Key Terms 4

  • Glenn Curtiss

    Glenn Curtiss
    Founder of the U.S. aircraft industry.
  • Jazz Music

    A famous type of music. (Late 1880's)
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    The 32nd president of the United States.
  • Marcus Garvey

    Marcus Garvey
    He was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and a orator.
  • Alvin York

    Alvin York
    was one of the most decorated American soldiers in World War I.
  • Dorothea Lange

    Dorothea Lange
    She was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist.
  • Langston Hughes

    Langston Hughes
    He was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the realiest innovators as well.
  • Charles Lindbergh

    Charles Lindbergh
    He was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression
    The Great Migration created the first large urban black communities in the North. it was basically a way for african americans to escape the south.
  • Sussex Pledge

    Sussex Pledge
    agreement to give adequate warning before sinking merchant and passenger ships and to provide for the safety of passengers and crew.
  • Battle of the Argonne Forest

    Battle of the Argonne Forest
    A part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front.
  • John J. Pershing

    John J. Pershing
    He was the general in the United States Army who led the Americians Expeditionary Forces to victory over Germany in World War I.
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    It was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I.
  • Warren G. Harding’s “Return to Normalcy”

    Warren G. Harding’s “Return to Normalcy”
    A return to the way of life before World War 1.
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression
    The deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world.
  • Harlem Renaissance

    Harlem Renaissance
    an explosion that took place during world war 1.
  • The Dust Bowl

    The Dust Bowl
    An area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced
  • The New Deal

    The New Deal
    A series of domestic programs in the United States.
  • Red Scare

    Red Scare
    The promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism, used by anti-leftist proponents.