Progressive Era 2

  • The Clansman by Thomas Dixon Jr.

    The Clansman by Thomas Dixon Jr.

    Brings the religiously offensive symbol to Ku Klux Klan
  • Ford Motor Company produces first Ford Model T

    Ford Motor Company produces first Ford Model T

    Sparked in the interest in automobiles with cheaper prices and fast production
  • Birth of a Nation by D.W Griffith

    Birth of a Nation by D.W Griffith

    Film that brings national attention to the Ku Klux Klan encouraging religious violence
  • Ratification of the 18th Amendment

    Ratification of the 18th Amendment

    This prohibited the sale, production, and consumption of alcohol
  • Hoover founded American Relief Administration

    Hoover founded American Relief Administration

    Feeds 17 million people in 21 countries
  • Gross National Product Grows

    Gross National Product Grows

    It grew from 78 billion to 103 billion due to increased consumer demand
  • Great Steel Strike Ends

    Great Steel Strike Ends

    Workers fail to receive better pay
  • The Great Migration

    The Great Migration

    The movement of African Americans from the South to the North in search of better jobs and lives
  • Cotton prices drop

    Cotton prices drop

    Overproduction caused a collapse in prices
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    This gave women the right to vote and start acts at improving life for women
  • First Commercial Radio on air

    First Commercial Radio on air

    KDKA broadcasted about the Harding-Cox election
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Teapot Dome Scandal

    Under Warren, the government took bribery from a former United States Navy Oil Reserve.
  • Warren G Harding becomes President

    Warren G Harding becomes President

    He was the 29th president, who served from 1921 to 1923
  • Emergency Quota Act

    Emergency Quota Act

    First limit on immigration into the United States
  • First World Series

    First World Series

    A growth in entertainment with the New York Giant's win
  • Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

    Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

    A satirical look at small town life
  • The Waste Land by T.S Elliot

    The Waste Land by T.S Elliot

    The ultimate indictment of the modern world's loss of personal, moral, and spiritual values.
  • Fordney-McCumber Tariff

    Fordney-McCumber Tariff

    Sharply raising tariff duties, boosting the domestic economy
  • Cane by Jean Toomer

    Cane by Jean Toomer

    A series of vignettes revolving around African American experiences and origins
  • Treaty of Versaille in effect

    Treaty of Versaille in effect

    Germany required to pay reparations for World War 1, causing the U.S dollar to be worth 7,000 German Marls
  • Calvin Coolidge becomes president

    Calvin Coolidge becomes president

    Serving from 1924 to 1929, he won by a landslide
  • Warren G Harding dies

    Warren G Harding dies

    He has a heart attack in San Francisco, becoming the 6th president to die in office
  • Immigration Act of 1924

    Immigration Act of 1924

    Limited immigration to 2% of a countries population
  • The New Negro by Alain Locke

    The New Negro by Alain Locke

    Hopeful look at African Americanas
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The American dream that anyone can achieve anything
  • The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

    The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

    About the lost generation of expatriates
  • The Jazz Singer

    The Jazz Singer

    Puts an end to slient movies, first "talking" movie
  • Herbert Hoover becomes president

    Herbert Hoover becomes president

    He won by a landside with pledges to continue Coolidge economic boom
  • The Sound of Fire and the Fury by Wallace Faukner

    The Sound of Fire and the Fury by Wallace Faukner

    Details the moral decay of the South
  • The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life

    The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life

    Exposes discrimintation within African Americans
  • Agricultural Marketing Act

    Agricultural Marketing Act

    Herbert Hoover established the Federal Farm Board from the Federal Farm Loan Board
  • Black Thursday

    Black Thursday

    Stocks lost dropped 11%, causing investors to quicklky sell stock, luckily some money was invested by bankers
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday

    Stocks kept dropping, People rushed to sell in panic again, this time leading to the stock market crash and the great depression
  • Droughts leading to Dust Bowl

    Droughts leading to Dust Bowl

    Severe drought caused the crops to die out and start "black blizzards"
  • Civilian Conservation Corps

    Civilian Conservation Corps

    Part of Franklin's New Deal to combat unemployement
  • Civil Works Administration

    Civil Works Administration

    Part of the New Deal that creates job
  • Farm Credit Administration

    Farm Credit Administration

    Part of the New Deal to help farmers from defaulting on their loans
  • Commodity Credit Corps

    Commodity Credit Corps

    Stabilizied and aided the agricultural industry
  • Public Works Administration

    Public Works Administration

    Part of the NIRA, this creates jobs for public projects all over the country
  • National Labor Board

    National Labor Board

    Part of the New Deal, supposed to handke labor disputes
  • Federal Emergency Relief Agency

    Federal Emergency Relief Agency

    Part of the New Deal provides direct relief and work relief to unemployed
  • Social Security Administration

    Social Security Administration

    Part of the New Deal to provide assistance for retirees and the unemployed
  • Home Owners Loan Corp

    Home Owners Loan Corp

    Part of New Deal, this purchased and insured 20% of urban homes
  • Maritime Labor Board

    Maritime Labor Board

    Part of the New Deal, mediated labor disputes and conducted research on labor in the maritime study
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    Provides insurance to depositer in commercial bank
  • National Youth Administration

    National Youth Administration

    Part of the New Deal, devoted to educating young people and finding them employment
  • Reconstruction Finance Corp

    Reconstruction Finance Corp

    Part of the New Deal, this kept banks and agricultural lending institutions alive with loans and other funding
  • Ratification of the 21st Amendment

    Ratification of the 21st Amendment

    Repealed the 18 Amendment, getting rid of prohibition
  • Black Sunday

    Black Sunday

    The worst "black blizzard" of the Dust Bowl
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Told a story of the Black community