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Religion: Fundamentalism
Religious fundamentalism refers to the belief of an individual or a group of individuals in the absolute authority of a sacred religious text or teachings of a particular religious leader, prophet,and/ or God . -
1920's Economy: Banks
The period from 1920-29 is often called the 'Roaring Twenties' because it was a time of noise, lively action and economic prosperity; the First World War had been good for American business, factory production had risen sharply to meet the needs of the war -
1920's Politics: Republican Rule
Republicans in this time period generally reversed progressive advancements, raising tariffs again, giving big businesses more or less free reign, and cut taxes for the rich -
1920's Politics: Democratic Confusion
The Democrats failed to rally enough votes to win the presidency in these years not only due to a Republican government, but also due to their inability to stand behind any one particular candidate. -
1920's Politics: Progressive Party Breathes
Robert LaFollette's revival of the Progressive party occurred temporarily during this time, and complicated matters further for the Democratic Party. -
1920's Economy: Traditional to Free Market
America migrated from a system of traditional economy, where values and morals dictated the direction of economy, to a free market one where supply and demand ruled supreme. -
1920's Economy: Growth and Output
Due to the aftermath of WWI, the US produced almost half of the world's total output, and mass production pushed consumer goods into almost every household. -
1920's Culture: The Lost Generation
Many of the artists and writers and otherwise intellectual individuals born during the WWI era became known as the Lost Generation due to their cynical ideas and their fame that was lost to them due to the worldwide conflict. -
1920's Literature: This Side of Paradise
This novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald showed the "new Youth," the ones who demanded more freedom and more adventurous lives. -
1920's Literature: The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises is Ernest Hemingway's first novel, written in Paris in the 1920s, showing the live of the now famous Lost Generation as they tried to find themselves -
1920's Literature: Lady Chatterley's Lover
This book explicitly described sex and was scandalous for its time, but also showed the progressive nature of sexuality in modern culture. -
1920's Literature: All Quiet on the Western Front
This book illustrated the Western individual's sudden uncertainty in democracy and whether they could even consider themselves "civilized." -
1920's African American Identity: Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance is the name for a movement in African-American culture in the 1920s and 1930s which has had a big influence on African-American literature, philosophy and music. -
1920's African American Identity: Jazz
Jazz music was primarily composed and performed by African Americans. -
1920's African American Identity: Black Swan Records
This was the first American record label to consist of only African Americans. -
1920's African American Identity: Playwrights
African American playwright Willis Richardson debuted The Chip Woman's Fortune at the Frazee Theater - the first serious work by an African American to debut on Broadway. -
1920's Economy: Stock Market Growth
The 1920s also witnessed a larger bubble in all kinds of credit - on cars, homes, and new appliances like refrigerators. -
1920's Culture: Jazz Music
The Jazz Age was a cultural period and movement that took place in America during the 1920s from which both new styles of music and dance emerged; largely credited to African Americans employing new musical techniques along with traditional African traditions, jazz soon expanded to America's white middle class. -
1920's Culture: Female Sexuality
Women - commonly referred to with the "flapper" term - became more adventurous and received more opportunities during this era of prosperity. -
1920's Literature: The Great Gatsby
The 1920s was a memorable period in history because numerous notable events were occurring. ... Fitzgerald grew up during this era, which he described in his novel The Great Gatsby as a time when much sinfulness and immorality was occurring. -
1920's African American Identity: Harlem Renaissance Basketball Club
This club founded by Bob Douglas would later become the best basketball team in the world, and likely cause the modern stereotype of black people being better at basketball than white. -
Religion: Communism
Religious communism is a form of communism that incorporates religious principles; scholars have used the term to describe a variety of social or religious movements throughout history that have favored the communal ownership of property. -
Prohibition: Flouting
The everyday American tended to flout Prohibition, and led to very flagrant violations of the law; it was mainly political or religious groups that preached Prohibition. -
1920's Politics: 18th Amendment
This amendment to the US constitution began Prohibition, it was caused by a common belief that alcohol prevented American advancement. -
1920's Politics: Teapot Dome Scandal
