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Frances Willard
She was an american temperance reformer and educator.She was also a women's suffragist leader.She helped get the 18th amendment. -
Marcus Garvey
He founded the Universal Negro Improvement association.He was a Jamaican political leader.He was also a journalist,publisher and entrepreneur. -
Social Darwinism
It was a theory that each group of people are subjects to the same laws of natural selection as animals and plants. -
William Jennings Bryan
He was an american orator and politician.He was a dominant force while part of the populist wing in the Democratic party.He was a three time nominee. -
Henry Ford
He had developed the assembly line which changed the car industry drastically.A result of this was that they began selling millions of cars all around the world. -
The Great Migration
A large movement of 6 million African Americans.The moved from the rural southern states to the urban Northeast and west states. -
Federal Reserve System
It is the central bank of the united states. -
1st Red Scare (1920s)
It was a period where the united states was filled with fear of bolshevism and anarchism.This was caused by revolutions in Russia and a communist revolution going on. -
Warren G. Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
It was candidates Warren G. Harding's campaign promise in the presidential election that "everything return to the way of life before World War I". -
Prohibition
A nationwide l ban on the production of alcohol.It was also illegal to import it. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
It was a bribery incident that took place in the United States.This happened during President Warren G. Harding term. -
Langston Hughes
He was one of the most influential and important writers of the harlem renaissance. This was an African American movement that celebrated black life and culture. -
Clarence Darrow
He volunteered to defend John Scopes right to teach evolution in school. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
A teacher by the name of John scopes decide to disobey the law by teaching evolution in class causing him to be arrested.It was all over new papers and the radio.Clarence Darrow defended jim.Scopes was found guilty. -
Charles A. Lindbergh
He was the first man to successfully fly and airplane across the atlantic ocean.He called his airplane the Spirit of St. Louis. -
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
A U.S. government agency that views the activities of financial professionals and securities transactions. -
Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
The Great Crash,also known as the Stock Market Crash was one of the worst stock market crashes in history. -
The Great Depression
It was one of the longest lasting economic down fall in history for the western industrialization.It caused a lot of unemployment and a large loss of money. -
Harlem Renaissance
It was a name they came up with to describe that explosion that took place in harlem.This involved cultural,social,and artistic changes.It started to take place at the end of world war 1. -
The New Deal
It was a serious of programs that was created to help bring america back to have a good economy. -
Tin Pan Alley
It was a name they called a group of New York City music publishers and songwriters.They took over the music in the late 19th century and early 20th century. -
20th Amendment
It sets date for when a presidents term ends. -
"Relief,Recovery,Reform"
They were known as the Three R's They were introduced by Franklin D. Roosevelt.Theses were to address the problems of unemployment. -
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
It was a new deal relief program created by FDR during his first hundred days in office.Its to help flood control,fertilizer manufacturing and many other things. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FCIC)
A independent government agency.Its responsible for insuring deposits made by companies. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
He was the 32 president. He help create different organizations during the great depression to get the united states back on track and to give us hope -
21st Amendment
The 21st amendment ended prohibition.It repealed the 18th amendment that ban the consumption of alcohol. -
Dorothea Lange
She was an american photographer that went around during the great depression and took pictures of the affect it was having. -
The Dust Bowl
A period of serve droughts that caused all the farmland soil to be blown away with all the wind. -
Social Security Administration (SSA)
An independent agency created by the government.It helps pay for elderly retirement,disability, and other benefits. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
She was a leader to her own movements. She was involved with many humanitarian causes through life. -
Jazz Music
A type of music black American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm, emerging at the beginning of the 20th century.
