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Frances Willard
Frances was a womans suffragist who helped fight for womens voting rights in the 30's -
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Social Darwinism
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Charles A Linbergh
Charles was an aircraft pilot who flew from New York to Paris -
Langston Hughes
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Marcus Garvey
Garvey wanted a lot of African Americans to move back to Africa -
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The Great Migration
The grat migration was the time where many immigrants decided to move to America however America couldnt hold them because of the economic crisis that had just happened in the stock market. -
Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve System was created to help people find jobs and keep the economy up, after the events of the Great Depression the role of the DRS has changed but remains mostly the same -
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1st Red Scare
The First Red Scare was when Americans thought we were going to be invaded by Russia after the events of World War 1 -
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Henry Ford
Ford created cars that were cheap and reliable so many americans could afford them and still be able to put food on the table. -
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Prohibition
Prohibition was the fight to ban alchohol from America because it induced destructive behavior -
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Jazz Music
Jazz was the growing music trend that inpsired many during the Harlem Renaissance and Great Depression -
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin was president during the Great Depression and was elected 4 times for presidency. He also ratified the amendment that made oresidents only be allowed 2 terms. -
Return to Normalcy
The return to normalcy was a speech given to try and convince the Voters to vote for the republicans going for isolationism. -
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Teapot Dome Scandal
Was the bribing of oil from reserves that resuled in poeple buying wihtout paying against competitive rates -
William Jennings Bryan
William wanted to create free silver to help undermine the public conspiracy of "evil money" -
Clarence Darrow
Clarence was the defendant in the infamous "Scopes Trial" which was about the teaching of evolution in the classroom. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
The scopes monkey trial was fought over the ability to teach evolution in the classroom. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a time when the American economy crashed and there were dust storms in central America making America poor -
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Relief, Reform, Recovery
These 3 r's are what got Roosevelt into office and are what helped pull America out of the Great Depression by allowing us to get off our feet and get us going again. -
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The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a time where American farmwes in central America weren't famring correctly causing the soil to be loose and get swept up creating giant dust storms. -
Black Tuesday
The beginning of the Great Depression, Black Tuesday was caused when Americans lost nearly 16 million in stocks and the banks went bankrupt resulting in a lot of Americans losing their money -
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Tin Pan Alley
This was the name given to the American songwriters and musicains who dominated the popular music in the 1930s -
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Harlem Renaissance
This was the name given to the explosive boom of the cultural and musical growth in Harlem. -
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Dorothea Lange
Dorothy was a photographer who took a bunch of pictures during the Great Depression showing Americans elsewhere what is was really like inside the sandstorms -
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor took over after Franklin Roosevelt was diagnosed with polio crippling his legs. The American citizens didn't wwant their leader to be seen as "weak" and "crippled" so Frnaklin hid it the best he could. -
The 20th Amendment
This amendment is what describes who will be president if the current president dies and who is elected into office. -
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The New Deal
The New Deal was a plan made by FDR to try and help America get out of the Great Depression and get back the nation many new os strong. -
Tennesse Valley Authority
This agency was the agency that gave Americans power during the rought time of economic hardship and is still running today -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The FDIC was created to ensure that all deposits made in the bank were going to be paid back in full and that the bank couldn't put your money in the stock market -
Securities and Exchange Commision
The SEC was created to help protect investors and enusre no more monopolies could be made -
Social Securitis Administration
The SSA was created in order to enusure hard-working citiznes would be given money after they got too old to work to ensure they could keep living comfortably -
21st Amendment
The 21st amendment was created to remove the effects of the 18th amendment which made alchohol illegeal. The 21st amendment made alchohol legal again reducing organized crime.