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William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan became a congressman in Nebraska. Bryan is famous for his Cross of Gold Speech which was in favor of the "Free silver movement". Bryan ran for president later, but was quickly defeated by McKinley -
Clarence Darrow
Very well known American Lawyer
Defended John T. Scopes in the Scopes Monkey trial.
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Tin Pan Alley
A place in upper Manhattan and was a place for musical revolutionary music to be created. -
Henry Ford
Henry Ford is known for his manufacturing process as well as what he manufactured. He invented a new way to make goods by using the Assembly line. Ford used this line to make the first Automobiles, or Cars. Ford was suspiciously in contact with Adolf Hitler as well. -
Marcus Garvey
Important member of Black Nationalism in Jamaica.
Founded the UNIA-ACL.
Leader of the movement "Pan-Africanism" -
The Great Migration
6 million African Americans moved to the north.
One of the major causes of the migration, was wanting to get away from Segregation.
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Prohibition & The 18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment was put in place to stop the manufacturing and transportation of Alcoholic beverages, such as Beer, whiskey, etc. The Prohibition had many movements started in order to influence the government to pass the 18th amendment, for example the WCTU. -
Langston Hughes
Famous writer for the Harlem Renaissance.
Inspired to write by his grandmother who filled his mind with stories of the past.
Most famous poet from Harlem, writing numerous poems as well as stories in different style.s -
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism is supposedly that all the problems that go on in today's society, are because of genetics. Someone was just born to be evil or good. Which lead to Eugenics. -
Warren G. Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
This was Warren G. Harding's campaign speech in the 1920s, to tell the american people how he plans on returning america to the way it was before World War I. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance is a big deal in the 20's but also the Black Culture. during the Great Migration, many people moved to the area of the Harlem Renaissance and partook in it. Famous names like Louis Armstong helped make the Renaissance famous, introducing the famous Jazz music. -
1st Red Scare
The 1st Red scare was caused by the American governments fright that communism would spread in the United Stated. Due to the Bolsheviks and all the anarchists people deported many different people, thinking they were communist. -
20th Amendment
The 20th Amendment states who gets office, if the president dies. It also states the dates in which terms end. For example the presidency term ends on January 20th -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
The Tea Pot Dome Scandal was a bribery during the presidency term of Warren G. Harding. -
Jazz Music
During the Great Depression, and post World War I, everything was changing in the community. One of the major changes, was Music. Jazz Music had a huge impact on the economy, both positively and negatively. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
The Scopes Monkey Trial was allegedly staged to attract attention to the small town of Dayton. Although it worked, Scopes was fined 100$. News reporters from all over the country came to cover the case, because of the big name lawyers who were covering the case. Clarence Darrow, and William Jennings Bryan. -
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles is famous for making his transatlantic airplane flight in 1927.
Lindbergh had his baby kidnapped by Bruno Hauptmann.
The transatlantic flight took 33 hours, and Lindbergh had not slept for 55 upon arrival. -
Frances Willard
President of the WCTU.
President of Evanston College for Ladies.
Went on a 50 day speaking tour with the WCTU. -
Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve System to some people is the cause of the Great Depression. Their claim is that the government didn't print enough paper money for the people. Many people came to the bank to get their money from the bank after the stock market crash before all their money disappeared. Forced many banks to close down. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was brought to light when the stock market crashed. The crash occurred because americas economy at the time was already very bad, and the investors didn't trust it. So all the investors sold all their stock in one day, adding up to 16 million, causing the economy to drop. -
Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
Major cause of the Great Depression.
16 million shares happened on the day, causing billions to be lost in a single day.
Thousands of investors were wiped out because of the Stock Market crash, making many people poor. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor is famous for marrying Franklin Roosevelt, or FDR. FDR and Eleanor were fifth cousins. Eleanor was also known as the "First Lady" -
The New Deal
The New Deal is a series of programs that were brought to life during the great depression by FDR. Programs included many different things that aided the economy and the society. An example of these programs is the Social Security Administration, which helped the less fortunate just as much as they helped the rich. -
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Known as the "three R's" of the New deal. Relief Recovery and Reform was sort of the motto for the New Deal. It gave the people something to look forward to and something to follow when they're going through the stages of the three R's. -
The Dust Bowl
The Dust bowl happened in the great plains. It is a giant dust cloud that destroyed towns, and crops. Forcing people to go poor as well as homeless. Occurred in tornado alley. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The FDIC helped assure the US civilians on the bank crisis. The majority of banks closed down after the stock market crash because of the giant numbers of people wanting to immediately get their money back before all the money went "poof". The FDIC made it to where there's a limit to how much you can pull out at a time. -
21st Amendment
The 21st amendment made it to where people can drink alcohol at the age of 21. Ratified in 1933. -
Securities & Exchange Commission
The SEC is responsible for the equality among business. It also protects the investors to make sure they make fair investments. Basically, helps regulate the stock market. -
Social Security Administration
The SSA was an act passed to secure welfare for the less fortunate. The SSA then later included the unstable, elderly, crippled children, and many more. Helped end the Great Depression. -
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics was awarded to Berlin Germany. But this brought controversy to the world because two years after Germany was given the olympic games, the Nazi Regime came to power. With the upcoming of the Nazi's in Germany, many countries boycotted the games. -
Civilian Conservation Corporation
The CCC was a very well rounded and needed program. One of if not the most successful New Deal Program that was created, this was all due to the 3,000,000 men who worked within the CCC. The main job was to build roads, buildings and bridges leading to major cities within the US. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt is special when it comes to all the other presidents. FDR was elected to Four terms as president. At the time, there was no limit on terms because no one had ever been reelected this many times. A few months later in his term he passed away, and Harry Truman was then president. Congress also passed the 22nd amendment to prevent any more four term presidencies.
