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Fundamentalism was rapidly growing in the Baptist Church and the Churches of Christ.
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It became one of the nation's leading black rights organizations in the twentieth century
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It allows Congress to levy an income tax
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It increased to as many as 77% in 1917
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This encouraged a nativist or anti-immigrant frenzy.
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It banned the manufacture and sale of "intoxicating liqours."
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The Republicans nominated Warren G. Harding against Calvin Coolridge for the 1920 US presidential election.
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Jazz spread to dance halls and other venues, heavily influencing the people and culture of this time period.
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It was named for the pilot Charles Lindburgh's first solo flight and was the first dance to include swinging the partner into the air.
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A flapper was used to describe the women of the time.
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This shows the societal separation between the blacks and whites during this time period.
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This began the decade of Broadway's prime years.
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The Democrats nominated James M. Cox for the 1920 US presidential election with Franklin D. Roosevelt as his vice president.
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It attracted black intellectuals and artists from across the country and the Caribbean.
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It told the story of a woman's unsuccessful war against provincialism.
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It was a hit for the young who had dreams of becoming things like flappers.
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It was heavily influenced by the aftermath of World War I.
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It closed every tavern, bar and saloon in the United States.
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Without political interference, it was allowed to fix itself and was over within 18 months.
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The average duty on nonfree goods was raised from 38.5% to nearly 60%
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African Americans heavily influenced the popular jazz music of the time p
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President Coolridge won the election in a landslide.
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It was an extremely restrictive immigration law that immigration quotas that set excluded some people and favored others.
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John Scopes was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act for teaching evolution. The idea of evolution goes against some religions.
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It told the story on the illusionary American ideal of a self-made man.
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His organization showed the anger and lack of hope that many blacks felt about their place in American society.
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The population was moving from rural areas to urban ones.
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I have told of spiritually numb American expatriates in Europe.
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They increased at about 30% per year.
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It was won by Herbert Hoover.
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This novel explained his war experience.
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Stock prices collapsed completely.
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The stock market crash of 1929 was a big factor in the start of the Great Depression.
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It turned out to be the highest protective tariff in the nation's peacetime history.
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Many political parties often tried to sway the African Americans, but the blacks continued to be a major force in the Democratic Party.
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It sought to re-instill investor confidence and stability in the banking system.
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Roosevelt signed the Act in order to levy a federal tax on alcoholic beverages. This would raise federal revenue to get our country out of the Great Depression.
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This provided grants for municipal public works projects.
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It provided authorization of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA).
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It reduced crop surplus, therefore raising the value of crops.
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It provided flood control for the Tennessee River and made it more navigable.
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It was the first major federal legislation to regulate the offer and sale of securities.
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It helped those in danger of losing their homes during the Great Depression.
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It was an attempt to stimulate economic recovery after severe deflation.
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It limited commercial bank securities, activities, and affliations.
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In response, the federal government created the Soil Conservation Service formed in 1935 to promote farm rehabilitation.
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It was used to deal with the status of Native Americans.
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It required all gold held by the Federal Reserve be given to the United States Department of Treasury.
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It allowed the negotiation of trade agreements between the United States and other countries.
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Dust storms wreaked havoc such as choking cattle and driving 60% of the population from the region.
