APUSH Period 7 Part 3

  • Education Importance for Blacks

    Education Importance for Blacks
    As a huge advocate for black education, W.E.B. Du Bois began his teaching career with founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
  • United Negro Improvement Association

    United Negro Improvement Association
    Lead by Jamaican, Marcus Garvey, this group advocated racial pride for blacks and developed political ideas of black nationalism.
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment
    This prohibited the sale and manufacturing of alcoholic beverages and started prohibition.
  • Election of 1920

    Election of 1920
    Democrats nominated James Cox and the Republicans won with their candidate Warren G. Harding.
  • Postwar Recession

    Postwar Recession
    After WWI, an economic recession occurred.
  • Assembly Line Benefits Economy

    Assembly Line Benefits Economy
    Once Henry Ford adopted the idea of the assembly line, other companies copied and became more efficient.
  • Rise of Appliances

    Rise of Appliances
    Because of inventions like the washing machines, refrigerators, and vacuums, many consumers purchased these things,
  • Jazz Age

    Jazz Age
    Brought north by African Americans, this genre of music and performance became very popular.
  • Automobile Era

    Automobile Era
    By the end of 1920s, most households had a car, this caused traffic and car related accidents.
  • Hollywood

    Hollywood
    The entertainment industry centered in Hollywood, California.
  • Revivalists

    Revivalists
    Religious revivalists utilized the radio to preach fundamentalist religious views and morals.
  • Harlem Renaissance

    Harlem Renaissance
    An intellectual, social, and artistic outbreak that consisted of African Americans in the New York neighborhood of Harlem.
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Teapot Dome Scandal
    Secretary of Interior, Falls, accepted bribes for granting oil leases.
  • Modernists versus Fundamentalists

    Modernists versus Fundamentalists
    As science was rising, modernists didn't believe everything of the Bible, this led to debates.
  • Quota Law of 1921

    Quota Law of 1921
    Limited immigration to 3% of the number of foreign born people.
  • Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act

    Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act
    Raised tariff rates on foreign goods extensively.
  • Business Prosperity

    Business Prosperity
    After the recession, businesses flourished and the unemployment rate fell below 4%.
  • Louis Armstrong

    Louis Armstrong
    Once joining the Creole Jazz Band, more people were aware of Armstrong's musical talent.
  • VP Calvin Coolidge arises.

    VP Calvin Coolidge arises.
    After the death of President Harding, Coolidge took the presidential spot.
  • Election of 1924

    Election of 1924
    Republicans nominated Coolidge and the democrats nominated John W. Davis, Coolidge won
  • Functionalism

    Functionalism
    This idea of architecture based around form following function,
  • Quota Law of 1924

    Quota Law of 1924
    Limited immigration to 2%, it was passed to ensure discrimination against southern and eastern Europe.
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby
    Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, this book shows the glamours of the wealth of society during this time.
  • Arrowsmith

    Arrowsmith
    A Pulitzer Prize receiving novel written by Sinclair Lewis.
  • The Cantos

    The Cantos
    Like The Cantos, Ezra Pound wrote many famous poems that were appealing to the public.
  • Radio Entertainment

    Radio Entertainment
    The radio became apart of home entertainment, once signaling systems were made like CBS and NBC.
  • Charles Lindbergh's Flight

    Charles Lindbergh's Flight
    By taking flight across the Atlantic Ocean, Lindbergh became a public hero.
  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash
    The stock market plummeted because of a high volume of selling stocks due to speculation.
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday
    Millions of investors sold stocks, practically no buyers.
  • Black Thursday

    Black Thursday
    High volume of stock selling which greatly dropped the price of it.
  • Farm Board

    Farm Board
    Authorized to help farms stabilize prices by temporarily holding surplus grain and cotton in storage.
  • A Farewell to Arms

    A Farewell to Arms
    Written by Ernest Hemingway, this novel takes place during the Italian campaign for WWI.
  • Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl
    Ruined crops of the Great Plains and made farmers migrate to seek work.
  • Hawley-Smoot Tariff

    Hawley-Smoot Tariff
    The highest tariff in history (49%) which was enacted to protect U.S. business leaders.
  • 21st Amendment

    21st Amendment
    Ended the 18th amendment and brought prohibition to an end.
  • Emergency Banking Relief Act

    Emergency Banking Relief Act
    Ordered banks a holiday which was so they could stabilize.
  • FDIC

    FDIC
    Guaranteed individuals insurance of deposits up to $5,000.
  • Home Owners Loan Corporation

    Home Owners Loan Corporation
    Organized so it could refinance small homes to prevent foreclosure.
  • Farm Credit Association

    Farm Credit Association
    Provided low interest rate farm loans and mortgages to prevent foreclosures.
  • Federal Emergency Relief Administration

    Federal Emergency Relief Administration
    Offered federal money to state and local governments who were operating soup kitchens and other reliefs.
  • Public Work Administration

    Public Work Administration
    Gave federal money to state and local governments for building roads, bridges, and dams.
  • Civilian Construction Corps

    Civilian Construction Corps
    Employed men on federal land projects.
  • Tennessee Valley Authority

    Tennessee Valley Authority
    A government corporation that build dams, operated electric power plants, control flooding....
  • National Recovery Administration

    National Recovery Administration
    An attempt to guarantee reasonable profits for businesses and fair wages and hours for labor.
  • Agricultural Adjustment Administration

    Agricultural Adjustment Administration
    Encouraged farmers to reduce production by offering government subsidies for every acre they need.
  • Civil Works Administration

    Civil Works Administration
    Hired employees for federal sponsored roles in manual labor.
  • Security and Exchange Commission

    Security and Exchange Commission
    Purpose to regulate stock market and place limits on speculative practices.
  • Wagner Act

    Wagner Act
    Guaranteed workers the right to join a union and for that union to bargain collectively.
  • The Grapes of Wrath

    The Grapes of Wrath
    Written by John Steinbeck, this book shows the hardships of the Dust Bowl and showed how thousands of workers went westward to seek jobs.
  • "Take the A Train"

    "Take the A Train"
    Duke Ellington's most famous jazz piece, which popularized Jazz even more among blacks and other cultures.