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John J. Pershing
John Joseph Pershing: was the general of the United States Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces to victory over Germany in World War 1 -
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Glenn Curtiss
Glenn Hammond Curtiss: American aviation pioneer and founder of the U.S. aircraft industry; began as a biker racer and builder before moveing on to motorcycles; in early 1904 he began to manufacture engines for aircrafts -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Commonly known as FDR; American statesman and political leader; elected 32nd president in 1933; only president to be elected 4 times; stricken with polio in 1921 -
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Marcus Garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr.; Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator -
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Alvin York
Alvin Cullum York: one of the most decorated American soldiers in World War ; a blacksmith drafted into the army during WW1; served in 82nd Infantry Division- took command and captured 132 German soldiers -
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Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange: influential Americandocumentary photographer and photojournalist; best known for her work during the Depression in the FSA -
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Jazz Music
Jazz Music: a genre of music that originated in African-American communities during the late 19th and early 20th century -
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Lanston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes: American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist; one of the earliest innovators of literary art called jazz poetry -
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Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Linbergh: nickname is Slim, Lucky, Lindy; American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist -
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The Great Migration
The movement of 6 million African Americans from the South to the Northeast, Midwest, and West of the United States -
Sussex Pledge
This was a promise made during World War 1 by Germany to the United States; this was a policy set for unrestricted warfare -
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The Battle of the Argonne Forest
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Treaty of Verasilles
a peace treaty at the end of World War 1; ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers; signed exactly 5 years after the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand -
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"Return to Normalcy"
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The Great Depression
a long period of recession where the economy is down and banks have crashed -
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Dust Bowl
An area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded; people would inhale the dust and mud that was in the air and would end up coughing it up -
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Harlem Renissance
This is an era where arts, social, and culture exploded between the end of World War 1 and the 1930s; this "Harlem" was centered around the arts -
The New Deal
Series of domestic programs enacted in the US between 1933- 1938; include both laws passed by Congress as well as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's orders -
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Red Scare
this is a promotion of fear among the people due to the rise of communism
