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1. An event that I believe had a huge impact on the modern-day economy now is Women’s suffrage and the introduction of the 19th amendment. Before women were given the right to vote, they had to endure the restriction of many other rights. A source titled, 19th Amendment, gave some examples of things women couldn’t do, “For example, married women couldn’t own property and had no legal claim to any money they might earn, and no female had the right to vote. Women were expected to focus on housework and motherhood, not politics” (History.com, 2020, para. 4). As explained, the Government prevented ladies from having their own voice and life. They weren’t even allowed to claim money that they earned themselves. Another source titled, The 19th Amendment Is a Milestone, But Not the Endpoint, for Women’s Rights In America, Says Stanford Historian, gave one more example of how women were stripped of their rights by stating, “When female abolitionists tried to speak in public, however, the public condemned their unladylike behavior” (De Witte, 2020, para. 9). You can see that before women’s suffrage was over, women were stopped from living the same freely spoken lives as a man in the same period. When the 19th amendment was ratified, it gave women the right to vote, a life that was theirs, and a voice that could make a difference.

The introduction of this amendment brought nothing but change to the economy then and now. Mellisa De Witte stated, “...that same year, more than 8 million women across the U.S. voted in elections for the first time” (History.com, 2020, para. 38). She explains that more than 8 million women exercised their right to vote the same year they obtained it. Obviously, the female population alone had a big difference on who was elected that year and they did not disappoint. History.com also stated, “Black women, however, understood that they needed the vote even more than most white women, in order to advance their goals of racial justice. While the suffrage movement may have had a wide racist streak, it was not entirely a white women’s movement” (De Witte, 2020, para. 15). This author also shows a big change that came along with women being able to vote. They explain that women’s suffrage brought different races together as they all fought for the same cause. Not only did the 19th amendment give women more rights, but it also helped to give African Americans a voice as well.

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(n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/about-suffragist-movement/woman-suffrage

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9LmBgY-F5A History.com (2019, April 2) The 19th Amendment | History

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Another event that I believe helped change and influence America’s economy is the Harlem Renaissance. An author named, George Hutchinson explained a way that African Americans were trying to get other races to understand their culture by stating, “Embracing literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts, participants sought to reconceptualize ‘the Negro’ apart from the white stereotypes that had influenced Black peoples’ relationship to their heritage and to each other” (Hutchinson, 2020, para. 1). As you can see, they tried their best to get people to remove the stereotypes from their relationships and the way they act through things like music, writing, and theatre. The same author then explained another reason why African Americans not only wanted to be accepted and understood but also given a chance, he stated, “...the creation of national organizations dedicated to pressing African American civil rights, ‘uplifting’ the race, and opening socioeconomic opportunities; and developing race pride, including pan-African sensibilities and programs” (Hutchinson, 2020, para. 2). Hutchinson details some efforts that were taken to help African Americans not feel excluded by creating organizations where they could find jobs, friends, and opportunities that they would otherwise be prevented from obtaining. Although the Harlem Renaissance wasn’t the total outcome expected, there was still a victory to be celebrated within African Americans. In George Hutchinson’s article titled, Harlem Renaissance, he stated, “African Americans’ centuries-long struggle for freedom had made them the prophets of democracy and the artistic vanguard of American culture” (Hutchinson, 2020, para. 7). He explains that throughout the years of African Americans trying to prove themselves they not only gained freedom and rights, they also led American culture to a great improvement with everything they brought like music, literature, and theatre. In that same article, readers were told another victory that the Harlem Renaissance brought, the articles states, “While the renaissance did not achieve the sociopolitical transformation for which some had hoped, today it is clear that this movement marked a turning point in Black cultural history: it helped to establish the authority of Black writers and artists over the representation of Black culture and experience, and it created for those writers and artists a continually expanding space within the Western high culture” (Hutchinson, 2020, para. 40). The author reveals that African Americans did not get the results that they anticipated but they did get people to respect their culture and give their creators a chance within the literary and artistic industries. Either way, the Harlem Renaissance changed America’s economy by bringing a new culture into it and accepting people with different skin colors.

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The last event that I believe changed the economy of America forever was the introduction of credit and installment buying. An article by, Digital History, explained some of the changes that came with these new improvements, “Americans in the 1920s were the first to wear ready-made, exact-size clothing. They were the first to play electric phonographs, to use electric vacuum cleaners, to listen to commercial radio broadcasts, and to drink fresh orange juice year-round” (Digital History, 2019, para. 2). During the 1920s, America made many successful developments and this quote detailed a few of them like the progression in how clothes were manufactured. Another article by, Khan Academy, also stated, “The expansion of credit in the 1920s allowed for the sale of more consumer goods and put automobiles within reach of average Americans” (Khan Academy, n.d., para. 5). The previous quote explained some things that became more available once credit started to be used by more Americans. Obviously, with the widespread use of credit, automobile companies like Henry Ford’s Model T Ford were able to lower their prices so almost everyone could afford one. Not only did credit change how things were done in the 1920s, it modified the way America handles credit in our economy now. A source titled, 1920s Consumption explained, "Now individuals who could not afford to purchase a car at full price could pay for that car over time -- with interest, of course!” (Khan Academy, n.d., para. 5). As you know, when purchasing things with credit, if you can not pay the full price at the time of the transaction, you can pay with interest. This is a modification that was introduced in the 1920s and was kept within our economy to the present day. Another article titled, The Consumer Economy and Mass Entertainment, also detailed some advancements that changed America's economy now by stating, “Installment credit soared during the 1920s. Banks offered the country's first home mortgages. Manufacturers of everything--from cars to irons--allowed consumers to pay ‘on time.’ About 60 percent of all furniture and 75 percent of all radios were purchased on installment plans” (Digital History, 2019, para. 14). Readers can see that once credit was popularized, America kept many of the policies and things that came with it. Credit brought mortgages, interest, and installment plans which changed America's economy and stuck with it throughout the years.

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Gooch, B. (2019, February 28). 100 Years of the Harlem Renaissance: A New African-American Identity. Retrieved from http://www.communityvoiceks.com/100-years-of-the-harlem-renaissance-a-new-african-american-identity/article_566afe2c-36d4-11e9-b997-3b36078814cf.html

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Course Hero, I. (n.d.). Cultural Changes of the 1920s. Retrieved from https://www.coursehero.com/sg/us-history/cultural-changes-of-the-1920s/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90PTxdsqfsA Reading Through History (2015, October 31) History Brief: The Harlem Renaissance

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V38yTpL1xas Liam Gunning (2018, December 12) 1920's: What Was a Credit Card?