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The Great Migration
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Sussex Pledge
a promise given by the German Government to the United States of America on May 4th 1916 in response to US demands relating to the conduct of the First World War. -
John J. Pershing
U.S. general: commander ofthe American Expeditionary Forces in World War I that helped defeat the Central Powers in 1918 -
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Harlem Renaissance
a blossoming (c. 1918–37) of African American culture, particularly in the creative arts, and the most influential movement in African American literary history. Embracing literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts, participants sought to reconceptualize “the Negro” apart from the white stereotypes that had influenced black peoples’ relationship to their heritage and to each other. -
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Battle of the Argonne Forest
The greatest American battle of the First World War. In six weeks the AEF lost 26,277 killed and 95,786 wounded. -
Alvin York
Known as the greatest American hero of WWI that captured 132 prisoners -
Glenn Curtiss
Pioneer aviator and leading American manufacturer ofaircraft by the time of the United States’s entry into World War I.
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Marcus Garvey
form a critical link in black America's centuries-long struggle for freedom, justice, and equality. 1919 formed the Black Star Line, an international shipping company to provide transportation and encourage trade among the black businesses of Africa and the Americas. -
Treaty of Versailles
World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919 -
Warren G. Harding’s “Return to Normalcy”
a return to the way of life before World War I, was United States presidential candidate Warren G. Harding's campaign promise in the election of 1920. -
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Jazz Music
when jazz music and dance became popular. This occurred particularly in the United States, but also in Britain, France and elsewhere. Jazz played a significant part in wider cultural changes during the period, and its influence on pop culture continued long afterwards. Jazz music originated mainly in New Orleans, and is/was a fusion of African and European music. The Jazz Age is often referred to in conjunction with the phenomenon referred to as the Roaring Twenties. -
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Charles Lindbergh
Lindbergh, Charles Augustus (1902-1974), an American aviator, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1927 -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in 1930 and lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Our 32nd President (1933-1945), Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. -
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New Deal
a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938, and a few that came later from Franklin D. Roosevelt to help mitigate the Great Depression. -
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The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was the name given to the Great Plains region devastated by drought in 1930s depression-ridden America. The 150,000-square-mile area, encompassing the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring sections of Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico, has little rainfall, light soil, and high winds, a potentially destructive combination. -
Red Scare
late 1940s and early 1950s, hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. became known as the Red Scare. -
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) has been called America's greatest documentary photographer. She is best known for her chronicles of the Great Depression and for her photographs of migratory farm workers. In 1940, she received the Guggenheim Fellowship. -
Langston Hughes
known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties. s book-length poem Montage of a Dream Deferred
