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Carrie Chapman Catt
She was an American suffrage leader who campaigned for the ratification of the 19th amendment. She was the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the founder of the League of Women Voters, and the International Alliance of Women. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
It was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in American History, it prohibited any chinese laborers from coming to the US. -
Louis Armstrong
He was an African American jazz musician who became one of the most influential figures in jazz music. He paved the way for other African American artists in his time, his talent came first to his skin color. -
Model T
It was the first car to be made affordable to most of America, it was created using Henry Ford’s assembly line manufacturing and was booming in business by the 1920’s. -
The Great Migration
As cities grew, opportunities arose for those struggling in the South, in the early 1900’s many African Americans migrated to the major metropolis’ , this major change caused racial tension and conflicts to occur. -
Harlem Renaissance
It was a movement in the 1920’s of cultural, social and artistic growth between the end of WWI and the mid 1930s. The city of Harlem was the epicenter for the explosion of artistic talent that created a new black, cultural identity. -
Palmer Raids
A series of raids by the US Department of Justice intended to capture, arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists from the US. -
Prohibition-Volstead Act
It was made illegal to sell, make, or transport any drink that contained more than 1% alchohol by volume. It was enacted to carry out the 18th amendment. -
Flappers
They were a new breed of modern women in the 1920’s, they were short skirts, bobbed hair, listened to jazz and were considered brash and went against what was the norm. They originated in the liberal period of the 20s. -
Roaring 20's
This decade was the most prosperous in economy,style, social trends and culture. Following the end of the World War I, new technology was created and consumerism boomed. -
Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy
The modernists said evolution was not inconsistent with the religion against the fundamentalists who said the word of God as revealed in the Bible took priority over so called “modern science”. This caused a rift within the church and caused many to leave the faith. -
Export Debenture Plan
The farm crisis of the 1920’s pushed Hoover to created opposing socialistic solutions to the farmers’ problems and insisted that the government play a small role in the development of the nation’s economy in the sake of the farmers. -
1920s Consumerism
It is the theory that its beneficial to encourage the attainment of goods in increasing amounts. US Consumerism increased during the Roaring Twenties due to technical advances and innovative ideas and inventions in the areas of communication, transportation and manufacturing. -
THis Side of Paradise
It was the debut novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920 it examines the lives and morality of post WWI youth. -
Garvey Conference
Black Nationalist Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican immigrant founded the first International Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World in New York’s Madison Square Garden. -
19th Amendment
The addition to the constitution gave women the right to vote in 1920, this gave women a more equal footing to men and showed the ever growing modern times. -
Bank Failure
Due to the stock market crash and the dying economy, banks were not able to give people what they were owed causing the end of many state funded deposit programs. -
Herbert Hoover
He was the 31st President of the US, he became known for humanitarian work pre-election. In his term, the Great Depression caused by the Stock Market Crash occurred, his passive policies caused wide dislike and his defeat in the 1932 election. -
World Series
Baseball’s World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time, the New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, five games to three. -
Washington Conference
It was a military conference called by US president Warren G Harding, it regarded the interests in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia, 9 nations attended. It was the first arms control conference in history. -
Coolidge Prosperity
President Calvin’s fiscally conservative policies ushered in the era of “Coolidge Prosperity” where taxes were slashed and legislated supported private business. -
Calvinn Coolidge
He was the 30th president of the US, his response to the Boston Police Strike gave him a reputation of an active decision maker. Following Harding’s scandals, he restored public confidence in the public and gained the popularity of the middle class. -
Johnson Reed Act
It limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the Us via a national origins quota. It provided visas to 2 percent of the total number of each nationality from the 1980 national consensus. It excluded asians completely. -
The great Gatsby
A fictional novel published in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval and excess. It created a reflection of the Roaring twenties and the American Dream. -
Mrs. Dalloway
Written by Virginia Woolf it details the life of fictional high society in woman, in post first world war england. -
Scopes Trial
It was an American legal case in 1925 where a substitute teacher, John Scopes was accused of illegally teaching human evolution in a state funded school. It was deliberately staged so that the public would be attracted to the small tennessee town. -
The Sun Also Rises
Authored by Ernest Hemingway in 1926 it talks about the theme expatriatism based on his real life and explores the “Lost Generation” through love, death, renewal in nature and masculinity. -
All Quiet on the Western Front
By Erich Maria Remarque, the book shows the perspective of the German soldiers’ extreme stress during the war and the detachment that came with it. -
Kellog Briand Pact
It was an international agreement where signed states promised to not use war to solve disagreements, this pact paved the way for a more activist american policy. Nations all over the world signed it over 60. -
Black Tuesday
It was the most devastating stock market in the history of the US, taking into account the full extent and duration of it. A key cause of this event was because of the overproduction of produce that spread financial problems to American farmers throughout the decade. -
Great Depression
It was a worldwide economic depression that took place in the 1930’s, it originated in the US after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. It affected both the rich and poor, no one was immune to it’s effects. -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Kept several thousand banks and agricultural lending institutions afloat with the loans and other funding it distributed -
Black Cabinet
It was an informal group of African American Public policy advisors to the US president FDR, it showed the shifting of black allegiance to the Democratic Party. -
Revenue Act of 1932
Signed by Hoover, it raised US tax rates across the board, with the rate on top incomes rising from 25 percent to 63 percent. It was created in an attempt to balance the federal budget, but it messed up the economy even more by discouraging spending. -
Revenue Act of 1932
Signed by Hoover, it raised US tax rates across the board, with the rate on top incomes rising from 25 percent to 63 percent. It was created in an attempt to balance the federal budget, but it messed up the economy even more by discouraging spending. -
Home Owners Loan Corp
It purchased and insured 20% of urban homes in the country -
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
It was the primary agricultural legislation of the New Deal, reducing crop production to increase prices;it was declared unconstitutional in 1936. -
The Emergency Farm Mortgage Act
Allots 200 million for refinancing mortgages to help farmers face foreclosure. The farm credit act of 1933 established a local bank and sets up local credit associations. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
Created by congressional charter to provide navigation. flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing and economic development to those in the Tenn. Valley. -
National Industrial Recovery Act
It developed an industrial code system and provided relief; it was declared unconstitutional in 1935. -
US off gold standard
United States went off the gold standard, a monetary system in which currency is backed by gold, when Congress enacted a joint resolution nullifying the right of creditors to demand payment in gold. -
21st Amendment
It was added to the constitution to repeal the 18th amendment that banned alcohol in the US. -
Federal Housing Administration
It opened home ownership to a new group of people by lowering required down payments and increasing repayment periods. -
Black Sunday
The worst “black blizzard” of the Dust Bowl, causes extensive damage to 5 million acres of wheat. -
Resettlement administration
Was formed to improve land use practices and offer assistance to those living on poor land. Some people were relocated to new suburban communities developed by the RA’s Greenbelt Program. -
National Youth Administration
It was devoted to furthering the education of young people and to finding them employment. -
United States Maritimes Commission
It granted subsidies to companies to increase employment, modernize, and maintain shipping routes, and preserve a successful merchant marine. -
Farm Security Administration
It fought rural poverty. Known for resettling farmers and providing educational support, they are also known for it’s photography project which captured the Great Depression on film. -
Civil Aeronautics Authority
It assured economic and safety regulations in commercial aviation. -
Federal Works Agency
It consolidated all federal programs that dealt with public works. -
Federal Farm Mortgage Corp
The FFMC was responsible for providing loans to farmers.
