America All DEPPS: 1919-1970 US History PDF

**[America All DEPPS:]** PRE-COURSE mass production and assembly lines, Ford Model T (1911, \$1200) 1919 Red Summer (Chicago June 1919, Eugene Williams killed, led to race riots where 23 black people were killed, and 15 white people were killed) Jim Crow Laws in southern states led to segregatio...

**[America All DEPPS:]** PRE-COURSE mass production and assembly lines, Ford Model T (1911, \$1200) 1919 Red Summer (Chicago June 1919, Eugene Williams killed, led to race riots where 23 black people were killed, and 15 white people were killed) Jim Crow Laws in southern states led to segregation 70 lynchings of black people 1920 Ford Model T made every 10 seconds and cost \$300 Women had the right to vote (19^th^ amendment) 60% of people under the poverty line 1 million black people lost their jobs 1921 unemployment = 11.9% 8/10 radios bought on credit (Hire Purchase Plan) Mass advertising used during WW1 (increased employment and jobs) Cycle of prosperity Shares were bought (Buying on the Margin) Immigration Quota Act (350,000) 1922 Fordney McCumber Tariff Act (taxed foreign goods to encourage Americans to buy American goods and fuel the cycle of prosperity) 1923 dances and music developed in the 'Roaring 20s' (Charleston, Louis Armstrong played jazz in speakeasies often in Harlem, New York) 1924 600,000 farmers lost their farms National Origins Act (150,000) 1925 5million members of the KKK who lynched and tortured black people 1926 first national radio network, 40% households had a radio 50,000 alcohol deaths (98 alcohol poisoning in 1920 800 in 1926) 1927 first full length talking film, 110million Americans went to the cinema every week, Charlie Chaplin became famous Charles Lindbergh flew to Paris for the first time non stop 1928 only a few hundred KKK members after the Grand Dragon Scandal 1929 unemployment = 3.2% 400 skyscrapers built 10 million women had jobs (24% increase) despite many being 'flappers' St Valentine's Day Massacre (14^th^ February), Al Capone's men killed 7 other gangsters Great Depression starts 20mil had shares (5x in 1920) Wall Street Crash 1930 30,000 speakeasies in New York, got alcohol from bootleggers (had doubled in numbers) Dust Bowl so many farmers lost their land Hoover creates Reconstruction Finance Corporation Hawley Smoot Tariff Act (tax foreign goods) US bank went bankrupt YMCA gave 12,000 meals in NYC per day 1931 Empire State building was finished Al Capone arrested for tax evasions 1932 12 million people were unemployed which led to Hobos and Hoovervilles Wages cut by 25% Emergency Relief Act gave \$300m to states to help the unemployed Roosevelt became president (he won 42/48 states) 60million people listened to his 'fireside chats' daily to reassure them 1933 Prohibition ended so Roosevelt could tax alcohol Emergency Banking Act closed banks for 4 days to 'renovate' them (closed 5000) After they opened banks again, \$1 billion was reinvested next day Dust Bowl Securities Exchange Commission regulated the stock market New Deal begins Economy Act (15% government pay cut to save \$1bn) Alphabet Agencies as part of Roosevelt's New Deal - CCC employed 2.5 million young men but only 10,000 women - NRA workers' rights, 2 million employers signed up but declared illegal by Supreme Court - AAA declared illegal but helped to increase farmers' pay - CWA employed 4 million people but only lasted 1 year - FERA gave \$500mil to emergency relief 1934 Huey Long wanted to share wealth (\$5000 to poor families each) Indian Reservation Act 1935 11 million people unemployed NRA ruled illegal Trade Unions and Neutrality Act 1936 AAA ruled illegal by the Supreme Court FDR wins 2^nd^ election Still 250,000 homeless in Hoovervilles 1937 1938 1939 Cash and Carry Plan for allies Farmer's income doubled from 1933-39 10.5mil unemployed 1940 FDR wins 3^rd^ election 1941 USA joined WW2, 43 million men and 2 million women employed Lend and Lease Act (Britain had \$7bn worth of American weaponry) 5.5 mil unemployed 1942 1943 1944 Unemployment dropped by 9mil due to WW1 1945 Truman's Fair Deal (increased wages 40c 75c, made 65% of world goods, but 56% of African Americans were still in poverty and 4.5% unemployment rate) Just 2% unemployed due to WW2 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 Eisenhower elected 1953 1954 Brown vs Board (education) 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycotts (Rosa Parks and MLK) 1956 Little Rock 9 82% US watched 1956 Presley concert Interstate Highway System provided jobs and employment lowered In the South, 25% were in poverty, 68% of those over 65 earnt less than \$1000 1957 Civil Rights Act 1 Little Rock 9 case (education) 1958 1959 Annual spending for teenagers - \$10bn in 1950 \$25 in 1959 (James Dean and Marlon Brando film stars) 1960 Kennedy's New Frontier 1961 1962 1963 Birmingham March and MLK I have a dream Speech Feminine Mistique -- Betty Friedan said women should have equal rights Status Commission said women had 60% less pay than men, 4% of layers were women Equal Pay Act 1964 Civil Rights Act 2 helped black people and women 1965 Voting Rights Act 1966 NOW -- women's rights, Betty Friedan had 40,000 members 1967 1968 MLK assassinated 1969 1970 1971 1972 Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was stopped by Phylis Schlafly who said it would be bad for women 1973 Roe vs Wade case mad abortion legal (Supreme Court)