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frances Willard
an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. Her influence was instrumental in the passage of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Willard became the national president of the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union, or World WCTU, in 1879, and remained president for 19 years. She developed the slogan "Do everything" for the women of the WCTU to incite lobbying, petitioning, preaching, publication, and education -
elenor roosevelt
FDR's Wife and New Deal supporter. Was a great supporter of civil rights and opposed the Jim Crow laws. She also worked for birth control and better conditions for working women -
social darwinism
there was a hierarchy of races, that Europeans were most advanced as they had developed better technology, conquered more parts of the world -
prohebition
the act of forbidding something -
langston hughes
A leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance who described the rich culture of african American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. He wrote of African American hope and defiance in poems such as "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "My People" -
the great migration
A massive migration movement, in which African -Americans from the rural south migrated to the Urban North. The largest internal migration movement in US history. -
1st red scare
was caused by a series of strikes, the formation of the, communist labor party, the triumph of the Bolsheviks revolution, and propaganda of fighting for democracy during world war one. The first red scare was used by business people to destroy unions. -
Warren G. Harding's "return to normacy"
in the 1920 presidential election, republican nominee Warren G. Harding campaigned on the promise of a "return to normalcy", which would mean a return to conservative values and a turning away from President Wilson's internationalism. -
stock market crash "black tuesday"
a leading component to the start of the Great Depression. The stock became very popular in the 1920's, then in 1929 in took a steep downturn and many lost their money and hope they had put in to the stock. -
Jazz music
popular music type that burst in the start of the 1920's -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Secretary of the Interior (Albert Fall) leased government land in California and at Teapot Dome, Wyoming to 2 oil executives- Fall became the first Cabinet official to be sent to prison -
william jennings bryan
an ardent Presbyterian Fundamentalist; joined the prosecution against John Scopes in the "Monkey Trial" of 1925; took the stand as an expert on the Bible, he was made to appear foolish by criminal lawyer Clarence Darrow; five days after trial, he died of a stroke, probably from heat and stress -
scopes monkey trial
it Was a national sensation. He was found guilty, but evolutionists believed they won because Darrow got Bryan to admit that the world might not have been made in six 24 hour days. -
harlem renassance
it was an African American cultural movement.It was centered around Harlem, a suburb of New York City. -
charles A. Lindburgh
an American aviator, engineer ,and Pulitzer Prize winner. He was famous for flying solo across the Atlantic, paving the way for future aviational development. -
marcus garvey
A powerful African American leader during the 1920s. Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and advocated a mass migration of African Americans back to Africa. Garvey was convicted of fraud in 1923 and deported to Jamaica in 1927. While the movement won a substantial following, the UNIA collapsed without Garvey's leadership. -
the great deppression
the stock market crash spelled an end to the prosperity of the 1920s. The stock market crash marked the beginning of a period of economic hard times known as the Great Depression which lasted through the 1930s. During the 1920s, Many Americans had seen how some had gotten rich by investing in the stock market. soon it crashed and everyone lost money -
tin pan ally
Music publishing houses in NYC on 28th Street; specialized in one style of music. The name came from a very hot in the summer. he opened the windows but didn't want anyone copying their music so they wove paper between the strings in the piano; sounded like tin pans. -
the dust bowl
A series of dust storms in the Central U.S caused by many years of bad farming techniques. It caused many farmers to move west as well as remove the top soil. -
Franklin Roosevelt
Democratic candidate who won the 1932 election by a landslide. He refused to uphold any of Hoover's policies with the intent on enacting his own. He pledged a present a "New Deal" (its specific meaning ambiguous at the time to the American people) to the American public. -
"relief, recovery, reform"
MMEDIATE help,REBUILDING,CHANGING things, so the depression would not happen again -
tennessee valley authority
A New Deal agency created to generate electric power and control floods in a seven-U.S.-state region around the Tennessee River Valley . It created many dams that provided electricity as well as jobs. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
An independent federal agency created by Glass-Steagall Reform Act. It insures up to $100,000 for bank deposits, thus helping put faith back into the banks. -
the new deal
President Franklin Roosevelt's precursor of the modern welfare state programs to combat economic depression enacted a number of social insureance measures and used government spending to stimulate the economy; increased power of the state and the state's intervention in U.S. social and economic life. -
federal reserve system
it was to create stability in the economy and to improve to the efficiency of the national payments system. -
securities & exchange commision
Government agency having primary responsibility for enforcing the Federal securities laws and regulating the securities industry. It protected investors, listened to complaints, issued licenses and penalized fraud. -
clarence darrow
famed criminal lawyer; worked in "Monkey Trial"; made William Jennings Bryan appear foolish -
social security administration
A governmental legislation created to give money to those in need. It created a federal insurance program based on the automatic collection of taxes from employees and employers throughout people's working careers. -
henry ford
developed the mass-produced Model-T car, which sold at an affordable price. It pioneered the use of the assembly line. Also greatly increased his workers wages and instituted many modern concepts of regular work hours and job benefits -
dorthea lange
United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression -
21st amendment
prohibition repealed. local laws regarding prohibition will be honored -
20th amendment
it was the start of presidential and VP terms moved to January 20th.Start of congressional terms moved to January 3rd. congress will meet on January 3rd. emergency presidential and vice presidential succession.
