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Frances Willard
Frances Willard was a very important figure in the woman's suffrage movement. She was instrumental on passing the 18th and 19th amendment. She also believed alcohol did major damage to every home. -
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Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow is the defense attorney for the scopes monkey trial. He was also the leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was a big advocate for Georgist economic reform. -
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William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was the prosecuting lawyer in the scopes monkey trial. This was after the brunt of his political career. He died five days after the scopes trail. -
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Henry Ford
Henry Ford is the founder of Ford motor company. He helped revolutionized the way we massed produced things. He also made it a value of his to create his vehicles at a price that his employees would be able to afford. -
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Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism is a theory which states Darwin's laws of adaptation and evolution apply to groups of humans as well. This was used to support ideas of racism in the late 1800's and early 1900's, it evolved to become more popular when used with the concept of isolationism leading up to world war 2. -
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
President Franklin Roosevelt broke the norms of presidency set forth by George Washington by running for a third consecutive term. He had done this in response to the coming events of World War 2. He did not trust the United States under anyone else's watch, this was largely in part of his hand guiding the country to defend the British. -
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt was the first lady of the United States during the depression and World War 2. She was a very strong political activist and was widely respected and held to a high regard by the American people. She had also served as a diplomat up to World War 2. -
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Tin Pan Alley
The origin of the name is somewhat unclear. It refers to a group of buildings used as song writers as a place to spread their musical talents and create new pieces for profit. It served as almost an auction house for Jazz, selling the rights to pieces that were hoped to be big hits. -
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Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican political leader and entrepreneur. He believed that communism would work for the whites but only hinder the up rising of Africans. He was a big supporter and figure in the Pan-Africanism movement. -
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Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange was an American photographer that gained a lot of respect for her works showing the pain and suffering endured by the American people during the depression. Her works raised concern all across the country for the people suffering in the south. -
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Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was and American poet and musician. He operated in Missouri and helped define a new style of poetry called "Jazz Poetry". In 1960 the NAACP awarded Mr. Hughes the Spingarn Medal for his distinguishing achievements. -
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator. On May 20, 1927 he flew across the ocean for the first time in history. He flew from New York to Paris. He also has a long list of other accomplishments such as military officer and social activist. -
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The Great Migration
The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African Americans up from the south to cities in the north. This was the largest movement of people in American history. These people were seeking less discrimination and work in cities. -
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Harlem Renaissance
This was a resurgence of black culture that took place in Harlem. It started post world war one. This brought light to many talented colored people including song writers, poets, and authors. -
The 1st Red Scare
The first Red Scare started shortly after the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. This was a nationwide fear of the spread of Communism. Communism quickly rose to the top of America's radar, it was seen as a potentially cataclysmic spreading of ideas across America that would undermine our democracy. -
Jazz music
Jazz music is a very important music genre that originated post WW1. It is the only true "American" music due to it originating in the United States. It featured popular big bands and many African American artists. -
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Prohibition
Prohibition was a time period in the United States defined by a ban on alcohol. This lead to an increase in organized crime. The ban was lifted in 1933. -
Warren G Harding, Return to Normalcy
Warren G Harding gave a speech during his presidential campaign calling for a return of the way of life before world war 1. This was a very strong speech which had resounded with the lost generation. This speech supported isolationism. -
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Teapot dome scandal
The teapot dome scandal was a bribery scandal that took place during President hardings administration. This lead to widespread distrust in the government and American politics as a whole -
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Scopes Monkey Trial
The Scopes monkey trial was a court case that was based on the education system. It was an argument on wether or not it is constitutional to teach evolution in schools. This was a big debate because it pitted the old ways of thinking verse the new. -
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The Dust Bowl
The Dust bowl is the largest man made disaster of all time. It was caused be the over production of agriculture on unfit land, using poor farming tactics to boot. This devastated American agriculture and it took years to recover. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was started in the fall of 1929, it's main cause is contributed to the crash of the stock market due to over speculation. This coupled with the dust bowl devastated the American people up until the start of World War 2, the New Deal was used to combat the ravaging of the American economy. -
Stock Market crash, Black Tuesday
Many people had over speculated the market, making it very appealing to every US citizen. Many citizens even took out loans to buy more stock. This eventually lead to a crisis in which the people had borrowed more money than the banks had. This caused people to sell their stocks all within a week tanking the market, the people who sold their stocks also lost their money entirely if they didn't get to the bank almost immediately. -
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The New Deal
The New Deal was FDR's plan to reform the American Economy after the Great Depression hit. This deal created many government agencies putting Americans back to work. It also passed labor laws and minimum wage laws. -
20th Amendment
The 20th Amendment described the order of succession for American political leaders. It also served to limit how many times a candidate can run for office, this was in direct response to Franklin Roosevelt being elected for a third term. -
21st Amendement
The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th amendment removing the ban on alcohol in the United States. The 18th amendment was seen widely as a failure due to the fact that it led to a rise in organized crime and average people were being branded criminals due to their consumption of alcohol.