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Prohibition
Prohibited the consumption of alcohol. 18th Amendment made this nationwide. -
Frances Willard
she was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. Her influence was instrumental in the passage of the Eighteenth (Prohibition) and Nineteenth (Women Suffrage) Amendments to the United States Constitution. -
Return to Nolmacy
Nalmacy was the way of life before WWI and Warren G Harding wanted to return to this way of living -
Red Scare
When US was scared that communist were gonna take over the US -
Harlem Renaissance
During this period Harlem was a place for black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars. It also introdused jazz -
Jazz Music
Jazz became popular during the Harlem Renaissance -
The great migration
The migration of millions of African Americans to the Northeast and midwest. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
Where government officials were illegaly selling oil. -
Marcus Garvey
speech given in New York City on November 25, 1922, Marcus Garvey explains the objectives of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, the organization he believed would lead the worldwide movement toward black liberation. -
Henry Ford
He was one of the most powerful people during this time. He invented the assembly line which was them used everywhere, and led to overproduction -
Langston Hughes
in 1924 Hughes went to live with his mother in Washington, D.C. He hoped to earn enough money to return to college, but work as a hotel busboy paid very little, and life in the nation's capital, where racial tensions were fierce, made him unhappy. But he was able to write many poems. "The Weary Blues" won first prize -
Social Darwinism
In 1925 the teaching of Darwinian Evolution beacame illegal by the Tennesses Butler Act. -
Clarence Darrow
HE WAS THE DEFENDENT FOR JOHN SCOPE DURING THE SCOPES TRIAL -
Scopes Trial
John Scope was arrested for teaching darwinism. It was one of the most popular trials during that time. Scopes was found guilty -
william jennings bryan
He was a democratic leader of the populist wing -
Tin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley was the name given to the New York musicicians and publishers who dominated the music of the United States in the 20's and 30's -
Charles A. Lindebergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, nicknamed Slim, Lucky Lindy, and The Lone Eagle, was an American aviator, author, inventor, military officer, explorer, and social activist -
Black Tuesday
The stock market crashed making lots of people go histerical, also most banks closed and everyone lost their money. This was the biggest cause of the Great Depression -
The great depression
The great depression is when the US went into an economical depression due to mass production and stock crash -
Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system for the United States -
Tennessee Valley Authority
This agency takes care of the electricity, irrigation and flood control from the dams in the tennessee river -
20th Amendment
Decided that only two terms per president and who succededs when a president dies -
New Deal
series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938 -
RRR
The 3 R's, Relief, Recovery, Reform, was an idea the president FDR came up with to pressionet over the Great De -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
agency that preserves public confidence in the banking system by insuring deposits in case banks fail -
21st Amendment
Ended prohibition and made federal drinking age to 21 -
Eleanor Roosevelt
She was a diplomat, first lady, and politician -
Social Security Administration
agency that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability -
Dorthea Lange
Dorthea Lange was a photogropher and photojournalist during the great depression -
Dust Bowl
period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US