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Social Darwinism
these were the theories of society in the UK, US, and western Europe in the 1870s, natural selection, survival of the fittest -
Frances Elizabeth
She had a huge impact on the passing of the 18th amendement for prohibition of alcohol and the 19th amendment for womens sufferage. -
Federal Reserve System
Also known as "the Fed"; the Federal Reserve System is the central bank of the US created by congress to try and have a much safer, more stable financial system. -
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Prohibition
The comsumption of alcohol was forbidden and illegal under federal law nationwide begginig in january 1920 -
1st Red Scare
The deportion of many immigrants of radical political veiws by the federal government. This "Scare" was caused by the fear of a growing communist community. -
Warren G Harding "Return to Normalcy"
He promised to "Return to Normalcy" or return to the way life was before WWI, this was during the 1920 election. -
Tea Pot Dome scandal
This was a bribery incident that was in the US from 1921 to 1922 during President Warren G Hardings administration -
Scopes Monkey Trial
A highschool teacher in tennessee was taken to court for teaching the theory of evolution in violation of the state law...William Jennings Bryan for prosecution and Clarence Darrow for the defence -
William Jennings Bryan
A polititcian from Nebraska, a was a force to be wreckend with in the democratic party, he was a 3 time presidential canidate. -
The Great Depression
During this time thousands of people lost all of the investments they made, banks were shutting down, stock markets were crashing, people didnt know what to do. All of this cause a widespread of homeless and jobless Americans that took many many years to recover from. -
Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
The major crash of the stock market, the DJIA fell 12% in one day, more than 16 million shares were traded in a panic selloff -
Relief, Recovery, Reform
This consisted of most of or all of the acts in FDR's "New Deal" aiming for Relief, Recovery, and Reform -
20th Amendment
This dates when the federal governement elected offices end, and if the president dies who will succeed him. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
This act was created to provide cheaper electricity as a part of FDRs "New Deal". They control the electricity, irrigation and flood control of tennessees rivers. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
A simple corporation that insures peoples' deposits, also part of FDRs "New Deal" -
The New Deal
This was a collection of different agencies and organizations in the early 1930s made by President FDR to try and recover from the Great Depression. -
21st Amendment
This amendment reapealed the 18th amendment which made a nationwide prohibition on alcohol -
Securities & Exchange Commission
This is a government commission made by the congress to regulate the securities markets and protect investors. -
The Dust Bowl
This is an area where all vegetation has been lost and the soil has been reduced to "dust" becasue of a massive drought.
Kansas, OK, and northern TX -
Social Security Administration
an independent agency of the US, the SSA administrated social security and social insurance. -
Harlem Renaissance
This was the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, also known as the "New Negro Movement" -
Clarence Darrow
American Lawyer, and a head member of the ACLU; Clarence Darrow was one of the first attorneys to be called a "labor lawyer" -
Marcus Garvey
A jamaican political leader, he was a main helper in the Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements , He also founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Usually known as FDR, he became the 32nd US president and the only one to be elected four times. He is also the creator of the "New Deal" which was focused on the recovery of the US during the great depression. -
Henry Ford
An American industrialist, he changed the way the US did mass production with the assembly line, also the founder of Ford Motor Company. -
Tin Pan Alley
This was a collection of producers and song writers who were very popular in the music industry. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
She was the wife of President FDR, she was considered as a hero for the civil rights movement and was an advocate of the United Nations -
Dorothea Lange
An American documentary photographer and photojournalist. She was best known for her work in the Farm Security Administration during the Depression era. -
Langston Hughes
He was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright ect. he was one of the first men to use Jazz poetry. He is best known for his leading of the Harlem Renaissance -
The Great Migration
This was the movement of 6 million blacks out of the rural southern US, to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and west -
Charles A. Lindbergh
The man who made the first, solo, nonstop flight across the atlantic Ocean. "lucky lindy" -
Jazz Music
A form of music that began during the Harlem renaissance that grew out of African Americans musical traditions. It is a major contribution to the world of music
