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thousands of African Americans migrated to larger cities.
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Due to the prohibition, alcohol was sold illegally through speakeasies run by bootleggers and the mob
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this literary renaissance brought about dadaism, expressionism, impressionism, and surrealism
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People who moved to Europe, usually Paris, and lived in poverty then eventually moved back to America with a new perspective. Famous Expatriates were Hemingway, Emerson, and Fitzgerald
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Black artists, playwrights, and authors become more popular and prevalent.
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Gave women the right to vote
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Prohibited alcohol
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the average income of the upper middle class increased
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The assembly line added to the increasing productivity of factories making them extremely efficient.
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The living conditions especially in the slums of big cities became extremely crude and unsanitary.
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By this time, a large amount of people living in rural areas were only making income that classified as poverty.
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Post World War II literature influenced by Victorian poetry which expressed emotions through the imagery
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Many famous novels emerge in this time period which reflect the way of life of the time period.
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Jazz emerged along with dance that went with it bringing happiness and expressionism through music.
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Believed that Darwinism could still fit with their faith
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Protestants bashed on Modernists and blamed them for the decline in morals
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Due to the Prohibition, people began to illegally produce and distribute alcohol and it became popular to break the law and carried into greater increase in mobs and criminal activity.
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Major movement in African American art and music
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Society in America divided itself in a cultural civil war between Blacks, Whites, Catholics, Protestants, Big city people, and Small towns people.
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The appeal of entertainment grew and became very important to American culture
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Albert Bacon Hall and President Harding found guilty for bribes and getting around competition.
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Due to the end of the war, millions of foreigners migrated to the US and made the US citizens fear job competition and revolution.
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It limited the amount of immigrants that could enter America based on nationality.
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A club for only whites but where black performers would perform/
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He was elected to be president over Davis and La Fallette
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An extreme immigration law which excluded Eastern Europeans and Asians
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Known for writing the famous book, "The New Negro" which helped to define and shape African American culture and identity.
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Herbert Hoover was elected President because he supported the prohibition and christianity
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After there was a boom in the roaring twenties, a great economic depression hit.
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By the late 1920's most homes had been wired with electricity
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It was not just the stock market crash that made the depression so devastating. There were global economic issues, people relied heavily on credit, and there was a great excess of production.
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Increased taxes on foreign goods in an attempt to make consumers support more American business to get out of the depression, But then foreign countries increased the taxes on the US's goods, causing us to sink further into the depression.
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A severe drought in the 1930's which put thousands of farmers out of work.
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Many farmers from Oklahoma moved to California in search for work on the few farms and factories.
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The president suggested the suspension of collecting international debts. all but France agreed and so there was a scramble for a compromise.
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FDR's new deal which proposed, Relief from unemployment, Recovery for business and the economy, and Reform in America economic institutions
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FDR turned to university professors for help with economic issues
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FDR had the most diverse in the history of the US. He had African Americans, women, Catholics, and Jews
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It repealed the 18th amendment which now allowed the production and distribution of alcohol.
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Within his first hundred days, he passed every law he tried to implement. putting into place agencies like the NRA, CCC, AAA, and WPA
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FDR worked to help end the prohibition to help get the tax money from the sales of alcohol which was desperately needed
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To provide the government time to reorganize the banks that had not failed during the depression, FDR put in place Bank Holiday in which banks would temporarily be closed.
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FDR held a series of "Fireside" chats on the radio to the American People to help reassure them
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The NRA was created to try to help solve both immediate releif and long-term problems.
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a program which hired laborers temporarily for construction jobs sponsored by the government.
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They built new homes and repaired the old ones which helped created jobs and allowed for more homeowners.
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The Emergency Bank Administration, The Civilian Conservation Corps, and the Tennessee Valley Authority were all programs related to unemployment and public works, giving many sources of much needed jobs.
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Similarly to the NRA concept, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), suggest that farmers should produce less and charge more, but just like the NRA, it was determined to be unconstitutional.
