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Fundamentalism
a movement in 20th century Protestantism emphasizing the literally interpreted Bible as fundamental to Christian life and teaching -
Ku Klux Klan
A secret society whose purpose was to ensure white supremacy over blacks; also opposed to Jews, Catholics, & foreigners -
Red scare and immigration policy
During WW1 the country experienced a brief period of hysteria -
National Origins Act
Reduced the total number of immigrants count even more -
Quota Act
Set the maximum number of immigrants entering the U.S. annually at 350k -
Marcus Garvey
The most prominent new African American leader to emerge in the 1920s -
Buying on Margin
The purchasing of stocks by paying only a small percentage of the price and borrowing the rest. -
Harlem Renaissance
Jazz and Blues were expressions of the African American experience -
Jazz
A musical form based on improvisation -
The Jazz Age
F. Scott Fitzgerald called the 1920's the "Jazz Age" but it was African Americans who gave the age its unique music -
African American Literature Flowers
In the 1920's the term "New Negro" entered the American vocabulary suggesting a break with the past -
The Harlem Renaissance Has Lasting Impact
The Harlem Renaissance gave a voice to African American culture and changed the way many white Americans viewed African American culture -
Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. He moved to New York City as a young man, where he made his career -
Great Depression
A period, lasting from 1929-1940, in which the U.S. economy was in a severe decline and millions of Americans were unemployed. -
Black Tuesday
A name was given to October 29, 1929, when stock prices fell sharply. -
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent the aeolian processes caused the phenomenon. -
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Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent the aeolian processes (wind erosion) caused the phenomenon. -
The First Lady
Eleanor Roosevelt -
Tennessee Valley Authority
built 21 government-owned dams along the Tennessee River, controlling floods and producing electricity -
National Industrial Recovery Act
Guaranteed workers right to form unions, Employers could not refuse to hire union members, Declared unconstitutional in 1935, but was replaced by the Wagner Act -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Insured bank deposits so that people would not lose their savings in the event of a bank failure -
National Labor Relations Act
Gave workers the right to form unions, to bargain collectively, and to submit grievances to a national labor relations board -
Social Security
Provided workers with unemployment insurance, old age pensions, and insurance if they died early -
Wagner Act
Stimulated the unionized of American workers by protecting the right of unions to bargain collectively with their employers. Union membership grew rapidly with this new law -
The Taft-Hartley Act
Congress passed 1947. union officials were required to file financial reports.
