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Frances Willard
-American educator
-Influenced Women's Suffrage and Prohibition
-Became president of WCTU -
William Jennings Bryan
-American Orator and politician
-Three time presidential candidate
-Argued prosecution in Scopes Monkey Trial -
The Great Migration
-Movement of 6 million African-Americans
-Migration from South US to Northeast, midwest, and west
-Happened from 1910-1970 -
Tin Pan Alley
-Collection of NYC music publishers and songwriters
-Located in Manhattan
-Started in early 19th century and continued on -
Henry Ford
-Inventor of Ford Motor Company
-Invented assembly line of mass production
-Very wealthy man -
Marcus Garvey
-Leader in black nationalist movement.
-Founded Negro World newspaper
-Founded UNIA largest secular organization in African-American history -
Langston Hughes
-American Poet, social activist, novelist and playwright
-One of the most important people in the Harlem Renaissance
-Early innovator of jazz poetry -
Prohibition and the 18th amendment
-Making alcohol consumption illegal
-Had many disadvantages and advantages to America
-Made many americans unhappy -
Jazz music
-Originated in African-American communities
-Developed from blues
-Started in New Orleans, Louisiana -
Harlem Renaissance
-"New Negro Movement"
-Cultural, social and artistic explosion
-Took place in Harlem, New York -
Red Scare
-Fear of spread of communism
-Americans were acting irrational
-Led to mass witch hunt of communist supporters -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
-Bribery incident that lasted from 1921-1922
-Happened under supervision of Warren G Harding
-Also involved secretary Albert B Fall -
Clarence Darrow
-American lawyer in Scopes Monkey Trial
-Leading member of American civil Liberties Union
-Advocate for economic reform of Georgia -
Scopes Monkey Trial
-First trial broadcasted on radio
-Teacher John scopes on trial for teaching evolution
-Raised countrywide debate -
Charles A. Lindbergh
-Flew his famous plan the spirit of St. louis from New York to Paris.
-Son Charles Lindbergh Jr was kidnapped.
-He was an American aviator, military officer, author, and inventor. -
The Great Depression
-Worst economic crash in US history
-Made many people become jobless
-Effect of the Roaring 20s -
Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
-Most devastating stock market crash in US history
-More than half of America's banks failed
-Made the unemployment rate increase dramatically -
Social Darwinism
-Theory of evolution applied to human society
-"Survival of the fittest"
-Originator was Charles Darwin -
Warren G Harding's
-Presidential candidate in the early 1900s
-Promised "return to normalcy"
-Republican Party -
Dust Bowl
-Dust storm caused by bad farming
-took many lives
-lasted for years while causing decline in crops -
FDR
-32nd president of America
-First president to get elected 3 consecutive terms
-Did a lot for America while he was in office -
1936 Summer Olympics
-Held in Berlin Germany
-Racist policies led to international debate about boycott of games
-Held a lot of controversy -
Eleanor Roosevelt
-First lady of FDR
-Diplomat, activist, and american politician
-Gave press conferences and wrote newspaper column -
CCC
-One of the most successful new deal programs
-Only lasted for about 10 years
-Public relief program -
21st amendment
-repealed the 18th amendment
-stopped the ban of alcohol
-made the legal drinking age 21 and up -
20th amendment
-Known as "Lame-Duck Amendment"
-Ratified in 1933
-Shortened period of time lame duck members of congress could stay in office -
FDIC
-Provides deposit insurance to depositors in us banks
-Apart of the New Deal program
-Still works today -
Relief, Recovery, Reform
-Known as the 3 R's of the New Deal
-Adressed mass unemployment
-Adressed economic crisis -
SEC
-Apart of New Deal Program
-Protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets.
-facilitate capital info -
SSA
-Created by FDR
-Covers wide range of social security services
-One of the New Deal Acts -
The New Deal
-Created by FDR in response to great depression
-Gave America a sense of relief
-Also included WPA which helped unemployed people find jobs
