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This was one of many reform movements prior to the 1920's that allowed for the Harlem Renaissance to take place.
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The Great Migration allowed for the Harlem Renaissance to take place.
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The Lost Generation is the generation of artists that came of age during WWI and the 1920's. These artists often were very cynical about democracy and life itself, having witnessed firsthand the horrors of the early 20th century.
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Although this amendment was passed earlier, the 1920's was characterized by large-scale bootlegging in blatant disobedience of the law.
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These were a series of raids conducted by the US Department of Justice that attempted to arrest communists and radical leftists following the Red Scare.
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This was a recession following the effects of WWI.
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This was an act to support the enforcement of the 18th amendment. This was economic in nature, because it reduced the potential profit of certain industries.
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This was a movement centered in Harlem, New York. It focused on African-American advancement.
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Jazz was a musical genre that gained popularity during the Harlem Renaissance. Many African-American artists contributed to its popularization.
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Following the 18th amendment, prohibition was protested by many people. Illegal bars called speakeasies distributed illegal alcohol.
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The roaring 20's would not have been possible without the use of automobiles such as the Model-T.
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Georgia O'keeffe was an artist that became popular during the 1920's. There were various new movements in art forms at the time, and her work tended to be more conventional.
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This election was focused almost entirely on the aftermath of WWI. Harding became president.
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Following the recession of 1920, the national economy surged into a bull market that would continue into the late 1920's.
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This was the first law to place a numerical limit on the immigration rates from European countries.
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This was a nationwide strike for railway workers that lasted for months before eventually collapsing.
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This limited the number of immigrants that could come from each country based on a percentage of the 1890 census.
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Calvin Coolidge won this election by a landslide following the death of President Harding.
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This was a book about the changing identities that African-Americans were able to take on during the 1920's.
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This was a trial regarding the teaching of evolution in schools. Religious organizations believed that it should be prohibited.
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The Butler Act was a law in Tennessee that prohibited teachers from teaching evolution in public schools.
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This was a book that highlighted the meaninglessness of the modern way of American life in the 1920's.
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This was a book by Ernest Hemingway, an author who was part of the Lost Generation.
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This allowed the government to regulate the radio industry, making it less monopolized and more structured.
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Dream Variations was a poem written by Langston Hughes. It highlights the African-American's desire for freedom and acceptance.
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Herbert Hoover won this election.
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This was a book by Ernest Hemingway. He fought in WWI, and depicted its horrors in his work.
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The Great Depression began following the Stock Market crash of 1929.
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One of Herbert Hoover's policies in response to the Great Depression was to increase federal spending.
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Black and Blue was a jazz song that was made popular by Louis Armstrong.
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This event marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
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The Dust Bowl accented the already terrible effects of the Great Depression for the Midwest.
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This was one of the policies that Herbert Hoover used to combat the Great Depression. This particular development would later be used more extensively in the New Deal.
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This was a law that allowed the President to regulate wages and prices of industries in order to monitor the economy's recovery, following the stock market crash of 1929.
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This act attempted to stabilize the public banking system.
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This act specifies certain roles that both commercial and investment banking would assume.
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This act required that investors receive financial information regarding investments for sale.
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This corporation was created in order to restore trust in the public banking system.
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This create protocol for the government to pay farmers subsidies for burning their crops and to not plant.
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This amendment ended prohibition.
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This increased taxes on the wealthy in order to help out the poor.
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This act focused on helping poor Indians during the Great Depression.
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This company was started in an effort to re-boost the Virgin Islands' sugar and rum industry.
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This act allowed the government to monitor the transactions of investments.
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This required that any gold in possession of the Federal Reserve be given to the US Treasury Department.
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This was the worst dust storm of the dust bowl.
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This changed the structure of the Federal Reserve.
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The purpose of this Bureau was to market the existing National Parks in order to gain revenue.
