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Frances Willard
Frances Willard was a Educator,Reformer, and founder of the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1883. A group of antiliquor women began to grow and they invited Willard to become president to their temperance organization. She was elected secretary of the new organized temperance society October 1874. -
Henry Ford
In 1913 Ford installed the first moving assembly line for mass production of a whole automobile. His Creation shortened the time it took to build a car from over 12 hours to 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Fords Model T was introduced in 1908, it was inexpensive, sturdy, and simple. Fords goal was for everyone to have a motor car so he decided he would need a more efficient way to build them thus creating the assembly line -
1st Red Scare (1920s)
The first Red Scare was a widespread fear of Bolshevism and Arnarchism due to real and made up events -
Tin Pan Alley
Tim Pan Alley was the name of the collection of music, publishers and songwriters who were in the popular music on the US in the 20's. Tim Pan Alley started when a group of music publishers and artist all created shops in the same area of Manhatten -
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism is the belief held by some in the 19th century that certain nations and races were superior to others and they were made for others to over rule them
This was thought of by Herbert Spencer and others to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism to discourage reform -
Prohibition
Prohibition in the US was a nationwide ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of any alcoholic drinks that was in place from 1920 to 1933. January 1920 was when the 18th amendment was passed to put prohibition in place. -
Jazz music
Jazz music became popular in america even though the older generations thought the music was immoral and threatened old culture.
The time after the first world war and before the Depression was know as the "Jazz Age" -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a literary, artistic, and intellectual movement from the !920's to the mid 30's that created a new black cultural identity. Harlem became the center for group expression and a spiritual coming of age. Alain Locke transformed social disillusionment to race pride. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor was a important figure in the social reform movements like the Progressive movement the New Deal the Women's movement and the fight for racial justice. She was one of the most active First Ladies in the white house. -
Marcus Garvey
Garvey was a orator for the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements. Garvey returned to Jamaica in 1912 and founded the U.N.I.A. (Universal Negro Improvement Association) He later moved to the U.S in 1916 to form a U.N.I.A. in harlem to promote social, political, and economic freedom in blacks. In August the U.N.I.A. had over 4 million members and had its first International Convention in New York city. -
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan opposed Darwin's theory because he believed man came directly from biblical creation. He also considered Darwinism when applied to society was evil and promoted hatred and confllcts. By 1921 Bryan thought Darwinism as the biggest threat to the US -
Langston Hughes
Hughes was an American poet, playwright, and social activist
He was first published in 1921 in the official magazine of the NAACP his poem was called "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" which became his signature poem. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
Also known as the Oil reserves scandal the Tea Pot Dome scandal was a scandal in the early 1920s surrounding a secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary Albert Bacon Fall . Warren Harding gave supervision of the naval oli reserve from the navy to the department of the interior in 1921. Albert Fall secretly gave Harry Sinclair rights to the Tea Pot Dome reserves April 7 1922 -
Warren G. Harding’s “Return to Normalcy”
Harding's "Return to Normalcy" was his presidential campaign promising a return to how life was before World War 1. -
Clarence Darrow
in 1925 Darrow defended John Scopes in the Monkey Trial. Darrow brought Bryan to be called to the stand to be an expert witness on the Bible -
Scopes Monkey Trial
Also know as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
The case was about a substitute high school teacher ( John Scopes) teaching human evolution. Which violated Tennessee's Butler Act that says " teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of Man as taught in the bible, and to tech that man has descended from a lower order of animals"
The trial ended with Scopes being found guilty and fined 100$ in 2016 money that's 1366$ -
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Oceans in 1927. When he returned many did not believe he actually made it across. On March 1st 1932 Charles's baby was kidnapped from his house. This was know as the crime of the century. Congress passed the "Lindbergh Law" which made kidnapping a federal offense in the vicim is taken across state lines. -
Stock Market Crash “Black Tuesday”
On Black Tuesday billions of dollars were lost in the 20s the US stock market rapidly expanded reaching its peak in august 1929. Many causes of the crash were production declining, unemployment rising, low wages, proliferation of debt, weak agriculture, and excess of large bank loans. The Stock market crash was just the start of the Great Depression -
The Dust Bowl
The dust bowl was a period of severe dust storms caused by over using the land -
Federal Reserve System
When the banks fell in the 30s almost 8000 banks belonged to the Federal Reserve System but over 16000 did not. The banks that were not owned operated the same way they did before the Federal Reserve System was created which caused a banking crises -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR was the only president who was elected 4 times and he died in office. He lead the U.S through the great depression and World War 2. He became the 32nd president in 1933 -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the worst and longest economic downturn in history. The stock market crashed in 1929 which caused many to panic and try to get there money from the banks before they shut down. By 1933 15 million americans were unemployed and almost all of the countries banks had failed. President Roosevelt helped lessen the effects by introducing his 3 R's -
“Relief, Recovery, Reform”
Also know as the Three R's, "Relief, Recovery, and Reform" was a concept introduced by FDR during the great depression to try to help and problems of mass unemployment and the broken economy He wanted to give direct help to reduce the number of poor, and unemployed (RELIEF) He wanted to help recover the economy by creating jobs and helping businesses grow (RECOVERY) and He wanted to reform the financial system to lessen the economic issues by introducing a collection of programs to help (REFORM) -
The New Deal
By the beginning of the 1930's the U,S was going through the toughest time of the Great Depression almost a forth of americans were unemployed. When Roosevelt came into off ice in 1932 he wanted to act as fast as he could to provide jobs and help rebuild the economy So he introduced the "New Deal" -
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Founded May 18 1933 Roosevelt signed the TVA Act so they could tackle the important problems such as flooding and provided electricity to homes and replanting forest -
21st Amendment
The 21st amendment took away the ban on alcohol because prohibition caused people to disrespect the law and also created organized crime like the Mafia. The amendment was passed December 5th 1933 -
Dorothea Lange
During the Great Depression Lange photographed unemployed people in the streets. She had her first exhibition in 1934 which established her reputation as a skilled photographer -
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
Founded June 6 1934, the SEC is a federal agency that regulates the securities industry -
Social Security Administration (SSA)
The Social Security Act was signed to law by Roosevelt on August 14 1935 to create a social insurance program that payed retired workers over the age of 65 an income after they retired -
The Great Migration
The Great Migration was a movement of African Americans from the south to urban centers of the north which lasted from 1916 to 1970. Many people left the south because there was little to no hope for african americans after World War 1 there were many things like Jim crow laws and black schools being poorly funded that made african americans want to move to the north for factory jobs. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FCIC)
The FCIC was created by the 1933 banking act after the great depression to return the trust Americans had in the banking system.
