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Frances Willard
an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. -
social darwinism
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 -
Marcus Garvey
was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur -
Tin Pan Alley
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 -
Warren G. Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
return to the way of life before World War I, was United States presidential candidate Warren G. Harding's campaign promise in the election of 1920. -
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was an American orator and politician from Nebraska, and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party -
Charles Lindbergh
The Lone Eagle, was an American aviator, author, inventor, military officer, explorer, and social activist. -
The Dust Bowel
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 U.S -
The new deal
The New Deal was a series of programs, including, most notably, Social Security, that were enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938, and a few that came later. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known as FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. -
relief recovery reform
The Relief, Recovery and Reform programs, known as the 'Three R's', were introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression to address the problems of mass unemployment and the economic crisis. -
Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States. It was created on December 23, 1913 -
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Seward Darrow was an American lawyer, leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union -
Henry Ford
Henry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, -
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American politician, diplomat, and activist -
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist -
Langston Hughes
an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri
