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United Negro Improvement Association
Was brought to Harlem from Jamaica by Marcus Garvey who advocated individual and racial pride for African Americans and developed political ideas for black nationalism. -
Jazz Age
Brought by African American musicians jazz music became a symbol of new and modern culture of the cities. -
Presidency of Warren Harding
Harding appointed many able men to his cabinet along with pardoning Eugene Debs and winning his release from prison. -
Increase in the Standard of living
American living improved significantly with the development of indoor plumbing and central heating becoming the commonplace -
Energy Technologies
Economic growth was due to the increased use of oil and electricity allowing for new appliances to be made to help with production and living. -
Consumerism
This lead to a greater variety of products to be available to consumers and advertising expanded as they found that a consumers demand for a product could be manipulated. -
First Commercial Radio
The radio broadcast-ed music to just a few thousand listeners, but by the 1930s 800 stations broadcast-ed to 10 million radios becoming a new way for mass communication and entertainment -
Modernism
A range of influences allowed for modernists to take a critical and historical view of the bible and made them believe that they could accept Darwin's Theory without abandoning their faith. -
Fundamentalism
Protestant preachers in rural areas condemned the modernists blaming them for the decline in morals and taught that every word of the bible must be accepted as literally true. -
Lost generation
Used to refer to a group of American literary notables who lived in Paris and other parts of Europe, some after military service in the First World War that had disillusionment in their ideas. -
Mainstreet
Novel by Sinclair Lewis who also expressed these ideals of disillusionment in his pieces of work. -
Hugh Selwyn Mauberley
Long poem written by Ezra Pound, who is apart of the lost generation, which is regarded as a turning point in his career. -
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem neighborhood in New York City became famous for its concentration of talented actors, artists, musicians, and writers. -
African American Artists
These artists received acclaim in many areas, but while they might perform in integrated audiences in Harlem they were often segregated in much of the rest of the nation. -
Langston Hughes
Poet of Harlem Renaissance who wrote of struggles of African-Americans and discrimination as well as of pride in black identity and social activist who advocated black rights. -
Defying the law of prohibition
In order to still be able to drink, people defied the law by going to speakeasies where alcohol was smuggled and police were often paid to look the other way. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921. -
Postwar recession
Gross nat product declined 10%, 100,000 businesses went bankrupt, 453,000 farmers lost land, and 5 mil jobs were lost due to inflation along with it wiped out the modest wage gains workers had achieved during war -
First Quota Act
Limited immigration to 3 percent of the number of foreign born persons from a given nation counted in the 1910 census. -
Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act
This tariff which was enacted by Harding rose the rates on imported goods in the hopes that domestic manufacturing would prosper. -
Business Boom
Spectacular rise of about 64% in manufacturing output during the 1920s resulting from several factors. -
Election of 1924
Election between Republican Calvin Coolidge, Democrat John Davis and Progressive Robert La Follette resulting in a republican win by Coolidge, but La Follette did extremely well receiving nearly 5 million votes. -
Second Quota Act
To ensure law would discriminate this act was passed that set quotas at 2 percent based on the census of 1890 -
The Great Gastby
Novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald that expressed disillusionment. -
Garvey's sale of stock
Garvey's sale of stock in the Black Star steamship line led to federal charges where he was tried, convicted, and eventually jailed leading to his movement to collapse. -
The Sun also Rises
A novel written by Ernest Hemingway who expressed his own unhappiness by moving into exile in Europe -
Introduction of talking sound pictures
Going to the movie became a national habit and with the introduction of sound the movie industry reached new heights. -
Charles Lindbergh's flight
Thrilled the entire nation by flying nonstop across the Atlantic from Long Island to Paris where Americans celebrated his return with parades larger than those welcoming home soldiers. -
Election of 1928
Presidential election between republican Herbert Hoover and democratic Alfred smith resulting in Hoover winning by a landslide from his promise of "Coolidge Prosperity." -
Black Tuesday-Stock Market Crash
This crash was the result of too many people with bad credit, banks over-speculating and overproduction marking the begining of the great depression -
Black Thursday
There was an unprecedented volume of selling on Wall Street, and stock prices plunged resulting in an effort to try and stabilize the prices. -
Wall Street Crash
The crash in 1929 triggered economic turmoil and resulted in millions of people losing their money due to the crash. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Set tax increases ranging from 31 percent to 49 percent on foreign imports and its purpose was to satisfy US business leaders who thought that higher tariffs would protect their markets -
Dust Bowl
Severe drought in the Great Plains that ruined crops and where poor farming practices along with high winds blew away tons of dried top soil. -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Created as a measure for propping up faltered railroads, banks, life insurance companies, and other financial institutions eventually trickling down to smaller business to overall bring recovery. -
21st Amendment
The repeal to the 18th amendment that sent millions celebrating the new year with the end of prohibition. -
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Authorized the government to examine the finances of the banks closed during the bank holiday and reopen those judged to be sound. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Guaranteed individual banking deposits up to $5,000. -
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Provided refinancing of small homes to prevent foreclosures. -
Farm Credit Administration
Provided low interest farm loans and mortgages to prevent foreclosures on the property of indebted farmers. -
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Offered outright grants of federal money to states and local governments who were operating soup kitchens and other forms of relief for the jobless and homeless. -
Public Works Administration
Allotted money to state and local governments for building roads, bridges, dams, and other public works. -
Civilian Conservative Corps
Employed young men on projects on federal lands and paid their families small monthly sums. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
Hired thousands of people in one of the nations poorest regions to build dams, operate electrical power plants, control flooding and erosion, and manufacture fertilizer selling electricity to residents at lower rates than before. -
Industrial Recovery Program
An attempt to guarantee reasonable profits for business and fair wages and hours of labor -
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Encourage farmers to reduce production by offering to pay government subsides for every acre they plowed under. -
Civil Works Administration
Agency hired laborers for temporary construction projects by the federal government. -
Securities and Exchange Commission
Created to regulate the stock market and to place strict limits on the kind of speculative practices that led to the Wall Street Crash. -
Federal Housing Administration
Gave both the constructive industry and homeowners a boost by insuring bank loans for building new houses and repairing old ones. -
The Grapes of Wrath
Novel written by John Steinbeck that talks about the hardships of the okies and those whose farms turned to dust.
