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Frances Willard
She was an american educator and a women's suffragist.She had a huge influence in the passage of the 18th and 19th amendments. -
Clarence Darrow
He is known for defending the men that murdered 14 year old Robert "Bobby" Franks. Other known cases where he defended was Ossian Sweet, and the Scoped "Monkey" trial. -
William Jennings Bryan
He became a congressman in 1890. He went for president, but was defeated by William Mckinley. -
Henry Ford
He created the ford model and went to develop the assembly line of production. Making cars in a reasonable amount of money so not just rich people could have them. He sold millions of cars and became a world famous company head. -
social darwinism
It was a theory of society, which applied to biological concepts of natural selection or survival of the fittest to sociology and politics. To a certain point it was prohibited teaching kids about social darwinism. -
Tin Pan Alley
It was the collection of New York music publishers and songwriters. Dominated popular music of the US in late 19th century and early 20th century. -
Eleanor roosevelt
Wife od FDR, she was an american politician, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest serving first lady of the US. -
Dorothea Lange
She was an influential American documentary photographer. She was known for the depression-era for the Farm Security Administration. -
jazz music
It's a form of music that grew out of african americans cultural tradition. It soon became a worldwide thing. -
The Great Migration
It was the movement of 6 million blacks fromthe rural southern states to the urban Northeast, midwest, and the west. Most of them moved up north, creating a new culture called the Harlem renaissance. -
Federal reserve system
It was the cetral banking system of the US. The U.S. Congress established some objectives for monetary policy in the Federal Reserve Act: more employment, stabilizing prices, and moderating long-term interest rates. -
prohibition
It was the act of prohibitng the manufacturing of alcohol. It was acheived by the women who petitioned until they made it a amendment. -
1st red scare
It was a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism, like the russian revolution as well as the worldwide communist revolution. -
Marcus Garvey
He founded the U.N.I.A(Universal Negro Improvement Association.) He inspired a global mass movement known as Garveyism. He inspired many people. Large branch meetings were like religious revivals, with entire families gathering for a day of debates. They would also do fashion shows, classical music, plays and vaudeville acts to make people be happy. -
Warren G. Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
During the elections of 1920, there was evidence found that normalcy was listed in dictionaries in 1857. His promise was to return the US back the way it was before the war. He wanted people to go back to the mentality they had before. -
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes moved to Washington D.C and published his first poetry book. He was a poet, social activist, novelist. He was one of the first people to make jazz poetry. He became a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. -
Scopes Trial
A trial was set to a substitute teacher who violated the butler act. It was prohibited to teach evolution. He was found guilty and with a fine of $100. -
Charles Lindbergh
He was an engineer and an aviator, who won a Pultitzer prize. He flew solo across the atlantic ocean to Paris. Preparing the way to future aviational pavement. -
The Great Depression
It was known as the longest lasting economic downturn in history of the western industrialized world. It sent wallstreet into panic and wiped out a ton of investors. Many people became unemployed. -
Stock market crash "black tuesday"
During the 1920's there was a great expansion. Soon after, billions of dollars were lost wiping out a great amount of investors, it spiraled right to the Great Depression. -
Harelm renaissance
It was a culture that uprose in the 1930's. During that period there was a cultural center, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars. -
The dust bowl
It was also known as the dirty thirties. It was a period of severe dust storms that damaged the land a lot. -
20th amendment
It set dates at which federal government elected offices to end. -
Relief, recovery, reform
It was part of FDR's New Deal, he said that if something didn't work, the move on to the next. Those attempts gave the citizens hope that something was being done. -
The new deal
It was a series of domestic programs that enacted in the US. He created several agencies like the WPA. -
Frankin D. Roosevelt
He was elected president from 1933 to 1945. He made several agencies to help out the people that were suffering through the great depression. He made agencies like NYA, CCC, AAA, etc. -
Tenessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority its a federal owned corporation in the US created in May 1933. Providing electricity genereation, flood control, navigation, etc. -
Federal Deposit insurance Corporation (FDIC)
It was an insurance to depositers in US banks. It was created after the great depression to restore trust in American bank system. -
21st amendment
This amendment repealed the 18th amendment due to a rise of organized crimes. -
Securities and exchange comission
Established to regulate the commerce in stocks, bonds, and other securities. Before, the stock market crash, refelcted on its cause and prompted calls for reform. -
Social security administration
It was an independent agency of the United States federal government that administers Social Security, its a social insurance program that consisted of retirement, disability, and survivors benefits. -
Tea pot scandal
It was a bribery incident that took place in the US while Warren G Harding was president.
