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The Ku Klux Klan
The Klan was founded in Georgia by William J. Simmons. The KKK is a secret society that focuses on white supremacy and terrorizes other groups. They are a group of men that are anti-black, anti-catholic, etc. They began to decline in the late 1920s because of scandals and power struggle between its leaders. -
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was an African American male who was a poet, novelist, and a playwright. During the 1920s he was one of the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance. His most famous poem, “Harlem (Dream Deferred)” is a powerful statement burgeoning Black intellectualism in an age of racial oppression. -
Women’s Suffrage
Women were deprived of many things during this time. This includes being able to vote. It wasn’t until August 26, 1920 that the 19th amendment was finally ratified. -
Emergency Quota Act
President Harding singed the Emergency Quota Act. The Emergency Quota Act is also know as the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921. This act made immigrants to not be able to come into the United States. -
Louis Armstrong
During this time Louis Armstrong moved to Chicago and he introduced an improvisational early form of jazz. He became the first great cornet and trumpet soloist in jazz music. He was a trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor. -
Trade and Arms Control
American diplomat Charles G. Dawes negotiated an agreement with France, Britain and Germany. This meant American banks would make loans to Germany. The loans would enable it to make reparations payments. -
Klansmen March
At this time the KKK was at the height of their popularity. Those 30,000 members marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in a Washington. The March was led by L.A. Mueller, the grand Kleagle of Washington -
Bubblegum
Gum was accidentally invented by Walter E. Diemer. Walter was an accountant for the Fleer Chewing Gum company in Philadelphia, in his spare time he played around with gum recipes. His last batch was less sticky. He carried 5 lbs of it to a store and sold out in a single afternoon. -
Stock Market Crash
The Wall Street Crash, otherwise known as Black Tuesday, hit Wall Street as investors traded 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors. After Black Tuesday happened, America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great Depression. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1939, it was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. It started after the stock market crash in October that sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. The Great Depression hit its lowest point in 1933 and about 13 million Americans were unemployed almost half of the country’s bank has failed.
