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Harlem Renaissance
During the 20th century when Black culture manifested in literature, music, stage performance, and art. -
Flappers
Where young women who embraced their freedom in a way some people thought was outrageous. This made a huge economic change because women were doing things they had never done before like wearing shorter dresses. -
Great Migration
Was when 6 million African Americans moved out of the Southern U.S. to big cities in the North. This socially impacted the big cities in the North because led to a new culture being brought into those cities. -
Red Scare
Was panic over a perceived threat posed by the communist in the United States in between world war I and world war II. This made a social impact by scaring everyone from the perceived threat. -
Women's Rights
Margaret Sanger, Alice Stokes Paul gave women freedoms that they had never experienced before. This changed the US politically a lot because women were starting to be able to do some stuff that only men were allowed to do in the past, like voting. -
Radios and Movies
This was a big economic advancement in the 1920s. They brought more entertainment into the homes for people to enjoy during there free time. -
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Prohibition
Was a nationwide ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933. This was bad politics because it was hard to enforce this law with people making their own alcohol and would just go to secret speakeasies. -
Tulsa Massacre
Refers to the June 1921 violence against African Americans in the thriving Greenwood community of Tulsa, Oklahoma known as “Black Wall Street”. Politically showed them that even with all the new laws that black people knew that they still weren't being treated equally. -
Scopes Trial
A biology teacher in Tennessee was taken to court and fined for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. This case reflected the clash between modern and traditional values and culture in the 1920s. -
Black Tuesday
When investors traded around 16 million hares on the NY stock exchange and billions of dollars were lost destroying thousands of investors. Economically this effect people for years because they lost all of their money and didn't have anything left. This as one of the causes of the great depression because people were left with nothing. -
Hoovervilles
Are places that families without homes are built in and around cities where they lived. It changed society because it made people realize how privileged they were and how lucky they were for being able to have a home they could stay warm in. Had also been a problem in the 1920s as well. This was one of the causes of the great depression because a lot of people had lost everything and had nothing left. -
AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)
Paid farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land and to kill off excess livestock in order to raise the value of crops. Economically this changed the way farmers worked on their land. -
Dust Bowl
Was severe dust storms during a dry period in the Southern Plains. It socially affected people because they were left without livestock or homes. This is one of the causes of the great depression because this ruined a lot of people's land that they made a living off of. -
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Association)
Provided deposit insurance to depositors in US banks in order to restore trust in the American banking system. This politically helped with the banking crisis and made it so they couldn't take your money. -
HOLC (Home Owners Loan Corporation)
Used bonds to issue new mortgages to families currently in default and to prevent foreclosure. This socially made it so that families could stay in their homes and they wouldn't be foreclosed. -
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
Provided unskilled manual labor jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources in rural lands. Economically this made it so that unskilled people could get a job and be able to make a living. -
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
Provided flood control, electricity generation, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley. This politically helped the whole state of Tennessee by protecting them from some natural disasters. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Takes office after winning a landslide election in November and replaced Hoover as president. He made a huge political difference compared to Hoover. Roosevelt was even an important person in the 1920s too. A cause of the great depression was Hoover who was the president before Roosevelt and destroyed the US and made it so Roosevelt had to pick back up the pieces. -
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
Gave jobs to millions of unemployed people to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. Economically this helped many people get a job and be able to support themselves and their families. -
Social Security Act
Provided benefits for retirees and the unemployed. This Socially benefited the retired and unemployed by helping them by creating a social insurance for them. -
New Deal
Became known as the three R's: Relief, Recovery, and Reform. The New deal was intended to help Americans struggling to get by. This politically helped America get some relief then reform so they could recover.
