked by Relative Prosperity
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Since 1986, The U.S supreme Court had Repeatedly upheld the constitutionality of segragation laws in southern United States.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks was arrested Because she would not give her seat up to a white person.
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The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man made satellite, into space.
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Promted the United states to launch its on satellite into space.
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African Amercans held the first "Sit-In"
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In the Late 1960's African American leaders emerged whp disagreed woth kings policy of non-violence.
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The tone of the 1960's differed greatly from the 1950's. The Civil Rights Movemoent Encouraged other groups to seek equality and justice for them selves
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One of the most important devolopements of the 1960's. This sought economic and social equality for women
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in the 1960's and 1970's young people adopted a new spirit of rebelliousness, challanging american society's materialism and indifferance to proverty and other social problems .
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President Kennedy announced the beginning of the "The Space Race".
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Civil Rights Leaders called for a march on Washington to get Congress to Enact a Civil Rights Bill.
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1964 Prohibitted racial discrimmination in hotels. 1965 President Johnson introduced affirmative action, requiring employers with federal contracts to hire more minority and female employees.
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Americans Placed the first men on the surface of the moon and returned them safely to earth.
