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Tin Pan Alley
A group of New York City Musicians that were dominant in the early 20th century. When it was the beginning of the Great Depression it was the end of the Tin Pan alley. Started with publishers from Manhattan. -
William Jennings Bryan
Politician from Nebraska and was a three time democratic party for the President of the United States. Called the Great Commoner. Served two terms as senate and won election of the house of representatives in 1890. -
Henry Ford
Was the creator of the assembly line for mass production and founder of the Ford Motor Company. Was the first to make products like these affordable for the middle class. He was one of the richest people in the world -
The Great Migration
Movement of 6 million African American people from rural places to urban part of the U.S; Midwest and West. The movement started in 1916 all the way through 1970. One fifth of the african americans were not living in urban areas. -
Harlem Renaissance
Known as the New Negro Movement. Wanted the movement of african american all across the United States to urban areas. For the distribution of african american culture. -
Prohibition and the 18th Amendment
The 18th amendment is to not allow people to transfer, sell or make alcohol. This amendment didn't stop most of the people from drinking because it was a way of life for some people. It was one of the reasons for the creation of income tax. -
Warren G. Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
Return to Normalcy is the campaign slogan of the 1920 election used by Warren G. Harding. This translates to return to the way your life was before WW1. Won with 60 percent of the popular votes. -
Jazz Music
There is a debate on which of the years jazz music was created the first band was created in 1895 and the first real jazz band with a jazz record in 1917. The African American people created it in New Orleans. The 1920s was the Jazz Age -
1st Red Scare
Started in the 20th century and the whole United States was terrified by the events that were happening in Bolshevism and anarchism. The Scare had their origins from the Russian Revolution. Americans saw a threat from the people that believed in Communism. -
Frances Willard
She helped in the passage of the Eighteenth and the Nineteenth amendments. Once president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Cause of the global expansion of women's rights. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
Albert Bacon Fall leased Navy petroleum to reserves in Wyoming and other locations in California. He was then investigated by Senator Thomas J. Walsh and was caught accepting bribes from oil companies. -
Clarence Darrow
American lawyer for the Georgist economic reform. Called the Sophisticated country lawyer. Was lawyer in trials like the teenage killers Leopold and Loeb and the Scopes "Monkey" trials. -
Marcus Garvey
He was a black nationalist in Jamaica and America. Who was a founder of the UNIA-ACL and leader a the Pan Africanism. He made the Black Star Line and went bankrupt and imprisoned for mail fraud in a quick collapse of his fame. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
School teacher John T. Scopes violated the Tennessee's Butler Act which made teachers not able to teach human evolution in any state schools. He was found guilty and fined 100 dollars which is 1395 dollars in todays money. -
Langston Hughes
He was one of the inventors in the making of jazz poetry. Known for being a leader in the Harlem Renaissance. Made his first poem in 1921 and published some of his later ones in 1926 -
Charles A. Lindbergh
He won the Orteig Prize for flying for 33 and a half hours on a single engine. It was the first non-stop flight from North America to Europe. He started his career by being a U.S Air Mail pilot. -
Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
Known as The Wall Street Crash of 1929 or Black Tuesday. Most impactful stock market crash in United States history. Contributed to the Great Depression. -
The Great Depression
Was a worldwide economic depression. It was the harshest widespead depression in the 20th century. Basically the whole world was bankrupt. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
He was our 32nd President of the United States from 1933 to 1945 which is the longest term anyone else has served. He started as a figure in central world events. He was in charge during the Great Depression and put together his New Deal. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
She was a politician and activist who was the first lady of the United States. She also served as a United States Delegate for the U.S. Named one of the most esteemed women in the world. -
20th amendment
The twentieth amendment has six sections in it. Tells us about how long the terms of the President and the Vice President of the United States. It says their terms must end on the 20th of January and Congress must assemble at least once a year. -
Social Security Administration
A program for people that deal with retirement, disabilities or survivor's. Needed a insurance system. -
1936 Summer Olypics
Hitler won a bid to host the Olympics in Berlin, Germany two years before the Nazi's took power. He built all the arenas just for the Olympics. One of the people in the German Olympic Committee filmed the Games for 7 million dollars and made techniques we still use. -
The New Deal
Was a response to the Great Depression made to support the farmers, unemployed, youth and the old. The banks eventually changed to the monetary system. Two laws were passed by Congress along with presidential executive orders. -
Social Darwinism
Tried to start the idea of natural selection being in the human society. It started with the idea from Charles Darwin when he published his first hypothesis.
