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There was a division among the protestants, modernism accepted Darwin's theory, but still believed in there faith.
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Fundamentalists believed and taught every word in the Bible must be accepted as true and there were revivalists who preached fundamentalist message through the radio.
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New technologies led to surpluses causing in falling prices and farmers into greater debt.
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Garvey advocated individual and racial pride for African Americans and developed political ideas for black nationalism.
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UNIA was formed in Harlem by Garvey, it inspired people in later generations by endorsing racial pride and self-respect.
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Youth expressed their rebellion to elderś culture by dancing to jazz music. Jazz brought a new and modern culture.
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Business boomed due to increased productivity from the use of assembly line.
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Leading Harlem poets expressed a range of emotions, from bitterness and resentment to joy and hope.
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Congress passed the 18th amendment due to war time concerns to conserve grain and maintain a sober workforce.
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Nativists feared that the immigrants might foment revolution and also feared competition for jobs.
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Republicans accepted limited government regulation as an aid to stabilizing business instead of teaching laissez-faire.
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Harding, a republican, campaigned ¨return to normalcy¨ and won the election.
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Government favored growth of big business by offering corporate tax cuts.
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Labor unions declined because of open shops and welfare capitalism.
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People like Gertrude Stein called these writers a ¨lost generation¨.
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Fitzgerald reveals the negative side of era´s gaiety, Millay celebrates youth and independence, and other writers wrote about war and American culture.
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Hollywood became big business as going to the movies became a national habit. Americans shifted their viewpoint and adapted role models as celebrities on sports page and movie screen.
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In Harlem African American culture manifesting in literature, music, stage performance, and art.
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Harding established the Bureau of Budget, with procedures for all government expenditures to be placed in a single budget for Congress to review and vote on.
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The first quota act was passed to limit immigration to 3% then the second quota act set it to 2% based on the Census of 1890.
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Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act- a reduction in income tax and an increase in tariff rates.
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Advertising increased as business found that consumers´ demand for new products could be manipulated by appealing to their desired for status and popularity.
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The radio become super popular. Millions listened to the radio for broadcasts, sporting events, soap operas, quiz shows, and comedies.
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Coolidge won election of 1924 and little was accomplished then Alfred Hoover won against Coolidge; Alfred Hoover campaigned for end of poverty in election of 1928.
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Automobiles affected all the Americans did: shopping, traveling, and commuting to work. The average American family held one nearly one car.
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There was an unprecedented volume of selling on Wall Street and investors ordered their brokers to sell and there was no buyers.
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Stock prices kept increasing, so millions of people invested in the boom market, however, millions lost their money when it collapsed.
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He believed the nation could get through hard times if people took his advice about exercising voluntary action and restraint.
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Economic growth increased due to the use of oil and electricity. Electric motors in factories and new appliances at home increased electrical generation.
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Lots of writes scorned religion as hypocritical condemning the sacrifices of wartime as a fraud perpetrated by money interest.
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Writers expressed disillusionment with ideals of earlier time with materialism of a business-oriented culture.
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African Americans faced discrimination in housing and jobs, but their material standard of living and earnings improved.
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Most African Americans lived in the south, but during this time many of them migrated north. A black community developed in Harlem.
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Hoover urged businesses not to cut wages, unions not to strike, and private charities to increase their efforts for the needy and jobless.
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Poor farming practices couples with high winds blew away millions of tons of dried topsoil.
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With farms turned into dust, thousands of people migrated to California in search of farm or factory work.
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He campaigned for the three R's: relief for people out of work, recovery for business and economy as a whole, and reform of American economic institutions.
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Bootleggers smuggled alcohol and gangs made millions from sale of illegal booze which expanded other illegal activities, resulting in the 21st amendment which repealed the 18th amendment.
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Roosevelt ordered the banks to close for a bank holiday and reopen after the government had reorganized them on a sound basis.
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He promised to repeal prohibition and raised needed tax money by passing the Beer-Wine Revenue Act.
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He convinced the Congress to pass his financial recovery programs: emergency banking relief act, federal deposit insurance corporation, home owners loan corporation, and farm credit administration.
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He helped the needs of unemployed workers like the federal emergency relief administration offered outright grants to state and local government that offered forms of relief for the jobless and homeless.
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National Recovery Administration guaranteed reasonable profits for business and fair wages and hours for labor. Also, it gave the workers the right to organize and bargain collectively.
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Another new law took America off the gold standard in order to halt deflation. Paper dollars were no longer redeemable in gold.
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Securities and Exchange Commission was created to regulate the stock market and place strict limits on the type of speculative practices that led to the stock market crash.
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The second new deal was launched. Relief programs like Works Progress Administration which spent billions of dollars to provide people with jobs; employed 3.4 millions people.
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Resettlement Administration provided loans to sharecroppers, tenants, and small farmers and established federal camps.
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National Labor Relations Act replaced the National Industrial Recovery Act in which guaranteed a worker's right to join a union. Also, it outlawed any unfair business practices to labor.
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A revenue act significantly increased the tax on large gifts from parent to child and on capital gains.
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The Social Security Act created a federal insurance program based upon the automatic collection of taxes from employees and employers throughout people's working career.
