Roaring 20 s

Unit 4 Key Terms Timeline

  • Glenn H. Curtiss flew an airship

  • Marcus Garvey founds the U.N.I.A.

    Marcus Garvey founds the U.N.I.A.
    (United Negro Improvement Association)
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    World War I

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    The Great Migration

    African Americans all over the U.S. migrated.
  • Sussex Pledge signed by Germany

  • U.S. Enters WWI

  • John J. Pershing appointed U.S. Commander

    John J. Pershing appointed U.S. Commander
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    Battle of Argonne Forest

    The 47 day battle during WWI.
  • Alvin York kilss over 20 German soldiers and captured 132 prisoners

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    The Red Scare

    The Red Scare faded away quickly sometime in the early 1920s. Citation:
    http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/saccov/redscare.html
  • Treaty of Versailles signed

    Treaty of Versailles signed
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    Time of Jazz Music

    During this time period, jazz music was extremely popular.
  • Langston Hughes published his first poem

    Langston Hughes published his first poem
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    The Harlem Renaissance

    Spanning from the lmid-to-late 20s to the mid 30s, this was a time period for Black culture to grow in music. Citation
  • Charles Lindbergh creates America's first airplane

    Charles Lindbergh creates America's first airplane
  • U.S. Stock Market Crash

    U.S. Stock Market Crash
    This was the cause and beginning of the Great Depression. Citation:
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/rails-timeline/
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    The Great Depression

    Economic depression that the U.S. fell deep into.
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    The Dust Bowl

    U.S. Environmental Disaster
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected U.S. President.

    Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected U.S. President.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States. Citation:
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklindroosevelt
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    The New Deal

  • Dorothea Lange established her first exhibition

    Dorothea Lange established her first exhibition
  • Pearl Harbor bombing

    Pearl Harbor bombing
  • Franklin Roosevelt died

    Franklin Roosevelt died