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1920's Literature (3)
Gertrude Stein
- a writer who believed religion to be hypocritical in its condemning the sacrifices of wartime as a fraud perpetrated by money interests -
1920's Literature (2)
Ezra Pound
- an American expatriate poet, musician and critic who was a major figure in the Modernist movement in poetry. -
1920's Literature (5)
T.S. Eliot
-an Anglo-American poet, playwright, and literary critic of the modernist movement; famous for The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock -
1920's African American Identity (1)
Langston Hughes
- a African American poet in the Harlem Renaissance -
1920's African American Identity (5)
Northern Migration
- this was also known as the Great Migration and was the movement of 1.7 million African Americans out of the South to the North -
Religion (2)
Fundamentalism
- a movement in American Protestantism that arose in the early part of the 20th century in reaction to modernism -
Prohibition (2)
Al Capone
- American gangster and founder of the Chicago Outfit organized crime -
1920's Economy (2)
Henry Ford Assembly Line
- Henry Ford the father of the modern day assembly line payed his workers 5 dollars a day and sold his cars for less that 300 dollars -
1920's Economy (4)
Federal Reserve System
- reformed banking system and created the federal reserve board which oversaw a nationwide system of 12 regional reserve districts each with its own central bank and had the power to issue paper money -
1920's Culture (2)
Jazz Age
- a popularity of jazz, a new type of music that combined African rhythms, blues, and ragtime -
1920's Economy (3)
Volstead Act
- this act prohibited the sale, manufacture, or transport of alcohol -
1920's Economy (5)
1919 Labor Strikes
- strikes that occurred after WWI due to the association between unions and strikes. These strikes increased red scare fears -
1920's Literature (4)
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
- portrayal of a strong female protagonist -
1920's African American Identity (3)
Back to Africa Movement by Marcus Garvey
- a movement that encouraged those of African decent to return to Africa to their ancestors so that they could have their own empire because they were treated poorly in America. -
1920's African American Identity (4)
Black Pride
- African Americans embracing culture and rejecting stereotypes -
Immigration (2)
Sacco and Vanzetti Case
- Italian immigrants charged with murdering a guard and robbing a shoe factory, many believed they had been framed for the crime because of their anarchist and pro-union activities -
1920's Politics (2)
Teapot Dome
- A Harding Administration scandal where Albert B. Fall the Secretary of the Interior profited from secret leasing to private oil companies of government oil reserves at Teapot Dome. -
1920's Politics (3)
Bureau of the Budget
- review funding requests from government departments and assist the president in formulating the budget -
Immigration (1)
Quota Laws of 1921 and 1924
- newcomers from Europe were restricted at any year to a quota -
1920's Politics (5)
Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act
- passing the tariff promoted foreign trade through providing hug loans to postwar allied governments who returned the favor by purchasing US goods and cracking down on strikes -
1920's Politics (1)
Warren Harding
- U.S. President (Republican) who promised normalcy after WWI. Scandals such as the Ohio Gang affected his presidency. -
1920's Politics (4)
Calvin Coolidge
- replaced Harding after his death and became president continuing Harding's laissez-faire policies this allowed for short term prosperity -
1920's African American Identity (2)
Cotton Club
- this was one of the most famous nightspots with jazz and alcohol -
Stock Market Crash (1)
Dawes Plan
- A plan to revive the German economy, the United States loans Germany money which then can pay reparations to England and France, who can then pay back their loans from the U.S. -
1920's Culture (1)
The Great Gatsby published
- a novel depicting the idea of the self made American man and entrepreneur who rose from obscurity -
Religion (1)
Scopes Trial
- a Tennessee teacher violated state law by teaching its students about evolution -
1920's Literature (1)
Lost Generations
- a phrase made popular in Ernest Hemingway's book The Sun Also Rises. The term is used to define the generation of young people coming of age in the US during and shortly after WWI -
1920's Culture (3)
Radio NBC and CBS
- allowed America to see the same information making America more one -
1920's Culture (5)
Movie Industry
- movie industry starts to attract people. Most theaters started by immigrants, however elegant "movie palaces" attracted higher class viewers -
1920's Economy (1)
Black Tuesday
- the New York stock Exchange crashed due to inflation of stock prices, this marked the beginning of the Great Depression. -
Stock Market Crash (2)
Wall Street Crash of 1929
- result of unregulated financial speculation because U.S. banks made large loans to customers, but stock prices collapsed and they could not repay the banks. -
Dust Bowl (1)
Dust Bowl
- a period of drought causing no crops and farmers with no money -
New Deal (1)
Civilian Conservation Corps
- a public work relief program for unemployed unmarried men. The CCC helped to shape the modern national and state parks by employing young men to do environmental projects like planting trees. -
New Deal (5)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- provided insurance to personal banking accounts up to 5,000 dollars. This ensured people that their money was safe and secure. -
New Deal (13)
Bank Holiday
- a proclamation buy FDR closing all American banks for 4 days until congress could meet in special session to discuss banking reform legislation -
Prohibition (1)
21 Amendment
- alcoholic beverages are once again legal -
Hoover's Policies (1)
Good Neighbor Policy
- withdrawal of American troops from foreign nations to improve international relations and unite western hemisphere -
New Deal (7)
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
- introduced measures to reduce crop supply stabilize prices and support farm incomes. -
New Deal (8)
National Recovery Administration
- a government agency made to stimulate business recovery through fair practice codes -
New Deal (9)
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
- a government agency that distributed surplus food and commodities to those who need it -
New Deal (11)
Repeal of Prohibition
- FDR kept her campaign promise and repealed the prohibition of alcohol with the 21st amendment -
New Deal (2)
Public Works Administration
- paid private contractors to build large scale projects proposed by states.
The Public Works Administration spent about $4 billion in the construction of more than 70% of the nations new educational buildings; 65% of its new courthouses, city halls, and sewage-disposal plants; 35% of its new public-health facilities; and 10% of all new roads, subways, and bridges. -
New Deal (6)
Tennessee Valley Authority
- planned river basin development based on dams and hydroelectricity
It built a hydroelectric networks that supplied cheap power while also developing a flood control system. -
Hoover Policies (2)
Reciprocal Trade Agreements
- designed to lift US export trade from the depression, relief/recovery, reversed the traditional high protective tariff policy -
New Deal (3)
Federal Housing Administration
- a government agency created as a part of the National Housing Act of 1934
The FHA insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and buying. -
New Deal (4)
Securities and Exchange Commission
- a program that provided reparations in the stock market and protected people from fraud in investments in stock -
New Deal (12)
Social Security Act
- an act that guaranteed pensions of millions of Americans, set up a system of unemployment insurance and stipulated that the federal government would help care for dependent children and the disabled -
New Deal (10)
Works Progress Administration
- a government agency that hired the unemployed directly and became the largest of all public work programs -
Dust Bowl (2)
Soil Erosion Service
- enforced new agricultural practices to help with the erosion from the Dust Bowl -
1920's Culture (4)
Hollywood Blacklist
- a group of people in the film industry who were jailed for refusing to answer congressional questions regarding Communist influence in Hollywood
