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The KKK Comes Back (Yay, racism!)
(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 -
Calvin Coolidge Ends Police Strike In Boston
As a governor of Massachusetts, Coolidge called out the militia to assist Harvard students and faculty who were acting as a volunteer force -
A Recession Begins
Starting in January, the recession caused the highest marginal tax rate to be 73 percent for earning more than 1 million -
Beginning Of The Harlem Renaissance
Intellectual, artistic, and social changes began to occur in Harlem for African Americans -
Duke Ellington Performs In The Cotton Club
He performed in front of an all white crowd and had a unique sound -
The NAACP Fights For Civil Rights
During the 20s, this association became more focused on better rights and treatment for African Americans -
Prohibition Takes Effect
No one's allowed to sell, manufacture, or transfer booze -
Warren G. Harding Elected President
This guy had a pretty corrupt cabinet, which distracted from the guy himself -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Albert Fall leased naval oil reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyoming, and Elk Hills, California -
The Recession Ends In July
Without any intervention, it ends; Congress then increased the corporate tax rate from 10 percent to 12.5 percent -
Emergency Quota Act
The act restricted immigration into the United States -
Harding Reduces The Top Tax Rate To A Cool 58%
Because the rich need more tax breaks, right? -
The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot Published
Talks about the loss of values in the time period -
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Takes a satirical look at small town life -
The Stock Market Starts A Six Year Bull Market
This encouraged investors to buy -
The Stock Market Begins To Rise
The number of shares traded doubled to 5 million per day -
Immigration Act Passed
Limited the number of immigrants allowed to come to the US -
The Great Gatsby Published
F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes his book about rich people who never really have to face the consequences of their actions -
The New Negro by Alain Locke
Examines the African American identity in a hopeful light -
The Scopes Trial Challenges Religion
This trial, held for a substitute teacher who tried to teach evolution, led Americans to question their religions and how they coincided with science -
The Sun Also Rises Published
Ernest Hemingway publishes a new, exciting modernist novel -
The Weary Blues Published
Langston Hughes laments...something -
Herbert Hoover Is Elected President
"A chicken in every pot"; yeah, right. -
Strange Interlude by Eugene O'Neill Published
Tells the story of 30 years in a modern woman's life -
"The Nature of the Physical World" Published
This book was published by a physicist and claimed science could answer some questions, but never the ultimate questions of life -
The Stock Market CRASHES
16,410,030 shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day -
Federal Farm Board Founded
This was founded before the crash but was modified to help farmers stabilize prices when the Great Depression began -
The Stock Market Recovers
It took three months and billions of dollars, but the market's back, baby! -
Dust Bowl Starts
Crops dry up and are blown away, causing huge storms -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Created to supply loans for railroads, banks, life insurance companies, and other businesses -
Prohibtion Era Ends
The 21st Amendment repeals the 18th, legalizing alcohol again -
FDR Creates A Bank Holiday
This allowed the banks to be reorganized -
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Helped stabilize banks after the stock market crash -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Founded
Restored trust in American banking system -
Farm Credit Administration
Regulates and examines the banks, associations, and related entities of the Farm Credit System -
National Recovery Administration
Made to ensure reasonable profits and fair wages for businesses -
CCC Founded
Devoted to the conservation of American nature while providing jobs -
TVA Founded
Made to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley -
Home Owners' Loan Corporation
Provided refinances to prevent foreclosures of small homes -
FERA Founded
Created initially to distribute 500 million dollars in federal funds to state agencies -
Dust Bowl Ends
A significant rainfall occurs, ending the Dirty Thirties -
PWA Founded
Created for the construction of public works as a means of providing employment and financial stability
