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Frances Willard
-well known public speaker and author
-developed the Women's Christian Temperance Union
-became the first female president of a college granting degrees to women, Northwest University -
Social Darwinism
-theory that natural selection applies to humans
-"survival of the fittest", Herbert Spencer
-weaker cultures will die out -
Federal Reserve System
-used to regulate banks, stabilize the financial system, etc
-signed by Woodrow Wilson
- three parts include the Board of Governors, 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks, Federal Open Market Committee -
Marcus Garvey
-founded the Negro World Newspaper
-spent two years jail before being deported back to jamaica
-tried to find a way to end imperialist rule and create modern societies in Africa -
The Great Migration
-relocation of +6 million African Americans
-driven away by segregation laws and unsatisfactory economic opportunities
-to create a black urban culture -
First Red Scare
-anti communist movement
-USA had believed that Russia let down their allies by pulling out of the war
-Russian troops were withdrawn from the war effort by the Bolsheviks -
Prohibition & the 18th amendment
-eliminate all intoxicating drinks
-didn't take effect until Jan. 16, 1919, started Jan. 17, 1920
-wanted to better the nation instead of having a drunken one -
Tin Pan Alley
-genre of American music
-got the name from the byname of a street
-comercial music of songwriters of ballads and dance music -
Warren G. Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
-presidential campaign slogan for him
-was after the hardships of WW1
-planning to return the nation to a better sense of normalcy -
Teapot Dome Scandal
-included oil tycoons, illegal liquor sales, murder-suicide, etc
-scandal would empower the Senate by investigations into government downfall
-described as high level corruption by the public -
Jazz Music
-jazz musicians: King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington
-originated in New Orleans by the early 1900's, picked up by the late teens
- Gennett Records began recording jazz groups -
Clarence Darrow
-most famous case is the monkey trail
-gave a two hour speech to change the mind of the jury for the death penalty of two boys
-played a part in the Sweet Case, defended a black family -
William Jennings Bryan
-joined the Scopes trial
-served as Wilson's secretary of state
-campaigned for peace and prohibition -
Scopes Monkey Trail
-high school teacher being accused of teaching social darwinism
-lost the case over the bible
-Clarence Darrow helped defend John Scopes -
Langston Hughes
-published his first poetry book called The Weary Blues
-his first novel won the Harmon gold medal for literature
-his art helped shaped the harlem renaissance -
Charles A. Lindbergh
-first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo nonstop
-got him the nickname of "lone eagle" and "lucky lindy"
-before Pearl Harbor, he campaigned against voluntary American involvement -
Harlem Renaissance
-considered the golden age for African American arts
-jazz started to pop up in speakeasies
-started in the 1910's and ended through the mid 1930's -
Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
-beginning of the Great Depression
-wiped out a humungous amount of money and thousands of investors
-stock prices were so low they had nowhere to go but up -
The Great Depression
-lasted from 1929-1939
-recorded as the worst economic downfall in history of the US
-began right when the stock market crash occurred (loss of millions of dollars) -
The Dust Bowl
-winds carried topsoil from dried out areas
-500,000+ people were left homeless
-"dust" was blown all the way up north towards the great lakes -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
-served 4 terms but died in his 4th one (1932-1945)
-governor of New York for 2 terms
-created the New Deal -
Eleanor Roosevelt
-one of the most active first ladies in office
-served as an advocate for human rights
-would travel across the US to find issues to fix -
21st amendment
-repeal prohibition
-basically says that alcohol is okay now
-went state by state instead of all in one -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
-created during the Great Depression
-purpose was to protect banks
-the Banking Act of 1933 established the FDIC -
20th amendment
-sets a date for how long a government official can serve for
-if the president dies, the vice president can take over
-was made because FDR served 4 terms -
The New Deal
-relief, recovery, reform
-during the first 100 days, his relief form started to take action
-goal to end the great depression -
"Relief, Recovery, Reform"
-apart of FDR's New Deal
-required short to long term actions against problems
-called alphabet soup agencies -
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
-created to provide markets with better information and better rules
-monitor and regulate stock brokers and exchanges
-Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act all fall under this commission -
Civilian Conservation Corp. (CCC)
-gave jobs to men ages 18-28
-men were paid a certain amount for the type of jobs hey had
-money they made was sent to their families -
Social Security Administration
-created by FDR
-was an independent agency at first then became a sun cabinet agency
-responsible for old insurance/unemployment/public assistances -
1936 Summer Olympics
-located in Berlin, Germany
-german sports to promote the myth of “Aryan” racial superiority
-boycotts on the 1936 Berlin Olympics rose in several countries -
Henry Ford
-introduced the first V8 engine
-his sales dropped to #3 in sales by 1936
-his team had conflict with United Automobile Workers
