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Glenn Curtiss
Not to be confused with the basketball player he was an american aviation pioneer he also won the first "air race" -
John J. Pershing
he was a general in the united states military nick named "black jack" -
Alvin York
Alvin York was the most decorated soldier in WWI nicknamed "Sergeant York" -
Marcus Garvey
he was a Jamacain political leader and helped form the UNIA-ACL -
Dorothea Lange
She was a very infulential writer best known for her depression era work -
Charles Lindbergh
was an American aviator author inventor and social activist he was also a medal of honor recipient -
Langston Hughes
was an American poet and formed the new writing style called "jazz poetry" -
Sussex pledge
The German military vowed not to torpedo US warships unless they were armed however this pledge was broken -
Battle of the Argonne Forest
often considred the final battle of the first world war it was a attack by the triple entante -
"Red Scare"
the people of the United States were growing scared of communist control of the country -
Treaty of Versailles
the treaty that eneded the first world war signed in paris france -
Return to normalcy
this was the campaign promise of Warren.G.Harding -
The Great Migration
when a huge population of African Americans moved up north for better jobs and opputunties -
Jazz Music
jazz music was created at the height of the great depression it was a brand new type of music that people have never heard before -
The Great Depression
this was when the unemployment rate was around 30% -
Harlem Renaissance
name of the artistic and social revolution that occured in harlem but later expanded to the rest of the country in the 1930s -
The Dust Bowl
after severe drought in the great plains severe wind blew away a large majority of the top soil causing harsh sand storms in that area -
Franklin D Rosevelt
the 32nd US president and he served a record 4 terms in office -
The New Deal
the new deal was a huge government intervention and was their idea to stop the great depression and it worked