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1920s and 1930
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the red scare
America may be famed for its Jazz Age and prohibition during the 1920's, and for its economic strength before the Wall Street Crash, but a darker side existed. The KKK dominated the South and those who did not fit in found that they were facing the full force of the law. Those who supported un-American political beliefs, such as communism, were suspects for all sorts of misdemeanors. -
life expectuesy male 53.6 female 54.6
life exppecttensy was low becuse of war -
prsidental debate
e in the Electoral Vote for President (at the time, each Elector voted for two persons for President) resulted in the U.S. House of Representatives (voting by State- and not as individual Congressmen)- after 36 ballots held over several days- electing Thomas Jefferson President (the other candidate in the Electoral Vote tie, Aaron Burr, became Vice President under the constitutional provisions of the time). -
great depression
Historical Importance of the Great Depression: The Great Depression, an immense tragedy that placed millions of Americans out of work, was the beginning of government involvement in the economy and in society as a whole. -
fod prices
food prices hit a new low becuse few people had jobs -
teachers avarge earnings
1736$ a year -
unenployment rate
rises 25% -
african imagration into the states
The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the Northeast, Midwest, and West for most of the 20th century. Some historians differentiate between the first Great Migration (1910–1930), numbering about 1.6 million migrants who left mostly rural areas to migrate to northern and midwestern industrial cities -
litercy hit a new low in america
61%of populatin literecy effected -
crime rises
fight and riots broke out in america -
it took 13 days to reach canda from new york
3870 miles pave road
