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Frances Willard
she was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. she was influenced by the 18th and 19th Amendments to the US Constitution. -
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Clarence Darrow
He was an American lawyer, a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and a prominent advocate for Georgist econmic reform. -
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William Jennings Bryan
An American orator and politician from Nebraska, and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party. he went to school for Law -
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Henry Ford
was an American industialist, and the fouinder of the Ford Motor Company, he was also a sponsor of the development of the assembly line techniuque of mass production. -
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Warren G. Harding
was the 29th President of the United States. from March 4, 1921 til he died. he was an editor, politician, also a state senator. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
He was an American statesman, political leader. he was President from 1933-1945. he won 4 Presidential elections -
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Eleanor Roosevelt
was an American politician, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States -
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Marcus Garvey
Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrpreneur. he fought for African American Unity. -
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Dorothea Lange
was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, -
Tin Pan Alley
Is the name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. -
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Langston Hughes
he was an american poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Missouri. -
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Charles A. Linbergh
he was an american aviator, inventor, military officer, explorer and sicial activist. -
Harlem renaissance
A cultural, social, and artistic ecplosion that took place in Harlem, New York over the 1920's. -
First Red Scare
market by the widesread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism, due to real and imagined events. -
Prohibition
is the act of prohibition the manufacturing, storage in barrels or bottle, transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcohol or alcoholic beverages. -
Teapot Dome scandal
1921-1922 The 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. -
Scopes Trial
a case in 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John Scopes, was acused of violating the Butler Act. for teaching human enolution in and state funded school. -
Stock Market Crashes
Black Tuesday hits Wall Street as investors trade 16,410.030 shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of inverstors. -
The Dust Bowl
an area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded, especially as a consequence of drought or unsuitable farming practice. -
The New Deal
designed to improve conditions for persons suffering in the Great Depression. -
20th Amendment
The 20th amendment is a simple amendment that sets the dates at which United States government elected offices ends -
Tennessee Valley Authority
is a federal agency that controls the electricity, irrigation and flood control from the dams and reservoirs along the Tennessee River. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corparation (FDIC)
is an independent agency of the United States federal government that preserves public confidence in the banking system by insuring deposits. -
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)_
regulates the securities markets and protect investors. In addition to regulation and protection, it also monitors the corporate takeovers in the U.S. -
21st Amendment
which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 17, 1920. -
Social Security Administration
an independent agency of the United States federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits. -
Social Darwinism
Is a modern name given to various theories of society which emerged in the United Kingdom, North America, and Western Europe in the 1870s, and which claim to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics. -
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the great migration
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Jazz Music
Jazz is a music genre that originated from African American communities of New Orleans in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. -
The Great Depression
was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place during the 1930s. Prices and profits dropped unemployedment rose to 25% -
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Relief - Immediate action taken to halt the economies deterioration.
Recovery - Temporary programs to restart the flow of consumer demand.
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Federal Reserve System
created by the Congress to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system.