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Frances Willard
Willard became the national president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1879 She made a huge impact in the passage of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments -
Tin Pan Alley
pop music that became popular in the late 19th century from the American song publishing industry in New York City created an increased demand for more and different kinds of music -
WIlliam Bryan
Bryan campaigned for peace, prohibition and suffrage, and criticized the teaching of evolution convention with his Cross of Gold speech that favored free silver but was defeated -
Henry Ford
made the first Model T. In order to meet demand for the revolutionary vehicle and motified the assembly line -
Federal Reserve System
is the central banking system of the United States. They help keep money in the bank -
Marcus Garvey
founded the Negro World newspaper he also became a leader in the black nationalist movement by applying the economic ideas of Africanists to the huge resources available in urban places -
The Great Migration
6 million African Americans moved from the South to the cities of the North many blacks headed north, where they took advantage of the need for industrial workers that became available during the First World War. -
21st Amendment
repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 16 1919 -
Red Scare
States marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism real events included those such as the Russian Revolution and anarchist bombings -
Warren G. Harding
was what people called the attempt to make life how it was before WWI is goal was to make the US how it was before, and he was able to win the election because of it. -
Jazz Music
the Roaring Twenties. Artists such as King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory, and Duke Ellington define the future of jazz in the United States and abroad. -
Harlem Renaissance
It was significant because Considered African American literature, art and music. A lot of African Americans were now able to make medium class and feel freedom. -
TeaPot Dome Scandal
was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. -
Clarence Darrow
was known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb, and John T. Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial. That was his most famous case but he Scopes ended up being found guilty in the end. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law. When it was time for the verdict, he jury returned with a guilty verdict, and made Scopes to pay a fine of $100 -
Langston Hughes
he would always write about racial equality which helped shape American literature and politics. -
Charles A. Lindbergh
He became the first man to successfully fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean. He called his airplane the Spirit of St. Louis -
Stock Market Crash
Billions of dollars were lost, and it wiped out thousands of investors from their job. This later would lead into the Great Depression. -
Social Darwinism
believed that the weak would not improve their lives, while the rich became even more wealthier. This created the saying “Survival of the fittest. -
The Dust Bowl
was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian -
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. -
Prohibition 1920
total ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor throughout the United States. 1919-1933. Lots of people rioted because they wanted to get their alcohol back. -
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. -
20th Amendment
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. -
Relief, Recovery, Reform
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. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933, to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
These assured people that their money was safe and secure. This agency still functions today. -
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American politician, diplomat and activist. She was the wife of Franklin Roosevelt who was the president of the United States of America. -
Securities and Exchange Commission
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is an independent agency of the United States federal government. They helped -
Social Security Administration
Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits. -
The Great Depression
was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, originating 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.
