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Rise of the KKK
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KKK
The KKK started to decline in the late 1920's. But they started to rise with the passing of the Emergency Quota Act, which limited the amount of immigrants into America. But there were still a lot of immigrants in America, so the KKK was formed to get rid of anyone who was an immigrant -
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong was a New Orleans native that moved to Chicago in 1922. He introduced an improvisational early form of jazz. He became the first great cornet and trumpet soloist in jazz music. -
Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
Marcus Garvey was the leader of the (UNIA). He thought that since whites didn't think blacks were good enough, so he made a movement where black would go to where Africa is now and make there own country. He thought that it would help their economic and political power by education themselves. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
William Harding was the president involved in the Teapot Dome Scandal. Harding appointed some of his friends to his administration. One of his friends named Albert Fall was the one who was the blame in this scandal, he was illegally selling oil to companies, but he was taking oil from the navy. -
Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. In 1924 he wrote his first book of poetry called "The Weary Blues". -
The Dawes Plan
American diplomat Charles G. Dawes negotiated an agreement with France, Britain, and Germany. America would make loans to Germany the would enable it to make reparations payments. Dawes thought this would solve to repayment from to destruction by Germany in WW1. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
John J. Scopes was a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee was charged for violating Tennessee's Butler Act. The act prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. Many people thought it was wrong because they believed in god, but Scopes didn't care because he believed in science and that we evolved from apes. He was fined $100 for the teaching of evolution in school. -
Sacco-Vanzetti Case
Sacco and Vanzetti were both arrested after the robbing and murders of two employees of a shoe factory. The two men were anarchists, the murder evidence was questionable and proved that Saco and Vanzetti were innocent, but it didn't matter they were eventually executed. America did not like immigrants, Sacoo and Vanzetti were Italian immigrants, so they did not get a fair trail because America hated immigrants. -
Model A Ford
It was originally called the a model T. But Ford made changes to the model T and it was known as the model A. It was first built on October 20, 1927, but it wasn't officially sold until December 2, 1931. -
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Model a ford
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Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre is the name given to the 1929 murder in Chicago of seven men of the North Side gang during the Prohibition Era. It happened on February 14, and resulted from the struggle between the Irish American gang and the South Side Italian gang led by Al Capone to take control of organized crime in the city. Former members of the Egan's Rats gang were suspected of a significant role in the incident, assisting Capone.
