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Great Migration
This was when African Americans started to move to the southern U.S. and northern midwest. HISTORY. 2021. The Great Migration. [online] Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/great-migration [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
Political: The red scare
The red scare was a period of time when people didn't like communism or immigrants. Lots of people also started to strike about higher wags. Ushistory.org. 2021. The Red Scare [ushistory.org]. [online] Available at: https://www.ushistory.org/us/47a.asp [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
Social/Cultural Summary for the 1920s
Some of the social and cultural things that happened were alcohol was prohibited which made it to where you couldn't have any alcohol on you or transport it. So some people didn't like that and some did. Then they made bars to drink but illegally. (speakeasies)
which were run mostly by organized crime rings. Society was largely driven by religious beliefs. Digitalhistory.uh.edu. 2021. Digital History. [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
Economic Summary for the 1920s
The economy in the 1920s was good but bad at the same time because there were a lot of goods being products and that everyone wanted in their homes. That was the start of the automobile and airlines businesses. The bad was that everyone wanted that same product at the same time and people didn't have the money for that so they when to the banks to get the money. That didn't go too well because the banks don't have unlimited money. This made the stock market crash also known as Black Tuesday. -
Political Summary for the 1920s
There was not a lot of political help for people in the 1920s because the president that we had thought that everything would play itself out but it didn't. 2021. [online] Available at: https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/history/us-history-ii/america-in-the-twenties/politics-in-the-1920s [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
The flapper
This was a piece of clothing that women used to where and it shows energetic freedom, embracing a lifestyle. HISTORY. 2021. Flappers. [online] Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/flappers [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
Cultural and Political: Prohibition
Prohibition is the act to try and get rid of alcohol sales and drinking of alcohol in the U.S. Most people didn't like that so they couldn't get that law to pass until 1933. HISTORY. 2021. Prohibition. [online] Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/prohibition [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
Woman's right's
The Woman's right to vote was passed on August 18, 1920. This gave the right for women to vote and was a big milestone for all women. National Archives. 2021. 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote. [online] Available at: https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/19th-amendment [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
The Tulsa Massacre
The Tulsa massacre was when a bunch of white people when together and destroyed black people's homes and businesses. Nytimes.com. 2021. What the Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed. [online] Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/24/us/tulsa-race-massacre.html [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was lots of African american culture, art, music, dance, and much more. Encyclopedia Britannica. 2021. Harlem Renaissance | Definition, Artists, Writers, Poems, Literature, & Facts. [online] Available at: https://www.britannica.com/event/Harlem-Renaissance-American-literature-and-art [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
Scopes Trial
The scopes trial was a teacher trying to teach evolution and got in trouble for it. HISTORY. 2021. Scopes Trial. [online] Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/scopes-trial#:~:text=The%20Scopes%20Trial%2C%20also%20known,recent%20bill%20had%20made%20illegal. [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
Great Depression
The great depression was the time when there was no money, no jobs, and no places to live. This was caused by the stock market crashing because people were buying so many things and running out of money. HISTORY. 2021. Great Depression History. [online] Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/great-depression-history [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
Hoovervilles
Hoovervilles are places that had lots of homeless people because people couldn't pay their bills because there was no money. They were called Hoovervilles because hoover was the president and didn't do anything to help people get more money. HISTORY. 2021. Hoovervilles. [online] [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
The stock market crashed
The stock market crashing made us go into the great depression and people being out of jobs. Encyclopedia Britannica. 2021. stock market crash of 1929 | Summary, Causes, & Facts. [online] Available at: https://www.britannica.com/event/stock-market-crash-of-1929 [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
Black Tuesday
This was the day that the stock market started to crash and the blacks were blamed for it. Society, N., 2021. Black Tuesday. [online] National Geographic Society. Available at: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/oct29/black-tuesday/ [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
The Economics in the 1930s
The Economics in the 1930s were really bad because of the 1920s and everyone buying lots of stuff and the banks running out of money. Then there was no money so businesses didn't have as much money. So they cut some workers from their jobs. This was happening with every business that was doing this so there were no jobs. Then people weren't getting paid so they couldn't keep a home so they moved into Hoovervilles. HISTORY. 2021. The 1930s. [online] [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
Social/Cultural Summary for the 1930s
Social things that were happening were people trying to stop buying so much stuff like cars or household items. Culturally people started to listen to jazz and blues music on the radio. Another thing they did was watch sports because people had so much free time. Also, the crime rate rased a lot because people couldn't afford anything. HISTORY. 2021. The 1930s. [online] [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
Dust Bowl
The dust bowl was a series of dust storms that killed people, animals, and crops. It also piled up the dust so then it bearded your cars, homes, and whatever else you had just outside. HISTORY. 2021. Dust Bowl. [online] Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/dust-bowl [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
Political Summary for the 1930s
There was lots of help from the president that we had because he wanted everything to go back to normal. So he gave people money to get back on their feet. That president was Franklin D. Roosevelt. HISTORY. 2021. The 1930s. [online] [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
New Deal
This was lots of laws that were passed to try and get us out of the great depression. It was passed when Franklin D. Roosevelt became president. HISTORY. 2021. New Deal. [online] Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/new-deal#:~:text=The%20New%20Deal%20was%20a,to%20those%20who%20were%20suffering. [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Was one of the presidents during the great depression. He was the only one who did something about people being out of jobs by giving the businesses more money to let more people get a job so they could start to make the money for a home. The White House. 2021. Franklin D. Roosevelt | The White House. [online] Available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/franklin-d-roosevelt/ [Accessed 13 December 2021]. -
Bank Holiday
Bank holiday was all the banks getting shut down. Then they reopened 7 days later and people gave back the cash they were hoarding. Ushistory.org. 2021. A Bank Holiday [ushistory.org]. [online] Available at: https://www.ushistory.org/us/49a.asp [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
CCC
The CCC is Civilian Conservation Corps. This provided jobs for young men during the great depression. HISTORY. 2021. Civilian Conservation Corps. [online] Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/civilian-conservation-corps [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
AAA
The AAA stands for Agricultural adjustment act. It helps people like farmers get more livestock. Encyclopedia Britannica. 2021. Agricultural Adjustment Administration | History & Impact. [online] Available at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Agricultural-Adjustment-Administration [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
TVA
TVA stands for Tennessee Valley Authority Act which provided electricity to businesses and homes. HISTORY. 2021. TVA. [online] Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/history-of-the-tva [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
HOLC
This stands for Home Owners Loan Corporation. So they gave loans to people. Living New Deal. 2021. Home Owners’ Loan Act (1933) - Living New Deal. [online] Available at: https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/home-owners-loan-act-1933/ [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
FDIC
This stands for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. They gave people insurance. HISTORY. 2021. FDIC. [online] Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/history-of-the-fdic [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
WPA
This was to help people get back to their jobs to get us back to normal. HISTORY. 2021. Works Progress Administration (WPA). [online] Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/works-progress-administration [Accessed 16 December 2021]. -
Social Security
This was made to pay the people over 65 to keep them in a house and so they could have a good retirement. Ssa.gov. 2021. Social Security History. [online] Available at: https://www.ssa.gov/history/briefhistory3.html#:~:text=The%20Social%20Security%20Act%20was,a%20continuing%20income%20after%20retirement. [Accessed 16 December 2021].