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The Churches of Christ were organized.
Fundamentalism was rapidly growing in the Baptist Church and the Churches of Christ. -
The N.A.A.C.P. was founded.
It became one of the nation's leading black rights organizations in the twentieth century. -
Congress passed the Sixteenth Amendment.
It allows Congress to levy an income tax. -
President Wilson set an income tax of 1% on incomes above $3,000.
It increased to as much as 77% in 1917. -
The 18th Amendment was ratified.
It banned the manufacture and sale of "intoxicating liqours." -
The "Red Scare" begins
This encouraged a nativist or anti-immigrant frenzy. -
Scott F. Fitzgerald published This Side of Paradise.
It was a hit for the young who had dreams of becoming things like flappers. -
Sinclair Lewis published Main Street.
It told the story of a woman's unsuccessful war against provincialism. -
1920 U.S. presidential election.
It was heavily influenced by the aftermath of World War I. -
The Democrats have a meeting in San Fransisco.
The Democrats nominated James M. Cox for the 1920 U.S. presidential election with Franklin D. Roosevelt as his vice president. -
The Lindy Hop was a popular dance.
It was named for the pilot Charles Lindburgh's first solo flight and was the first dance to include swinging the partner into the air. -
Baseball's Negro National League was formed.
This shows the societal seperation between the blacks and whites during this time period. -
The term 'flapper' was first used.
A flapper was used to describe the women of the time. -
50 new Broadway musical premieres in one season.
This began the decade of Broadway's prime years. -
Jazz music begins it's rise to popularity.
Jazz spread to dance halls and other venues, heavily influencing the people and culture of this time period. -
Harlem became the capital of black America.
It attracted black intellectuals and artists from across the country and the Caribbean. -
The federal Volstead Act was initiated.
It closed every tavern, bar and saloon in the United States. -
The Republican National Convention meeting in Chicago.
The Republicans nominated Warren G. Harding against Calvin Coolridge for the 1920 U.S. presidential election. -
Economic Recession.
Without political interference, it was allowed to fix itself and was over within 18 months. -
Herbert Hoover passed the Fordney-McCumber Act.
The average duty on nonfree goods was raised from 38.5% to nearly 60%. -
Louis Armstrong earned his first recorded solo on "Chimes Blues."
African Americans heavily influenced the popular jazz music of the time period. -
The National Origins Act was passed.
It was an extremely restrictive immigration law that immigration quotas that set excluded some people and favored others. -
1924 U.S. presidential election.
President Coolridge won the election in a landslide. -
Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby.
It told the story on the illusionary American ideal of a self-made man. -
Marcus Garvey gets arrested.
His organization showed the anger and lack of hope that many blacks felt about their place in American society. -
The Scopes Monkey Trial.
John Scopes was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act for teaching evolution. The idea of evolution goes against some religions. -
Ernest Hemingway published The Sun Also Rises.
He told of spiritually numb American expatriates in Europe. -
The Department of Agriculture calculated that the nett migration in favor of the cities was over one million people.
The population was moving from rural areas to urban ones. -
Chinese imports to the U.S. were at the one billion dollar level.
They increased at about 30% per year. -
1928 U.S. presidential election.
It was won by Herbert Hoover. -
Ernest Hemingway published A Farewell to Arms.
This novel explained his war experience. -
The United States stock market crashed.
Stock prices collapsed completely. -
The Great Depression Begins.
The stock market crash of 1929 was a big factor in the start of the Great Depression. -
Herbert Hoover passed the Hawley-Smoot Tariff.
It turned out to be the highest protective tariff in the nation's peacetime history. -
African Americans voted by a large majority for the Democratic presidential candidate, Franklin Roosevelt.
Many political parties often tried to sway the African Americans, but the blacks continued to be a major force in the Democratic Party. -
The Emergency Banking Relief Act was passed.
It sought to re-instill investor confidence and stability in the banking system. -
The Beer and Wine Revenue Act was passed.
Roosevelt signed the Act in order to levy a federal tax on alcoholic beverages. This would raise federal revenue to get our country out of the Great Depression. -
The Unemployment Relief Act was passed.
This provided grants for municipal public works projects. -
The Federal Emergency Relief Act is passed.
It provided authorization of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). -
The Agricultural Adjustment Act was passed.
It reduced crop surplus, therefore raising the value of crops. -
The Tennessee Valley Authority Act was passed.
It provided flood control for the Tennessee River and made it more navigatable. -
The Federal Securities Act was passed.
It was the first major federal legislation to regulate the offer and sale of securities. -
The Home Owner's Refinancing Act was passed.
It helped those in danger of losing their homes during the Great Depression. -
The National Industrial Recovery Act was passed.
It was an attempt to stimulate economic recovery after severe deflation. -
The Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act was passed.
It limited commercial bank securities, activities, and affliations. -
The Dust Bowl begins.
In response, the federal government created the Soil Conservation Service formed in 1935 to promote farm rehabilitation. -
The Gold Reserve Act was passed.
It required all gold held by the Federal Reserve be given to the United States Department of Treasury. -
The Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act was passed.
It allowed the negotiation of trade agreements between the United States and other countries. -
The Indian Reorganization Act was passed.
It was used to deal with the status of Native Americans. -
The Dust Bowl ends.
Dust storms wreaked havoc such as choking cattle and driving 60% of the population from the region.
