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Children in the Silent Protest Parade
a picture of children that was part of a march of between 8,000 and 10,000 African Americans -
“The Lynching” by Claude McKay
inspiration for many black leaders and writers such as Langston Hughes -
national prohibition act
it (the 18th amendment) did not define "intoxicating liquors" or provide penalties. It granted both the federal government and the states the power to enforce the ban by "appropriate legislation." A bill to do so was introduced in Congress in 1919 -
18th amendment passed
as a nationwide constitutional ban on the sale, production, importation, and transportation of alcoholic beverages that remained in place from 1920 to 1933 -
nationwide prohibition begins
the start of prohibition, and the effects of rummrunners and gangsters begin. -
depression
was an extremely sharp deflationary recession in 1920 -
urbanizatoin reaches climax
the urban population reaches it highest point -
start of mass marketing
due to lots of people using radios, -
louis armstrong
he becomes the most well-known trumpet player in history -
The Crisis reaches peak circulation
The Crisis began as, and has always been, the official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -
fundamentalism is being thought of
this ends up helping the rebirth of the kkk, and makes people not want to teach evolutionism in school. -
duke ellington becomes popular
he became one of the great jazz players, and was part of the best known orchestral jazz unit -
This side of paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald is published
the book examines the lives and morality of post–World War I youth -
New York Renaissance becomes a professional team
this was a proffesional basketball team from harlem -
warren g harding runs for president
Republican National Convention meeting in Chicago nominated Warren G. Harding, an Ohio newspaper editor and United States Senator, to run for president with Calvin Coolidge, governor of Massachusetts, as his running mate. -
Teapot Dome scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding -
the christian temperance union
helped increase prohibition among other things -
ubcke dave macon became a prominent musician
he was an american old-time banjo player -
the black swan corporation opened
in harlem, new york, it was showing that the black population was progressing rapidly -
Emergency Tariff of 1921
plight of farmers until a better solution could be put into place -
U.S. intervention in panama
The U.S. government sent military forces to settle the border dispute between Panama and Costa Rica -
washington naval treaty
It limited the construction of battleships, battlecruisers and aircraft carriers by the signatories -
rise of the speakeasies
During that time, the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcoholic beverages was illegal throughout the United States, and these places were the easiest to get it, illegally still, of course -
fordney-mcumber tariff
Harding proposed reducing the national debt, reducing taxes, protecting farm interests, and cutting back on immigration. -
chinese exclusion act
this stopped immigration of chinese to canada -
immigration act of 1924
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota -
americanization campaign
he emphasis in Americanization programs was gradually shifted from emergency propaganda to a long-time educational program -
the great gatsbv was published by F.Scott Fitzgerald
is often described as the symbolic meditation on the "Jazz Age" in American literature -
the sun also rises by Ernest Hemingway published
a group of American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermín in Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights -
D.H. lawrence publishes Lady Chatterley's Lover
it was controversial because of how much sex was depicted and very explicit -
All quiet on the wester front published by Erich Maria Remarque
The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front -
herbet hoover
he instructed the justice department to go after gangsters for tax evasion -
commision of national parks
he created land for national parks -
black tuesday
The crash followed a speculative boom that had taken hold in the late 1920s -
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
was an act sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley and signed into law on June 17, 1930, that raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels -
severe drought begins
unanchored soil becomes dust, it's a severe drought -
the pecora commission
In 1932, the Pecora Commission was established by the U.S. Senate to study the causes of the crash -
Revenue Act of 1932
raised United States tax rates across the board -
glass-steagall legislation
The term Glass–Steagall Act usually refers to four provisions of the U.S. Banking Act of 1933 that limited commercial bank securities, activities, and affiliations within commercial banks and securities firm -
public works administration
was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes -
Fireside chats
Fireside chats is the term used to describe a series of 30 evening radio addresses given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944 -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
as a United States federal law of the New Deal era which reduced agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land and to kill off excess livestock -
Emergency Banking Act
was an act passed by the United States Congress in 1933 in an attempt to stabilize the banking system -
Economy Act
that cut the salaries of federal workers and reduced benefit payments to veterans, moves intended to reduce the federal deficit in the United States -
Tennessee Valley Authority
navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley -
Securities Act of 1933
Legislated pursuant to the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution, it requires that any offer or sale of securities using the means and instrumentalities of interstate commerce be registered with the SEC pursuant to the 1933 Act, unless an exemption from registration exists under the law. -
Gold Reserve Act
he Gold Reserve Act outlawed most private possession of gold -
black sunday
dust storm that went from canada to america, one of the worst dust storms in history -
National Youth Administration
that focused on providing work and education for Americans between the ages of 16 and 25. -
Adjusted Compensation Payment Act
2as enacted when Congress overrode President Franklin D. Roosevelt's veto on January 27, 1936
