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Frances Willard
She was elected to be the president of the Chicago WCTU. She lead to big changes up until her death. -
William Jennings Bryan
defeated by republican William McKinley in the most dramatic and complex campaign in U.S. history. -
Henry Ford
Sponsored and Americanization school for foreign workers at his assembly plants. Had to learn the american lifestyle is they wanted to continue to work in america. -
1st Red Scare
widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism, due to real and imagined events; real events included those such as the Russian Revolution and anarchist bombings. -
Prohibition
passes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the making and selling of alcoholic beverages. -
Langston Hughes
He was the most important Harlem Renaissance writer of the 20's. He is an American Novelist, Play writer, and poet which displayed African themes. -
Marcus Garvey
He led the movement and believed that African Americans need to return to Africa. -
Tin Pan Alley
In Manhattan on West 28th Street between Broadway and Sixth Street. It was a place where all the music producers had studios and publishing buildings in this area. Took the music industry by storm. -
Jazz Music
Influenced the cultural music an the fashion/dress of the people. It came from new orleans but became popular in harlem and in the north. -
Harlem Renaissance
a cultural, artistic, and social explosion occurred in Harlem. Celebrated black ways of life, black traditions, and black voice. -
Warren herding "Return to 'normalcy"
Warren Hardings campaign for presidency. His promise was to return to normalcy, which meant return how things were before WWl -
Stock Market Crash " Black Tuesday"
Most devastating stock market crash in history. Panicked sellers traded around 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange. -
Tea Pot 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 -
Scopes Monkey Trial
First trial to be broadcasted on radio in this time. Thomas scopes was trailed for teaching about evolution instead of the creation of man. He was found guilty. -
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh was the first man to successfully flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He departed out of Long Island, New York and landed in Paris, France. -
The Great Depression
Severe worldwide economic depression. It happened after the stock market crash which wiped out million son millions of dollars. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
the Progressive movement, the New Deal, the Women's Movement, the struggle for racial justice, and the United Nations -
Clarence Darrow
Becomes the first millionaire game-designer in history. He created the monopoly game. -
21st Amendment
Constitution was passed and ratified, ending national Prohibition. -
Federal Reserve System
he economy was strong in the 1920s until the year 1929 when a typical economic downturn occurred. He believed that the economic recession turned into a depression because the Federal Reserve did not print enough money between 1930 and 1933 -
20th Amendment
Set the date to wen the federal elected offices end. How long a president and vice-president can serve. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The president that led the United States through The Great Depression and WWll. -
Relief, Recovery, Reform
The Relief, Recovery and Reform programs, known as the 'Three R's', were introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression to address the problems of mass unemployment and the economic crisis. -
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933, to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
maintain stability and public confidence in the nation's financial system by insuring deposits, examining and supervising financial institutions for safety and soundness and consumer protection -
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
protecting investors from dangerous or illegal financial practices or fraud, by requiring full and accurate financial disclosure by companies offering stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other securities to the public. -
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits. -
Dorothea
Known for documenting the depression era for the FSA. Her most famous work was taking a picture of Florence Owens Thomas and her family -
The Dust Bowl
A parched region of the Great Plains, including parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas, where a combination of drought and soil erosion created enormous dust storms in the 1930s. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was a series of federal programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States during the 1930s in response to the Great Depression -
The Great Migration
Th movement of 6 million african americans from the real south.