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Category Archives: 1920-1932
1916-1932 The fight for freedom of speech on Glasglow Green
The history of the successful struggle to restore freedom of speech and assembly in one of Britain’s oldest parks after it was banned in 1922. 
On April 13th 1916 Glasgow Corporation repealed a bye-law passed in 1896 covering the regulation of City parks and replaced it with bye-law 20, restricting the right of free assembly. The bye-law was not invoked until 1922 when it became responsible for a considerable number of riotous disturbances of the 1920s and 30s.
It toke 8 years to be heard and amendend, even then they were able to assemble outside the gates of the Greens of Joycelyn Square.
The information was located at – http://libcom.org/history/articles/glasgow-green-free-speech-fight.
Posted in 1916-1920, 1920-1932, June 28 assignment
Tagged Freedom, freedom of assembly, quiet protest
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1929 Wall Street Stock crash
The stock market crash in 1929 made many people lose all their money overnight. Many people committed a suicide aftermath. Therefore, the Fox Movietone News made movies advising people to do not put their money on stocks. However, it wouldn’t last long until people started investing their money on stocks again.
Posted in 1920-1932, June 28 assignment, Uncategorized
Tagged 1929, market, stock, Wall Street
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The Bonus Army March 1932
This picture was taken by Veteran Army Signal Corps photographer Theodor Horydczak in June 1932. Picture location – American Treasures of the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm203.html
According to Wikipedia.org, this event was a gathering of approximately 43,000 marchers comprised of 17,000 World War I veterans and their families who protested in Washington, D.C., in summer of 1932. The war veterans demanded their cash bonuses which were granted to them eight years earlier via the Adjusted Service Certificate Law of 1924. Each of these certificates was issued only to qualified soldiers and had a face value equal to the soldier’s promised payment, plus compound interest. The issue was that the certificates, just like bonds, matured twenty years from the date of original issuance. In other words, the veterans could not receive their money until 1945.
Most of the Bonus Army camped in a Hooverville on the Anacostia Flats, a muddy area across the Anacostia River from the federal core of Washington. In July, 1932, President Hoover ordered the Army to forcibly remove the veterans. They were forced back to their camp sites. During this time hundreds of veterans were injured and several killed.
Posted in 1920-1932, Economic History, June 28 assignment, Political history, Social History
Tagged Bonus Army, cash bonus, President Hoover, veterans
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Transition from agricultural to industrial economy
The photo above is of Air Mail Service Mechanics. Taken in Omaha, Nebraska in 1924. This is just one of the many new occupations created with new innovative breakthroughs in the early 1900s such as automobiles and airplanes. It transformed America from an agricultural economy to a technologically driven industrial powerhouse it is today.
Posted in 1920-1932, June 28 assignment
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Jazz Age 1920 to 1929
This song is from YouTube. It was introduced in the first recording of The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, which is generally considered as one of the bands who had their first Jazz recording in 1917. Their recordings sparked the Jazz Age of the United States.
The Jazz Age describes the period after the end of World War I, through the roaring Twenties, ending with the onset of the Great Depression. Jazz was first performed in New Orleans dating from the early 1910s. In 1920s Following World War I, African Americans in search of better employment opportunities moved to the northern part of the United States. With them, they brought their Jazz culture to big cities like New York and Chicago. During this period of time, Jazz was popular music performance in bars, dancing halls and night clubs. Jazz was also changed men’s and women’s fashion style as well.
Posted in 1916-1920, 1920-1932, Cultural History, June 28 assignment
Tagged African American, employment, first jazz recording, Great depression, Jazz, jazz age, music, New Orleans, World War I
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Prohibition of alcohol
Prohibition of alcohol occurs in the United States. Prohibition in the United States began January 16, 1919 with the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S Constitution and effected on January 16, 1920, and it continued throughout the 1920s. Prohibition was finally repealed in 1933. This picture shows that Beer barrels are destroyed by prohibition agents in an unknown location on Jan. 16, 1920 and was published by Associated Press. While Prohibition was successful in reducing the amount of liquor consumed, it tended to destroy society by other means. Prohibition became increasingly unpopular during the Great Depression, especially in large cities.
The link of this image is http://apimages.ap.org/Search.aspx?st=k&remem=x&kw=Prohibition+of+alcohol&intv=None&shgroup=-10&sh=14
Posted in 1920-1932, Cultural History, Economic History, June 28 assignment, Social History
Tagged 1920s, alcohol, prohibition
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1929 Stock Market Crash
This picture was taken in October 1929 during the Stock Market Crash in New York which was the starting point of the Great Depression. The stock values dropped initially by over 40% and then continued declining for the following months. Companies were producing at great productivity but supply was substantially more than what people could afford to buy, which partially led to the stock market crash. This day marked chaos for everyone. As a result of the crash, several banks also closed. People lost their savings and were out of work.
Posted in 1920-1932, June 28 assignment
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The crash of 1929
This image is from Time.com, and it belongs to the Bettmann-Corbis archive. The picture was taken during the Great Depression that began on October 29, 1929, which is also known as Black Tuesday.
The first time I saw this picture was during a recent visit to the MoMA. At first, the image makes me smile because it shows a humorous aspect in a tragic time. During the Great depression approximately 25% of population was unemployed and affected every segment of society. The picture is important to me because it reminds me that history is repeating itself. Like in the Great depression, the world is now experiencing a huge economic downturn due to the failure of the traditional financial system.
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1677033_1474476,00.html
Posted in 1920-1932, Economic History, June 7 assignment, Social History
Tagged 1929, economics, finance, Great depression, stock market, unemployment
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