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Model T (Ford0
The first protype of an automobile was created by Henry Ford.It first rolled off of the assembly line September 1908. -
KKK/Birt of A Nation
Used as a recruiting tool for the KKK " Birth of A Nation" was a comical film that depicted African-Americans as unintelligent and sexually aggressive towards white woman. -
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin founded the United Artists to help evade the grasps of big industries. Chaplin was the most reconized silent film actor in the world. He was originally from England and later came to the United States. -
Palmer Raids
the Palmer Raids were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radicals and anrachist from the United States. 500 or moe foriegn citizens were deported. The raids were led by Alexander Mitchell Palmer. -
The Lost Generation
The lost generation was a term refering to the Geneation of people right before the first world war. Ernest Hemingway made the name popular. -
Flappers
The term "flapper" first appeared in Great Britain after World War I. It was there used to describe young girls, still somewhat awkward in movement who had not yet entered womanhood.The flapper image was defined by young girls wearing unbuckled galoshes that would make a "flapping" noise when walking. -
The Election Of Harding
The Election of 1920 was in every aspect influenced by the outcome of WW1 and Democratic president Woodrow Wilsons foreign policies. The Republican nomination included Herbert Hoover, Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge.The Democratic nomination included James M. Cox and Woodrow Wilson. Warren G. Harding's claimed victory with a landslide winning with a little over 60% of the vote against James M. Cox. Charles Evans Hughes became Secretary of State with Andrew Mellon as Secretary of Treasury -
The Red Scare
Was a period of anti-communist feeling in the US shortly after the Bolshevik revolution In Russia. Many during the time period feared their would also be a similar communist take-over in the US too. The press falsely called many worker strikes as crimes against society. The Red Scare lasted from 1918-1921 -
Marcus Garvey
Garvey began the Back-to-Africa movement which deported many Africans back to their native land. He also helped with Black nationalism, Pan-Africanism, Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), and Black Star Line. -
The Washington Naval Conference (The Five Power Naval Treaty)
Also known as the Washington Arms Conference was held by President Harding as a military conference attended by nine nations including the United States, Japan, China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal. It was intended to isolate the US more and reduce the size of a nations navy. The expected results were to decrease the threat of a bigger nation to smaller ones. It was credited for making the Japanese a world naval power in World War Two. -
The Four Power Naval Treaty
Was a treaty signed during the Washington Naval Treay signed by the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan at the Washington Naval Conference. Its goal was to stop territorial expansion in the Pacific ocean. It failed though and ended the Anglo-Japanese allience of 1902 -
Volstead Act
Prohibition of alcohol was the intended course for this act. The 18th amendment was ratified which prohibited all sale of alcohol but did not prohibit the consumption. -
Nine-Power Treaty
The Nine-power treaty was a treaty signed at the Washington Naval conference affirming China's soveriegnty and the Open Door Policy. It lacked any power to enforce it though and the treaty was broken when Japan invaded Manchuria during WW2. -
Teapot Dome scandal
During Harding's presidency a bribary was attempted, the Teapot Dome Scandal. In the early 20th century, the U.S. Navy largely converted from coal to oil fuel. To ensure the Navy would always have enough fuel available, several oil-producing areas were designated as Naval Oil Reserves -
Jazz Age
The introduction off jazz and the various dances that followed angered the older generations, but brought the country together in part.The most famous jazzmen were Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller and Benny Goodman -
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
This tariff was named after Joseph Fordney and Porter McCumber. The thought was to raise a tariff to protect farms and factories. Americans to be self-sufficient in their economy and also to preserve wartime benefits. -
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist who is most notably known for being the father of psychoanalysis or science of the mind. He explained human actions and interpreted dreams though his science. He was often accused of being sexist and creating a pseudo-science or fake science. He believed that cocaine could be used as treatment for mental patients and also for physical problems. Invented the Ego ID and Superego in psychoanalysis -
Adkins v. Children's Hospital
This was a Supreme Court case where it was found unconstitutional for the there to be a minimum wage law for women. -
Immigration act of 1924
The act decreased the constant flow of immigrants from Europe. The act let in less than 20% than the pre-World War 1 average. -
Dawes Plan
The Dawes Plan was the arrangement for the Germans to pay off damage for World War 1 -
Election of Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge became president after the sudden death of Presidents Warren G. Harding's death in 1923. He was re-elected as part part of the Republican party in 1924. He ran against Robert M. La Follette, Sr of the Progressive Party and John Davis of the Democratic Party. Coolidge won with over 54% of the total popular vote and 382 out of 531 electoral votes. -
Harlem Renaissance
Originally called the New Negro Movement, the Harlem Renaissance was a literary and intellectual flowering that fostered a new black cultural identity in the 1920s and 1930s. Critic and teacher Alain Locke described it as a "spiritual coming of age" in which the black community was able to seize upon its "first chances for group expression and self determination." -
The Great Gatsby
The great Gatsby was a novel in the US written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The storyline takes place during the first world war. Was very popular duing the 1920's. Was named the second best English-language novel of the 20th Century and is considered a literay classic. -
Scopes Trial
Teaching of anything against biblical reasoning was banned. The trials were also called the monkey trials because of the evolution theories. -
Gertrude Ederle
Ederle was an American competitive swimmer. In 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. At a young age she broke many amateur records and won Olympic medals. -
Duke Ellington
Ellington has been the greatest composer since he first came into the world. His music varied from jazz, gospel, blues and classical -
Charles Lindbergh
Lindbergh, Charles Augustus (1902-1974), an American aviator, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1927. Other pilots had crossed the Atlantic before him. But Lindbergh was the first person to do it alone nonstop. -
Sacco & Vanzetti Case
Ferdinando Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were two Italian immigrants who were executed for the alleged murders of two men during a 1920 armed robbery. They were tied to being anarchist and radical militants. The trial was a very controversal one as the evidence put up was contradictory to other evidence. Their guilt or innocence was disputed -
Election of Hoover
As the Republican primary, agaisnt the Democratic Alfred E. Smith, Hoover got 58% of the vote -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
An agreement signed by the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and Italy. Also known as the Pact of Paris and its goal was to prevent war and have that as the international policy. The Pact failed to prevent war with the outbreak of World War 2. -
Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone
Al Capone was an American Gangster who took part in smuggling and bootlegging alcohol into Chicago IL during the Prohibition Era. He was known as the modern day "Robin Hood" for his donations to charities from his illegal activities. His reputation was put down with the Valentines Day Massecre where 7 rival mobsters were gunned down without struggle with machine guns. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
The tariff was put into place to protect domestic farmers from agricultural imports. -
Hoover-Stimson Doctrine
The Stimson Doctrine is a policy of the United States federal government, enunciated in a note of January 7, 1932, to Japan and China, of non-recognition of international territorial changes that were executed by force. The doctrine was an application of the principle of ex injuria jus non oritur. While some analysts have applied the doctrine in opposition to governments established by revolution, this usage is not widespread, and its invocation usually involves treaty violations. Read mo -
Bonus Army
The saga of the Bonus Army was born out of the inequality of the Selective Service Act (1917), the failure of the government to provide any meaningful benefits to the veterans of the First World War, and the fear and anxiety produced by the Great Depression -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Modeled after the War Finance Corporation, by Herbert Hoover. It was put into place to loan money to banks and businesses. The corporation gave out $2 million dollars -
Prohibition
Prohibition was a period of nearly fourteen years of U.S. history in which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor was made illegal. It led to the first and only time an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was repealed.
