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18th Amendment
This made the sale, distribution, and manufacturing of alcohol illegal. -
First Commercial Radio Station
The first commercial radio station, Pirrsburg's KDKA, hit the airwaves in 1920 -
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a massive cultural movement for African Americans in the 1902s, involivng art, literature, and music. -
Garvey Conference
Garvey convenes the first meeting of the Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World -
Socialist Convention of New York
Socialist leader Eugene B Debs is nominated as presidential candidate and runs from prison. -
Peace Treaty Rejected
Senate rejects peace treaty after Wilson refuses modifications -
Budget and Accounting Act Passes
This act set the framework for the modern federal budget. -
Emergency Quota Act
Restricted entrance to the United States -
Newberry Resigns from Senate
Michigan Senator Truman Newberry resigns, giving the republican party a disadvantage in the senate. -
The Wasteland
T.S. Elliot publishes "The Wasteland" -
Babbitt
Sinclair Lewis publishes Babbitt. -
Rebecca Lattimer Felton Elected
Rebecca Lattimer Felton was elected senator of Georgia, becoming the first woman to serve in the position. -
Cane
Jean Toomer publishes Cane. -
Felix Doubles for Darwin
This animated film, starring the hottest cartoon character of the time, addressed the religion vs science issue in popular cuture. -
Olympic WInter Games
The first ever olympic winter games were held in Chamonix, France. -
Immigration Act of 1924
Further limited the number of immigrants allowed into the United States -
Great Gatsby Published
F.Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel "The Great Gatsby" is published, the novel is set in the middle of the "roaring 20's." -
The New Negro
Alain LeRoy Locke publishes The New Negro. -
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemmingway's novel, "The Sun Also Rises" is published. -
Harlem Dream
Langston Hughes publishes Harlem Dream -
The Forum
Popular magazine, The Forum, tackled the religion vs science issue by offering prizes for the best reader submitted definition of the words "religion" and "science". -
Home to Harlem
Claude McKay publishes Home to Harlem. -
The Trumpeter of Krakow
Eric P Kelley publishes The Trumpeter of Krakow -
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
Capone’s gang members assassinate rival bootleggers -
Hoover's Federal Budget
Hoover increased the federal budget he inherited from 3.1 billion, to 3.3 billion in hopes of stimulating the economy. -
Black Tuesday
This was the stock marker crash that, in part, lead to the great depression. -
Herbert Hoover takes Office
President Herbert Hoover takes Office -
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
An attempt by Franklin Roosevelt under his New Deal to provide recovery and relief from the Depression. This was the first of his major relief operations. It provided state assistance for the unemployed and their families. This program provided work for over 20 million people. FERA's main goal was alleviating household unemployment by creating new unskilled jobs in local and state government. -
National Recovery Act (NRA)
Passed in 1933 to authorize the President to regulate industry in an attempt to raise prices after severe deflation and stimulate economic recovery. It also established a national public works program known as the Public Works Administration (PWA, not to be confused with the WPA of 1935). The National Recovery Administration (NRA) portion was widely hailed in 1933 but by 1934 business' opinion of the act had soured. By March 1934 the "NIRA was engaged chiefly in drawing up these industrial codes -
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Hired people to build dams to prevent flooding and solid electricity -
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
Purpose was to provide government subsidies to farmers to decrease crop production, getting rid of the crop surplus, therefore raising prices for crops -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC)
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) preserves and promotes public confidence in the U.S. financial system by insuring deposits in banks and thrift institutions for at least $250,000. Created by the Glass Steagall Banking Reform Act. -
Social Security Act of 1935
Social Security Act of 1935 Permanent agency designed to ensure that the older segment of society always would have enough money to survive. Old age benefits. -
Federal Securities Act (FSA)
Requires corporations to provide all information on stocks. Securities and Exchange. -
Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) Organized to utilize the nation's unemployed youth by building roads, planting trees and improving parks. -
Emergency Banking Act
Emergency Banking Act Shut down of the nations banks, which allowed the government to examine all banks and allow those that were financially sound to open back up. Roosevelt wanted this done in order rebuild confidence in the nation's banking system. -
National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA") in 1935 to protect the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail certain private sector labor and management practices, which can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses and the U.S. economy. -
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. As our nation's securities exchanges mature into global for-profit competitors, there is even greater need for sound market regulation. -
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Employed 85 million people in construction and other jobs. Established under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act. -
Civil Works Administration (CWA)
Employed 4 million people for 15 dollars a week. Construction and repair jobs. Provided temporary employment.
