Unit 5: Between the Wars

  • Period: to

    1920's - 1930's

  • Prohibition

    Prohibited the consumption of alcohol. 18th Amendment made this nationwide.
  • Frances Willard

    She was the founder of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), one of the biggest women organizations. By 1920 it had more than 766,000 members.
  • Return to Nolmacy

    Nalmacy was the way of life before WWI and Warren G Harding wanted to return to this way of living
  • Red Scare

    When US was scared that communist were gonna take over the US
  • Harlem Renaissance

    During this period Harlem was a place for black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars. It also introdused jazz
  • Jazz Music

    Jazz became popular during the Harlem Renaissance
  • The great migration

    The migration of millions of African Americans to the Northeast and midwest.
  • Tea Pot Dome Scandal

    Where government officials were illegaly selling oil.
  • Marcus Garvey

    He was the leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), one of the biggest african american organizations in history
  • Henry Ford

    He was one of the most powerful people during this time. He invented the assembly line which was them used everywhere, and led to overproduction
  • Langston Hughes

    He was a poet from the Harlem Renaissance. He was one of the leading figures.
  • Social Darwinism

    In 1925 the teaching of Darwinian Evolution beacame illegal by the Tennesses Butler Act.
  • Clarence Darrow

    HE WAS THE DEFENDENT FOR JOHN SCOPE DURING THE SCOPES TRIAL
  • Scopes Trial

    John Scope was arrested for teaching darwinism. It was one of the most popular trials during that time. Scopes was found guilty
  • William Jennings Brian

    He was a democratic leader of the populist wing
  • Tin Pan Alley

    Tin Pan Alley was the name given to the New York musicicians and publishers who dominated the music of the United States in the 20's and 30's
  • Charles A Lindbergh

    Charles A Lindbergh was the first person to make a solo flight across the Atlantic
  • Black Tuesday

    The stock market crashed making lots of people go histerical, also most banks closed and everyone lost their money. This was the biggest cause of the Great Depression
  • The great depression

    The great depression is when the US went into an economical depression due to mass production and stock crash
  • Federal Reserve System

    The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system for the United States
  • Tennessee Valley Authority

    This agency takes care of the electricity, irrigation and flood control from the dams in the tennessee river
  • 20th Amendment

    Decided that only two terms per president and who succededs when a president dies
  • New Deal

    series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938
  • RRR

    The 3 R's, Relief, Recovery, Reform, was an idea the president FDR came up with to pressionet over the Great De
  • Franklin D Roosevelt

    Franklin D roosevelt introduced the New Deal
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    agency that preserves public confidence in the banking system by insuring deposits in case banks fail
  • 21st Amendment

    Ended prohibition and made federal drinking age to 21
  • Eleanor Roosevelt

    She was a diplomat, first lady, and politician
  • Securities and Exchange Commission

    agency that regulates the securities markets and protect investors
  • Social Security Administration

    agency that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability
  • Dust Bowl

    period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US
  • Dorthea Lange

    Dorthea Lange was a photogropher and photojournalist during the great depression