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Ellis Island
Ellis Island opens for entry of new immigrants. -
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
This was a famous book becuase it is the first fantasy written by an American to have immediate success. -
AAA
Provided government subsidies for farmers to decrease crop production. -
The Souls of Black Folk
Du Bois proposes that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line." -
The History of the Standard Oil Company
She wrote about the practices of Rockefeller's oil company. -
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair's book described the meat packing industry and helped cause a change. -
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. -
National Urban League
Developed training programs intended to help African Americans migrating from the South to the North. -
Fourty Hour Week
Henry Ford announces a 40 hour work week. -
League of Nations
The League of Nations is established which the US senate decides not to join. -
18th Amendment
Imposes the federal prohibition of alcohol. -
Fashion Revolution
The 1920's Fashion trends were the shorter, low-waisted dresses and revealing styles worn by the Flappers, the 'bobbed' hairstyles, cloche hats, the casual, haphazard fashion of a mixture of brightly colored clothes. -
High Crime
Due tu prohibition, crime rates in many major cities spiked due to monopolizing speakeasies. -
Ernest Hemmingway
Hemingway is among the most prominent of the "Lost Generation" of expatriate writers who lived in Paris in the 1920s. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was important because it inspired an explosion of cultural pride and was perceived as a new beginning for African Americans. -
Prohibition Era
The beginning of 1920 saw a new era of anti-alchohol ways along with its devastating effects in America. -
19th Amendment
Prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. -
Coolidge Prosperity
Slashed taxes and legislation that supported private business boosted small and big business in the 1920s -
WW1 Economic Effects
The high production rates in world war one shifted to peacetime production which lead to consumerism -
Broadway
Broadway musicals thrived in this decade -
Immigration Act of 1924
Limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States with a national origins quota. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
took place in 1925 in which a high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it illegal to teach evolution in school. -
Ballroom Dancing
Ballroom dancing was overtaken by the waltz during this time period. -
Roaring 20s
Following the end of World War I, the industrial might of the United States was unleashed for domestic, peaceful purposes. -
Consumerism
Consumerism came into its own throughout the 1920s as a result of mass production, new products on the market, and improved advertising techniques. -
Effect of Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Religious parents were angered and began to take action against the education system for removing faith from the education system. -
The Great Gatsby
Embodied powerful myths about American Dreams. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression is one of the worst economic events in world history. -
Stock Market Crash
The stock market crash in 1929 plummeted the US and a majority of the world into the Great Depression. -
Black Tuesday
On Oct. 24, 1929, known as "Black Tuesday" when the market opened 11% lower. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
higher tax on imports to force Americans to buy American products and get the economy rebooted. -
Scottsboro Boys
The Scottsboro Boys were nine African American teenagers, ages 13 to 20, falsely accused in Alabama of raping two white women on a train in 1931. -
Davis-Bacon Act
Mandated that all federally funded or assisted construction projects pay the “prevailing wage” -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
A government corporation starting in 1932 that provided financial support to state and local governments -
Norris-LaGuardia Act
Five major provisions each enshrined special provisions for unions in the law, such as prohibiting judges from using injunctions to stop strikes and making union-free contracts unenforceable in federal courts. -
20th Amendment
Twentieth Amendmendment indicated the beginning and ending dates of presidential and congressional terms. -
Emergency Farm Mortgage Act
The Farm Credit Act provided $200 million in loans for farmers facing foreclosure. -
FERA
An attempt by Franklin Roosevelt under his New Deal to provide recovery and relief from the Depression. -
Emergency Banking Act
Shut down of the nations banks, which allowed the government to examine all banks and allow those that were financially sound to open back up. -
CCC
Organized to utilize the nation's unemployed youth by building roads, planting trees and improving parks. -
FDIC
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) preserves and promotes public confidence in the U.S. financial system by insuring deposits in banks -
Dust Bowl
The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more than 75 percent of the country and affecting 27 states severely. -
SEC
The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. -
Wagner Act
Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA") in 1935 to protect the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining. -
WPA
Employed 85 million people in construction and other jobs. -
Social Security Act
Permanent agency designed to ensure that the older segment of society always would have enough money to survive. -
FSA
Requires corporations to provide all information on stocks. -
Dust Bowl Ends
Masses of rain come in 1939 ending the dust bowl -
Jackie Robinson
The first African American to play in the MLB.
