A Great American Decade: The Roaring T.W.E.N.T.I.E.S Chapter 4: The Boom and the Bust

A Great American Decade: The Roaring T.W.E.N.T.I.E.S

Chapter 4: The Boom and the Bust

T.Maine was the first state to ban alcohol in 1851

The Temperance Movement grew throughout the 1800s

The 18th Amendment became law in 1920

It was repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933

Tried ProhibitionTried Prohibition


W.Five countries signed the treaty in 1922

It limited the naval armaments of the U.S., Japan, Britain, France, and Italy

Washington Naval Washington Naval TreatiesTreaties


E.Limited immigration to 3% of each groups population in United States

The main motivation behind the act were the low wages immigrants accepted (thus forcing down wages of native-born Americans)

Emergency Quota ActEmergency Quota Act


N.Harlem Renaissance saw the growth of African-American literary and artistic culture

Langston Hughes is probably the most famous Harlem Renaissance writer

New writers: Harlem New writers: Harlem RenaissanceRenaissance


T.This idealist international treaty outlawed war as an “instrument of nationalist policy

Signed in 1928 by 60 nations, including Germany, Italy, and Japan (the aggressors of World War II), thus discrediting the entire pact

Treaty: Kellogg-Treaty: Kellogg-Briand ActBriand Act


I.Further limited immigration to the United States

Restricted immigration to around 150,000 persons per year

Japanese immigration was completely halted

Immigration Act Immigration Act of 1924of 1924


E.Duke Ellington was a famous jazz musician

Considered the key composer, band leader, and pianist during the Harlem Renaissance period

Ellington and JazzEllington and Jazz


S.Scopes v. State (1925) trial in Tennessee

Also known as “Scopes Monkey Trial”

A Tennessee law banned the teaching of evolution

Teacher John Scopes challenged the law and won

Scopes TrialScopes Trial


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