The Lost Generation

By Melvera
  • Warren G. Harding’s “Return to Normalcy”

    Warren G. Harding’s “Return to Normalcy”
    Warren decided to start pursuing his poltical career as a republican aended up winning the election to be Ohio Senate.
  • John J Pershing

    John J Pershing
    President Theodore Roosevelt was so satisfied with John work that he became promoted to brigadier general. This was a great opportunity for him to use his great leadership techniques.
  • Glenn Curtiss

    Glenn Curtiss
    Curtiss flew a plane called the June Bug across Pleasant Valley in Hammondsport a distance of 5,090 feet. By accomplishing this he won a Scientific American trophy,
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    The Harlem Renaissance

    Was a time period with new cluturual and social and technological advances from African Americans. Many people became famous because of their new forms of art and writings and much more.
  • Marcus Garvey

    Marcus Garvey
    He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association which incouraged African-Americans to be proud of their race.
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    The Great Migration

    A time period where more than 6 million African Americans decided to relocate and move from the South to the North, Midwest, and West.
  • Sussex Pledge

    Sussex Pledge
    The sussex pledge was a promise given by the German Government to the United States of America. It regarded that Germany would stop sinking American ships. That ships would only be searched and sunk if they contained contraband,
  • Red Scare

    Red Scare
    The Red Scare was a time period when Americans began to get scared at the communist revolution going on in the United States. There was a lot of passages of sedition laws during the Red Scare.
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    Battle of Argonne Forest

    Was one of the biggest battles fought during World War I against Germany vs the French and America. The outcome of the war was that the French/Americans beat Germany.
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    The Treaty of Versailles was written after the end of World War I. It was a treaty to even out damages caused in the World War. In the treaty Germany had to pay for all the damges they caused and even loose some land.
  • Jazz Music

    Jazz Music
    Jazz was first started in the USA in the South during the 1930's it was created by African Americans.
  • Langston Hughes

    Langston Hughes
    He published a book called "The Weary Blues" it showd the lifestyle and culture of African Americans and showed people that weren't African American how their life really was.
  • Charles Lindbergh

    Charles Lindbergh
    Lindbergh took off in the Spirit of St. Louis from Roosevelt Field, near New York City, at 7:52 A.M then laded the next day at 10:21 in Paris.
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    The Great Depression

    The great depression was a bad economical time for people who had invested in the stock markert and lost their stiocks. People soon began to loose homes and jobs and couldn't maintain their children.
  • Franklin D Roosevelt

    Franklin D Roosevelt
    He was a democratic and ran for presidency and with his trong ideals about how to get the country back on track he won the election against Hoover.
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    The New Deal

    The New Deal was a series of programs that were used to restore the lifestyles of Americans and help bring the economy back to normal. Franklin Roosevelt was the one who came up with this idea in his first inaugural address.
  • The Dust Bowl

    The Dust Bowl
    When powerful winds swept across the Great Plains, the soil blew away this dry area of blowing soil was called the Dust Bowl. This occured in Texas through Dakota.
  • Dorothea Lange

    Dorothea Lange
    Lange was a very good person and helped people because of all her efforts she became the first woman awarded a Guggenheim fellowship.
  • Alvin York

    Alvin York
    York joined the Fight for Freedom Committee that combated the isolationist stance of America First, and then he became one of its most vocal members of the Commiittee.