key terms timeline

  • frances willard

    frances willard
    she had a lot to do with women's suffrage and she was the president​ of Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
  • social darwinism

    that emerged in the second half of the 19th century and tried to apply the evolutionary concept of natural selection to human society
  • henry ford

    henry ford
    he started the ford motor company and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.
  • william jennings

    william jennings
    he served in the united states house representative. and the united states secretary of state.
  • the great migration

    the great migration
    the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and Wes
  • 1st red scare

    1st red scare
    was ending a fear-driven, anti-communist movement known as the First Red Scare
  • marcus garvey

    marcus garvey
    in August 1920 unia had 4 million members. garvey also established the negro factories corporation​
  • the 18th amendment

    the 18th amendment
    declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol though not the consumption or private possession illegal
  • jazz music

    jazz music
    it originated from African American communities. it developed​ from blues and ragtime
  • tea pot dome scandal

    tea pot dome scandal
    a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922 to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding
  • clarence darrow

    clarence darrow
    He defended high-profile clients in many famous trials including teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb for murdering 14-year-old​
  • scopes monkey trial

    scopes monkey trial
    Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school
  • harlem renaissance

    harlem renaissance
    was a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York. during the time it was as the new Negro​ movement.
  • charles a lindberg

    charles a lindberg
    at age 25 U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize. making a nonstop flight from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, to Paris, France. He covered the 33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600 statute miles that's how he got so famous​
  • langston hughes

    langston hughes
    he was one of the first innovators of jazz poetry. he was also known for being the leader of the Harlem renaissance​
  • black tuesday

    black tuesday
    the wall street crash of 1929 or the stock market crash.
  • tin pan alley

    tin pan alley
    is the name was given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
  • 20th amendment

    20th amendment
    moved the beginning and the end term for president and vice president​
  • franklin d roosevelt

    franklin d roosevelt
    he was the 32en president of the united states of America. he won a record four presidential elections
  • 1936 summer olympics

    1936 summer olympics
    multi-sport event that was held in 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany.
  • social security administration

    social security administration
    The first Social Security office opened in Austin, Texas, on October 14, 1936
  • the great depression

    the great depression
    it was the worst economic downturn of the industrialized world.