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Frances Willard elected as president of national woman's temparance movement
Frances Willard was the protestor of the temperance movement -
Eugenics
A time where people believed that if the human race can improve if more breeding occurs. -
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Langston Hughes
While Attacking racism, they felt their accomplishments in literature and art demonstrated their value as people he looked for ways to end racism -
Henry Ford
In 1905 Henry Ford introduced a vehicle model known as the "Model T" He was an engineer in automobiles and with the Model T it helped other individuals travel easier. -
Tin Pan Valley
Section of New York City, the area where song-writing and musical ideas mixed together to form popular American music. It was positive cause it brought more people together. -
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Great Migration
Two million African Americans out of the south went to the "promised land" of northeast and Midwest in search of work. Positive gave former slaves a chance to get a job -
Eighteenth Admendment
It banned the sale of alcohol. It was positive it lowered crime and poverty -
Flappers
Period of time where woman started wearing short hair, dresses and revealed more body shape. -
Red Scar
Contributed to Russians starting their own communist revolution. It created an atmosphere of panic. Negative to Americans point of view cause of Russia following communism -
Prohibition
Protestors would reform and view alcohol as a cause of poverty and crime rates. they wanted to end the sales of alcohol -
Roaring Twenties
A time where new inventions like automobiles, electricity and telephones improve American life. Positive cause of what was occurring and how it influenced life. -
Return to Normalcy
Slogan for warren hardings presidency and his campaign.it was positive for the president campaign -
Harlem Renaissance
A Jazz Age time period and the importance of African American music. the rising of middle class African-Americans -
Warren Harding
President in 1920s and became president by a landslide and positive cause he became president and the speeches he stated on racism -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Occured After Hardings death and was one of the worst scandals in the U.S occuring in Teaot Dome, Wyoming. -
Marcus Gorvey
Very controversial political activist that formed universal negro improvement associations. Positive cause he wanted to help African Americans. Was later covicted -
Immigration Acts
Made acts to keep immigrants outs of eastern and southern europe. -
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge was elected as president and ssymbolized old fashioned values -
Scopes "Monkey Trial"
Scientific theory from Wiliam Jennings Bryans and was arrested for teaching his biology class about the theory of revolution. -
Clarence Darrow
He supported William Bryan is the Scopes Trial Theory. -
Charles Lindbergh
First person to fly across the atlantic ocean -
Herbert Hoover
Elected and believed in rugged individualism and equal oppurtunities. -
Rugged Individualism
What Hoover Believed in. he believed it spurred progress and was the foundation to america's "Unparallel greatness"