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Frances Willaed
She was founder of the Womens Christian Temperance Union. She was a leader of the National Prohibition Party. -
Clarence Darrow
He was an American Lawyer. Who was famous for defending thrill killers Leopold and Loeb for murdering a 14 year old boy. Also in Scopes "Monkey Trial -
William Jennings Bryan
Was a Nebraska Congressman but then tried to run for presidency in 1900 and 1908. In 1912 he served as President Wilson's Secretary of State for 2 years. He also Campaigned for Sufferage, peace, prohibition, and he was against the teaching of evolution. -
Henry Ford
He was an American industrialist and the Founder of Ford motor Co. he was also a sponsor of the Assembly Line and Mass Porduction. -
Social Darwinism
It was an idea that People, Races, and Groups had the same laws of Natural Selection the Charles Darwin said about plants, animals, and nature. Survival of the fittest, the stronger cultural influence over the weak. -
Tin Pan Alley
It was a collection of new York publishers and songwriters who were popular in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
American Statesman, Political Leader, and President of the United States. He took away the law of prohibition in 1933. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
American Politician, she was the neice of president Theodore Roosevelt and the wife of President Franklin Roosevelt. She served as first lady for 4 terms during her husbands Presidency. -
Marcus Garvey
He was a Jamaican Political Leader, Journalist, and Civil Rights Leader. He wanted to get all of the black Americans and ship them back to Africa to create a strong and powerful nation where blacks were appreciated. -
Dorothea Lange
An American Photographer known for her Great Depression era or the Farm Security Administration. -
Langston Hughes
He was a Jazz Poet and novelest. He wrote about black suffering, culture, and the live of music and laughter. He won a Harmon gold medal for literature. -
Charles A. Lindbergh
He was a 20th Century aviator. He was the first man to be in New York one day and Paris the next. The flight took 33 1/2 hours. Lindberg was awarded Orteig Prize by and Medal of Honor by the U.S Military. -
Federal Reserve System
The Central Banking System of the U.S. This was the first bank of the United States. -
The Great Migration
This was the relocation of greater than 6 Million African Americans. They migrated from the South to the North. This took nearly 55 years and caused a huge cultural impact on the life in Urban America. -
Harlem Renaissance
Was also known as the "Jazz age" this took place after World War 1. In Harlem, New York. This was a period where we discovered a lot of Black writers, poets, and musicians etc. -
1st Red Scare
After World War 1, Americans were afraid of the Russian communists coming in to American and taking over. -
Prohibition
The law that prohibits alcohol as a whole. -
Warren G. Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
This was a excerpt that returned to the way of life brfore World War 1. This was a presidential campaign promise that Warren G. Harding made in the election of 1920. He wanted to restore Ameria to the mentallity we had before the war. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
This was an oil scandal that was a symbol of how much comtrol oil companies have over American polotics. This was also known as the greatest scandal in the history of American polotics. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
John T. Scopes was charged with teaching evolution instead of teaching " The Devine Creation of Man". This Trial was the first to ever be cast on the radio. -
The Great Depression
It was the longest lasting economic downfall in American History and in the history of the Industrialized world. It began after a stock market crash of 1929. -
Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
Investors trade 16,410,030 shares on the NY Stock exchange in one day. Billions of dollars were lost because the michinery could not handle that much trading, causing a Great Depression -
Jazz Music
Is a type of music that developed in New Orleans. This music had a huge cultural impact on America. -
"Relief, Recovery, Reform"
New Deal-These were the steps President Roosevelt took to fix the problems caused by the Great Depression. Relief- Stop the economies decline. Recovery- Start Temproary programs to help Americans. Reform- Start programs to start to help avoid another depression. -
20th Amendment
This amendment set the dates at which the goverment elected offices end; and it also defines who takes the presidents place if the president dies. -
The New Deal
The New deal was a plan to return American to greatness after the Great Depression, that was caused by an economy crash that devistated America. Relief, Recovery, Reform. -
The Dust Bowl
This was a period where there were a series of dust storms that occured in the middle regions of America, that destroyed the farm land -
Tennessee Valley authority
Is a Goverment owned company, that helps people in the Tennessee Valley who were very affected by the Great Depression. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
This was founded by President Roosevelt to help with the security of peoples private information. -
21st Amendment
This was the amendment that ended prohibition and allowed alcohol to be legal again. -
Securities and Exchange Administration
Is a Government owned company that has documentation of all transactions so help prevent fraud -
Social Security Administration
Was created by Roosevent to insure Americans social security.
