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Frances willard
an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. Her influence was instrumental in the passage of the Eighteenth (Prohibition) and Nineteenth (Women Suffrage) Amendments to the United States Constitution. -
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Clarence Darrow
American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was among the first attorneys to be called a "labor lawyer." He also was known for defending teenaged thrill killers Leopold and Loeb, and John T. Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial. -
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william jennings bryan
United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school -
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Henry Ford
American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. -
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Tin pan alley
the name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States -
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Social Darwinism
A theory arising in the late nineteenth century that the laws of evolution, which Charles Darwin had observed in nature, also apply to society. -
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eleanor roosevelt
was the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a world-renowned advocate of liberal causes in her own right. She became an early hero of the civil rights movement, and was a lifelong advocate for the United Nations. -
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marcus garvey
he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
a Democratic politician who became the 32nd US President (1933-45), also known informally as FDR, and the only one to be elected four times. -
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Dorothea Lange
an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). -
Jazz
Jazz is a genre of music that originated from African American communities of New Orleans in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It emerged in the form of independent traditional music and popular musical styles. -
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langston hughes
He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. -
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charles a. lindbergh
United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean -
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The Great Migration
the movement of 6 million blacks out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West -
Federal Reserve System
the central bank of the United States. It was created by the Congress to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system. -
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Herlem Renaissance
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. During this period Harlem was a cultural center, drawing black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars. -
21st amendment
ending nationwide Prohibition on alcohol -
Warren G Harding's "retern to Normalcy"
campaign theme of warren harding during the election of 1920 it reflected the conservative mood of the country after the constant appeals to idealism that characterized both the progressive era and wilson's fight over the League of Nations -
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Prohabition
the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol -
1st red scare
The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920. This “scare” was caused by fears of subversion by communists in the United States after the Russian Revolution. -
Teapot Dome scandal
a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve -
scopes monkey trial
The trial of John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, for teaching the theory of evolution in violation of state law. -
stock market crash "black tuesday"
when the DJIA fell 12% - one of the largest one-day drops in stock market history. More than 16 million shares were traded in a panic selloff. -
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The great depression
the financial and industrial slump of 1929 and subsequent years -
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The dust bowl
an area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded, especially as a consequence of drought or unsuitable farming practice. -
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. -
tennessee valley authority (TVA)
federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression. -
Relief, Recovery, Reform
The programs were in response to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians refer to as the "3 Rs," Relief, Recovery, and Reform: Relief for the unemployed and poor, Recovery of the economy to normal levels, and Reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
an independent agency of the United States (U.S.) federal government that preserves public confidence in the banking system by insuring deposits. -
Securities And Exchange Commission - SEC
A government commission 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. -
Social Security Administration (SSA)
an independent agency of the United States federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits.
