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Marcus Garvey
He established black separation, economic self sufficiency,and a back to Africa movement -
21st amendment
ratified to repeal the 18th amendment -
Consumerism
Electricity allowed for new resources to be purchased like refrigerators and such making stores open up lines of credit -
Gender roles and family
Women either participated in the workplace or were stay at home mothers and followed the rest of the household when it came to vote -
Entertainment
Radios allowed for increase communication with ideal that are seen within society and the spread of theater allowed people to forget the horrors of war -
Poets and musicians
They sing about the resentment they have been through and integrate within the music world but outside are rejected -
Nativism
Native born protestants to remove immigration and other non protestant religions -
Uneven distribution
One more cause for the crashes was the uneven income exchange as the rich had 33% of all income -
Sports
African americans were rising in the state of fame just like babe ruth a baseball wonderstar -
WEB Debois
he did not agree with going back to Africa but to establish a well sufficient area with rights her in the U.S -
Novel writers
Fitzgerald,hemingway, pound,lewis, eliot,and o'neil were considered imoral in the materialism and business oriented culture -
Literature
Since in this time every single subject that was taught, it was enforced with by which principle were laid out at the time -
Election of 1920
Warren G. Harding republicans vs. James M. Cox democrats -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Harding Secretary of the Interior leased government oil reserves to private oilmen in return for bribes -
Harlem Renaissance
African american arts and literature which spread throughout new york -
Volstead act
Enforced the eighteenth amendment which prohibited alcohol -
Fundamentalism
Movement or attitude stressing strict and literal adherence to a set of basic principles. -
Labor Problems
Era where businesses were favored and the slow removal of unions from the workplace -
Farm Problems
Warm time crops were high but now all farmers produce with better technology lowering the costs -
Education
High school graduates double to 25% -
Jazz age
Proliferation and phonographs allowed for the expenditure of such music nationwide by african americans -
Automobile
This made transportation easier and widened the scope of couple interactions -
Popular heroes
Woodrow, Roosevelt, and Bryan were seen as nation heroes -
Art
During this time of fundamentalism frank announced to make objects appear how they should appear without much decoration -
The literature of alienation
The writers that focused on scorning religions and that it was hypocritical were removed and considered a lost generation for being disllusionist -
Modernism
trend that emphasized science and secular values over traditional religious ideas -
Business Prosperity
Increase of productivity with Henry ford and the assembly line and improved technology like cars and air conditioners -
Energy Technologies
Oil consumption due new innovations within housing and transportation supported such fuel -
Washington Disarmament Conference
Setting a standard on desired amount of battleships that each nation should have -
Quota law
Immigration acts to reduce the immigration of foreign people in the United States. -
Sacco and Ranzetti
2 Italians were accused of robbery then executed for being poor and immigrants -
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
Raised duties on imports to the highest level ever, promoting US-produced goods. -
Conference for Progressive Political Action
committee designed to revive the practices of the progressive era adopted policies of pro-labor, pro-farmer, and government ownership of railroads -
Revival of the Ku Klux Klan
a group violently opposed to African Americans, Jews, Catholics, and immigrants -
Wall Street Crash
Black Tuesday and Thursday were unfortunate days were people were selling their stock throwing the economy into a panic -
Kellogg-Briand Treaty
Outlaw war and sought to bring about a change in the way countries dealt with foreign policy. -
Election of 1928
Hoover vs Smith, Hoover wins -
Hawley-smoot tariff
Highest tax increase on imported trade with a range of 31 to 49%, also made to reduce trade with nations -
Dust bowl
A big drought that left farmer in great debt and inefficiencies in agriculture -
Reconstruction Finance plan
emergency loans would help stabilize key businesses then it would help smaller businesses aswell -
Other Programs
CWA,SEC,FHA focused on jobs, stock exchange protection, and housing -
Industrial Recovery Program
NRA attempt to establish reasonable rates and hours for workers, proved unconstitutional -
Programs to relieve the unemployed
FERA,PWA,CCC, TVA fed money to shelter homes, dams, projects for homes, improve Tennessee valley -
Repeal of Prohibition
Beer- Wine Revenue act, to impose taxes and law is repealed -
Bank Holiday
Banks close so that they can stabilize the fluctuation of money -
Financial Recovery plans
FDIC, HOLC help people and cover insurance for those who put money in banks up to 5000 -
Fireside chats
Assured banks would reopen after bank holiday -
Social security act
Gave people with disability or of old age income based on taxes paid -
Rural Electrification Administration
loans for electrical cooperatives to supply power in rural areas -
Resettlement Administration
Loans to sharecroppers,tenants, and small farmers and established camps were migrants workers find housing -
Farm Production Control Program
AAA encourage farmers to reduce farming but later proved unconstitustional -
National Labor Relation (Wagner) act
Allowed workers to join a union and for a union to bargain collectively -
Works Progressive Administration
Provided people with jobs in state and government -
The grapes of wrath
Wrote by John Steinbeck about the hardships and economic inefficiencies during the dust bowl
