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Cancelled Business Contracts
• Governments cancelled billions of contracts that manufactured things for the war. The economy is dropping dramatically because of this -
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The Roaring 20s
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18th Amendment
• 16 January 1920, Volstead Act, it prohibits every tavern bar and saloon in the United States at midnight. -
American Cities
• More Americans life in cities than on farms, this is the first time that it has happened in american history -
19th Amendment
• 19th amendment made it possible for women to vote, millions of women at this time worked at a white collar job, a blue collar job would be more hands on while white collared is business. Not a lot of work place equality yet but it is improved. -
First Commercial Radio
• In Pittsburgh penny, the first commercial radio is invented which was called kdka. 3 years later there were 500 commercial radios. -
Conflicts
- City vs Small Towns
- Catholics and Protestants
- Racial Disputs
- Flapper vs Traditional Family Values
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Stock Market Crash
• A lot of people sold their stocks and shares, a record 12.9 million shares were traded on the 24th, today it is called B
lack Thursday, 5 days later called Black Tuesday 16 million were traded -
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The Great Depression
Lasted for about ten years -
Ford Model T
• Only cost $260 per car. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
• He beats Herbert Hoover for 2nd term -
American Unemployment
• 15 million americans were unemployed and half of the countries banks have failed. -
Social Security
• Congress passed the social security act, the government saves your money for you so if there is a problem you have that extra money
