The Inter-War Years

  • Social Darwinism

    Social Darwinism

    Theories and societal practices that purported to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology.
  • Tin Pan Alley

    Tin Pan Alley

    Genre of American popular music that arose in the late 19th century from the American song-publishing industry centered in New York City.
  • Henry Ford

    Henry Ford

    Built his first gasoline-powered horseless carriage, the Quadricycle.
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Teapot Dome Scandal

    The scandal involved ornery oil tycoons, poker-playing politicians, illegal liquor sales, a murder-suicide, a womanizing president, and a bagful of bribery cash delivered on the sly.
  • Harlem Renaissance

    Harlem Renaissance

    The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics, and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City.
  • Lost Generation

    Lost Generation

    Ernest Hemingway popularized the term “Lost Generation”, which was coined by the legendary American writer Gertrude Stein to describe the generation of artists that came of age during the World War I.
  • American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

    American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

    Granted US citizenship to the indigenous peoples of the United States.
  • Immigration Act of 1924

    Immigration Act of 1924

    Prevented immigration from Asia and set quotas on the number of immigrants from the Eastern Hemisphere.
  • Charles A. Lindbergh

    Charles A. Lindbergh

    American aviator who rose to international fame in 1927 after becoming the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean in his monoplane.
  • Deportation and Repatriation of people of Mexican heritage

    Deportation and Repatriation of people of Mexican heritage

    The repatriation and deportation of Mexicans and Mexican Americans to Mexico from the United States during the Great Depression.
  • Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

    Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

    Is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash. The primary purpose of the SEC is to enforce the law against market manipulation.
  • Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl

    Period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent the aeolian processes caused the phenomenon.
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FCIC)

    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FCIC)

    United States government corporation supplying deposit insurance to depositors in American commercial banks and savings banks.
  • Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)

    Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)

    A work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression.
  • Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

    Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

    Made sure to include how these programs impacted America. Controlled floods, improve navigation, improve the living standards of farmers, and produce electrical power along the Tennessee River and its tributaries.
  • Social Security Administration (SSA)

    Social Security Administration (SSA)

    Assigns Social Security numbers, and administers the Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance programs. They also administer the Supplemental Security Income program for the aged, blind, and disabled.
  • Works Progress Administration (WPA)

    Works Progress Administration (WPA)

    Employed millions of job seekers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.