Roaring Twenties Flashcards
Period of influential changes in lifestyles, arts, and technology
Roaring Twenties
What was Arkansas nick name in the 1920s
The Wonder State
What was AR’s largest money maker
Timber and Furniture industries
NAACP
National Association for the advancement of colored people
Jazz club in Harlem, New York, that featured some of the greatest black of that time but only served whites
Cotton Club
What year was the most destructive flood in American history
1927
What was the unemployment rate during the great depression
25%
How many banks and businesses declared bank ruptcy
Over 100,000
Won by a large margin becoming the first female US senator and was from AR.
Hattie Caraway
Closed all US banks; they were only allowed to reopen when proved financially strong
Bank Holiday
$9 million to rail roads; provided food, shelter, and money for unemployment
FERA
collected taxes to pay pensions for retired, disabled and unemployed.
Social Security
One that is opposed to government programs
Conservative
One that is supportive of government programs
Liberal
Opposed to government regulation; hands off policy
Laissez Faire
Used FERA funds, to create an ideal farm community for AR relief Clients. Used AR Programs as model. Dyess is owner. Designed in the shape of a wagon wheel.
Dyess Colony
Turned Great Plains in to a dust bowl
Drought
Farmers who loaded up their belongings and moved west to California in search of food and Work
Arkies
What did AR do for the war
engaged in wheatless Mondays and meatless Tuesdays
- bought $2 million in war bonds
- about 72,000 Arkansans served in the armed forces
Elaine race riots
Late September of 1919 union members were at an evening meeting 3 miles north of Elaine. Because of suspicion, African American soldiers were placed outside with guns. A car arrived outside carrying 2 armed men ( a deputy sheriff and a railroad agent along with a black trusty from jail) They were hunting for a whiskey runner. It was not known who shot first, but shots broke out. On the 2 days ad One night of the Elaine race riot, 5 whites and 25 blacks were killed. Other reports had black deaths at a number closer to 100. The highest estimate of black deaths was 856. After the riot, 65 African American were tried for various charges. 12 were sentenced to death. 4 were murdered. They quickly appealed to higher courts. Little Rocks leading African American lawyer was Scorpio Jones. The New National Association of colored People. (NAACP) helped finance appeals. In the end the high courts freed all the men.
19th Amendment
- Women granted right to vote
- Role of women changed
Harvey Couch
- Began building telephone lines across the state
- Then he founded the Arkansas Power and light company. Which brought electricity to many parts of the state. The company eventually became Entergy.
- Convinced Northern Bankers to build dams on the Ouachita lake, Lakes Catherine, and Lake Hamilton.
- Started Arkansas first radio station WOK in Pine Bluff
Arkansas Advancement Association
Formed to promote good points of the state to out-of-state investors
-Brought new paper and magazine writers to tour Arkansas
Using borrowed money to fund government programs
Deflict spending
