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Frances Willard
Frances Willard founded the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Prohibition Party. She was an educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. She got her education at Northwestern University. -
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Clarence Darrow
Clarence was a lawyer and a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was an advocate for Geologist economic reform. He had one child name Paul Darrow. -
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William Jennings Bryan
William was from Nebraska and was an orator and politician. He was dominant in the populist wing of the Democratic Party. He stood three times as the Party's nominee for president of the US. -
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Henry Ford
Henry Ford was the founder of the Ford Motor Company. He was an american industrialist and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line. The assembly line was used for mass production and he used it for Ford. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the united states. He was the president from 1933 all the way until his death. Many people called him FDR for short. -
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor was the wife of president Franklin D. Roosevelt. She served the longest as the First Lady of the US. She was an american politician and an activist. -
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Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey was a strong supporter of the Pan-Africanism movement. Marcus was a political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and an orator. He was from Jamaica and had two kids. -
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Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange is best known for her work for the FSA. She was known for her photography and was a photojournalist. She received many awards like Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts and US & Canada. -
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Langston Hughes
Langston was a poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was from Joplin, Missouri. He was one of the earliest innovators of jazz poetry. -
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Charles A. Lindbergh
He was an American aviator. They called him The Lone Eagle, Lucky Lindy, and Slim. He was the 19th person to make a transatlantic flight. -
Federal Reserve System
It is the central banking system of the US. The Federal Reserve System was founded by the United States Congress. The created it to provide a safer and stable financial system. -
Jazz Music
Jazz Music was a popular form of music that many listened to. This music came to be Jazz around 1917. This form of music developed from ragtime and blues. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was known as 'The Negro Movement'. It was a cultural, social, and artistic time. it took place in New York and went all through the 1920s. -
Prohibition
Prohibition was the ban of alcohol. The prohibition was nationwide. This meant no alcohol production, importation, transportation, or selling. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal was a bribery incident. This happened in the US during 1921-1922. This happened during the administration of president Warren G. Harding. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
The Scopes Monkey Trial is also known as the state of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes. It was a legal case in 1925. The case was that the a substitute high school teacher was accused of violating the Butler Act. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a long lasting economic downturn. It began after a stock market crash that happened in October of 1929. This stock market crash wiped millions of investors. The Great Depression lasted about 10 years long. -
The Dust Bowl
the Dust Bowl was known as the dirty thirties. It was called that because in the 1930's, dust storms would come through and were very damaging. There was severe drought and damaged the economy. -
The New Deal
The New Deal happened during the depression. It was to stabilize the economy. When FDR became president, he made this to provide jobs. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
It is a federally owned corporation in the US. It was created by the congressional charter. They created this for navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The FDIC gave public confidence to the US financial system. They did this by insuring deposits in banks and thrift institutions. They would identify risks to the deposit insurance funds. -
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC is an agency of the US federal government. This agency enforces federal securities. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the founder of this agency. -
Social Security Administration
The SSA is a social insurance program that deals with retirement, disability, or survivors benefits. It was found be President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935. It is an independent agency of the US federal government. -
The Great Migration
The Great Migration was a movement of about 6 million African Americans. The moved from the Southern part of US to the Northeast, Midwest, and West. This lasted from 1910 to 1970.
