Plessy v. Ferguson
1896
WW1
1914-1918
The Nineteenth Amendment Ratified
1920
Great Depression Begins
1929
FDR elected
1932
Olympica in berlin
1936
US In WW2
1941-1945
Results of the war in the U.S. ik
Women suffrage ik
Women suffrage - They wanted to be able to work even when the men were still their
Red summer and the Tulsa Massacre ik
Jazz and the Harlem Renaissance
Red - protest for black rights, ending with police violence
Jazz & Harlem, Black artistic movements taking place in Harlem new york
Red scare and labor unrest ik
Red scare - People being afraid of communism
Labor unrest - people protesting bad working conditions, Unions were accused of being communists
Prohibition and the results ik
The 18th amendment making alcohol illegal, it caused people to illegally sell alcohol
Roaring 20s and breaking boundaries ik
Urban centers and NYC and the lives of the wealthy ik
Cotton club ik
A jazz club with black musicians in Harlem
Lower east side and europeans immigrants ik
Rural America ik
How people were farming and didn’t know how to farm, the government were giving away farm land move citizens out of the city
Advertising and credit ik
Radio and importance ik
Families that would listen to radio shows together, and it made Americans feel more connected
Social changes ik
Women (flappers and vamps)
Flappers: dancers, more free
Vamps: women who smoke and drank in public
Fundamentalism ik
Scopes trial (science v. religion) ik
It’s when a school teacher was put on trial for teaching evolution
Nativism and intolerance ik
Nativism: Americans not wanting immigrants to come to the U.S.
Intolerance: Treating them badly