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social darwinism
natural selection and survial of the fittest to socioloy and politics -
FDR
President of the US from 1933-1945. Pulled the US out of the Great Depresssion -
eleanor roosevelt
Longest serving first ladt of the US. Married to FDR -
Charles A Lindebergh
flew the distance of 3,600 statue miles in a one seat monoplace. american aviator, author, inventor, military officer, and social activist -
The Great Migration
the movment of 6 million blacks out of rural south US to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West -
FRS
central banking system of the united states -
21st amendment
prohibiting alcohol -
Return to Normalct
A 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. Although detractors believed that the word was a neologism as well as a malapropism, coined by Harding -
First Red Scare
Widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchim in the United States due to real and imagined events -
jazz music
Jaxx music was abig hit during the harlem reniassiance -
william jennings bryan
American Orator, politican from nebraska also a dominent force in the democratic party -
langson hughes
african american poet, novelist and writer -
TeaPot dome scandal
a bribery incident to oil companies at a low rate without competitive bidding -
Tin pan alley
new york city music -
dorothea Lange
American Documantary photographer, she was also a photojournalist -
Henry Ford
Creator of ford vehicals. more cars for less money. -
marcus garvey
politican leader from jamaica -
black tuesday
crash within the stock market, Billions lost and thousands of investors wiped out -
securities and exchange commission
Regulates the commerce in stocks, bonds, and other securities. -
TVA
Adresses the most important issues in energy, environmental stewardship and development. -
FDIC
Preserves public confidence in banking systems by deposi -
20th amendment
sets the dates at which federal government elected offices end. In also defines who succeeds the president if the president dies -
prohibition
Prohibiting the manufacturing, storage, transportaion, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoho -
the new deal
Laws and programs passed by law to get the country up and running again during and after the great depression -
frances willard
influenced the passage of the 18th and 19th amendments -
RRR
FDR's way of fixing the depression -
clarence darrow
american lawyer and a leading member of the ACLU and advocate of the Georgist enconomic reform -
Harkem Renaissance
Jazz music was it's biggest hit, after the great depression it was distraction for the people who lived in towns -
Scopes monkey trial
known as the tennesse vs john case, it was a case with a teacher who was accused for violating the butler act