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Prohibition
National prohibition of alcohol,the “noble experiment”—was undertaken to reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems, reduce the tax burden created by prisons and poorhouses, and improve health and hygiene in America. -
Prohibition
led to many more unintended consequences because of the cat and mouse nature of Prohibition enforcement. -
Immigration
The Immigration Act of 1924, including the Asian Exclusion Act and National Origins Act, was a United States federal law that prevented immigration from Asia, -
Immigration
1920s, restrictions on immigration increased among other things, acts sharply reduced immigrants from Eastern Europe and Africa -
Stock Market Crash
Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors. In the aftermath of Black Tuesday, America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great Depression -
Stock Market Crash
Abuses by utility holding companies contributed to the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and commercial banks that were too eager to put deposits at risk on the stock market -
Herbert Hoovers Policies
proposed that volunteerism within the community was the best antidote for poverty as well as for a myriad of other social problems. -
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was caused by several economic and agricultural factors, including federal land policies, changes in regional weather, farm economics and other cultural factors -
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was the name given to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s as high winds and choking dust swept the region from Texas to Nebraska, people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region -
Herbert Hoovers Policies
One of the lesser-known policy changes during his presidency was his near halt to immigration through an Executive Order in September 1930. His argument was that blocking immigration would preserve the jobs and wages of American citizens against competition from low-wage immigrants.
