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Eugenics
Scientific belief that human race could could be improved by breeding -
Frances Willard
She was an outspoken voice of the temperance movement -
Tin Pan Alley
Area in New York City were song writing and musical ideas mixed together to form popular music -
Henry Ford
Engineer and early automobile manufacturer -
Great Migration
Two million African Americans out father south to the "promised land" of the Northeast and Midwest -
Marcus Garvey
Political activists who emphasized racial pride -
Eighteen Amendment
Banning the sale of alcoholic drinks -
Roaring Twenties
A unique time of economic prosperity and new cultural values -
Prohibition
End of selling alcoholic drinks and transporting them -
Harlem Renaissance
The general awakening of the American Culture -
Flapper
A new look and style during the 1920's -
Return to normalacy
An ambiguous foreign policy enacted by Warren Harding to emphasize peace. -
Warren Harding
29th president of the United States ,serving from 1921-1923 and was known for the teapot dome sandal. -
Immigration Acts
To keep immigrants out from Southern and Eastern Europe -
Teapot dome scandal
U.S navy sold oil resources to private companies instead of keeping them -
Red Scare
A fear of communism -
Calvin Coolidge
Governor of Massachusetts and has come to national attention during the Boston police strike .Also became president after President Warren Harding died. -
Langston Hughes
Poet and writer who spoke about American American right -
Clarence Darrow
Defended scopes and was considered one of the greatest orators -
Scopes "monkey trial"
Putting older religious beliefs against new scientific theories -
Charles Lindbergh
First person to fly across the Atlantic -
Rugged individualism
Relying on yourself and less government interference -
Herbert Hoover
Skilled engineer and he was a self made millionaire. Was the 31st president of the United States -
Twenty-First Amendment
The prohibition was repealed by this amendment