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Frances Willard
Frances was a primary necessity for the temperance movement. She was influential on the eighteenth and nineteenth amendment. She was also the national president of the WCTU. -
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Clarence Darrow
He was an american lawyer. He is most often known for his case on the thrill killers Leopold and Loeb. -
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism was a concept that applied natural selection and survival of the fittest to human society. It often implied more to money than physical appearance. -
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William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was the United States secretary of state. He was against the banks and the gold standards. -
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Henry Ford
Henry Ford was the manufactuer of the model T, and founder of the Ford Motor Company. He was also the main inventor of the assembly line. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
He was the 32nd president. He was elected in 1933 and was responsible for most of the new deal programs. -
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt was the wife of Theodore Roosevelt. She was a very strong activist as well as a US Delegate. She is also the longest termed first lady. -
Tin Pan Alley
A collection of NYC music publishers and songwriters that were extremely popular during the 19th century were given the name Tin Pan Alley. It was mainly referred to as a place, West 28th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. -
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Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey founded the UNIA_ACL as well as the Black Star Line. The BSL was a passenger line that encouraged the return of African Americans to their ancestral lands. He was a prime advocate of Pan-African Philosophy. He believed in strength where those alike are together. -
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Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange was an american photographer and journalist. Her most popular work was that of the depression era. She is widely known for humanizing the after affects of the depression and the hardship experienced. -
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Langston Hughes
Langston was an african american author. He differentiated from other poets due to his dedication to write from his perspective. He refused to change his story in order to comply with everyone else. He was also known for his contribution to the development of Jazz. -
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Charles A. Lindbergh
His son was kidnapped and murdered. This crime being labeled the "Crime of the Century." Due to this case congress made kidnapping a federal crime and gave the FBI jurisdiction. Due to publicity and harassment the family went sailing in secrecy. -
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The Great Migration
The great migration was the movement of African Americans moving away from southern states. -
Federal Reserve System
The enactment of the Federal Reserve Act in response to a series of financial panics that showed the need for central control of the monetary system if crises are to be avoided -
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1st Red Scare
After World War 1 ended, the nation was struck with the fear of communism. -
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Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was the outcoming of artistic African-Americans. There were poets, writers, artists, etc. -
Jazz music
Jazz music was originated by African Americans in the early 1900's. It place of origin is mostly widely known as New Orleans. -
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Teapot Dome Scandal
Albert Bacon Fall was convicted for accepting bribes from an oil company in order to allow them to use Navy Petroleum reserves. -
Scopes Trial
The scopes trial was also known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes trial. It was a substitute who taught human evolution and was arrested for it because it was science vs religion. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression occurred after the stock market crash and left 13 - 15 millions unemployed. A good half of the countries banks failed and left Americans broke. But eventually The New Deal program pulled us out of the rut. -
Wall Street Crash/Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was the beginning of The Great Depression. It is known as the most devastating stock market crash. -
The Dust Bowl
The longest man made natural disaster in history in the United States agricultural. (Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado) -
The New Deal
President Roosevelt replaced President Hoover and immediately created change. He put into place the new deal program, which was a series of organizations designed to help their own cause and help better the economy. -
20th Amendment
The twentieth amendment changed the date in which the presidents and vice presidents are to resign as well as the day their successors replace them. -
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
This was a major battle that erupted over a building in electrical power systems during World War I. A law was passed that was called “Muscle Shoals Bill”. It was voted as an socialistic by President Herbert Hoover. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FCIC)
Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a “Banking Act” creating the FDIC. -
Securities & Exchange commission (SEC)
During the forming of the SEC there was a “Blue Sky Law” that would protect the company from fraud. The “1934 act” regulates a secondary trading between individuals and companies which are often unrelated to the original issuers of securities. -
Relief, Recovery, Reform
The ‘Three R’s’, was a program that was brought by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the the Great Depression to address the problems of the unemployed people and the economic crisis. -
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Social Security Administration (SSA)
The Social Security Administration was a plan to benefit those who have retired. If their taxes were properly taken care of they were granted a certain amount of money and this act is still in game today. -
Warren G. Harding's Return to Normalcy
Return to Normalcy was an idea to turn the society back to the way it was before WW1 -
Prohibition
Prohibition was a national ban of the production, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages. -
"Wall Street Crash/"Black Tuesday"
