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Glenn Curtiss
Glenn Curtiss was a pane pilot who in 1904, set a record for flying 10 miles and he was also an inventor -
Marcus Garvey
Garvey was a Jamacia born man who helped establish the Universal Negro Improvement Association. -
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Jazz Music
Jazz music was genre of music born out of the Harlem Renaisssance it became very popular when Billy Holiday and Louis Armstrong came into the picture. -
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The Great Migration
The Great Migration was the influx of people from the subarbs to the city. this great movement led to the Harlem Renaissance. -
Sussex Pledge
I was a pledge that Germany had given to America regarding World War I. It was named after a French passager steamer that the Germans had mistakingly fired at in their unristricted submarine warfare. -
John J. Pershing
He was a United States army official who led the American Expeditionary Forces over in Europe during World War 1. -
Alvin York
Alvi york was a United States corporal who had reports of over 20 German kills. -
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The Battle of Argonne Forest
It was a bloodbath where 600,000 American soilders went into battle that lasted a total of 47 days it ended on Armisitce Day -
The Treaty of Versailles
Was the treaty that was suppose to end the war. This treaty serverly punished Germany by taking away their army, taking blame for the war, and making them pay for the damages, -
Langston Hughs
Langston Hughs was an African-American poet and playwright. He was highly praised for his poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", which contributed to his success -
Warren G Harding
He was the 29th President of the United States. "return to normalcy" this was the promise he made to the American people when he ran for office. He won the general vote by a landslide. -
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was an esteemed pilot who had set a world wide record for flying from San Diego to New York City. The trip took just over 20 hours to complete. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a time in history when the economy just flatlined many lost all their money in the stock crash and famers lost their land to the banks. -
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New Deal
These were a series of acts that were ment re-stimulate the U.S. economy during the Great Depression. HOLC for example was a corporation that has left an impact on today's housing mortgage rates. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
He was the 32nd President of the United Stated and led through the Great Depression. FDR started the trend of "The First HUndred Days" where the people see how much the President can get done. FDR was able to accomplish so much like his "New Deal", economic reform. -
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The Dust Bowl
Also nick-named the "The Dirty-Thirties" was when a drought struck to the lower part of America such as Texas and Oklahoma, it didn't help that the soil was loose making it easy for passing winds to pick up the soil and therefore causing The Dust Bowl. -
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The Red Scare
Was a time when the American People became scared because the growing tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the cold war. It was called the Red Scare because communists were referred as "red" because of their loyalty to the red Soviet Union flag -
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lande was a documentrist and photgrapher known her depression-era photos, he most famous photograph "Mother of Seven".
