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The New Ku Kux Klan
With new immigrants pouring into the country, and people worrying about American values being diluted because of it, the Ku Kux Klan white supremacy cult reemerged and regained popularity among white citizens who disliked immigrants. The new KKK were self righteous vigilantes who sought to push their nativist ideals, as well as Protestant ideals, to exclude other religions, and white supremacy, reforging a large amount of hatred for black people, as well as in general anyone who wasn't white. -
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1920-1940
Post World War 1, American society became more and more progressive, the Ku Klux Klan reunited, the economy collapsed and the Great Depression ensued, and another World War began. -
The New Woman and Women's Rights
As the years progressed, women started becoming more and more independent, trying new, more "scandalous" clothing and hair styles, and widening the market for consumerism. These "new" women were known as flappers. Women slowly gained an increased effect on society and politics, campaigning for women to be treated the same as men in legal matters. The 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, allowing women to vote in elections. -
Hoovervilles
With many people losing their jobs or receiving very little pay because of the Depression, many also lost their homes, and had to camp. Large camps were formed outside of cities all over the countries, because the people had nowhere else to go. These were nicknamed Hoovervilles, because most people blamed President Herbert Hoover for not doing anything to help fix the Depression. These Hoovervilles became more and more common as the Depression made things worse and worse throughout the 1930's. -
The Beginning of the Great Depression
On October 24 1929, the stock market plummeted significantly and 10,000 dollars were lost. This began the slow starting but quickly escalating economic collapse that led to the Great Depression that was the defining factor of the 1930's. -
The Rising Entertainment Industry
Entertainment became a big part of American society in the 1920's and 30's. As films started having bigger budgets and became better quality, more and more people started going to see them. Film companies such as Warner Bros. started making hundreds of millions after they started releasing movies with synchronized sound. Music as well became increasingly popular, with new types of music becoming hits. These were the cornerstones of the entertainment industry, one that never slowed down. -
Forced Migration Caused by the Depression
From 1932 to 1936, there was a severe drought in the Great Plains. Many crops were lost from lack of water, and to make matters worse, much of Oklahoma was covered in a massive dust storm that ensued, simply from the lack of moisture. Coupled with the already trying times of the Great Depression, many people were forced to move west, looking for work. 440,000 people were forced to leave their homes behind. -
FDR and the New Deal
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt helped to change the tide of the Great Depression by offering a "New Deal" to the American people. Roosevelt created multiple government jobs in all different areas of work and began helping many people get their lives back together with this newfound work. Most people loved the New Deal, sick of living in poverty because of the Depression, and while the New Deal did help many in the short run, in the long run it led to much inflation and detriment to society. -
World War 2 Begins
Using the German population's anger against the punishments and restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, leader of the National Socialists, or Nazi party Adolf Hitler creates an army to take back the land that was taken from them during WW1, as well as to conquer the rest of Europe. After Germany conquered Austria and Czechoslovakia, and started to attack Poland, France and Britain declared war on Germany, and the second war to span the world had arrived. World War 2