Unit 7 Part 3

  • UNIA movement comes to America

    UNIA movement comes to America

    The Sentaments felt in the UNIA movement were felt more in the 1920s.
  • Oil is discovered in the middle east

    Oil is discovered in the middle east

    Many of the business tycoons took advantage in a rare glimpse of the US going out side isolationist principles.
  • Divorce rate rose

    Divorce rate rose

    New divorce laws showcased the change in culture.
  • This Side of Paradise was published

    This Side of Paradise was published

    F Scott Fitzgerald became famous because of this book.
  • Louis Armstrong comes into popularity

    Louis Armstrong comes into popularity

    Louis Armstrong was a Jazz musician and a huge figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
  • NAACP begins to focus of Civil Rights issues

    NAACP begins to focus of Civil Rights issues

    This association was to help blacks and fight against discrimination.
  • The stock market begins to boom

    The stock market begins to boom

    This demonstrates the economic prosperity in the 1920s
  • Unemployment declines

    Unemployment declines

    There was lots of work in the 1920s
  • 18th amendment is passed

    18th amendment is passed

    This amendment passed prohibition which then led to a rise in both crime and a rise is accidental poisoning deaths.
  • The first commercial radio broadcast is made

    The first commercial radio broadcast is made

    Radio became very popular in the 1920s.
  • The Teapot Dome Scandal breaks

    The Teapot Dome Scandal breaks

    This scandal characterized the era of the Roaring Twenties which got away from the progressive era.
  • Harding was elected

    Harding was elected

    This started a trend of Republican presidents during the Roaring Twenties.
  • Langston Huges publishes his first poem

    Langston Huges publishes his first poem

    Langston Hughes became a huge figuare in the Harlem Renaissance
  • Emergency Quota Act is passed

    Emergency Quota Act is passed

    This act was passed due to the amount of immigrants coming into the country.
  • Four Power Treaty

    Four Power Treaty

    Four of the powers at the Washington Conference signed this treaty to respect each other's territories in the Pacific (Japan will break this).
  • Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act

    Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act

    This was one of the highest tariffs in American history.
  • Nine Power Treaty

    Nine Power Treaty

    All nine countries at the Washington Conference agreed to keep an open door policy with China which will be broken by Japan.
  • Five Power Treaty

    Five Power Treaty

    This was an agreement between 5 different nations to maintain ratios for production of weaponry.
  • The Highland Park Ford Plant is completed

    The Highland Park Ford Plant is completed

    This factory made motorcars which became embedded into the american culture.
  • Great Gatsby is Published

    Great Gatsby is Published

    Even though it was at first a failure, this book is considered the best piece of american literature.
  • The Scopes Trial begins

    The Scopes Trial begins

    This trial pitted fundamentalist and modernist against each other.
  • Scopes trial ends

    Scopes trial ends

    Fundamentalist technically won, but Scopes didn't have to pay the fine on a technicality.
  • The Sun Also Rises is published

    The Sun Also Rises is published

    This was the first novel Hemingway published.
  • The Jazz Singer is released

    The Jazz Singer is released

    Hollywood became very popular part of american culture.
  • Hills like White Elephants is published

    Hills like White Elephants is published

    This was another book published in the 1920s by Ernest Hemingway.
  • Lindbergh makes a flight across the Atlantic ocean

    Lindbergh makes a flight across the Atlantic ocean

    American culture changed to the point that people looked up to heroes such as Lindbergh for inspiration.
  • Wall Street Crashes

    Wall Street Crashes

    This would lead to the stock market crash.
  • Farewell to arms is published

    Farewell to arms is published

    This book was written by Ernest Hemingway who was a famous author of that time period.
  • Stock market crashes

    Stock market crashes

    The stock market crash kicked off the Great Depression
  • The Stock market reaches it's peak

    The Stock market reaches it's peak

    This was right before the crash
  • The Dust Bowl begins

    The Dust Bowl begins

    This added to the hardship faced by farmers during the Great Depression
  • Hawley-Smoot Tariff is passed

    Hawley-Smoot Tariff is passed

    This was a response to the Great Depression but hurt the US more because it was the highest tariff ever.
  • 21st amendment is passed

    21st amendment is passed

    This repealed prohibition after they figured out prohibition was not working
  • The Tennessee Valley Authority is formed

    The Tennessee Valley Authority is formed

    This was another New Deal program to help the Tennessee area with navigation, flood control, etc.
  • National Recovery Administration

    National Recovery Administration

    This was another New Deal program.
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    This was another New Deal program
  • Civilian Conservation Corps

    Civilian Conservation Corps

    This was another New Deal program
  • Home Owner's Loan Corporation

    Home Owner's Loan Corporation

    This was another New Deal program
  • Farm Credit Administration

    Farm Credit Administration

    This was another New Deal program
  • Public Works Association

    Public Works Association

    This was another New Deal program
  • Federal Emergency Relief Administration

    Federal Emergency Relief Administration

    This was another New Deal program
  • Agriculture Adjustment Act

    Agriculture Adjustment Act

    This was another New Deal program.
  • FDR gives the bank a holiday

    FDR gives the bank a holiday

    This was meant for the banks to reorganize themselves.
  • Securities and Exchange Commission is formed

    Securities and Exchange Commission is formed

    This was a New Deal program.
  • Federal Housing Administration

    Federal Housing Administration

    This is another New Deal program
  • Work Program Administration

    Work Program Administration

    This was another New Deal program
  • Dust bowl ends

    Dust bowl ends

    The Dust bowl caused massive damage to the lives of farmers.