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Decade - 1920s

This category has questions involving events, social trends, political beliefs, major discoveries, or general information related to the 1920s.

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What type of programs became common in the 1920s?

  • The Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) brought relief to farmers by paying them to curtail production, reducing surpluses, and raising prices for agricultural products.
  • The Public Works Administration (PWA) reduced unemployment by hiring the unemployed to build new public buildings, roads, bridges, and subways.
  • The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) employed hundreds of thousands of young men in reforestation and flood-control work.
  • The National Recovery Administration (NRA) established codes to eliminate unfair practices, establish minimum wages and maximum hours, and guarantee the right of collective bargaining.
  • The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) brought cheap electricity to people in seven states.
  • The Home Owners’ Refinancing Act provided mortgage relief to the unemployed.
  • The Securities Act of 1933 provided government oversight of stock trading.
  • The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) protected depositors’ bank accounts.
  • Later programs included the Social Security Act, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), and the National Labor Relations Act.

Why did the economy depend on the strength of the Us. economy in the 1920's?

It strengthened U.S. labor unions.

U.S. factories produced half of the world's industrial goods. The European Union became irrelevant as a trade partner

What were four major cultural or social developments in the 1920s?

sports, immigration, highway systems, increase in money supply, and sexual liberation

What was the results of the problems plaguing the agricultural sector in the 1920s?

No problems plagued the agricultural sector in the 1920s. In the 1930s, that's something totally different: farms and farm families literally lost their farms because of the drought and inability to get any money from the crops they grew, if they could grow them.

How did corruption hurt the Republicans during the 1920s?

The Tea Pot Scandal commonly called The Teapot Dome Scandal

What describes the policies of republicans during the 1920s?

They acted to support big businesses or something like that - apex

The Lost Generation of the 1920s?

The Lost Generation of the 1920s refers to a group of American writers and artists who settled outside the United States. Notable members include Paul Bowles, Ernest Hemingway, and Gertrude Stein.

What is true about the pullman porters in the 1920s?

Although their jobs were well paying, they had to buy their own uniforms. The porters needed a union because they were not treated well.

What did the assembly line do in the 1920s?

it created many jobs and made products once thought of as luxury into household items.