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1920's Politics
The Teapot Dome scandal took place during the presidency of Harding and consisted of government officials taking bribes, embezzling, and doing other corrupt activities. -
1920's Economics
The roaring twenties was a period of economic boom that was marked by rapid industrial growth and advances in technology -
1920's Economics
Consumerism came into its own throughout the 1920s as a result of mass production, new products on the market, and improved advertising techniques. -
1920's Culture
Because of the economic boom of the 20s, people started spending more money on entertainment leading to a birth of mass culture. -
Prohibition
Al Capone is a famous American mobster that co-founded the Chicago Outfit known for the illegal trade of alcohol. -
Prohibition
Speakeasies were secret bars that sold alcohol illegally usually supplied by gangsters. -
1920's Politics
On this date the 18th amendment went into effect tirggering gang related activities involving bootlegging. -
1920's Poliotics
The world's largest naval powers came together to consult naval disarments and how to relieve growing pains in Eastern Asia. -
1920s Politics
In 1920 the 19th amendment was passed giving the right to vote to women. -
1920's Economy
US went into economic recession but was allowed to run its course before ending in 18 months. -
Immagration
The Immagration Act of 1921 restricted immagration into the US for a temporary amount of time, but proved in the long run to be the most important turning-point in American immagration policy. -
1920's Literature
"The Wasteland" by T. S. Eliot was a poem that helped define the 1920's. -
1920's Literature
Babbit by Sinclair Lewis was a novel written with a satirical look at small town life -
1920's Culture
Radio's hit the airwaves in 1920 but by 1923 there were more than 500 stations and by the end of the 20s there were radios in more than 12 million houses. -
1920's Politics
Calvin Coolidge took office after the death of Warren G. Harding. He focused mostly on economical issues during his time in office. -
1920's Culture
The National Orgins Act severly restricted immigration by establishing a system of national quotas that blatantly discriminated against immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and virtually excluded Asians. -
Immagration
The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 lowered the annual number of immagrants allowed into the country even lower than the orignial "immigration act" in 1921. -
1920's African American Identity
Aaron Douglas was a famous painter during the Harlem Renaissance. He illustrated for the National Urban League's magazine "Oppurtunity" and and for "Crisis" put out by the NAACP. -
1920's African American Identity
The New Negro was a book writen by Alain Locke showin a hopeful look at the negro in America. -
Religion
The Butler Act banned the teaching of the evolution theory in Tennessee. -
1920's Literature
'The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a book set in 1922 that demonstrates many of the cutural, political, and economical aspects of the 20s. -
Religion
The Monkey Trial began with John Scopes teaching about evolution violating Tennessee state law. The trial got out of hand mostly because of religious protesters some leashing monkeys -
1920's Economics
In 1926, many farmers migrated from rural areas to urban areas in search of better economic oppurtunities causing the prices of food to rise. -
1920's African American Identity
Dream Variations was a poem written by Langston Hughes that articulated the African American dream. -
1920's African American Identity
The Harlem Renaissance was a literary, artistic, and intellectual movement that started in the 1920's spanning to the mid 30's. -
1920's Culture
Jazz music became very popular in the 20s because what many people wanted to do was to dance. -
1920's African American Identity
Louis Armstrong was a famous Jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote songs such as "West End Blues" and "(What Did I Do to Be So) Black & Blue" -
1920's Literature
A Strange Interlude is a play written by Eugene O'Neill that contained a subject matter that was very controversial for the 1920's. -
Herbert Hoover's Policies
The Boulder Canyon Project Act authorized construction of a dam in Boulder Canyon, construction of the All-American Canal to connect the Imperial and Coachella Valleys with the Colorado River, and dived the lower basin waters among the lower basin states. -
1920's Culture
Cars- By 1929, there was one car on the road for every 5 Americans. -
1920's Literature
The Sound and the Fury written by William Faulkner was a novel that details the decay of the Old South -
Stock Market Crash
Because of the stock prices falling, most owners traded them away. Some 16 million in fact. -
Stock Market Crash
Black Tuesday triggered the Great Depression the lasted through 1933 with stocks staying subvalue. -
1920's Economics
On Black Tuesday in 1929 as investors traded approximately 16 million shares resulting in the loss of billions of dollars. This triggered the start of the Great Depression. -
Herbert Hoover's Policies
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff act raised US tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels -
New Deal Programs
The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the US between 1933 and 1938. -
New Deal Programs
The CCC or the Civilian Conservation Corps was an organzition formed to preform reforestation and conservation acts. Also removed a surplus of workers from cities. -
New Deal Programs
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration provided loans to state governments for relief programs. The Act was meant to provide work and a variety relief programs. -
New Deal Programs
The Works Progress Administration put unemployed Americans to work in exchange for temporary financial aid. -
New Deal Programs
The Agricultural Adjustment Act was a US law that reduced production by farmers by paying them to stop planting and kill off livestock -
New Deal Programs
The NIRA or National Industrial Recovery Act was a law passed by the US Congress to give authority to the President to regulate industry in an attempt to raise prices after severe deflation and recover the economy. -
New Deal Programs
The Public Works Administration was created by the NIR Act to create public works as a means of employment. -
New Deal Programs
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a US government corporation providing deposit insurance to depositors in US banks. -
New Deal Programs
The Civil Works Act was a job creation program that created manual labor jobs for millions during the Great Depression. -
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl began in 1934 when drought struk and the soil lacked the stronger root system of grass as an anchor causing winds to pick up the loose topsoil. -
New Deal Programs
The Securities and Exchange Commission was brought togetrher to regulate the commerce in stocks, bonds, and other securites. -
New Deal Programs
The Wagner Act was a bill established to address relations between unions and employers in the private sector. It gave a right to form, join, or assist labor organizations. -
New Deal Programs
The Social Security Act was an attempt to limit what is seen as danger in the modern American life. -
The Dust Bowl
The Soil Consevation Act was put into place so that the Government could pay farmers to recuce production to conserve soil and prevent erosion. -
New Deal Programs
FCIC is a government corporation that manages federal crop imsurance program, which provides US farmers and agricultural entities with crop insurance protection.
