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Led to increased worker productivity and eventually prosperity in businesses.
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Period of time when crop prices were kept artificially high due to wartime policies.
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Advocated for black separatism and a back to Africa movement.
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The progressive Theodore Roosevelt dies, giving the old-guard republicans enough momentum to return into power.
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Banned the manufacture and sale of alcoholic products
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Middle class women were expected to live has mothers or homemakers
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Leads to 800 stations broadcasting for 10 million radios to provide programs for platforms like sports and news.
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A new wave actors, artists, and musicians from Harlem emerged leading the way for cultural change in the 20's
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Rose in popularity due to jazz artists Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong
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Period of time when a new wave of writers were criticizing religion and condemning the wartime sacrifices as fraud.
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African American composer that was a huge influence in the Jazz Age.
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Signifies the beginning of a long period of republican acts being passed. (Reduction in corporate taxes, increase in tariffs, greater allowance of businesses)
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Economic Recession as a result of WWI.
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Prime African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance that expressed his heritage and resentment.
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Famous African American Blues Singer that received critical acclaim, pushing the racial barriers when it comes to entertainment.
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Reduced the maximum amount immigrants traveling into the U.S to 357,000.
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Advocated for contraceptives for birth control and was more accepted during the 1920's.
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Poet who wrote about the cultural downfall after WWI and eventually exiled himself out of the U.S.
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Albert B. Fall accepted bribes to grant oil leases near Teapot Dome, Wyoming.
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Vetoed most of the acts from the republican majority congress and focused on conserving the budget.
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Believed that they could accept the theory of Evolution while still maintaining a religious faith
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Opposed modernists and believed that the bible should be interpreted literally and uses the ideology of creationism to explain the origin of life
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Set quotas of 2 percent based on the census of 1890 for immigrants.
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Famous African American actor that set the standards for African Americans in movies despite the constant segregation.
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More american homes with electricity and automobiles led to businesses expanding their advertising to manipulate a consumer's view on a product.
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The ¨hero¨ status transitions from political figures like Theodore Roosevelt to athletes like Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey
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Disagreed with Marcus Garvey's "Back to Africa" idea but agreed with racial pride and self respect.
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Leads to the rise of the movie industry in hollywood
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Hebert Hoover (Republican) runs against Alfred E. Smith (Democratic) and voters swing to Hoover in a landslide due to opposition to Catholics and immigrant issues.
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Exponential increase in registered automobiles means about every family had at least one car and the automobile industry has replaced the railroad industry.
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State lawmakers were pushed to listen to feminists that demanded changes in divorce laws for women to escape abusive marriages, and that resulted in increased divorce rates by the end of the 20's
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Because of over speculation of stocks and overuse of credits, the stock market plunged.
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One of the factors that lead into the Dust Bowl incident
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Increased tariffs in an attempt to protect U.S industries, but resulted in less overall trade between nations.
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This is when FDR mentions his three R's, which were relief, recovery, and reform
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The GNP decline reached an all time low and the lowest for this depression.
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Used as a method to try to prop up financial institutes. (Railroads, Banks)
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Allowed the government to examine finances of closed banks during the bank holiday and reopen the banks that are qualified.
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Encouraged farmers to reduce production by paying government subsidies for every acre they plowed under.
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Hired laborers for construction projects sponsored by the federal government.
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Officially ended Prohibition.
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The banks that were still intact were closed for a bank holiday to restore confidence back in those banks.
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Guaranteed individual bank deposits up to $5,000.
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Provided refinancing of small homes to prevent foreclosures
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Provided low-interest farm loans and mortgages to prevent foreclosures on the property of indebted farmers.
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Offered grants of federal money to states and local governments that operated forms of relief for the jobless and homeless.
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Allotted money to state and local governments for building public works. (Bridges and Roads)
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Employed young men on projects on federal lands and paid their families small monthly sums.
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Attempted to ensure reasonable profits for business and fair wages and hours for labor.
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Created to regulate the stock market.
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Insured bank loans for the construction industry to build new houses and repairing old ones.
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Described the hardships that many farmers faced during the Dust Bowl.
