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Period 7 (1890-1945) Timeline of Major Events
Part 2: 1921-1945 (Roaring 20s through WWII)
Key Concepts: The transformation of the United States from an agricultural to an increasingly industrialized and
urbanized society brought about significant economic, political, diplomatic, social, environmental, and cultural changes
 7.1: Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its
economic system.
 7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant
changes occurred in internal and international migration patterns.
 7.3: Participation in a series of global conflicts propelled the United States into a position of international power
while renewing domestic debates over the nation’s proper role in the world.
President
Description/Significance:
(Make sure to include WHY the event is significant as well as the factual information)
Election of 1920
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Republicans
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Democrats
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Socialists
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Sacco and Venzetti (1921-1927)
Warren G. Harding
Republican
(1921-1923)
Bureau of the Budget (1921)
Washington Conference (1921)
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Five-Power Treaty
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Four-Power Treaty
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Nine-Power Treaty
Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act of 1922
Teapot Dome Scandal (1921-1924)
Extra Notes/Info on Warren G. Harding:
Election of 1924
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Republicans
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Democrats
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Progressives
National Origins Act of 1924
Dawes Plan (1924)
Scopes Monkey Trial (1925)
Calvin Coolidge
Republican
(1923-1929)
Marcus Garvey
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United Negro Improvement Association (1916)
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Opposition
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Legacy
Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)
Extra Notes/Info on Calvin Coolidge:
Election of 1928
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Republicans
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Democrats
The Stock Market Crash (October 1929)
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Herbert Hoover
Republican
(1929-1933)
Background
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Speculation
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Buying on margin
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Black Thursday (October 24, 1929)
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Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929)
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Lowest Point (July 8, 1932)
Federal Farm Board (1929)
Hawley-Smoot Tariff (1930)
Dust Bowl (1930-1936)
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Causes
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Effects
Hoovervilles (1930s)
Debt Moratorium (1931)
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1932)
Bonus March (1932)
Extra Notes/Info on Herbert Hoover:
Election of 1932
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Republicans
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Democrats
FDR’s Message of Hope
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democrat
(1933-1945)
1st Term: 1933-37
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The Three R’s
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Brain Trust
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Presidential Advisors
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Fireside Chats
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Eleanor Roosevelt
20th Amendment (1933)
The First Hundred Days (March 9 – June 16, 1933)
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Emergency Banking Relief Act (March 9, 1933) REFORM
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) (March 31, 1933) RELIEF
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Abandonment of the Gold Standard (April 19, 1933) REFORM
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) (May 12, 1933) RELIEF
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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (May 18, 1933) REFORM
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Home Owners Loan Act (HOLA) (June 13, 1933) REFORM
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Glass-Steagall Act (June 16, 1933) REFORM
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) (June 16, 1933) RELIEF
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) (June 16, 1933) REFORM
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Farm Credit Administration (FCA) (June 16, 1933) REFORM
First New Deal (1933-1934)
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Civil Works Administration (CWA) (November 8, 1933)
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Twenty-first Amendment (December 5, 1933)
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Federal Housing Administration (FHA) (1934)
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Indian Reorganization Act or Wheeler-Howard Act (June 18, 1934)
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (June 6, 1934)
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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) (July 5, 1935)
Second New Deal (1935-1938)
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Wagner Act (February 1935)
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Soil Conservation Service (April 27, 1935)
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Resettlement Administration (RA) (May 1, 1935)
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Works Progress Administration (WPA) (May 6, 1935)
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National Youth Administration (NYA)
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Federal One
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Rural Electrification Administration (REA) (1935)
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Social Security Act (August 14, 1935)
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Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)
Opposition to the New Deal
 Liberals
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Conservatives
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Demagogues
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Father Charles E. Coughlin
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Dr. Francis E. Townsend
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Huey Long
Supreme Court
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Schechter Poultry Corp v. United States (1935)
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United States v. Butler (1936)
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Justice Reorganization Bill (1937)
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Aftermath
Committee/Congress of Industrial Organizations (1935)
Election of 1936
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Republicans
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Democrats
United Auto Workers Union (1937)
End of the New Deal
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democrat
(1933-1945)
2nd Term: 1937-41
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Roosevelt Recession (1937-1938)
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Hatch Act (1939)
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Foreign aggression
The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
Election of 1940
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Republicans
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Democrats
Fair Employment Practice Committee (1941)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democrat
(1933-1945)
3rd Term: 1941-45
& 4th Term: 1945
World War II (1941-1945)
SEE ATTCHED PACKET
Congress of Racial Equality (1942)
Double ‘V’ Slogan (1943)
Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act of 1943
Smith v. Allwright (1944)
Bracero Program
Harry S. Truman
Democrat
(1945-1953)
Zoot Suit Riots (1943)
Extra Notes/Info on Franklin D. Roosevelt:
Terms to Know
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Standard of living
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Capital
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Assembly line
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Credit
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Consumerism
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Stock market crash
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Consumer culture
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Disarmament
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Art deco
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Reparations
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Voluntarism
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Fascism
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Speculation
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Appeasement
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Buying on margin
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Isolationism
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Overproduction
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Embargo
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Underconsumption
1920s Society
Consumer Society
Welfare
Capitalism
Mass
Production
Installment
Plans
Chain Stores
Impact of the
Automobile
Social Issues
1st Red Scare
Nativism
Racism
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Quota Laws
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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Nineteenth Amendment & Voting
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Women in the Home
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Employment
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Changes in Morals
Role of Women
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Contraceptives
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Flappers
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Divorce
Education
Culture Wars
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Eighteenth Amendment/Volstead Act
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Bootleggers
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Speakeasies
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Fundamentalists
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Modernists
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Revivalists
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Scopes Monkey Trial
Prohibition
Religion
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Jazz Age
Song and Dance
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Jazz
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Dance Clubs
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Radio
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Cinema
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Harlem, New York City
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Poets
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Musicians (Jazz)
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Marcus Garvey
Hero Worship
Literature
Harlem
Renaissance
GREAT DEPRESSION
CAUSES
EFFECTS
Political
Political
Economic
Economic
Social
Social