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American economy is growing
More people lived in cities than farms for the first time. Consumer culture began. -
canceled contracts
Cancels billion dollar orders for war items guns, tanks, planes -
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The roaring twenties
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volstead act
prohibition was started 18th amendment -
19th amendment
Women got the right to vote. -
new tec
ford model t, eletric iron, vacuum cleaner -
Social conflict
conflict between city dwellers and small town residents. protestants and catholics. blacks and whites, and new women and old fashioned family traditions. -
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The Great depresion
Longest lasting economic downturn in the world -
stock market crash
Investors sold their stock because products were not selling 12.9 million shares were traded away on black tuesday. five days later 16 million shares were traded away on black tuesday. because of this panic swept wall street -
Franklin D. Rosevelt
Franklin D. Rosevelt won an overwhelming victory against Herbert Hoover -
American unemployment
By this time close to 15 million were unemployed and half ot the country's banks failed -
Social security act
The social security act is passed by congress. Government takes money for your income and saves it for you for an emergency.
