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Red Scare and Communist Hunts
The Red Scare was a promotion of the fear over the possibility of communists in the U.S. The first Red Scare was about socialist revolution and political radicalism. Oftentimes this fear brought about what is known as "McCarthyism", which is the practice of unfairly accusing others of subversion or treason with no regard for evidence. -
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Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a time period of artistic, cultural, and social explosions that took are generally considered to have taken place between the end of WWI and the mid-1930s. During this time period, Harlem was a hotspot for many black artists, students, poets, and photographers. -
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The Prohibition Era's Beginning & End
The prohibition era began with the ratification of the 18th Amendment on Jan. 16th, 1920. It prohibited manufacturing, transporting, or selling any "intoxicating liquors". Note that this also restricted the importing or exporting of these beverages. This era ended on December 5th, 1933; the date of the 21st Amendment's ratification, which repeals the 18th Amendment. -
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Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal was a bribery incident that spanned from 1920 to 1921 in the U.S., during Warren G. Harding's presidential term. It ended up damaging the public's reputation of the Harding administration, which was already very diminished by its controversial handling of the 1922 Great Railroad Strike. -
Sacco and Vanzetti
These two Italian men were American anarchists convicted of murdering a guard and paymaster during the armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company (Apr. 15th, 1920) -
19th Amendment - Women's Suffrage
The 19th Amendment was passed by Congress on Jun. 4th, 1919 and ratified on Aug. 18th, 1920. It granted American women the right to vote; a.k.a women's suffrage. When the U.S. was founded it did not grant its female citizens rights equivalent to men, which included women's suffrage. When 1848 came around the corner, so did the movement for women's rights. It launched on a national level, with a convention organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Seneca Falls, NY. -
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Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding came to be president of the U.S. due to his popular policy of "returning to normalcy". It gained its popularity from the fact that U.S. citizens had grown tired of WWI and wanted to return to life prior to WWI. -
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Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge was a U.S. president from August 2nd, 1923 to March 4th, 1929. Likely due to his dislike towards regulation, he supported a policy of keeping the government out of the economy and so cut taxes through the Revenue Acts of 1924, 26, and 28. On top of this, he also forged new alliances between businesses and the government through the Secretary of Commerce: Herbert Hoover -
Quota System
The Quota System placed a limit on the number of immigrants that were allowed entry to the U.S. It was enforced by the Immigration Act of 1924. It also limited immigration visas to only 2% of the total number of people of each individual nationality into the US. -
Route 66's Completion
Route 66 is known for being the Main Street of America, or the "mother road". It was one of the original highways in the U.S. Highway System and was finished on Nov. 11th,1926. -
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Herbert Hoover
His term lasted from March 4th, 1929 to March 4th, 1933. His term was marked by the stock market crash of that year; leading to plenty of blame being put on him for the Great Depression despite his predecessor's policies being the primary cause. A couple examples of his accomplishments are the expansion of civil service of federal positions and his promotion of effort in public works like the Hoover Dam. -
Black Tuesday
October 29th, 1929 is what is known as Black Tuesday, the day of the stock market's crash. There are plenty of prevailing theories, but even to this day, there is no agreed consensus on precisely how it crashed. However, one of the known factors is that series of debts like installment plans did aid in its crash or the damage received by it. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression is generally considered to have begun right on Black Tuesday, but it isn't so cut and dry. Though, Black Tuesday is often the date most associated with it. Truth is, the U.S. was not pretty or desirable beforehand and when the depression came, its effects really dug their teeth in the morale of citizens; only making matters worse. Herbert Hoover is often blamed for the Great Depression, but if the blame was to be placed on anything it would be his predecessors' policies. -
Bonus Army
A common name for an assembly of approximately 17k U.S. WWI veterans, their families, & affiliated groups, and 43k marchers; all of whom gathered in Washington D.C. in the summer of 1932, demanding a cash payment redemption for their service certificates. A few months later after their protesting, a smaller group consisting of Bonus Expeditionary Force members continued to pressure Congress. In May of 1933, ~1k veterans once again marched on Washington. -
Hitler takes power in Germany
Had Germany not been in its state when Hitler went in the running, WWII may not have happened. Unfortunately, this was not the case; Germany was in far too much debt due to being required to pay for everyone's war reparations, they had just been humiliated, and their overall condition was anything but desirable. As a result, Adolf Hitler took advantage of its citizen's frustration. Hitler would later go on to oppose the Treaty of Versailles and the Weimar Republic -
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FDR was the 32nd president of the US, inaugurated on March 4th, 1933 & remained in office until his death on April 12th, 1945 from a heart attack. He was elected four times and served during the U.S.'s worst times - the Great Depression and WWII. -
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The New Deal
The New Deal consisted of multiple social liberal programs in the U.S. between 1933 and 1938, with some coming later. These included laws passed by Congress and presidential executive orders during his first term -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first Fireside Chat
Only 8 days after his inauguration, FDR used the most immediate and intimate means of communicating with the public to deliver a speech; the radio. On his first radio broadcast he describes things such as the U.S. banking system, what issues are being faced, and why they were in their then-current situation, all in a casual tone, in roughly 15 minutes. He broadcasted a total of 31 "fireside chats" between March 1933 and June 1944. -
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The Dustbowl
The Dustbowl was a time period when the U.S. had lost many farmers. So far,it still stands as one of the worst droughts in U.S. history. It covered a 150k square mile area and encompassed Oklahoma, Texas panhandles, and neighboring sections of Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. There was barely any rain, light soil, and very strong winds. -
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The Dustbowl
The Dustbowl was a time period when the U.S. had lost many farmers. So far,it still stands as one of the worst droughts in U.S. history. It covered a 150k square mile area and encompassed Oklahoma, Texas panhandles, and neighboring sections of Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. There was barely any rain, light soil, and very strong winds. -
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The 2nd New Deal
When FDR noticed that the New Deal wasn't working well, he decided it was time for a new one; a second New Deal.The first significant legislation in the 2nd New Deal that FDR and Congress passed was the Works Progress Administration, which was created in response to critics. This was only one of the many things that ended up being created as a result of the 2nd New Deal.
