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Frances Willard
Frances was a leader in the Prohibition party. Frances was also the founder of the World Women's Christian Temperance Union. She was well known, because she joined many active groups. -
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan was a Nebraska congressman. He made a Cross of Gold speech that favored free silver. He ran for presidency but lost, then later joined to help Woodrow Wilson to secure the Democratic presidential nomination. -
Henry Ford
He invented the first gasoline-powered vehicle that didn't need horses to work. Later he established his own company which he named after him "Ford". He opened up a lot of jobs for people, he was a huge influential for the industrialization. -
Tin Pan Alley
The Tin Pan Alley was a collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters. Monroe Rosenfeld named the location Tin Pan Alley after visiting and hearing the pianos play from the windows. Many people were able to publish their music here at the Tin Pan Alley, where they could now sell copies of their music. -
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow was there to defend John Scopes', because he believed he was in his right to teach evolution. Darrow also was able to save the child-killers from death penalty. He went to study law and then later became the general attorney of Chicago and Northwestern Railway. He once had a case that almost destroyed his whole career. -
Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve System is the federal bank of the United States. This was created to set stability for the nation. President Woodrow Wilson made the Federal Reserve System into a law. -
The Great Migration
More than 6 million African Americans moved from the rural South to the North, Midwest, and West. They were moving away from their home due to poorly economical opportunities. They took advantage of the fact that they needed industrial workers. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a way for African American to show their culture pride. This gave them the opportunity to create music, literary, and artistic talent. This started two or three years before 1920, it didn't become popular until the 1920's which went up to the 1930's and then ended. -
1st Red Scare (1920s)
People feared that communist would spread throughout the U.S. This lead to the passage of several sedition laws. The anarchist bombings made this situation more intense. -
Prohibition
Prohibition started during the Jacksonian era, this banned any alcohol beverage from being consumed and sold. The 18th amendment was completed to officially make alcohol illegal. Many movements were being created because people were getting out of control. Many alcohol was dumped into lakes and rivers. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin was the 32nd president of the United States, he was also the only president that was held for four terms in office. He married his 5th cousin and had 6 children together. Later he was diagnosed with polio which caused him to be paralyzed from his lower legs but later gained his ability to walk again. -
Jazz Music
Jazz music originated in New Orleans and then spread out to many other places. Throughout the years jazz became part of everyones culture, every group of society was into jazz. Jazz music was mostly played by African Americans and it wasn't until 1922 that people started paying more attention to their talents. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
This scandal was also known as the Oil Reserves Scandal. It surrounded the secrete of federal oil being let out by the secretary of the interior. The Mammoth Oil Company gave several rights to the Teapot Dome. -
Marcus Garvey
He became the leader for the Black Nationalist Movement. He then later moved to New York and was founder of the Negro World newspaper, an international shipping company and Negro Factories Corporation. He was convicted of mail fraud by the U.S. Justice Department and was sent to prison for two years, which later deported him back to Jamaica. -
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism is discrimination on a particular group. This means that everyone that is poor will be poor because they don't have the capacity to move up. The Immigration Act stopped allowing the Europeans into the states because they were believed to be less intelligent. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
This "Monkey Trial" was a about a high school science teacher that was accused of teaching evolution. This was banned in Tennessee, which they even had a law. The Tennessee supreme court overturned it but this left the constitutional issues unresolved. -
Langston Hughes
He lived with his grandmother most of his childhood, at 13 he moved with his mother and husband and there is when he started writing. He attended Columbia University in New York City and then later moved to Washington. While living in Washington he wrote his first book "The Weary Blues," and was published by Alfred A. Knopf. -
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh was one of the first and youngest to fly an airplane. He went from New York to Paris non-stop, lasting 33.5 hours. He became well known because he took out on the airplane alone and lasted several days without sleeping. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the longest lasting economic downturn for the Western industrialization world. This started soon after the stock market crash which wiped out millions of investors at the Wall Street. Many companies had to lay off workers because they had steep declines in the industrial output. -
Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
This crash wiped out many people and investors were forced to sell their businesses. Every investment was going down and things were getting very expensive. This happened on a Tuesday so the named it Black Tuesday. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
The FDIC protects all bank deposits from bank failures. This was meant to keep public confidence and a stability in the financial system. With this movement people don't have to worry about taking out their money if the bank declares bankrupt. -
20th Amendment
This amendment makes a specific date to when the elected offices end. The date for the Vice President and President is on the 20th of January and for the Senators and Representatives ends on the 3rd of January at noon. This is also allows the Vice President to become president until a new president is qualified if the current president dies. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
Married President Theodore Roosevelt, her 5th cousin. She became the first lady when Theodore was elected President. Eleanor became an active participant, she would travel to different places to see government institutions and programs. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was a way to help those who were suffering from the great depression. President Franklin D. Roosevelt came up with the New Deal to level up the economy. This New Deal changed the federal governments relationship with the U.S. populace. -
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
The Tennessee Valley Authority was established during the first 100th days of the New Deal. This was the authority to construct dams to control the over-flooding in Tennessee. This was meant to protect the Valley from anything destroying it. -
21st Amendment
This amendment ended prohibition, repealing the 18th amendment. Even with the 18th amendment people were still not following the laws so this problem led to the creation of the 21st amendment. This amendment didn't completely eliminate alcohol but it made its own laws of when alcohol was okay to consume. -
The Dust Bowl
The dust bowl was a drought that happened in the Great Plains region. There was no rainfall and it cause the roots to suck up all the water left. The wind would easily pick up the dust and created huge clouds of dust called "black blizzards". -
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
This was created through the Securities Act and the Securities Act exchange. These laws required that the sales were true and had a fair treatment for the investors. This was meant to protect the investors and have a market stability so the economy would decrease. -
Social Security Administration (SSA)
The Social Security Administration provided insurance for those who were unemployed, old-age, and means tested welfare programs. The Great Depression influenced this administration because many people were running out of money to support their families. Franklin D. Roosevelt created this administration being part of his New Deal. -
Warren G. Harding's "Returning to Normalcy"
Harding's was the 29th president of the U.S., he was the first Republican to be elected as president. He promised the people to return to normalcy, which meant that he would follow the same government traditions. "Return to Normalcy" for the Republicans meant that they would go back to big business. -
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea was a photographer during the 1930's, she worked with Roosevelt's Farm Security Administration. Dorothea mostly took pictures of the poor, those that were unemployed and had no home. With her work she the nation started recognizing those "unforgotten" people that needed all their help. -
"Relief, Recovery, Reform"
President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced these three R's during the great depression. These three R's were the aspects that created the New Deal. These R's required immediate temporary or permanent actions.
