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Frances Willard
Frances Willard was born on September 28th, 1839. She was known for her work in the temperance movement and played a very big role in the women's rights movements. She was known for her slogan "Do Everything" and it helped many woman get through a lot of stuff because is showed confidence and it showed what women could really do. -
Clarence Darrow
Darrow was an American Lawyer. He was one of the most famous lawyers and civil libertarians. One of his most famous cases was defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert Bobby Franks. He was very smart and well known for his wits. -
William Jennings Bryan
Served two terms as a member of the United States HOR from Nebraska and was a US secretary of state. He was a politician and a speaker and was in the democratic party. He ran to be president 3 times. -
Henry Ford
Henry Ford was a well known industrialist. He is most notable for his creation of the Ford brand. He was also well known in his creating of the assembly line. It helped the production of companies. It helped make manufacturing quicker. He created the first automobile that the middle class people could also afford. -
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Tin Pan Alley
This is a collection of NYC music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the US. It was mostly in the late 19th century. It is still unknown as to why they call it Tin Pan Alley. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt was the confidence and the President the country needed at the time of the Great Depression. His plan known as the new deal was a series of government related programs created to help people in need. He pushed his power as president and was shot down a couple of times but was the president for 3 terms. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor was known to travel across the US and act as her husbands eyes and ears. She would visit the programs and institutions that he made and checked to see how they were doing. She fought for a lot of things that she believed in. She was very strong in civil rights and held many press conferences. -
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey was a very smart man. He was well known for his publishing and many people were influenced by him. He founded the Black Star line that influenced african americans to return to their native home in Africa. -
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Jazz Music
This is a music genre that was mostly made from African Americans in New Orleans. This expresses their culture and this was one of the only ways they could express themselves as a group. -
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange was born on May 26th, 1895. She died October 11th, 1965. She was very well known for her photography work in the great depression era. The images she produced showed the real harm and what was really happening in the great depression time. -
Langston Hughes
He was born February 1st in 1902 and he was a poet, novelist, playwright, and a social activist. He dealt with a lot of work in the Harlem Renaissance in New York. He wrote about when "the negro was in vogue" -
Charles A. Lindbergh
After returning to the US Lindbergh became an advocate of American Isolationism. He showed what we could do in the air in war. He was a great pilot and flew fifty combat missions. -
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Federal Reserve System
This is the central banking system of the US. It was hit very hard during the great depression, because not all of the agencies had been created to protect it. Each of the FRS banks acted independently so it was not the best program. -
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The Great Migration
This was the migration of millions of African Americans from the country to metropolitan areas and cities. This gave a huge impact to the urban cities of the US. -
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1st Red Scare
This was the fear of communist, socialist, and anarchists coming into the country to try to affect us. After a couple of anarchist bombings this is what it was named. People were put into jail for telling their views. Many lives were changed. -
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Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a literary, artistic, and intellectual movement. It was mostly influenced by the black culture. This brought up a lot of new advances in society. -
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Prohibition
Prohibition was the banning and 'getting rid of alcohol'. Many were tired of the consequences of alcoholism. Women hated their husbands always drinking and all of the damage it caused to the family household. The temperance movement started it all and this created the 18th amendment banning alcohol. It lasted for a short while before the 21st amendment came into play allowing the consumption of alcohol. -
Warren G. Harding's "Return To Normalcy"
When troops returned home they had to go back to a "normal" life. Their life was anything but normal. Many did not know what to do and were affected so much by the war. Warren G Harding promised a life of normalcy or returning to normal. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
This was a bribery in the U.S.
Albert Bacon Fall leased Navy petroleum to foreign places with low prices and uncompetitive bidding. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
John Scopes was brought to trial for teaching human evolution. You weren't allowed to back then. He lost his trial however even though what he was saying was correct. It opposed the creation of man from the bible so that is why it was not looked at as correct. -
Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
The end October brought the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the US. The prices of stock began to decrease. This started the great depression. It lead to millions losing jobs, money, and their life. -
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The Great Depression
The great depression was caused by the stock market crash on October 29th, 1929. This lead to many losing their jobs, life, and all of their money. Many citizens were left homeless and looking for jobs. This era in time affected so many citizens. -
Social Darwinism
This is also known as "survival of the fittest." This is the theory that different groups and cultures are going to go through natural selection like Charles Darwin speaks of about nature. The people with the most money would survive while the people who are lower class will just die off and not survive. -
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The Dust Bowl
The dust bowl was created from the great depression. People were trying to farm crops on land and were not farming correctly and this lead to dirt rising up from winds and created walls of dust. They stopped using livestock on land as much and started resorting to plants and the land wasn't well cropped. -
20th Amendment
This amendment sets the dates where federal government elected officials end. This amendment also tells who is to take over as president if he were to die. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
The TVA was originated to be built as a dam but was never created. It would've been used to help with the war. The government bought the land specifically for that. -
The New Deal
FDR's main goals and plans. This was his big point and selling ticket. He wanted to change the way things were and give the US a sense of hope. This deal was aimed to restore order and get the US back to how it was. He implemented government created agencies and programs to help the people of the country. -
Relief, Recover, Reform
President FDR's three R's. They were to give the people hope and show what he was all about. He wanted to relief the people from the great depression era. He wanted to recover from it and get people back on their feet. And he wanted to implement agencies and programs to never let it happen again. -
21st Amendment
The 21st amendment was the amendment that lead to the repealing of the 18th amendment. This lead to the consumption of alcohol once again because the 18th amendment banned alcohol. Some states however decided to keep anti-alcohol laws. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
This program was established to prevent loss of money that had occurred during the great depression. It insures that you will always get your money back if the bank you had put money into lost business or went bankrupt. -
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Securities and Exchange Commission
The securities and exchange commission was set to maintain fair, efficient, and an orderly market. It didn't let investors have a loss of income. By giving meaningful information about the company you were able to be protected. -
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Social Security Administration
This Government program gave benefits to seniors, people with disabilities, and people with retirement. To qualify you have to pay taxes and be a legal US citizen. This program gives money the people who are not able to work anymore. -
Jazz
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Dust Bowl Picture
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Great Depression Pic
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1st Red Scare Pic
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Federal Reserve System
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Harlem Renaissance Pic
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Social Security Admin Pic
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Securities and exchange pic
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Tin Pan Alley Pic
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Great Migration PIc
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Prohibition Pic
