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Invention of the Model T.
The Model T. used a new factory method. -
Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League
This began the African American Identity movement. -
The Birth of a Nation was released.
The Birth of a Nation was a pro-KKK movie. This showed the culture that would bleed into the 20s. -
The last of the "The Fundamentals" was published.
These essays created Fundamentalism and this would lead to prohibition. -
18th Amendment Passed
The 18th Amendment banned all alcohol. -
19th Amendment
It gave women the right to vote in 1920. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a revival movement in Harlem for African Americans. -
1st Radio Broadcast
The radio brought America together as a country. -
The Palmer Raids end.
These raids were arresting people for disagreeing with them. They were carried out by the Department of Justice. -
"The Mysterious Affair at Styles" was published.
Agatha Christie's first Poirot novel would change literature forever. -
The Senate Rejects the League of Nations.
This brought America back into isolationism. -
Warren G. Harding wins the election.
Harding's cabinet members were engaged in illegal activity. -
Quota Act of 1921
An act passed the limit the New Immigration from Europe. -
Tulsa Race Massacre
The Tulsa Race Massacre was one of many race riots in the late 1910s and early 1920s. -
The Negro Speaks Of Rivers was published.
Langston Hughes' poems were a leading aspect of the civil rights movement and Harlem Renaissance. -
Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
This trial accused two Italian immigrants of a crime because they were Italian. This shows the nativism in America at the time. -
Congress increased the corporate tax from 10 to 12.5%.
This is because they government is making much less money. -
The Pivot of Civilization by Margaret Sanger was published.
Margaret Sanger was a supporter of birth control for women. -
Calvin Coolidge becomes president.
He said "the business of America is business," -
Indian Citizenship Act
This act granted citizenship on all Native Americans born within the United States. -
National Quota Act of 1924
The National Quota Act of 1924 limited the already limited immigration. -
John Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution.
This shows the Religious tension at the time that the country was so religious it wouldn't let kids be taught science. -
"The Great Gatsby" was published
This book demonstrated who the wealthy were of the 1920s. -
Top tax rate lowered to 25 percent.
The economy was doing well so they lowered taxes. -
"The Weary Blues" by Langston Hughes was published.
The Weary Blues was a collection of poems about African American Identity. -
"The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway was published.
This book made Ernest Hemingway famous. -
Savoy Blues by Louis Armstrong was released.
Louis Armstrong and other African American singers helped the Civil Rights movement. -
"We" by Charles Lindbergh was published.
Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly across the Atlantic, was a celebrity, -
Cotton Club opened.
The Cotton Club was a place of African American culture. -
Stock prices rose 39 percent.
The booming economy made it so stock prices could rise. -
Stock Market Crash
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 started the period of The Great Depression in the United States -
Federal Farm Board creation.
Herbert Hoover would extend the influence of this board. -
Dust Bowl Begins
The dust bowl would go on for 6 years that would damage agriculture in the Oklahoma region. -
Al Capone was arrested.
Al Capone was the leader of organized crime in Chicago, something caused by black market sales of alcohol due to prohibition. -
The Election of FDR
FDR would begin to make programs to help pull America out of the Depression. -
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation
This gave financial support to state and local governments. -
Emergency Banking Relief Act
This Act made banks safer and more reliable, having the government help the banks get back on their feet. -
Federal Emergency Relief Act
This Act provided aid for families by the state. -
Civilian Conservation Corp
This act hired unemployed people to be park rangers and other conservation jobs. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
This act payed farmers to limit growth to help raise the prices of the crops. -
Public Works Administration
This administration gave loans to private companies to hire people to build new public works. -
National Industrial Recovery Act
This act supported fair competition in the work place. -
Glass-Steagall Act
This act, otherwise known as the banking act, created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation -
Securities & Exchange Act
This act tried to regulated the stock market to stop another crash. -
The Revenue Act
This act redistributed the wealth in America. -
Social Security Act
This was the first social welfare program in the US. -
Housing Act
This act tried to abolish slums. -
Judicial Procedures Reform Bill
FDR was trying to make sure his bills weren't vetoes by the court. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
This act prohibited those under 16 from working. -
The Grapes of Wrath was published
This book was about a family moving away from the dust bowl.
