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Highlights of the Roaring 20’s:
-Teapot Dome Scandal- when two oil executives bribed Albert Fall to give them government land in California and Teapot Dome, Wyoming.
-Kellogg Briand Act- a treaty that outlawed war.
-Prohibition
-Sacco and Vanzetti Trial => Prejudice in the Nation
-Farmers suffer because of the lack of other European countries buying crops.
-Clothing factories suffer because of the new short skirts (using less fabric).
-Labor unions have problems. Workers wanted higher pay, but since the government didn’t help out, workers felt betrayed by employers.
-Scopes Trial => Teachings about Evolution in the Classroom Becomes Illegal in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas
-KKK unties again. Terrorizes African Americans and Immigrants.
-Racism in the North – Lower paying jobs for African Americans and whites refuse apartments for blacks.
-Marcus Garvey – Universal Negro Improvement Association. “Back to Africa Movement”
-Limited Immigration (navitism)
-Hoover elected in 1928
Things to know:
recession- an economic slump.
installment buying- buying a credit.
stock- shares of ownership to investors.
bull market- a period of increased stock trading and rising stock prices.
on margin- when an investor would buy stocks with a 10% down payment.
communism- an economic system in which all wealth and property is owned by the community as a whole.
disarmament- reproduction of armed forces and weapons of war.
Harlem Renaissance is a time in the 1920’s, when many African Americans came to Harlem. The era was known for Jazz music, literature, dances, etc.
Prohibition – A ban of manufacturing, selling, and transportation of any liquor in the U.S.
League of Women – An organization that fought for equal rights for women.
Equal Rights Amendment – A right that the women should have the equal rights that men do.
Bootleggers – People that found ways to smuggle or make their own alcohol during the alcohol ban in the U.S.
Speakeasies – Bars that illegally sold alcohol to people.
Repeal – A cancellation.
Suburb – A community located outside of the city.
People to know:
Ana Roqué de Duprey – A woman that led the fight for women to vote in Puerto Rico.
Henry Ford – A person that introduce the assembly line to the car industry.
Charlie Chaplin – A very popular comedian during the 1920s.
Louis Armstrong – one of the brilliant young African American musicians who helped create jazz.
Ernest Hemingway – one of the most popular writers of the 1920’s; with a powerful style of writing that inspired many other writers.
F. Scott Fitzgerald – a writer in the 1920’s who wrote about the problems faced by the wealthy; usually about unhappiness.
Langston Hughes – one of the most well known poets of the Harlem Renaissance.
Zora Neele – a writer who wrote novels, essays, and short stories about how the African American folklore disappearing.
Babe Ruth – one of the most popular baseball players in the 1920’s. Raised in an orphanage, he worked hard and used his talent to become the star of the New York Yankees.
Charles A. Lindbergh – was known to be the first man to fly across the Atlantic without a map, parachute, and radio.
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