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More Efficient Production techniques
Henry Ford, The assembely line to automobile production was introduced -
Women
when men went off to fight in world war 1 in 1917, millions of women took their places in factories and mines. -
Adjusting to peace
Created a short recession from 1919 to 1921 -
Adjusting to peace
citizens have witnessed attacks on the civil libeties -
Rise of Nativism (ku klux klan)
acts of 1921,1924, and 1929 restricted immagration from Southern and Eastern Europe by establishing quotas for each natinallity based on american exisisting ethnic composition. -
Factors underlying prosperity
the 1920's were naturally prosperous times. wages and employement oppertunities have increased, while business profits and production soared. -
The age of mass consumtion
the 1920's witnessed new patterns of consumtion, creating mass markets for goods -
cultural values of the 1920's
The citzens saw the emergence of new value challenging traditional views. -
Hrlem Renaissance
women began to smoke and drink. while things began to flouyrish like music -
The stock market Crash
the stock market crashed. people frantically tried to sell all their stocks, as share prices plunged. the effects of the crash quickly spread. -
Causes of the Great Depression
Three causes of the great deppression were Overproduction, speculation, and the stock market crash -
Economic patterns:Expnation and Contraction of the Economy
The 1920's are often followed by periods of recession or depression, like the great depression of the 1930's -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
defeated Hoover in the presidential election of 1932 Roosevelt promised a New Deal. -
Relief
Civilian consevation Corps (1933) Gave jobs to young people planting trees and cleaning up forests. C.C.C lived in camps and recieved free food. -
Federal deposit Insurance coroporation
insured bank deposits so that people would not lose their savings in case a bank failed -
Securities and Exchange Comission
Was created to watch over the stock market and guard against another stock market attack. -
Social Security Act
provided workers with unemployment insurance, old age pensions, and insurance if they died early -
The forced internment of Japanese-Americans
The supreme court upheld the relocations in Kormatsu V. United states -
The Cold War era
1945-1960 the yars after World War II were generally a period of recovery and economic growth. -
The Prospourous !950's
Was a decade marked by Relative Prosperity -
Brown V. Board of Education
Since 1986, The U.S supreme Court had Repeatedly upheld the constitutionality of segragation laws in southern United States. -
The March to Equality
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks was arrested Because she would not give her seat up to a white person. -
The Space Race
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man made satellite, into space. -
The space Race
Promted the United states to launch its on satellite into space. -
Sit-Ins and Freddom Rides in the south 1960-1961
African Amercans held the first "Sit-In" -
African-American Militancy
In the Late 1960's African American leaders emerged whp disagreed woth kings policy of non-violence. -
Social Protest and Change:america in the 1960's and early 1970's
The tone of the 1960's differed greatly from the 1950's. The Civil Rights Movemoent Encouraged other groups to seek equality and justice for them selves -
The women liberations movement
One of the most important devolopements of the 1960's. This sought economic and social equality for women -
The counter-culture of the 1960's
in the 1960's and 1970's young people adopted a new spirit of rebelliousness, challanging american society's materialism and indifferance to proverty and other social problems . -
The Space Race
President Kennedy announced the beginning of the "The Space Race". -
March of Washington
Civil Rights Leaders called for a march on Washington to get Congress to Enact a Civil Rights Bill. -
New Civil Rights Laws
1964 Prohibitted racial discrimmination in hotels. 1965 President Johnson introduced affirmative action, requiring employers with federal contracts to hire more minority and female employees. -
The space race
Americans Placed the first men on the surface of the moon and returned them safely to earth.
