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Frances Willard
Frances Willard was a temperance movement activist and Women's suffrage advocate. Frances had a massive influence on the passing of the 18th and 19th amendment and would later on become the president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union(WCTU). -
Jazz Music
Jazz Music was a massive new genre of music made popular primarily through the African American community. The music gained a lot of traction and fame during the Harlem Renaissance and only grew from there. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt was FDR's wife as well was a human rights activist and a politician. Because of FDR's long time in office she is also the longest standing first lady. Eleanor met her fifth cousin on her dad's side FDR and ended up marrying him in 1903. -
The Great Migration
The Great Migration was the migration of millions of african americans to the north of the country. This was caused my a multitude of issues, primarily being racism in the south. There was also a fairly large increase of migration during WWI and WWII. -
Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve System(the fed) is the central banking system of the United States. It was created in 1913 following the panic from a near crisis in 1907. The Fed is responsible for maximising employment, stabilizing prices, and managing long term investment interest. -
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican political leader and entrepreneur. He was known for creating the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) and the Black Star Line. Marcus had his first public lecture in New York on May 9, 1916. Marcus believed African American's should go back to Africa and eventually did. -
1st Red Scare
The first red scare was a wave of fear for communist and communism caused by the Russian revolution of 1917. This led to many different defenses against communism being made including the palmer raids. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a explosion of black culture that had been beaten down by things like slavery and prejudice. In 1917 after buying an entire block of new york there was actually a play made entirely by african americans. This also brought along music like jazz. -
Henry Ford
A huge producer of automobiles and the creator of the assembly line. Henry ford is part of what contributed to america's addiction to oil and gasoline, and by 1918 had the producer of half of the automobile's in America. -
Prohibition
Prohibition was a movement that gained traction and eventually won causing the 18th amendment to be passed banning the use of alcohol. There was a massive variety as to why and who wanted alcohol banned, but due to the timing the many groups were able to get alcohol banned in 1920 even though the census would likely have said the people wanted otherwise. This lasted for approximately 13 years before it got replaced with the 21st amendment making it legal. -
Warren G. Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
Warren Harding's "Return to Normalcy" was one of the speech's that won him the presidential nomination in 1920. The idea was to stop trying to change and overhaul everything and bring it back to the way that it was before world war 1. This appealed to a lot of people due to it's hand's off approach. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
The Tea Pot Dome Scandal was a scandal that uncovered bribes given to a official of the government to basically give an oil company the governments oil. That part was legal, it was the massive amount of money changing hands that was illegal. When everything was said and done several men ended up in jail and the oil was returned to the navy. -
Tin Pan Alley
The Tin Pan Alley was both a place and a type of music. It is specifically the West 28th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, but later evolved into a nickname for musicians and popular music in the late 1800s and early 1900s -
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was a Nebraska politician who was against drinking, war, and darwinism among other things. In 1925 he fought against and won the scopes trial against darwinism. He was also the nominee for the democratic presidential party. -
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow was a lawyer that supported civil liberties. He was known for a couple of famous cases where he defended people's rights including the "Monkey" scopes trial that he ended up losing on the 21st of July. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
The Scopes Monkey Trial was a trial where Mr Scopes violated a law saying that teachers can't teach evolution and darwinism as school and taught it to challenge the law. In the end he lost the trial but it caused major ways in the social and political scenes. -
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He was know as a poet, social activist, and a novelist. Langston also travelled the world and wrote his first book of poetry The Weary Blues in 1926. -
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was a American pilot and the son of a senate member. Charles spent sometime in the Air Force as a mail pilot before he finally decided to go off on his own and attempt a nonstop flight from new york to paris. Charles started his flight on may 20, 1927 and would go on to complete the flight by himself in the longest and furthest nonstop flight at the time. -
Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"
Black Tuesday, was the day in October that the stock market crashed, leading to the 10 year Great Depression. In that one day the stock market as a whole lost 11% of it's total value. -
The Great Depression
The great depression was the longest and deepest period of economic depression in history. The great depression had a variety of different factors leading up to it. Getting out of the depression took over a decade and required massive government spending and reform brought on by FDR. The great depression started on October 29, 1929, also known as 'Black Tuesday". -
20th Amendment
The 20th Amendment changed the ending dates for president and congress members terms as well as giving the vice president and congress more power in the case that the president passes away or becomes incapacitated in some form during his time in office. -
"Relief, Recovery, and Reform"
"Relief, Recovery, and Reform" were the three main r's of FDR's New Deal. The Relief was supposed to immediatley stop the deteriation of the economy while the recovery were the new programs meant to help restart the flow of money and the reform to prevent it from ever happening again. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt was the 32 president of the United States and debatably one of the best presidents of all time. FDR was the only president to serve more than 2 terms serving 4 and was the president during a time of great depression and war. FDR is also the reason why presidents may now only serve for 2 terms. FDR became the president of the United States in 1933. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was a program that FDR put into place following his election in 1933. The New Deal was supposed to be a set of programs that would help the economy recover and take america out of the great depression. The New Deal also enacted Social Security which we still use today. -
Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)
The TVA is a corporation funded by the government to provide basic needs and disaster relief to Tennessee Valley due to the rather dire state it was in whenever the Great Depression hit. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC)
The FDIC is a government agency that insures people's money in the case that the banks fail. The FDIC was a part of FDR's New Deal that was meant to prevent the disaster that was the great depression. The FDIC was created by the 1933 Banking Act. -
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange was a American photographer during the Great Depression. Dorothea had several famous pictures that showed the unfortunate results of the great depression as well as furthering the photography industry. She also worked with the Farm Security Administration(FSA). -
21st Amendment
The 21st Amendment was the first of it's kind in many ways. It repealed the 18th which was unheard of and was ratified in a way never used before due to the over controlling nature of the temperance movement. The 21st Amendment was ratified in 1933 and made the consumption of alcohol legal in the United States. -
The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a long lasting drought that affected people in the great plains. The reason the Dust Bowl was so bad was because of the fact that it took place during the great depression leaving people with very little resources and even without lodging to combat the danger dirt storms. -
Securities and Exchange Commision(SEC)
The SEC is a government agency that proposes, regulates, and enforces security laws. This was also a act created by FDR's New Deal. The SEC was created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. -
Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration(SSA) is an government agency formed in 1935 August 14 by FDR's New Deal. The program that is still used today taxes the people and uses that money to help fund elderly people's retirement. -
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism is the idea that the strong will prevail and the weak will fall in a laissez-faire or hands off approach government. This term gained popularity in the 1940's
