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1920's culture (the Jazz Age)
Brought by north African Americans musicians symbolized new and modern for the youth -
1920's Culture (Entertainment)
Newspapers were the mass media but radios had been made, movie industry was in Hollywood -
1920's Culture (Popular Heros)
Shifted from politicians to athletes and movie stars, like boxer Jack Dempsey, baseball player Babe Ruth,swimmer Gertrude Ederle, football player Jim Thorpe -
1920's Culture (Consumerism)
Advertising expanding making it easier for companies to get buyers, people started buying appliances and automobiles -
1920's religion(Modernism)
Believed that they can still have critical view on some of the passages in the bible but still believe in Darwin's theory of evolution -
1920's religion (Fundamental)
Opposite of the modernist and thought every word of the bible would be accepted. key point was creationism -
Prohibition(Defying the Law)
Alcohol was still banned but people still sold and drunk it in public, paying police to not say anything and people making or smuggling it from Canada into the U.S -
Prohibition (Political Discord and Repeal)
Republicans supported the prohibition but the Democrats didn't and the increase of illegal activity rising with help from the southerns in the party they got the 18th amendment repeal -
1920's Politics (Business Doctrine )
Wanted to limit government regulation instead of laissez-faire to help the business make profits to help lead the economy -
1920's Literature( T.S Eliot)
Friend of Ezra, one of the lost generation essayist. Lived in the U.S then moved to England -
1920's African American (Harlem Renaissance)
20% of Northern African American lived in Harlem New York where actors, artist, musicians, and writers came from -
1920's African American Identity(poets)
In the poems expressed emotion of bitterness but also resentment and joy and hope. Countee Cullen Langstan Hughes, James Weldon, and Claude McKay -
1920's African American Identity(musicians)
Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington and Bessie Smith played for integrated audience in Harlem but segregated in other cities -
1920's African American Identity(Marcus Garvey)
Advocated individual and racial pride for African Americans. made a movement to go back to Africa but was jailed for fraud and shipped back to Jamaica -
1920's Literature(Sinclair Lewis)
Lost generation novelist wrote about satirical takes. -
1920's Literature (Eugene O'Neill)
Lost generation playwright. Play Beyond the Horizon was played on Broadway in 1920 -
1920's Economy (Increase productivity)
Most industries used the assembly line and and gained productivity by doing so -
1920's Economy (energy technologies)
Increase in electric and oil. Coal was still used for homes and railroads but oil was used in industries and automobiles. Electric in homes for appliances -
1920's Economy (Government policies)
Didn't mind the growth in big businesses, offered corporate tax and didn't enforce the antitrust act -
1920's Economy (Farms)
had debt from after the war and productivity had made it easier to produce but added to their debt -
1920's Economy (Labor)
Wages rose but union started to fall by trying to keep nonunion workers out, strikes had happened. In south police had to use violence -
1920's African Americans Identity
African Americans were still at the bottom and were the last people to be hired -
1920's Politics
Warren Harding had increased tariffs, reduced income tax, made bureau of budget creating scandals but was never caught -
Immigration(Quotas Law)
Limited the amount of immigrant that came to the U.S decreasing the immigrant percent 3% in 1921 and to not seem discriminating 2% in 1924 -
Immigrants (Case of Sacco and Vanzetti)
Italian immigrants protested against racist and prejudices for these two who were convicted of robbery and murder -
1920's Politics
Calvin Coolidge known as "silent cal" for saying if you don't speak you won;t have to repeat. Thought business could handle their own so government was limited -
1920's Literature(Ezra Pound)
Lost generation poet that lived in London but moved to Paris then Italy writing Eleven New Cantos -
1920's Literature(Ernest Hemingway)
One of the Lost generation writers that lived in Paris but took his life because of all the stuff after the war. Wrote the Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms speaking of WW1 -
1920's politics
Smith(Democrat) ran for president in 1928, was catholic and was with prohibition and and immigrants but protestant were against him -
1920's Politics
Herbert Hoover(Republican) won the election of 1928 continued the Coolidge Prosperity to end poverty won over the south but mainly because most disagreed with Smith religion -
1920's culture (Automobiles)
More than 26.4 million cars had been apart of the U.S culture making it easier to shop, travel, date but had injuries and deaths too. -
Stock Market Crash
People hoped that they would make a profit from the market going up and sell it when it was low. Most put all their money in the investment of stocks -
Stock Market Crash
Black Tuesday was made when the market was going down to stop the decline by putting money i the bank but only lasted a day then Black Thursday came and the market kept dropping -
Hoover's Policy
Hawley Smoot Tariff increase tariffs on foreign imports(highest in history)making other countries rise theirs making everyone into depression more -
Dust Bowl
Drought that happened in the plains killing most farmers crops -
Dust bowl
Lasted 6 years messing with the agriculture needed in the U.S -
Hoover's Policy(Domestic Programs)
With federal help he made a Farm Board that was to help farmers stabilize but overproduction still happened. RFC started in big businesses then smaller to help stabilize the economy -
New Deal Programs
First hundred days Roosevelt called all congress in and made laws and organization that were all passed. -
New Deal Programs
Bank Holiday was to help bank restore the money and stop some of the panic by doing so all the banks were closed -
New Deal Program
Repeal of Prohibition was a promise he made during the campaign and even passed an Beer and wine act making it legal to sale . 21st amendment overide the 19th -
New Deal Program
Fireside Chats, Roosevelt went on radio telling people the bank holiday was over and it was safe to deposit money -
New Deal Programs
Financial recovery programs FDIC granted 5,000 bank deposit, HOLC refinanced small homes from foreclosure, farm credit administration prevent foreclosure for farmers in debt -
New Deal Programs
Unemployed had FERA were they built sup kitchens, PWA made public things to offer jobs, CCC was for younger people to support their family, TVA nation job offered to poor -
New Deal Program
Industrial recovery NRA was made to help organize businesses but sine antitrust was suspended bug companies were the focus -
New Deal Programs
Farm production control had the AAA which encouraged to reduce production and pay the government -
New Deal Programs
WPA sent million and provided people with jobs. paid more than the relief but less than a regular job,built building but unemployed with talent were assigned jobs to show it. -
New Deal Programs
RA provided loans to sharecropper, tenants, and smaller farmers. federal camps for migrant workers -
New Deal Programs
National labor Relation Act stated a worker could join the union and the union could barter collectively. -
New Deal Program
REA provided loans so electric companies could provide power to rural areas
