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Tin Pan Alley
A genre of American music in the 20s American song-publishing industry centered in New York City. Tin pan referred to the sound of pianos furiously pounded -
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Social Darwinism
the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Now largely discredited, social Darwinism was advocated by Herbert Spencer and others in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform. -
frances willard
American educator, reformer, and founder of the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union. she helped bring the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution -
William Jennings Bryan
Prosecutor in trial against John Scopes. A devoted fundamentalist who did not believe in Evolution. Dominant force in democratic party -
Jazz
A type of music that was started in early 1900's as a blend of singing/vocal "blues" + instrumental "ragtime" (the beat). Whites came to black clubs in Harlem to dance to popular music. -
Henry Ford
He made the Ford Motor Company. Ford introduced revolutionary new mass-production methods, including large production plants, the use of standardized, interchangeable parts and, in 1913, the world’s first moving assembly line for cars. -
Federal Reserve System
central banking system of the United States -
Marcus Garvey
A separatist, good at speaking in front of people, wanted to build a strong black community, "Africa for Africans"
Started UNIA: Universal Negro Improvement Association
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The Great Migration
the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West. occurred between 1916 and 1970. Until 1910, more than 90 percent of the African-American population lived in the American South. -
Red Scare
promotion of widespread fear by a society or state about a potential rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism from South Eastern Europe, and communism; partly a reaction to the Russian revolution. -
Warren G Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
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. -
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Prohibition
the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol between 1920 and 1933; wanted to eliminate drunkenness. Led to the increase of illegal liquor production and speakeasies. -
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Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was 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" -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
A scandal where the government had set aside land that had oil beneath it. An Ohio gang man who transferred the land from the Navy to the Interior Department, then leased the land, but Albert Fall received $400,000 in bribes. Happened while Warren G Harding was president -
Scopes Monkey Trial
John Scopes was accused of purposely teaching evolution in a public school in Tennessee, which broke a state law; he was found guilty and fined. It was unlawful to propose a theory that would deny the story of God, like evolution does. -
Clarence Darrow
Famous trial lawyer. When Tennessee passed a law outlawing the teaching of Theory of Evolution/Darwin's theory in school. He agreed to defend any teacher who wanted to teach Evolution. -
Langston Hughes
writer/poet and social activist; jazz poetry. He tried to depict the real life of blacks in his work. He criticized the divisions and prejudices based on skin color -
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Despite objecting to American involvement in World War II, Lindbergh flew 50 combat missions -
stock market crash
Stock prices fell drastically. No one bought stocks, so the stocks became worthless. This made banks crash and many people lose their money. -
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The Great Depression
the worst economic downturn in history. It began after the stock market crash of 1929. By 1933, when the Great Depression reached its lowest point, some 15 million Americans were unemployed and nearly half the country’s banks had failed. -
The New Deal
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. -
Dust Bowl
severe dust storms swept the region from Texas to Nebraska. people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region. The Dust Bowl intensified the crushing economic impacts of the Great Depression -
franklin d roosevelt
He acted to restore public confidence, making a bank holiday. His New Deal programs and reforms redefined the role of the federal government in the lives of Americans. Reelected 1936, 1940 and 1944, FDR led the United States from isolationism to victory over Nazi Germany and its allies in World War II. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
When her husband became president in 1933, Eleanor gave press conferences and spoke out for human rights, children's causes and women's issues, working on behalf of the League of Women Voters. -
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Goal of New deal programs to focus on these 3 areas.
Relief programs to help immediately.
Recovery programs to help rebuild.
Reform programs to prevent the disaster from reoccurring -
Tennessee Valley Authority
A relief, recovery, and reform effort that gave 2.5 million poor citizens jobs and land. It brought cheap electric power, low-cost housing, cheap nitrates, and the restoration of eroded soil. -
federal deposit insurance corp
insured back deposits -
Securities and Exchange Commission
enforcing the federal securities laws, proposing securities rules, and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, -
Dorothea Lange
a photographer whose portraits of displaced farmers during the Great Depression greatly influenced later documentary photography -
Social Security Administration
independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits. -
20th Amendment
The Twentieth 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 -
21st Amendment
The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. Section 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
