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Frances Willard
Frances Willard temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. She influenced and pushed 18th and 19th Amendment. She later became the national president of the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1879. -
Social Darwinism
The belief that only the fittest survive in society or in another word, survival of the fittest. They also believed that the weak should be eliminated. This was used to explained inequalities. -
Henry Ford
Henry Ford he invented the first car with mass production. He also developed the assembly line that we still use today. He also was the owner of Ford Motor Company which made him of the richest man back then -
Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve System was created on December 23, 1913 by the U.S. Congress. Its purpose was to be the central bank of the U.S. The Federal Reserve system was divided into 12 Federal Reserve districts, with 1 bank for each district. -
The Great Migration
The Great Migration was a movement of African americans who went to the north for jobs to look for freedom and jobs. At the end of The Great Migration the was only about half the population of African American was still in the South. This also expanded the African American's culture into the North such as jazz music and etc.. -
The "Red Scare"
The "Red Scare" was the fear of being taken over communist. This was from people being nativist. This led to anarchy bombings nationwide -
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey promoted the “Back to Africa” Movement and he also created the Universal Negro Improvement. Marcus Garvey believed in black separatism. He also established a corps of Black Cross nurses, and many organized black businesses. -
Prohibition
Prohibition was a nationwide ban of alcohol,so you can selling, drinking, making, or importing alcohol. This was from the 18th Amendment which was later repealed by the 21st Amendment. Prohibition started the Temperance movement and gave women more of a voice in the society -
Warren G. Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
"Return to Normalcy" was the Warren G. Harding's slogan for his presidential run in 1920. He meant that he will bring the U.S. economy back to where is was before WWI. Normalcy is the state or fact of being normal. -
Jazz Music
Jazz Music was originated in New Orleans in the 1920s. Jazz started to spread during the Great Migration and moved upper North. Many people saw this was the "devil's music" and it was also played in many speakeasies. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Teapot Dome Scandal was a bribery scandal Albert Fall. Albert Fall was a Secretary of the Interior and was serving under President Warren Harding. Albert Fall leased government land in California and Wyoming to 2 oil executives illegally. -
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance. Not only that but he also was wrote poems influenced by jazz. Some of his famous poems were "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "My People". -
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow was a famous criminal lawyer. He was best known for the trial of 14 year old Robert Franks and the Scopes Trial. He wad also a member of the American Civil Liberties Union -
Scopes Monkey Trial
This was a trial for John Scopes, was accused of teaching evolution at school. The attorneys for the trial were William Jennings Bryan
for the prosecution, and Clarence Darrow for the defense. The trial took 8 days but the jury found Scopes guilty. -
William Jenning Bryan
William Jenning Bryan was a American lawyer and an politician. William ran for president 3 times and a former Secretary of State. He is most known for the Scopes Trial even he lost. -
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was an was an American aviator, he is like the modern day Lebron James. He's known for being the first person flew solo from New York to Paris in 33.5 hours. In doing so he won the Orteig Prize. -
Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
The Stock Market Crash is known for the start of the Great Depression. It was called "Black Tuesday" because they lost about $14 billion that day. Later that week they lost a about 30 billion, this started the Great Depression. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the lowest point of the United Sates economy. This was the effect of the stock market crashing in late 1929. This was a nationwide event and we didn't recover from this until at least the mid 1930s -
Tin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley was the center for songwriting and publishing business in New York in the 19th and 20th century. The name reference to the West 28th Street in Manhattan. This started around the Great Depression. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was FDR's plan to recover from the Great Depression. Due to the situation the Congress gave FDR more power than a usual president because he needed to push out acts fast to bring back the economy. FDR created many acts such as National Youth Administration, Social Security Act, Wagner Act, etc... -
"Relief, Recovery, Reform"
This was FDR's path/plan to help the economy to bring it back where it was before the Great Depression. Relief is to stop the economic from going lower. Recovery is to restart the flow of the economy. Reform is to prevent from something like a Great Depression to happen again -
20th Amendment
The 20th Amendment state that the president and the vice president terms would end on January 20th of the last year of their term. It also said that the Congress would have to meet at least once a year. Lastly if the president died in office, the vice president would take over as president -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt was our 32nd President. He was elected during the Great Depression which he created the New Deal to help the people. He was the only president that served 4 terms which he eventually died in office due to polio. FDR was the reason why the 22nd Amendment. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority was created on May 18, 1933 by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its purpose was suppose to create benefits and protection since the Tennessee Valley was affected most by the Great Depression. The Tennessee Valley included Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky,Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was created on June 16, 1933 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This was created to help the public to trust banks again in the Great Depression. The FDIC is not funded by the public so it would protect us from something bad from happening again -
21st Amendment
The 21st Amendment was repealed 18th Amendment, which hot rid of prohibition nationwide. The 21st Amendment was ratified on December 5, 1933. This also allowed importation of alcohol. -
The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a series of dust storms that occurred in the South. This was the effect from over cropping of the farmers. With the damage soil then series of drought all the soil turned into dirt which wind picked up and created dust storms with. -
Securities & Exchange Commission
The Securities & Exchange Commission was created on June 6, 1934 by Franklin D. Roosevelt. This was a part of the New Deal which protected people from fraud in investments in stocks. This prevented something like the Great Depression to happen again. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was the cultural expansion of African Americans. This was mostly the black community in NYC. This changed many people's perspective of African Americans. -
Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration was created on August 14, 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was a part of the New Deal, the SSA purpose was to give money to the retired, survivors,and disabled. This was created because so people 65 or older can retire and continue to get an income and younger people can obtain that job. -
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange was a photographer during the Great Depression. She worked for the the FSA during the depression, in which she captured some of the most importance pictures during that time. With her pictures she was able to show to hardship during that time. She won the Guggenheim Fellowship award in 1941. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt was FDR's wife, and she served the longest term as the First Lady. Eleanor was not only just a First Lady but she was also an activist and a politician. After FDR died, Eleanor served as Presidential Commission on the Status of Women under JFK's presidential term.
