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United Negro Improvement Association
Marcus Garvey from Jamaica advocated racial pride through UNIA. -
18th Admendment
Amendment that made alcohol illegal but was ineffective because there were speakeasies and crime went up like gangsters. -
United Mine Workers
In 1920's economy unions were unsuccessful but united mine workers had a little bit of success. -
William Harding Elected
William Harding was elected as Republican president and his motto was "return to normalcy." -
Assembly Line
Increased productivity was created through the assembly line. -
Farmers and Economy
Farmers had dept and weren't the focus when business was. Technologies like fertilizers were introduced as well. -
United States Census, 1920
U.S. Census stated that half of population lived in urban areas creating city culture. -
Commercial Radio
Commercial Radio went on air and was broadcasted created entertainment culture. -
Jazz
Jazz music was a huge part of 1920's culture. It brought new music, style and dance. It is known as the Jazz Age. -
Ernest Hemingway
He wrote "The Old Man and the Sea" "The Sun Also Rises." He wrote about harder parts of life in the 1920s but also adventurous lifestyle -
Sincliar Lewis
He was a newspaper journalist and novelist and was known for his satirical take on modern affairs in 1920's. -
Ezra Pound
Ezra was a poet in the 1920's and a major figure in the early modernist movement. -
Bessie Smith
Nicknamed Empress of the Blues and was the most popular female African American blues singer and major influence on music. -
18th admendment
Amendment which made alcohol illegal but it was effective and created speakeasies and crime like gangsters. -
Postwar Recession
The depression of 1920-21 was a deflationary recession after World War I but ended with roaring twenties. -
Quota Act
Limited Migration to 3 % from a given nation in 1920 Census. -
Fordney- McCumber Tariff
Law that raised tariffs on imported goods to protect factories and farms. -
Business Prosperity
Business didn't have government interference and allowed for growing markets. -
Modernism vs Fundamentalist
Modernism in religion was religion plus evolution and fundamentalist believed that the bible word for word was true. -
Calvin Coolidge Elected
Coolidge was elected as Republican president and his motto was "the business of America is business" -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Congress discovered that Fall had accepted bribes on oil. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald- Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the Great Gatsby and wrote about consumerism and the 1920's age. -
T.S. Eliot
Thomas Eliot was a writer during the modernism movement and moved to England. He wrote "Ash Wednesday" -
Scopes Trial
The State of Tennessee v. John Scopes was a case in which a teacher taught about evolution which became unlawful. -
Talkies
Entertainment in the 1920's that was moving pictures with sound. -
Saccoo and Vanzetti
Protested against nativism and racist-ism and were executed. -
Herbert Hoover
Hoover was elected as Republican president and his motto was poverty would soon be ended all together. -
Education
Number of High School Students had doubled and education for men and women was important. -
Black Thursday
Unprecedented volume of selling on Wall Street and stock prices plunged. -
Black Tuesday
Investors ordered brokers to sell when no buyers to be found. -
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem famous for concentration of talented actors, artists, musicians, and writers brought the Harlem Renaissance. -
Langston Houghes
An African American poet and commented on African American heritage and shaped the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance. -
Louis Armstrong
An African American trumpeter, composer and singer and a key figure of African American identity. -
Hawley- Smoot Tarriff
Highest Tariff rates in history up to 49% but both national and international economies sank further. -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hoover's policy that gave loans that tried to stabilize key businesses. -
21st Admendment
Amendment repealed the 18th amendment and made alcohol legal again. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 for unemployed men. -
National Recovery Administration
The NRA established by FDR goal was to eliminate competition by bringing industry, labor, and government to create fair practices and set prices. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC was a independent U.S. corporation that insured bank deposits against loss in the event of bank failure. -
Home Owners' Loan Corporation
HOLC was to help stabilize real estate that had depreciated during the depression. -
Farm Credit Administration
New Deal program to help farmers refinance mortgages at below market interest rates. -
FERA
Roosevelt asked Congress to set up FERA which gave grants to states. -
PWA
Public Works Administration was a large scale public works agency in response of Great Depression. -
Civil Works Administration
CWA created jobs and manual labor for millions during a hard winter. -
Federal Housing Administration
Agency created that set standards for construction and underwriting and insures loans made by banks. -
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC was created to enforce the federal securities laws. -
Black Sunday
Dust storms on the Great Plain led to many problems for farmers. -
Resettlement Administration
Federal agency that relocated struggling urban and rural families. -
Rural Electrification Act
Provided federal loans for the installation of electrical systems in rural areas. -
The Grapes of Wrath
Novel written by John Steinbeck and was set during the great depression and focuses on Midwest and dust bowls. -
Work Progress Administration
Largest and most ambitious New Deal agency that employed millions of people to carry out public work projects.
