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1920’s Economy
Wages for urban workers increased by 20ish% because the falling cost of mass-production goods. -
1920’s Politics Disarmament
Disarmament : a major political issue, delegates from major combatants of the WWI met to tried and agree on a reduction in weapons. -
Prohibition
Prohibition was introduced, because it was thought that alcohol caused people to do bad things. 18th ammendment is passed -
1920’s Literature Sinclair Lewis
"Main Street"
Carol Milford is a liberal, free-spirited young woman, reared in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state capital. She marries Will Kennicott, a doctor, who is a small-town boy at heart.
Poked fun at commercialism -
1920’s culture women
They were more liberated, wore shorter dresses, flappers.
Women were lving longer. -
1920’s culture Arts
Modernism clashed w/ traditionalism dramatically in modern art
Modernism= Pessimistic, skeptical worldview sparked artistic movement -
1920’s African American Identity The Jazz Age
Jazz emerges in New Orlands. Louis Armstrong great trumpet player -
1920’s culture Radio
Westinghouse company started radio station KDKA in PA. -
1920’s Economy Welfare Capitalism
Welfare Capitalism
Businesses policies toward employees to increase loyalty. Set up cafeterias, medical clinics, published employee newsletters, gave awards to employees -
1920’s Politics Budget & Accounting Act of 1921
Budget & Accounting Act of 1921
created to reduce government waste and was the frame work of the modern day feberal budget. -
1920’s Politics Sheppard-Towner Maternity & Infancy Act
Sheppard-Towner Maternity & Infancy Act Provided federal funding for maturnity leave, and for child care. -
1920’s African American Identity Langston Hughes
American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
First published in The Crisis 1921 -
Immigration
Immigration Act of 1912
Limits the immigration o
The first federal law limiting the number of European immagrants f aliens into the United States -
1920’s Economy Consumer Culture
Began American's love of material objects. They all turned into to material girls, because they lived in a material world.People valued their worth off the goods they surrounded themselves with. -
1920’s Economy Teapot Dome scandal
Secretary Albert Fall accepted large sums of money from private oil companies then allowed themto control government oil reserves in Elk Hills, California, and Teapot Dome Wyoming. -
1920’s Literature Ezra Pound
It is a book-length work, widely considered to present formidable difficulties to the reader. Has themes about economics, governance and culture -
1920’s African American Identity Jean Toomer
Cane
Shows the origins and experiences of African Americans in the United States -
Religion Aimee Semple McPherson
Founded the Foursquare Church used radio for preaching. -
Immagration
1924 Reed-Johnson Act
Immigrants let in the US per year reduced to 154,000 -
Religion Scopes Trial
John T. Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution to high schoolers.
Trial represented the Fundamentalists vs. the Modernists. -
1920’s culture Hero Worship
Sports heros like Babe Ruth gave Americans Hope. -
1920’s Literature F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
A mysterious millionaire holds extravagant parties in order to gain the attention of an old flame. Focuses on peoples wealth in the 20s. -
1920’s Literature Ernest Hemingway
A group of American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls.
Early modernist writing -
1920’s culture Movies
Movie studios came into being. Silent films, but talkies did exist.
Charlie Chaplin, Randolph Valentino, William S. Hart -
1920’s African American Identity Claude Mckay
A Jamaican-American writer and poet, and a figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
Home to Harlem (1928)
Banjo (1929)
Banana Bottom (1933
Amiable With Big Teeth: A Novel of the Love Affair Between the Communists and the Poor Black Sheep of Harlem -
1920’s Literature Ernest Hemingway
"Farewell to Arms"
set during the Italian campaign of World War I. wrote of men alienated from society -
1920’s Politics Gas Tax
States introduced a gas tax that raised millions of dollars per year to pay for new roads that needed to be built. -
Federal Farm Board
Loaned money to farmers to create and strengthen farm cooperatives -
1920’s Economy The Great Crash
Black Tuesday hit Wall Street as investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors. Starting the great depression. -
Stock Market Crash Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday
They day when stock prices fell, the begining of the GD -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Set tax increases, 31 to 49 percent, on foreign imports -
Stock Market Crash
Bonus Army
WW I veterans tried to pressure Congress to pay them their retirement bonuses early. Angry veterans marched on Washington, D.C. when a bill was not passed. -
1920’s Politics Good Neighbor Policy
Good Neighbor Policy
Was about non-intervention and non-interference in Latin Americas domestic affairs. It was expected to create new economic opportunities reassert the influence of the United States in Latin America. -
Prohibition ends
Prohibition is ended, this is the first time an ammendment is taken off the consitution. -
New Deal Programs
1933 National Industrial Recovery Act
Struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional because it gave legislative powers to the executive branch -
New Deal Programs
1933 Glass-Steagall Act
Created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corportation. Protects bank deposits up to $5,000 -
New Deal Programs
1933 Emergency Banking Relief Act
A bank holiday and closed down all the banks to be inspected, only stable bancks reopened -
New Deal Programs
1933 Civil Works Administration
Provided work in federal jobs -
New Deal Programs
1933 Public Works Administration
Large-scale public works construction. Built public works like dams, bridges, hospitals, and schools -
New Deal Programs
1933 Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Helped states to provide aid for the unemployed -
New Deal Programs
1933 Civilian Conservation Corps
Provided jobs for single males on conservation projects -
Dust Bowl
The first drought in the Dust Bowl -
New Deal Programs
Banking act of 1935
Created seven-member to regulate the nation's money supply and the interest rates on loans -
New Deal Programs
1935 Rural Electrification Administration
Provided affordable electricity for isolated rural areas. -
New Deal Programs
1935 National Youth Administration
Provided job training for unemployed young people and provided the needy with parttime jobs. -
New Deal Programs
1935 Works Progress Administration
Quickly created as many jobs as possible -
1920’s African American Identity Zora Neale Hurston
American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist.
Wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God. -
New Deal Programs
1938 Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Required manufacturers to list the ingredients in foods, drugs, and cosmetic products -
Dust Bowl
Forced many people from Oklahoma to migrate to California and other states.
Inspired the Grapes of Wrath -
New Deal Programs
1934 Securities and Exchange Commission
created to provide governance of securities transactions and to regulate exchanges and broker-dealers to protect the investing public.
