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INTERREGNUM BETWEEN THE WARS (1918-1940) The boom period after World War I was known as the "Roaring Twenties" because of its many excesses, especially in the investment areas. This recklessness came to an abrupt end in 1929 when the stock market crashed, sending the economy into a tailspin from which it did not recover until the beginning of World War II. The Great Depression of the 1930s depleted many communities of resources and limited the expansion of ,community based services. While still active, COS and Settlement House programs were overshadowed by the general malaise that enveloped the nation. With some notable exceptions, including labor and community organizing, the period between 1920 and the 1940s was one in which the political and cultural climate tended to silence minorities, women, and the least skilled (Betten & Austin, 1990). The growing power of the Ku Klux Klan led to increased suppression of African Americans in the South and Midwest. Through lynching, beatings, and a massive reign of terror, the White majority attempted to discourage for-ever any possibility of unity between poor African Americans and poor Whites.
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