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Frances Willard
An educator, Woman's suffragist and Temperance reformer. Became president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She was a major influence in the passage of the 18th and 19th Amendments. -
Jazz Music
A music genre that has origins in African American culture. It became a popular style of music throughout America in the 1920's and went on to influence music from then on. -
Social Darwinism
The idea that groups of people or individuals in societies were bound by the same laws as the laws of natural selection. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
The 32nd President of the United States. He served four terms, the most of any president, during which he guided the country through an economic depression and WW2. -
Tin Pan Alley
The name given to a large amount of music writers and music publishers that became popular during the 19th and 20th centuries. -
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Marcus Garvey
He was a Jamaican Political leader. He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL. -
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Dorothea Lange
A photographer and journalist who is best know for her photography work during the great depression. -
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Langston Hughes
He was a leader in the Harlem Renaissance. He is known for inventing "Jazz-Poetry" -
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Charles A. Lindbergh
An American aviator, He was the 19th person to make a transatlantic flight. He flew nonstop from New York, US to Paris France. He won an Orteig Prize and Medal of Honor for this. -
Warren G. Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
President Harding's idea of society returning to a state before WW1. It was used as his campaign promise during the 1920 elections. -
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Prohibition
The ban of alcohol consumption or production in any way across America. It started as the Temperance movement but eventually lead to a full nationwide ban. -
20th Amendment
An amendment that moved the beginning and ending for a presidential term, as well as gave instructions on what is to be done when there is no president-elect.