During the Teapot Dome scandal, Albert B. Fall, who served as secretary of the interior in President Warren G. Harding's cabinet, is found guilty of accepting a bribe while in office; Fall was the first individual to be convicted of a crime committed while a presidential cabinet member. -
Immigration: Asians
Asians were almost entirely restricted from the US, and many other parts of the "Western world," such as Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. -
Immigration: Anti-Immigration Policies
With the assumption of Republican control, anti-immigrant policies flourished. This was mainly to restrict Europeans and refuse entry to Asians. -
Stock Market Crash: Black Tuesday
Black Monday was followed by Black Tuesday (October 29), in which stock prices collapsed completely and 16,410,030 shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. -
1920's Culture: Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s, During the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement". -
1920's Culture: Western Uncertainty
The nation's total wealth more than doubled between 1920 and 1929, and this economic growth swept many Americans into an affluent but unfamiliar “consumer society.” -
Stock Market Crash: The Great Depression Begins
The Stock Market crash on "Black Tuesday" in 1929 put many Americans out of the job in the 1930s, sharply crippling the American economy following an era of such prosperity during the 1920s. -
1920's Economy: Beginnings of the Great Depression
The depression was caused by a number of serious weaknesses in the economy. ... America's "Great Depression" began with the dramatic crash of the stock market on "Black Thursday", October 24, 1929 when 16 million shares of stock were quickly sold by panicking investors who had lost faith in the American economy -
Herbert Hoover’s Policies: Minimal Government Interference
Hoover, like other Republicans, had believed in little government interference with the economy. His ideals however would later be considered too light for the economic crisis that was the Great Depression. -
Herbert Hoover’s Policies: Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
This tariff lowered foreign trade and is often viewed by historians as having worsened the nation's already crippled economy. -
Prohibition: Smuggling & End
"Bootlegging" and smuggling alcohol in from Canada became common disregards for Prohibition, It would eventually end, and quite early, in 1933. -
New Deal Programs: Repeal of Prohibition
The era of Prohibition was initiated by the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors…” ... Presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt made the repeal of prohibition part of his campaign platform. -
New Deal Programs: Public Works
Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes and it was created by the National Industrial Recovery Act in June 1933 in response to the Great Depression. -
New Deal Programs: Banking Reform
New Deal legislation of the mid- to late-1930s gave rise to new policies and regulations preventing banks from engaging in the securities and insurance businesses. ... Together these two acts of banking reform provided long-term stability to the banking industry -
New Deal Programs: Relief
Roosevelt instigated many programs to help the worst third of Americans impacted by the Great Depression. -
New Deal Programs: Suspension of the Gold Standard
The suspension of the gold standard relieved much of the spiraling inflation and kept the US from losing much of its gold. -
New Deal Programs: Economy Act and the Federal Deficit
As a part of the First New Deal, Roosevelt tried to balance the "Emergency" and "Non-Emergency" budget of the US government. It involved cutting federal employee wages and the bonuses to US veterans. -
New Deal Programs: Securities
To prevent another crash, the government enacted laws and requirements surrounding the issuance of securities. -
Dust Bowl: Drought and Dust Storms
Drought claimed much of the American prairies during the 1930s and caused massive amounts of wind erosion that caused "black blizzards." -
New Deal Programs: Social Security Act
This establishment of universal retirement pensions gave much longterm relief for the elderly. -
New Deal Programs: Housing
Roosevelt aimed to raise the number of people who owned homes and stimulate the house building economy. This led to the establishment of FHA and HOLC. -
Dust Bowl: Displacement
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent the aeolian processes (wind erosion) caused the phenomenon. -
New Deal Programs: Tax Policy
Taxes on the wealthy increased, though the majority was placed on that of Rockefeller, and was mainly for popularity. The bigger goal was to redistribute wealth. -
New Deal Programs: Labor Relations
Roosevelt's efforts in 1935 allowed American labor to finally legally negotiate wages with employers, and while it did not encourage employers to negotiate, the principal was an important progressive step. -
New Deal Programs: Abolishing Slums
In an attempt to abolish slums, Roosevelt created the United States Housing Authority. -
New Deals Program: Agriculture
Roosevelt felt that much of the country's economic problems could be solved by addressing the severe poverty that plagued farmers. Farmers' profit was nearly doubled by 1937.
