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Francis Willard
She had great influence of the establishment of the eighteenth and nineteenth smendment. She was leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Movement Union. -
Clarence Darrow
He was a famous criminal defense lawyer who supported evolution. He made a fool out of a man named William Bryan when he questioned him about the bible. -
Henry Ford
He introduced the first model T automobile. He is the founder of the Ford motor comapny. His automobiles were sold at an affordable price. -
Social Darwinsim
The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle, -
Tin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley is the nickname for a popular music houses in NYC. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
He was the 32nd president He was the only president to be elected four times. Because him modern presidents are only allowed to serve two terms. He was alos the man who got the US through the Great Depression. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
FDR's wife. She supported the new deal program. She worked for better working condtions for women -
Marcus Garvey
He founded the Negro Improvement Association. He supported the migration of african americans moving back to Africa. He was convicted of fraud and deported. After he was deported, his organization failed. -
Dorothea Lange
She was a photographer who capitivated what farmer's lives were like during the Great Depression. -
Lsngston Hughes
He is a poet that wrote about the culture and lifestyle about african americans. Some of his poems are "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "My People" -
Charles A. Lindbergh
He is known for flying solo across the alantic. This event led to evolution of aviational development -
Federal Reserve system
Central bank of the US -
The Great Migration
A mass movement of african americans in the south to move north because of prejudice, crop failures, and other reasons. -
1st Red Scare
American felt a deep hatred for foreigners. They passed laws to restrict immigration -
Harlem Renaissance
AKA "The New Negro Movement". It was a period of literary, musical, and artistiv production amoung african americans -
Prohibtion
A law passed in the early 1920's in which the production and the consuption of alcohol was prohibited in the U.S. This caused many universal conflicts. -
Jazz Music
A new style of music in the early 1920's that was considered "unacceptable" and "unheard of". -
Warren G. Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
"Return to Normalcy" was Harding's motto from his speech. He reffered to returning to the way life was before the war. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
Albert Fall accepted money and gifts from companies in exchange for them to control oil reserves in Elk Hills, California, and Tea Pot Dome. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
He was accused of breaking the law by teach the evolution of man; "Darwin's theory". He was accused by some religious group that did not believe in Darwin's theory. He decided to be public about this situation. -
The Great Depression
A leading cause of the Great Depression was the stock market crash. The number of unemployment increased drastically. It reached it's lowest point when the banks went bankrupt. -
Stock Market Crash: Black Tuesday
An event that is a part of the great depression phenomenon. The stock became a popular concept but then it failed and people lost all their money. -
Relief Recovery Reform
consists of: AAA, CCC, FLSA, FDIC, FHA, PWA, SEC, SSA, TVA, AND WPA. -
The Dust bowl
affected Texas, Oklahoma, New mexico, and Colorado. It was caused because of poor farming practices. -
20th Amendment
It sets the date for when the terms of government officials end. -
Tennesse Valley Authority (TVA)
It was created dams to generate electrical power and control floods around the Tennesse River Valley. Because of these dams job opportunities became available -
The New deal
it was a program created by FDR in order to help people get out of the great depression -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
This act was created because of the bank crisis that occurred in the early 1930's. It assures people that their money is safe and secure -
21st Amendment
this amendment ended prohibition -
Securities and echange Commission (SEC)
Government agencies that regulate financial markets and investment companies -
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Provides financial aid after retirement
