Roaring 20s, Depression, and WW2

By Keithypoo

  • Cancelled government contracts

    America cancels billions of dollars of contracts to arms manufacturers

  • Government Cancelled Contracts

    America bans billions of dollars of contracts to arms manufacturers. Due to the cancelled contracts lots of people loose jobs and start a depression, but the next few presidents are able to save the country from this depression
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    The Roaring 20s

  • 18th Amendment

    16 January 1920 Volsted Act which closes every bar or tavern in America
    17 January 1919 Made the consumption of alcohol illegal

  • American Cities

    First time in American history that more Americans live in cities than on farms. Americas value almost doubles creating a consumer culture.

  • 19th Amendment

    The 19th Amendment guaranteed voting rights to women to vote.

  • First Commercial Radio Station

    In Pittsburg the first commercial radio station which was created called KDKA

  • Ford Model T

    Only costs $260 dollars. The automobile economy was created. There were 1 car on the road per 5 Americans

  • Conflicts

    City slickers vs. small town folks
    Religious conflicts between catholics and protestants
    Blacks vs. white
    Flapper vs. traditional family values

  • Stock Market Crash

    Nervous investors sold all of their stocks causing the stock market to drop forcing more investors to sell as well. A record 12.9 million shares were traded on this day. 5 days later on a day named black Tuesday 16 million more were traded due to panic about the market.
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    The Great Depression

    The deepest economic depression in the history of the Western World

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Won overwhelmingly against Herbert Hoover in the 1932 election.

  • American Unemployment

    Due to people only saving money and barely spending any most businesses had to layoff employees. By 1933 about 15,000,000 Americans were unemployed and half of the countries banks had failed.

  • Social Security

    Congress passed the social security act. Which means that the Government takes a certain amount of your money out of your paycheck so that when you're retired you can draw on it.