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John J. Pershing
John commanded troops to pursue Pancho Villa and his army in Mexico after they attacked the American border. He then commanded the American Expeditionary Force when we we entered WW1. When he entered the Argonne battle he failed and handed over the First Army to Liggett. He served as army chief of staff from 1921 to 1924 -
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Marcus Garvey
He was a Jamaican political leader, founding the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. He inspired a global mass movement, called Garveyism. It spread everywhere from Islam to Rastafarians. -
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Glenn Curtiss
He started out as a bicycle racer and builder and then moved onto motorcycles, before manufacacturing airship engines. In 1908 he joined the AEA (Aerial Experiment Association), to build flying machines. Curtiss made the first officially witnessed flight in the US and the first long distance flight in the US. His company, Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company built aircraft for the amry and the navy. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd President of the US. He is best known for his New Deal which started a bunch of government organizations to help bring the US out of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. He was actually very succesful because American was brought back to normal within a few years time, and many of the organizations are still around today. -
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Alvin York
He was blacksmith from TN when he got drafted into the army to fight in WW1. While serving in the 82nd Infantry, he took command and captured 132 German soldiers. He got promoted to Sergeant and the Congressional Medal of Honor. -
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Dorothea Lange
She was an American documentary photographer/photojournalist who worked for the Farm Security Administration. She really captured people's emotions through her photographs which have made her famous. -
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Langston Hughes
He's best known as the leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He was one of the earliest innovators of jazz poetry. Jazz was becoming very popular during this time. He often wrote about racial issues, describing his people in realistically. "The Weary Blues" is what got him famous. -
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Charles Lindhberg
He was an American airman who made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21 -
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The Great Migration
This was the relocation of 6 million African Americans from the South to the North, Midwest, and West. This was how the Harlem Rennaissance got its footing. Migrants had to deal with poor working conditions and the racists as well. -
Sussex Pledge
It was a pledge from Germany that they would alter their naval and submarine policy of unrestricted submarine warfare and stop the indiscriminate sinking of non-military ships. This of course didn't work out as planned. Feb. 1, 1917, they returned to sinking all "enemy" craft. This was a minor part in what really brought the US into the war. -
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Jazz music
Most people claim that jazz started around 1917 when Nick LaRocca and his Original Dixieland Jazz Band recorded the first Jazz record, "Livery Stable Blues." Jazz became extremely popular in the Roaring 20's due to the lively atmosphere of illegal drinking and crazy parties. Louis Armstrong is one of the greats who really brought jazz alive. He is known very well throughout the world and is adored by many. Jazz is still around today though not as common. It is very popular in Louisianna. -
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Red Scare
This first red scare in the US was about worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism. There was a widespread of Bolshevism and anarchism, along with the Russian Revolution wanting a publicly stated worldwide communist revolution.Americans saw a threat of communist revolution in actions of organized labor, such as the Seattle General Strike and the Boston Police Strike. -
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Battle of the Argonne Forrest
This battle was so crucial because it deternined who would have the upperhand in the war. It lasted 47 days. This was the largest battle fought in US history. It involved 1.2 million American soldiers, and was one of a series of Allied attacks known as the Hundred Days Offensive, which brought the war to an end. -
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Harlem Renaissance
Harlem became the place to be for African American culture during this time period. Many talented artists, musicians, and authors came out of here and changed the world. It was known as the "New Negro Movement". -
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Warren G. Harding's Return to Normalcy
This was Harding's campaign promise during the 1920 election. It was basically saying that we needed to return back to before WW1 had tainted American's minds. He said that we do not need to be focusing on war or being heroes, but healing and building our country. He ended up winning the election with 60.3% of the popular vote. -
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The Great Depression
When the Stock Market crashed on "Black Friday" (Oct. 29, 1929), the US was sent into the worst economic crash in the western world so far. Around 14 million people were unemployed, there really were no jobs available though.Many businesses shut down because the lack of money being made. America's banks were even failing.The Dust Bowl was a major issue. FDR's New Deal helped out immensely.WW2 brought America back on it's feet again because we needed a rise industrial production again. -
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Dust Bowl
Severe drought hit the Midwest and the plains, causing dust from overplowed fields to kick up and become "black blizzards". Many families fled the plains and migrated to California seeking jobs and new lives to start over with instead of starving and getting sick in the plains. Roosevelt pushed many programs to help the people survive the Dust Bowl such as the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act which provided $525,000,000 for drought relief. Rain fell in the fall of 1939 ending the drought. -
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New Deal
The New Deal was created by FDR to help bring America out of the Great Depression and really fix this country. The New deal created many programs and organizations that are still around today, like the TVA in the South. The New Deal brought failing banks back in business and even brought America out of the Dust Bowl. -
Treaty of Versailles
One of the peace treaties at the end of WW1. It ended the war between Germany and Allied Powers. It was signed on June 28th, 1919. This was exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This was a catalyst to WW2
