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First Production of the Ford Model T
The first production Model T was produced on August 12, 1908 -
Great Migration
The movement of over 5 million African American people out of the southern areas of the United States to the northern urban areas -
Growth of Suburbs
Due to the amount of people moving into the northern cities, suburbs were created o fit them. -
Beginning of the Red Scare
The fear of worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism began to spread across America after the Bolshevik Russian Revolution -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance, a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanned the 1920s -
Nativism in the 1920's
Due to the mass amount of immigrants coming from all over the world, people began fearing that jobs would be stolen and the
non-foreign people would be forgotten, so policies of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants would be created. -
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Growth of Organized Crime
Due to the great depression, an Italian-American organized-crime network with operations in cities across the United States, particularly New York and Chicago, rose to power through its success in the illicit liquor trade -
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Welfare Capitalism
Welfare capitalism is the practice of businesses providing welfare services to their employees and came to its prominence in the 1920's -
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Prohibition Era
The prohibition era was the nationwide ban on the production, importation, and sale of alcohol. -
The Jazz Age
The Jazz Age was a post-World War I movement in the 1920's from which jazz music and dance emerged. -
Growth of movies
Although movies have been filmed since 1908, it wasn't till the early 1920's that filming had really become popular with people and when Hollywood had grown big. -
Amelia Earhart Begins Transatlantic Flight
Amelia begin her flight across the Atlantic ocean in attempt to be the first woman to travel the Atlantic by aircraft -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
An 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be. -
Black Tuesday
On this date, share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence of the Great Depression.
