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The Creation of the Stock Market
The stock market is a term people use to talk about where stocks and bonds are traded, bought, and sold. The goal of the stock market is to invest into a company, buy the stock, hold it for a while, and then sell the stock later for more than how you bought it. -
The Birth of Calvin Coolidge
John Calvin Coolodge was the 30th President of the United States. He was a Republican lawyer from Vermont and was succeeded by President Herbert Hoover. -
The Creation of the Dow Jones Average
The Dow Jones average was created by Charles Dow in 1896. The Dow Jones Average is the overall average stock prices for a certain amount of time. Charles Henry Dow and Edward Davis Jones formed the Dow Jones & Company in 1882. -
The Birth of Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia flew because she wanted to, and she married George G. Putnam who also managed her. She never thought about having kids so flying was the perfect hing for her. She planned to fly around the world, but sadly that did not happen. She went to tell someone she was running out of feul for the plane, and went to look for a ship to land on, but did not see it and shortly lost contact after. -
First Production of Model T Completed.
The Model T is a Ford. In the factories each worker had one specialized task and it was a very efficient method. A model T was built every 24 seconds. By 1936 Ford was the 3rd largest company in America, and by 1927, there were over 15 million Medel T's built. -
The Great Migration Begins
The Great Migration was when over 6 million African Americans moved out of the Southeren United States to the North. African Americans moved to the North because of the Jim Crow Laws and it started in the 1910s and ended in the 1970s. -
The Red Scare
The Red Scare was and even that took place in the 1920s. The Red Scare was when Americans were scared that the Communist were trying to take over the country and bombs were sent out by the mail throughout America. Many communists, socialists, and anarchists were arrested and deported. -
The Era of Flappers
Flappers are one of the biggest icons of the 1920s. Flappers where young women who enjoyed herself, had pinned up hair, and wore a lot of makeup, and also very flashy and shorter dresses. -
The Growth of Movies
The Growth of Movies was enormous in this era. Before the 1920s, there were about 5000 movie theaters, but the industry was booming so as time went on, there were 22,500 theaters that people could go to. In the 1920s Movies were the 4th largest business in America. Also in the 20s the first talking movie was made. -
The Jazz Age
Not only did movies grow in this era, a type of music that influnced many other arts became popular. Jazz music featured improvisation and off beat rhythms. Jazz was created by African Americans and also frightened many people Because jazz music became popular many jazz clubs and dance halls popped up everywhere and Harlem had about 500. -
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was an era when African Americans literary movement became popular. During the Harlem Renaissance people preotested justice and celebrated triumph. Another event that happened during this era was people examined African Americans place in America. The Harlem Renaissance started in the 1920s and lasted until the mid 1930s. -
The Growth of Organized Crime.
During the 1920s, many different things began to grow. One of them was the Organization of Crime. Organized Crime (also known as the mob) fought to control alcohol manufactor and distribution. A guy well known from this era is Al Capone, who murdered his way to the top and spent millions of dollars so he wouldn't get put away from the FBI, cops, and many other people. -
The Growth of The KKK
During the 1920s, The KKK moved around to different states to dominate local politics. They had a strategy called the "decade" which meant that every member was responsible for recruiting 10 people to vote for the members of the clan that were canidates in elections. In some states they placed enough members of the clan in positions of power to control the states government. It was known as the invisible empire. -
Nativism of the 1920s
The definition of nativism is the policy of preotecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. When the great war ended in 1918 plenty of Europeans left to go live in other parts of the world. A lot of them tried coming to the United States. Since the population was rising, so did nativism. Because of the war, Americans turned back to a doctrine of isolationism. Some Americans shunned foreign countries and condemmed unamerican lifestyles. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was shortly after Black Thursday. Black Thursday was when the stock prices fell quickly. On Black Tuesday a large amount of stocks were sold that day. Usually 4-8 million stocks are sold and on that day 16.4 million were sold. The stock market eventually crashed and about 30 billion dollars were lost in investment.
