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social darwinism
social darwinism is the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. -
tin pan alley
tin pan alley is the name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The name originally referred to a specific place: West 28th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in the Flower District of Manhattan, and a plaque exists on the sidewalk on 28th Street between Broadway and Sixth commemorates it. -
henry ford
henry ford was an American captain of industry and a business magnate, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. Although Ford did not invent the automobile or the assembly line,[1] he developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle-class Americans could afford. -
william jennings bryan
william jennings bryan was an American orator and politician from Nebraska. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, standing three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States. He also served in the United States House of Representatives and as the United States Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson. Because of his faith in the wisdom of the common people, he was often called "The Great Commoner". -
federal reserve system
the federal reserve system is the central banking system of the United States. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act after a series of financial panics led to the desire for central control of the monetary system in order to alleviate financial crises. -
the great migration
the great migration was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970. Until 1910, more than 90 percent of the African-American population lived in the American South. -
jazz music
jazz music is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as 'America's classical music'. -
Return to normalcy
Return to normalcy was a return to the way of life before World War I, was United States presidential candidate Warren G. Harding's campaign slogan for the election of 1920. -
red scare
the red scare is promotion of widespread fear by a society or state about a potential rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism. The term is mostly used to refer to two periods in the history of the United States with this name. -
frances willard
frances willard was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. Her influence was instrumental in the passage of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. -
teapot dome scandal
the teapot dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922. it happened during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. -
clarence Darrow
clarence Darrow was an American lawyer, a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. He defended high-profile clients in many famous trials of the early 20th century, including teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks. -
harlem renaissance
the harlem renaissance as a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York during the 1920s. During the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. -
scopes monkey trial
scopes monkey trial was an American legal case in July 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher. John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. The trial was deliberately staged in order to attract publicity to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, where it was held. -
Charles A. Lindbergh
as an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, explorer, and environmental activist. he was nicknamed Lucky Lindy, The Lone Eagle, and Slim. At age 25 he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize–making a nonstop flight from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, to Paris, France. -
prohibition
the prohibition was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933. -
black Tuesday
black Tuesday also known as the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began on October 24, 1929, and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history. -
marcus garvey
Marcus Garvey was a proponent of Black nationalism in Jamaica and especially the United States. He was a leader of a mass movement called Pan-Africanism. he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL). He also founded the Black Star Line. Although most American Black leaders condemned his methods and his support for racial segregation, Garvey attracted a large following. -
the new deal
the new deal was a series of federal programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States during the 1930s in response to the Great Depression. -
langston hughes
langston hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance in New York City. He famously wrote about the period that "the negro was in vogue", which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue". -
relief recovery reform
relief recovery reform was Roosevelt's basic philosophy of Keynesian economics. The programs created to meet these goals generated jobs and more importantly, hope. -
tennessee valley authority
the tennessee valley authority federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933, to provide navigation, flood control, and electricity generation. -
20th amendment
the 20th amendment Amendment to the United States Constitution moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3. -
federal deposit insurance corporation
the federal deposit insurance corporation is a United States government corporation providing deposit insurance to depositors in US banks. The FDIC was created by the 1933 Banking Act during the Great Depression (June 16 1933) to restore trust in the American banking system. -
21st amendment
the 21st amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 16, 1919. The Twenty-first Amendment was ratified on December 5, 1933. It is unique among the 27 amendments of the U.S. Constitution for being the only one to repeal a prior amendment and to have been ratified by state ratifying conventions. -
security and exchange commission
the security and exchange commission is an independent agency of the United States federal government. The SEC holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws, proposing securities rules, and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other activities and organizations, including the electronic securities markets in the United States. -
dorothea Lange
dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration. -
the great depression
the great depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, originating in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations; in most countries it started in 1929 and lasted until 1941. -
social security administration
the social security administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits. -
the dust bowl
the dust bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. it was caused by severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion -
franklin d roosevelt
franklin d roosevelt was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. he is commonly known as FDR. -
eleanor roosevelt
eleanor roosevelt was an American politician, diplomat and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States. she held the post from March 1933 to April 1945 during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office,[1] and served as United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952
