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Although the KKK had reemerged in the South in 1915, it wasn’t until after the end of World War I that the organization experienced a national resurgence. Membership in the KKK skyrocketed from a few thousand to over 100,000 in a mere ten months. 2 Local chapters of the KKK sprang up all over the country, and by the 1920s, it had become a ...
Feb 18, 2021 · Children’s Hospital (1923) invalidated minimum-wage laws that protected women workers. With the labor movement weakened, union membership plunged in the 1920s from 5 million to 3 million ...
May 13, 2024 · American History through Biography and Primary Documents. Major Problems in American History, 1920-1945: Documents and Essays by Colin Gordon. Call Number: E784 .M315 2011. ISBN: 0547149050. The New Era of The 1920s: Key Themes and Documents by James S. Olson; Mariah Gumpert (Editor) Call Number: Online - Ebook Central. ISBN: 9781440860249.
Mar 6, 2012 · The 1920 Census determined for the first time that more Americans lived in cities than in the countryside. The margin was narrow -- 51 to 49 -- but none the less it was a key turning point in our nation's history. It is probably not a coincidence that the 1920s are the first decade to contain a real, mythical focus on the exciting lives of the ...
Apr 26, 2024 · Great Depression, worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world, sparking fundamental changes in economic institutions, macroeconomic policy, and economic theory.
BECOMING MODERN presents an expansive collection of primary sources designed to enhance classroom study of the 1920s—a brief but defining period in American history, perhaps the first that seems immediately recognizable to us in the 21st century. Organized in five themes, each with six to eight sections, BECOMING MODERN includes a ...
Mar 23, 2021 · For wealthy, white Americans like Raskob, the “Roaring ‘20s” was a time of immense economic prosperity. Yet for most Americans, it wasn’t. Low-wage jobs paid an average of $25 a week for ...
