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Frances Willard
She was a womens suffragist and an american educator. Her impact of being a womens suffragist influenced the 18th and 19th amendment to the us constitution. She was president of the World WCTU for 19 years and was a preacher. -
Clarence Darrow
He was a criminal lawyer, worked in "Monkey Trial," made William Jennings Bryan appear foolish. -
William Jennings Bryan
He was a leader of the Democrats in the Chicago convention of 1896 who was a supporter of free silver. jobless workers and bankrupt farmers resulted in Bryan's assault on the gold standard striking fear in many hearts -
Henry Ford
Introduced the:
Model T car
Assembly Line
$5.00 a day wage
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Marcus Garvey
He was an African American leader. He also founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and advocated a mass migration of African Americans back to Africa. Garvey was convicted of fraud in 1923 and deported to Jamaica in 1927. The UNIA soon collapsed because he wasnt the leader anymore. -
Social Darwinism
Term coined in the late 19th century. Its the belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle -
Langston Hughes
He was an important american poet of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote about the culture of african American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. He wrote of African American hope and defiance in poems such as "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "My People." He was also a social activist. -
Charles A. Lindbergh
He was an American aviator and engineer. He was famous for flying solo across the Atlantic ocean. He paved the way for future aviational development and won the Pulitzer prize. -
Warren G. Harding's Return to Normalcy"
1920 presidential election, republican nominee Warren G. Harding campaigned on the promise of a "return to normalcy", which meant a return to conservative values and a turning away from President Wilson's internationalism -
The Great Migration
the migration of African Americans in the south to go north or mid west in 1910-1960 -
Harlem Renaissance
was an African American cultural movement. It was centered around Harlem, a suburb of New York City -
Prohibition
A ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor throughout the United States. 1919-1933 -
Jazz music
A style of music, native to America, characterized by a strong but flexible rhythmic understructure with solo and ensemble improvisations on basic tunes and chord patterns -
1st Red scare
period in US when there was a suspicion of communism and fear of widespread infiltration of communists in the US gov -
Tea pot dome scandal
Secretary of Interior Albert Fall accepted large amounts of money and gifts from private oil companies. In exchange, Gall allowed the companies to control government oil reserves in Elk Hills, California, and Teapot Dome Wyoming. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
Teacher John Scopes worked on trial for teaching evolution. He raised countrywide debate on whether people believed in evolution or creationism -
Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
One leading component to the start of the Great Depression. The stock became very popular in the 1920's, then in 1929 it took a steep downturn and many lost their money and hope they had put in to the stock -
Tin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley was the center of commercial songwriting and publishing business in New York, It was influenced by the European American Stream -
Dorothea Lange
American photographer in U.S remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression -
The great depression
Economic crisis and period of low business activity in the u.s. and other countries, begian with the stock market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s. -
21st amendment
Ends Prohibition, gives state the right to allow making of and selling of alcoholic beverages -
The dust bowl
Kansas and Oklahoma, northern Texas, and eastern Colorado and New Mexico experienced long periods of drought and it destroyed farms -
Federal Reserve System
the central bank of the US, to provide the nation with a safer and more stable financial system. -
"Relief, Recovery, Reform"
The Relief, Recovery and Reform programs, known as the 'Three R's', were introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression to address the problems of mass unemployment and the economic crisis. -
Franklin D Roosevelt
the thirty second President of the United States, he served from 1933 to 1945, and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms of office. He was a central figure of the 20th century during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
FDR's Wife and New Deal supportee and supporter of civil rights and opposed the Jim Crow laws. She also worked for birth control and better conditions for working women -
The new deal
programs to combat economic depression. used government spending to stimulate the economy, increased power of the state and the state's intervention in U.S. social and economic life -
20th amendment
Presidential terms
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Tennessee Valley Authority
A New Deal agency created to generate electric power and control floods in a seven-U.S.-state region around the Tennessee River Valley . It provided electricity and jobs. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Provided insurance to personal banking accounts up to $5,000. These assured people that their money was safe and secure -
Securites & Exchange Commision
New Deal program that provided reparations in the stock market and protected people from fraud in investments in stocks -
Social Security Admnistration
Provided for old age, survivors, and disability insurance, system of unemployment compensation, employers and employees contributed to the pension system
