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Glenn Curtis
American aviation pioneer and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. -
Marcus Garvey
a leader in the black nationalist movement by applying the economic ideas of Pan-Africanists to the immense resources available in urban centers -
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The Great Migration
the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West. -
Sussex Pledge
German submarine policy would be governed by promises to: end the sinking of passenger ships, search merchant ships for contraband. -
John J Pershing
the general in the United States Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces to victory over Germany in World War I -
Battle of Argonne Forest
the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front -
Alvin York
one of the most decorated American soldiers in World War -
Treaty of Versailles
World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
Negotiated among the Allied powers with little participation by Germany, its 15 parts and 440 articles reassigned German boundaries and assigned liability for damages. -
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Harlem Renaissance
It was an artistic and intellcual time movent lead by the black culture. Harlem became the center of music and entertainment. -
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Harlem Renaissance
a literary, artistic, and intellectual movement that made a new black culture. -
LAngston Hughes
an American poet, novelist, and playwright whose African-American themes made him a primary contributor to the Harlem Renaissance -
Charles Lindbergh
an American aviator, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean -
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The Great Depression
The longest economic downturn of the western world. It began right after the stock market crashing. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States. -
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The Dust Bowl
When the Great Plains had a severe drought during The Great Depression. The land was so dry and had no crops and every time the wind picked up it would pick up the dust particles. -
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Red Scare
hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communist
