Boom and Bust 1920s and 1930s

  • Red Scare

    Red Scare

    The red scare is a widespread of the fear of communism.
  • Red Summer

    Red Summer

    Red Summer is the period from late winter through early autumn of 1919 during which white supremacist terrorism and racial riots took place in more than three dozen cities across the United States
  • The Chicago race riot

    The Chicago race riot

    The Chicago race riot of 1919 was a violent racial conflict started by white Americans against black Americans that began on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, on July 27 and ended on August 3, 1919.
  • Flapper

    Flapper

    Flappers were young western woman in the 1920s
  • Harlem Renaissance

    Harlem Renaissance

    A African culture movement in the 1920s
  • Period: to

    1920s to 1930s

    The Industrial Revolution
  • Prohibition

    Prohibition

    Prohibition in the us was a nationwide constitutional ban on the alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933
  • Scopes Trial

    Scopes Trial

    Scopes trial was a case about teaching human evolution in school.
  • Great Migration

    Great Migration

    The great migration was about 6 million
    African Americans coming to america
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday and Wall Street Crash is when the new york stock market crashed.
  • Great Depression

    Great Depression

    A long and severe recession in an economy or market.
  • Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl

    An area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded, especially as a consequence of drought or unsuitable farming practice.
  • Hoovervilles

    Hoovervilles

    A shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression.
  • Hawley-Smoot Tariff act

    Hawley-Smoot Tariff act

    The Tariff Act of 1930, commonly known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff or Hawley–Smoot Tariff, was a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States.
  • New Deal

    New Deal

    The legislative and administrative program of President F. D. Roosevelt designed to promote economic recovery and social reform during the 1930s
  • AAA

    AAA

    Provided unskilled manual labor jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources in rural lands.
  • CCC

    CCC

    Paid farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land and to kill off excess livestock in order to raise the value of crops.
  • Bank Holiday

    Bank Holiday

    A day on which banks are officially closed, observed as a public holiday.
  • HOLC

    HOLC

    Used bonds to issue new mortgages to families currently in default and to prevent foreclosure.
  • FDIC

    FDIC

    Provided deposit insurance to depositors in US banks in order to restore trust in the American banking system.
  • TVA

    TVA

    Provided flood control, electricity generation, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley.
  • WPA

    WPA

    Gave jobs to millions of unemployed people to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.
  • Social Security

    Social Security

    Any government system that provides monetary assistance to people with an inadequate or no income.