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Henry Ford
Created the assembly which drastically increased speed of production -
Birth of a Nation
Glory fied the KKK which led to the rise of their terrorism -
Election of 1920
Coxx vs. Harding. Harding won. -
Roaring 20s
Time period where america enjoyed a economic boom until the great depression circa 1929 -
installment buying
The invention of credit increased spending and consumerism -
On Margin stocks
Aloow buyer to buy stock with only 10% down. (Not good for the long run) -
Speculation
Purchasing stocks with unrealistic hope they will rise exponential more than what they are worth -
speakeasies
Places that sold alcohol illegally during prohibition -
radio
Comparable to the iphone today, the thing everyone wanted and connected the nation in a new way -
James Weldon Johnson
Wrote the black National Anthem and leader of NCAAP -
modernism
A time during the 1920s where art and literature thrived and changed. -
Lost Generation
Group of writers who went to Europe because they thought the u.s was a lost, greedy world. -
Claude McKay
Part of the Harlem Renaissance and was an important poet -
conspicuous consumption
lavish spending by the wealthy -
fundamentalism
strictly follow the bible and make Darwinism teaching illegal -
1921 Emergency Quota Act
Made it so only 300,000 immigrants can go to the u.s a year -
Sheppard-Towner Act
Lobbying for child labor laws and gave 1.2 mil to child care and baby sitters -
Margaret Sanger
Birth control creator and introduced the idea of contraception -
Election of 1924
Robert La Follete (progressive party), Demo (John Davis) v. Coolidge (republican). Coolidge Won -
Immigration Act
Limited immigration to 164,000 people a year -
Harding scandals
Kicked out of office for taking money from violator of prohibition. And secretly giving rights to Teapot Dome (Oil) -
Writers
F. Scott Fitzgerald - wrote The Great Gatsby -
Harlem Renaissance
A time where the slums of harlem came up through music and gained political gains -
A. Philip Randolph
started the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters which was the first black labor union -
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wrote The Great Gatsby and was a writer of this time -
John T. Scopes
Arrested for teaching Darwin's theory, just fined $100 -
Ernest Hemmingway
wrote the sun also rises and was a modernist writer -
Bootlegging
Illegal sale of alcohol during prohibition -
automobiles
The Model T became affordable and drive in movies, migration patterns, and daily life changed -
Election of 1928
Al smith v. Herbet Hoover. Hebert Hoover (Democrat) won -
The Messenger
Paper that encourage whites and blacks work together to stop oppression -
Black Thursday
12.9 million shares traded to try to cut their loses -
laissez faire
Herbert hoover believe the government should have limited interference with the people -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
tax increases 49 percent on foreign imports -
Dust Bowl
The Great Plains during the severe drought they had due to hot winds -
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
provided jobs for single males doing conservation projects -
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
Helped states provide aid for the unemployed -
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Created jobs doing government projects -
Emergency Banking Relief Act (EBRA)
bank holiday were banks were inspected -
Glass-Steagall Act
FDIC which protects up to $5000 of clients money -
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
Gave money to states to make job. repealed, seen as unconstitutional -
Federal Securities Act
made businesses have all information on their stocks and protected consumer against misrepresentation -
Civil Works Administration (CWA) Provided work in federal jobs
Provided work doing federal jobs (manual labor) -
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
raise crop prices by paying farmers to leave part of land unseeded: declared unconstitutional, agriculture is state gov -
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Help to supervise stock market and stop cheating -
National Youth Administration (NYA)
gave training to young people and part-time jobs for students -
Banking act of 1935
7 member board to help regulate the money supply and the interest rates on loans -
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
created as many jobs as possible as fast as possible during the great depression. (building roads/buildings) -
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDC)
required to list ingredients in food, drugs, and drinks -
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck about Dust Bowl and escaping it
