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The G D
Began right after the stock market crashed. Started 1929 and ended around 1939 . During three years the stock market began to fall again. -
Frances Willard
An American reformer. She soon became the president of Women's christian Temperance Union. She also developed a slong, called "do Everything". -
Clarence Darrow
he was a lawyer and was a memeber of the American civil Liberties Union. He was well known for defending teens that were going through suffrage. Clarence was the youngest out of 5 sibilings. -
William Jennigns Bryan
William supported prohibition, he had no terms at the United States house of representation. He has resigned beacuse of his pacific position. He also had over 500 speeches. -
Henry Ford
He had manufactured the first automobile that many middle class Americans could not afford. Also became one of the richest and best known people in the world. -
F D R
Was a stateman and a political leader who soon served as the president of the United States from 1993 to 1942. He also happend to have a recovery and reform program. -
Eleanor Roosebelt
Married to Franklin Roosebelt. She was the first lady when her husband became the President of the United Sates. One of her most famous quotes was, "No one can make you feel feel inferior without your consent." -
Marcus Garvey
He was Jamican Political leader. He was also a jounralist. One of his famous quotes was " A person without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." -
Dorothea Lange
She was the greatest documentary photographer. She took pictures during the GD and WW2. She was also one of the workers to escape the Dust Bowl. -
Langston Hughes
When he was a child, his dad moved to Mexico he later began to write poetry and went to the Univiersity of New York. -
Charles A. Lindbergh
He was a scientist, he was borned in Detroit. Whenever he was a child, he developed a skill in mechanical abily. He attended the University of Wisconsin. -
1st Red Scare
During the 20th centruy history in the United States. -
Warren G. Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
It was a returned to life before ww1. Promised an election of 1920. This was very important during the United States presidential election. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
It began with John Thomas scopes. He was being charged with violation. -
Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
Many cash was lost during black Tuesday. People would fight and argue. it reached its peak in August 1929. -
Federal Resereve System
It is the central bank of the United Sates and was founded in1913. It was located in Washignton and it was a stable but also monentary ficancial sysytem. -
20th Amendment
Whenever the fedral goverment sets sated for cetain rights. -
The New Deal
it was a program that was enacted in the United Stated. Laws that had passed congress and the presidental is the one who orders where the new laws will go. -
"Relief, Recovery, Reform"
The programs were in response to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians refer to as the "3 Rs," Relief, Recovery, and Reform: relief for the unemployed and poor, recovery of the economy to normal levels, and reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
A corporation that is owned by the United States and it pretty much covers the whole part of Tennesses, Alabama, Mississipi and Kentucky. -
Federal Deposit insurance Corporation
An independent agency of the United States (U.S.) federal government that preserves public confidence in the banking system by insuring deposits. -
21st Amendment
United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 17, 1920. -
The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion (the Aeolian processes) caused the phenomenon. -
Securities & Exchange Commission
A government commission created by Congress to regulate the securities markets and protect investors. In addition to regulation and protection, it also monitors the corporate takeovers in the U.S. -
Social security Administration
Reform; 1935; Still in existence; Established the SSA to administer a national pension fund for retired persons, an unemployment insurance system, and public assistance programs for dependent mothers, children, and the physically disabled. The pension was financed by a payroll tax to begin in 1937. It exists to this day as the nation's most important and domestic program, covering over 40 million americans and accounting for about one-fourth of the federal budget.
