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dixieland jazz band made the first official jazz record Livery Stable Blues
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ww1 just ended idk if this counts but ok
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new wave of art and music and poetry in african american communities
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in a wet state, alcohol is fine
in a dry state, it's illegal -
web dubois Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil published
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hoover wanted taxes down and profits up
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african americans were excluded from labor unions and labor laws bc racism
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people now had electricty
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americans had 40% of the world's wealth
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many companies formed, the main ones being in the auto industry like ford and general motors
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nihilism became unintentionally popular as people began to care less and less about their future (relatable)
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drinking became more acceptable with women and men, and was later squashed by prohibition as the heavy drinking was deemed immoral and unhealthy
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consumerism began
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factories were producing as much as consumers needed, so the law of supply and demand was observed
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the stock market went way up and many began to invest
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members became known as the lost generation, as the time period between the first world war an the great depression was so short people tended to get swept away in depression or died
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jazz clubs got popular, party culture normalized
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the great gatsby by f scott fitzgerald was published (my favorite classical lit book)
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hoover passed a ban on japanese immigrants
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the sun also rises by Ernest Hemingway published
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langston hughes made poems that resonate with struggles african americans faced
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welcome to the great depression folks
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lots of people lost their jobs, america became destitute
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hoovers policy of volunteerism meant that charities and churches were encouraged to help the needy, and it became a deductible thing to do
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the dominant religion among immigrants in america during the great depression ended up being catholic
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due to poor farming destroying all the natural vegetation, the tornadoes that would usually have little effect on the west instead swept in and created death valley
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ppl starved or suffocated when the dirt from dead soil was blown up in the winds
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baptism became popular in the south, especially in places like alabama
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irish catholic immigrants argued with american protestants
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FDR became president
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the glass-steagull act made it so that commercial banking and investing would be seperate things
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the Tennessee Valley Authority act helped people in the valley when facing natural disaster, and also helped rebuild forests
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one of my personal favorite new deal acts was the establishment of the civilian conservation corps, which united civilians in an effort to fix our environment!!
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prohibition was repealed by a new deal act in 1933, became 21st ammendment
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FDIC created, insures that any money invested into a bank will be refunded up to 250,000$ should any crisis happen
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the establishment of the federal housing association made it easier for citizens to get loans for housing from banks
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wih the indian reorganization act of 1934, native americans were given back many of their tribal lands and their credit was created
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the shelterbelt project of 1934 went into place in order to replant forests/shrubs in the west to make sure the dust bowl never reoccured
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the wagner act established the National Labor Relations Board and made sure workers were taken care of
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works progress administration created, helped build roads and such
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social security was created in an effort to give workers benefits for their time
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the fcic protected crops of farmers from natural disaster and such
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civil aeronautics act created to help keep control over united states airways and regulate air traffic
