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Marcus Garvey
Leader of the UNIA, urged blacks to return to Africa because, he reasoned, blacks would never be treated justly in countries ruled by whites. -
Germany & Allies cease fire
Germany and the Allies sign an armistice to end the fighting in World War I. -
Red Scare
Resulted in nationwide crusade of leftists who's Americanism was questionable -
G. Mithcell Palmer
ordered immigrants suspected of radical views to be rounded up and deported. -
Eigthteenth Amendment
Congress ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale of alcohol anywhere in the United States. -
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes A leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "My People" -
Religious Fundamentalism
religious movement whose objectives are to return to the foundations of the faith and to influence state policy -
Jack Dempsey
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983) -
Red Summer
Many died after race riots, white men attacked black swimmers, started in Chicago -
Woodrow Wilson Stroke
President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke, leaving him largely incapacitated for the final 18 months of his term -
Volstead Act
Enforced the 18th amendment -
Seattle Strike
Class revolution in Seattle leads to Red Scare . -
New Morality of 1920's
came forth during the 1920s, turning people away from traditional values. Glorified weath and personal freedom, more secular, straying away from religion -
Babe Ruth
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948) -
Esch Cummins Transportation Act
1920 act of Congress in which the railroads were returned to private ownership with a pledge of government help to make them profitable. -
Speakeasies
Bars that operated illegally during the time of Prohibition -
Guiglielmo Marconi
Italian electrical engineer known as the father of radio, used during WWI -
WEB Dubois
demanded complete equality for blacks, social as well as economic, and helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1910; -
Senate rejects league of nations
Senate rejects the idea of a super league headed by the United States -
Merchant Marine Act
The 1920 act which tried to get the government out of the shipping business and authorized the Shipping Board to dispose of its wartime fleet at bargain basement prices. -
Gangsterism
Prohibition spawned these crimes; organized crime of bootlegging alcohol and bribing public officials to keep quiet; also got involved in prostitution and gambling -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. -
Warren Harding
Former President surrounded himself with a few shady characters who tainted his presidency. Believed in a quasi-laissez-faire economic policy. Died of illness in 1923. -
Taft appointed to Supreme Court
Former President William Howard Taft appointed to Supreme Court. -
Bureau of the Budget
Etablished by the Budget and Accounting Act; reviews funding requests from government departments and assist the president in formulating the budget -
1921 emergency quota act
An act designed to restrict the flow of immigrants into the U.S. A nation would have to fulfill a quota in order to continue sending immigrants. -
Washington Conference
A conference hosted by the US which called for US and British de-fortification of Far East possessions (though Japan could fortify all it wanted). Also called for general naval disarmament. -
Fordney-McCumber Tarriff Law
Raised tariff from 27% to 35%, Duties on farm produce increased. Passed during the Harding Administration. -
German Reparations
Germany suffers hyperinflation after reparations payments imposed by Treaty of Versailles One American dollar is now worth 7,000 German marks. -
Adkins vs Children's Hospital
In this court case, the Supreme Court reversed its own reasoning in Muller v. Oregon, on the grounds that women were now the legal equals of men (after the Nineteenth Amendment). -
Dawes Plan
This loan program was crafted to give money to Germany so that they could pay war reparations and lessen the financial crisis in Europe; the program ended with the 1929 stock market crash. -
Henry Ford's affordable car
Ford Motor Company founder ,the pioneer in the manufacturing of affordable automobiles with his Model T, which was built using assembly line methods. Workers were happy, and Ford had many customers. By 1924, his car sold for less than $300. -
HL Mencken
H. L. Menken the author of the monthly magazine American Mercury. He attacked many controversial issues such as marriage, patriotism, democracy, prohibition -
Bruce Barton
Published "the man nobocdy knows" in which he reconfigures Jesus to fitinto the Roaring 20's -
Great Gasby
iconic 1925 novel written by F, Scott Fitzgerald . -
John Scopes
John T. Scopes was tried and fined in "Monkey Trail" against Fundamentalists b/c he taught evolution -
KKK march on Washington
Ku Klux Klan marches on Washington . -
Theodore Dreiser
"American Tragedy"novelist used blundt prose to batter promoters and profiteers -
Ernest Hemingway
an American writer of fiction who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954 (the sun also rises) -
"Jazz singer"
"Jazz Singer" first "talkie", white Al Johnson w/ black face -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1929; four men dressed as police shot open fire as six men with machine guns. -
William Faulkner
United States novelist who wrote about people in the southern United States . (the sound of fury) -
The Agricultural Marketing Act
act of Congress which was designed to help the farmers help themselves through producers' cooperatives -
Black Tuesday
The day that the New York Stock Exchange crashed -
Moonshiners
Springfield VA becomes moonshine capitol of country . -
HOOVERVILLES
Box towns built by unemployed people during the Depression named after then Pres. Hoover. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
the 1930 tariff which raised duties to 60%, angered the rest of the world, and exacerbated the depression -
Reforestation Relief Act
established the Civilian Conservation Corps and provided work immediately for 250,000 young men in reforestation, road construction and developing national parks. -
Emergency Banking Relief Act March 9, 1933
provided for the reopening of the banks as soon as examiners had found them to be financially secure. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
It constructed dams and power plants along the Tennessee Valley, providing electricity to its residents. -
Federal Securities Act
Passed to monitor and regulate stocks and bonds. -
Public Works Administration
Regulated construction of roads, public buildings and other projects while providing employment -
National Recovery Administration
This stimulated competition and benefit producers and consumers by implementing various codes to establish fair trade. -
Civil Works Administration
This provided work for over four million people during the winter season. -
Cotton Control Act
This act imposed quotas limiting the cotton production of various areas and individuals. -
Dust Bowl
Dust storms in the center of the country ruiined farms and left many farmers with out crops and money. -
National Housing Act
establishing the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to insure loans for construction, renovation or repairs of homes. -
Resettlement Administration
New Deal U.S. federal agency that, between April 1935 and December 1936, relocated struggling urban and rural families to communities planned by the federal government. -
Social Security Act
This act guaranteed pensions to those retiring at 65 with contributions from both employees and employer, offered financial aid to dependent children and blind people, and established a system of unemployment insurance. -
Banking Act of 1935
This act altered the operation of the Federal Reserve System, making banks more responsible and responsive to the public. -
Public Utilities Act
Permitted federal agencies to regulate the gas and electric companies.
