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Henry Ford
Creator of Ford Motor Company -
Clarence Darow
An American lawyer, a leading member of the American Civil Liberites Union and advocate of the Georgist economic reform. -
Williams Jennings Bryan
a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party. He ran for president 3 times. -
Social Darwinism
A claim that some were better than others. It was used to promote the idea that the white European race was superior to others. -
Frances Willard
She headed the Woman's Christian Temperance Union that pursued various reform issues. -
Federal Reerve System
s the central bank of the United States. -
The Great Migration
Movement of black approximately 6 million from rural areas til the urban areas. -
1st Red Scare
A nationwide fear of communists, socialists, anarchists, and other dissidents suddenly grabbed the American psyche in 1919 following a series of anarchist bombings. -
21st Amendment
mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol -
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was one of the most important writers and thinkers of the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was a important movement that celebrated black culture. -
Marcus Garvey
founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League -
WGH "Return to Normalcy"
A return to the way of life before World War I. United States presidential candidate Warren G. Harding's campaign promised in the election of 1920. -
jazz music
music that grew out of African-Americans' musical traditions at the beginning of the twentieth century. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
government oil reserves were secretly leased to oil companies in exchange for financial compensation -
Scopes Monkey Trail
John Scopes was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act which stated that it's unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. Scope was found guilty and fined $100. -
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh II was a pioneering United States aviator famous for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. -
Stoxk Market Crash " Black Tuesday"
This is the date of the most famous stock market crash in history. Stocks lost 13% of their value on Black Tuesday. The date is considered the beginning of the Great Depression. -
Harlem Renaissance
Culture with black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars -
Dorothea Lange
she is the reason why many people did not starve during the great depression because her pictures prompted the government to send food. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
He was the president during key moments in U.S. history such as the Great Depression and World War II. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
she became a role model for women actively involved in their communities and nation. -
The Dust Bowl
Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas got affected by dust flying due to windstorms -
Prohibition
Prohibiting the manufacturing, storage, transportaion, sale, possession, and consumption of alcohol -
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Immediate help. Recovery rebuiliding, changing things, so the depression would not happen again. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
a three-member board, charged with developing the Tennessee River and its tributaries to promote their use for inexpensive electric power, irrigation, flood control, navigation. -
FDIC
guaranteed bank deposits up to $2500 to help people regain confidence that their money was safe in banks -
20th Amendment
sets the dates at which federal government elected offices end -
The New Deal
group of government programs and policies established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt -
SEC
Supervised the stock market and eliminated dishonest practices -
SSA
create a system of transfer payments in which younger, working people support older, retired people -
The Great Depression
a long and severe recession in an economy or market. -
Tin Pan Alley
The nickname given to the street where many music publishers worked during the period of 1880 to 1953. .Louis Armstrong, took over Tin Pan Alley in the 1920s were all dedicated to the playing and recording of Jazz.
