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CLarence Darrow
He was an american lawyer and a leading memeber of the American Civil Liberties Union. -
William Jennings Bryan
He was a strong wing of the democratic paarty and three times as the Party's candidate for President of the United States. -
Henry Ford
He invented the Ford Model t car in 1908. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
American politician, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, holding the post from March 1933 to April 1945 -
Marcus Garvey
He was the leader of an rganization called Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities league which was one of the biggest during the 20's -
Dorothea Lange
influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration. -
Tin Pan Alley
was a name for people in New York City who were music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States. -
Langston Hughes
He was a poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright. He was also one of the early innovators of the new are of literary called jaazz poetry. -
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The Great Migration
6 million blacks were moved out of the rural southern united states to the urban northeast, midwest, and west. -
Federal Reserve System
the central banking system of the United States. -
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Harlem Renaissance
was the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s. -
1st Red Scare
took place in the United States. following a series of anarchist bombings. -
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Jazz Music
is a music genre that originated from African American communities of New Orleans in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. -
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Prohibition
act of prohibiting the manufacturing, storage in barrels or bottles, transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcohol including alcoholic beverages. -
WArren G. Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
This was part of his campaign promise in the election of 1920. He wanted to return to the wat life was before World War 1. -
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Tea Pot Dome Scandal
he U.S. Navy largely converted from coal to oil fuel. To ensure the Navy would always have enough fuel available, several oil-producing areas were designated as Naval Oil Reserves -
Scopes Monkey Trial
a substitute high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. -
Charles A Lindbergh
He was the first to make a solo nonstop flight across the atlantic ocean. -
Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
Investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. -
SSA
To qualify for most of these benefits, most workers pay Social Security taxes on their earnings; the claimant's benefits are based on the wage earner's contributions. -
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The Dust Bowl
was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US and Canadian prairies during the 1930s -
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SEC
To qualify for most of these benefits, most workers pay Social Security taxes on their earnings; the claimant's benefits are based on the wage earner's contributions. -
20th Amendment
that sets the dates at which federal (United States) government elected offices end. In also defines who succeeds the president if the president dies. -
FCIC
that preserves public confidence in the banking system by insuring deposits. -
TVA
to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President -
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The New Deal
included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
21st Amendment
which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 17, 1920. -
SEC
created by Congress to regulate the securities markets and protect investors. In addition to regulation and protection, it also monitors the corporate takeovers in the U.S.
