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Clarence Darrow
American lawyer, a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
American politician, diplomat and activist, and First Lady of the United States, having held the post from March 1933 to April 1945 during FDR's four terms in office and served as United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952. she was disliked by many because she supported African Americans -
Jazz Music
Jazz is a music genre that originated in African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression. It was important during the Harlem Renaissance. -
William Jennings Bryan
American orator and politician from Nebraska. In 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, standing three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States -
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. was a proponent of Black nationalism in Jamaica and in the United States. -
Langston Hughes
American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. He was one of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry. -
Henry Ford
American captain of industry and a business magnate, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. He created the Model T. -
Federal Reserve System
Created by the Congress to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve was created on December 23, 1913, when President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law. -
Harlem Renaissance
Period of African American cultural explosion, especially in art and music (jazz) that took place in Harlem -
1st Red Scare
The first Red Scare began following the Bolshevik Russian Revolution of 1917 and the patriotic years of World War I as anarchists aggravated national, social, and political tensions. -
Tin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley are a group of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. -
Social Darwinism
the theory that humans are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Social Darwinism was advocated by Herbert Spencer and others in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform. -
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Prohibition
the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, especially in the US between 1920 and 1933. This was due to alcoholism that lead to violence and poverty. -
Charles A. Limdenberg
On May 20, Lindbergh took off in the Spirit of St. Louis from Roosevelt Field, near New York City.He landed at Le Bourget Field near Paris, on May 21.Lindbergh's flight thrilled people throughout the world. He was honored with awards, celebrations, and parades. President Calvin Coolidge gave Lindbergh the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Flying Cross -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, was bribed to allowed the companies to control government oil reserves in Elk Hills, California, and Teapot Dome Wyoming. -
Scopes Monkey Trail
teacher John Scopes on trial for teaching evolution. this raised countrywide debate on whether people believed in evolution or creationism -
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The Great Depression
severe worldwide economic depression that originated in the US due to the crash of the stock market. -
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Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that were caused by droughts and poor farming techniques.it damaged the economy and agriculture. -
20th Amendment
It defined who would be in charge if the president were to die. it also stated how long federal government officials were in office. -
FCIC
FCIC provided stability to the economy and the failing banking system. It was officially created in the Glass Steagall Act of 1933 and modeled after the deposit insurance program. the FDIC guaranteed a specific amount of checking and savings deposits for its member banks. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
President during WW2 that launched the new deal in order to get the US out of the depression. He is the only president to have had 4 terms in office and died before his 4th term was over. -
TVA
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned corporation in the US created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley. -
21st Amendment
The 21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment which prohibited alcohol. -
SEC
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was an independent federal government agency responsible for protecting investors, maintaining fair and orderly functioning of securities markets, and facilitating capital formation. -
SSA
The Social Security Administration was a U.S. government agency that administers the social insurance programs in the United States. The agency covers a wide range of social security services, such as disability, retirement and survivors' benefits. -
New Deal
The New Deal was a set of federal programs launched during FDR's presidency in 1933, in response to the improve the Great Depression, and lasting until American entry into the Second World War in 1942. -
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist. She was best known for her work on the Farm Security Administration.