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(Sorry for the cynicism, my chromebook's being annoying)
Anyway, after the KKK had been for the most part quashed during Reconstruction, it came back in the 1920s -
As a governor of Massachusetts, Coolidge called out the militia to assist Harvard students and faculty who were acting as a volunteer force
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Starting in January, the recession caused the highest marginal tax rate to be 73 percent for earning more than 1 million
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Intellectual, artistic, and social changes began to occur in Harlem for African Americans
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He performed in front of an all white crowd and had a unique sound
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During the 20s, this association became more focused on better rights and treatment for African Americans
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No one's allowed to sell, manufacture, or transfer booze
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This guy had a pretty corrupt cabinet, which distracted from the guy himself
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Albert Fall leased naval oil reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyoming, and Elk Hills, California
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Without any intervention, it ends; Congress then increased the corporate tax rate from 10 percent to 12.5 percent
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The act restricted immigration into the United States
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Because the rich need more tax breaks, right?
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Talks about the loss of values in the time period
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Takes a satirical look at small town life
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This encouraged investors to buy
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The number of shares traded doubled to 5 million per day
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Limited the number of immigrants allowed to come to the US
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F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes his book about rich people who never really have to face the consequences of their actions
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Examines the African American identity in a hopeful light
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This trial, held for a substitute teacher who tried to teach evolution, led Americans to question their religions and how they coincided with science
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Ernest Hemingway publishes a new, exciting modernist novel
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Langston Hughes laments...something
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"A chicken in every pot"; yeah, right.
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Tells the story of 30 years in a modern woman's life
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This book was published by a physicist and claimed science could answer some questions, but never the ultimate questions of life
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16,410,030 shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day
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This was founded before the crash but was modified to help farmers stabilize prices when the Great Depression began
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It took three months and billions of dollars, but the market's back, baby!
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Crops dry up and are blown away, causing huge storms
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Created to supply loans for railroads, banks, life insurance companies, and other businesses
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The 21st Amendment repeals the 18th, legalizing alcohol again
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This allowed the banks to be reorganized
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Helped stabilize banks after the stock market crash
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Restored trust in American banking system
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Regulates and examines the banks, associations, and related entities of the Farm Credit System
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Made to ensure reasonable profits and fair wages for businesses
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Devoted to the conservation of American nature while providing jobs
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Made to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley
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Provided refinances to prevent foreclosures of small homes
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Created initially to distribute 500 million dollars in federal funds to state agencies
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A significant rainfall occurs, ending the Dirty Thirties
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Created for the construction of public works as a means of providing employment and financial stability
