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Brought over from Jamaica and he advocated for racial rights for African Americans and political stands for black nationalism.
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A playwright that expressed the materialistic culture of the business culture.
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A poet that expressed the unhappy time visiting Europe likewise the Hemingway.
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Made by African Americans and became popular in many cities. All ages enjoyed and was on the radio
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The first radio station was broadcast to a small audience, later it was listened by many in 1930.
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A painter that take in American architecture in the city as an inspiration and interpreted the art as isolation.
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Known for its group of poets, actors, writers, artists, and musicians and their achievements.
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He is a jazz musician that contributed to the Jazz Age during the Roaring 20's.
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A jazz musician that contributed to the Jazz Age during the Roaring 20's.
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It is so that tasks are done faster, safer, easier for the society that is constantly working.
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Many people started to buy cars because it is an easier way o transport which impacted the economy positively.
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They take the historical aspect and critical views of the Bible and believe to accept Darwinism without changing their faith.
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Known for his collective poems in the 20s in the plays Eugene O'Neill.
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It encouraged buying and owning goods which contributed to the Roaring 20s.
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Parts are added and go through from station to station using machines for mass production
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Protestant preachers of rural areas opposed to modernists by teaching everything in the Bible by its literal meaning. Known for creationism, which is God created the universe in seven days stated in Book of Genesis.
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Contributed to revolutionizing factories by creating the idea of the assembly line for mass production.
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Two Italian immigrants convicted for robbery and murder because they were poor and anarchists, which was against the government. Many debate that they were innocent but others do not think so. They were later executed.
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It involved President Warren G. Harding that a secret of federal oil by interior secretary.
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From the executive branch and it helps in organizing the federal budget for the president and oversee budget administration.
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It was meant to protect factories and farms by increase tariffs of imported goods and it encouraged more foreign trades.
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Calvin Coolidge was elected as a Republican leader against Progressive leader Robert LaFolette
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Known for his book "The Great Gatsby", it celebrated the glamorous days of the Roaring Twenties.
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"I, Too" was written by him and influenced equality and patriotism.
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Known for his book "The Sun Also Rises" and it is about Americans and British going to Paris to experience bullfighting. It was widely read in the '20s.
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Movies became popular and many actresses portrayed as glamorous and full of sex appeal; some are Greta Garbo and Rudolf Valentino
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Sports was loved by many because of its role in the movies. Some of the popular superstars were Jack Dempsey, Gertrude Ederle, and Babe Ruth.
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Due to the influx of immigrants, there is a restriction that restricted Europeans and Asians. This law was made based on nativists' view on favorable groups. It did not limit Canadians and Latin Americans.
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President Coolidge did not accept bonuses for veterans and vetoed bill ( McNary-Haugen Bill of 1928)to help farmers because of the decreasing crop rate.
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Wages were lower than the increasing production and profits as the top 5% gain almost 33% of the income.
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Individuals and businesses increasingly borrow and installment buying and the increasing lowering of interest rate.
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It helps farmers to stabilize prices by holding surplus of grain cotton in storage.
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The Republican Congress set the highest tariff rates ranging 31-49%.
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Although the 18th Amendment was enforced; however, there were an increase of criminal acts. The Democrats were split because the North favor alcohol and the South did not.
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It repealed the 18th Amendment which ended the Prohibition era.
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It gave authorization to the government to examine finances of banks during bank holiday.
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It increase the regulation in banks and less investments on the individual's money. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) guaranteed bank deposits. Can no longer trade money for gold.
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It employed young men on federal land projects to support their family with small amount of money.
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The government corporations hired many people in the Tennessee Valley to build dams, operate electric power plants, control flooding and erosion, and manufacture fertilizer.
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Have farmers reduce their production by paying government subsidies for every acres.
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To prevent further foreclosures, it refinanced smaller homes.
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To prevent foreclosures in debted areas, it provided low interest farm loans and mortgages.
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Federal money was used to aid local government to support kitchens or facilities that help the jobless and homeless
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Attempt to create equal wages, hours, reasonable profit for businesses. It was in charged by Hugh Johnson.
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The federal government sponsored temporary constructions.
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Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes created jobs for many by supporting money to state and local governments to build roads, bridges, dams, and other labor jobs.
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It was meant to give more jobs to people; most jobs include building bridges, roads, airports, and public buildings.
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Under one of the Brain Trusts (Rexford Tugwell) it provided loans for sharecroppers, tenants, and small farmers. Provide housing for migrants.
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It teaches farmers to subsidize plains farmers to rotate crops, terrace field, use a different plow techniques, and plant in a way to stop soil erosion and conserve water.
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It replaced the National Industrial Recovery Act and it allowed workers to join the union and the union's right to bargain. It outlawed unfair treatment in businesses. The National Labor
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Written by John Steinbeck that depicted economic struggles in the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl.
