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Frances Willard
Woman Suffragist, assisted in prohibition -
Federal Reserve System
The central bank of the United States. It was created by the Congress to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system. -
Henry Ford
Created the Assembly and revolutionlized the way factories worked forever. Created Model T cars. -
Marcus Garvey
Started UNIA and was main supporter of black Nationalism -
Tin Pan Alley
New York City music publishers and songwriters, dominated popular music in late 19th century and early 20th century -
Social Darwinism
People and races are subjugated to natural selection just as plants and animals are. "Survival of the Fittest" -
The Great Migration
Movement of 6 million out of rural Southern America to urban NorthEast -
Harlem Renaissance
The time when there was an cutural, artistic, and social explosion after WW1. -
Prohibition
The banning of any alcoholic beverages -
Jazz Music
During the 1920's it was the major music choice for most people. -
1st Red Scare
A nationwide fear of communism, socialists, anarchists, and other dissendents. Followed after a anarchist bombing in 1919. -
Warren G. Harding's "Return to Normalacy"
Harding's promise to the American people to return us back how we were before WW1 -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
A bribery that took place during President Harding's administration -
Clarence Darrow
Defended the teacher in the Scopes Trial, defended him against the law of not teaching evolution. -
William Jennings Bryan
A firm believer in the Bible and went to Tennessee to assist in the Scopes Trial -
Scopes Monkey Trial
A court trial where a teacher was accused of teaching evolution, later found guilty, changed in future. -
Langston Hughes
One of the first to use Jazz rhythms to depict the life of Urban blacks in his work -
Charles A. Linbergh
Made a round-trip non stop across the Atlantic Ocean. From New York to Paris -
Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
Many investments went into Black tuesday to stabalize the market, however when it went into free fall and eventually just collapsed everything was lost. -
The Great Depression
The collapse of the American Stock market and the immense growth of unemployment. Lasted until WW2. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
Wife of FDR. Hero for Civil Rights movement -
The Dust Bowl
Due to over farming, the land was dirt and heavy winds kicked it up into a terrible storm of sand and dust. -
The New Deal
FDR pledges this deal to bring America out of Depression and it involves many agencies and programs to help the unemployment. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
A federal agency that controls the electricity, irrigation and flood control from the dams and reservoirs along the Tennessee River. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
A part of the federal government that preserves public confidence in the banking system by insuring deposits. -
Security & Exchange Commission
An agency that oversees securities transactions, activities of financial professionals and mutual fund trading to prevent fraud and intentional deception. -
Social Security Administration
A social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits. -
20th Amendment
Dictates when government federal positions end. -
Franklin D.Roosevelt
The 32nd president of the United States, and got America out of the Great Depression. -
Triple "R"
Relief, Recovery, and Reform, these were FDR's plans to help the American people. Relief the people with films and music, Recover the economics and money of the people, and reform the law to fit the people's needs and make the country better. -
21st Amendment
The banning of all alcoholic beverages ends!!! -
Dorothea Lange
Photographer and was known for her contribution of the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression.