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1st Red Scare
Many in the United States feared recent immigrants and dissidents. More particularly those who embraced communist, socialist, or anarchist ideology. World War I led many to embrace strong nationalistic and anti-immigrant sympathies. -
Langston Hughes
Langston was one of the most popular and important writers and thinker in the Harlem Renaissance. He was heavily influenced by his life in Harlem, New York City which was a African American neighborhood. He was also part of the African American artistic movement in the 1920s. -
Marcus Garvey
Marcus was the leader of a mass Movement called the Back to African Movement. He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. He is known for Activism, black nationalism, Pan Africanism. -
Frances Willard
Frances was an educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist.Influence in the passing of the Eighteenth Amendment and Nineteenth Amendments. Founder of the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union. -
Stock Market Crash
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday or Stock Market Crash began on October 24, 1929. Most devastating stock market crash in history. The Stock Market Crash was the beginning of the Great Depression. -
The Great Migration
Movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West. It occurred between 1916 and 1970. Until 1910, more than 90 percent of the African American population lived in the American South. -
Clarence Darrow
Was an American Lawyer. Leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. Prominent advocate of Georgist economic reform. -
William Jennings Bryan
Was an American orator and politician from Nebraska. Emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party. Stood three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States. -
Scopes Money Trial
Was an American legal case in July 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher. John T. Scopes was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act. The Act made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state funded school. -
Tin Pan Alley
Collection of New York City music.Publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States. Mostly in the 19th century and early 20th century. -
Social Darwinism
Theory that individuals, groups, and people are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Mostly common in the late 19th and early 20th century. Used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform. -
Warren G Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
American Politician who served as the 29th President of the United States. "Return to normalcy" was a saying after the return to the way of life before World War 1. was Warren G. Harding's campaign slogan for the election of 1920. -
Prohibition & the 18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment of the United States Constitution effectively established the prohibition of alcohol. Declared the production, transportation, and sale of alcohol illegal. But not the consumption or private possession of alcohol. -
Jazz Music
Music genre that originated in the African American communities of New Orleans. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues. Prohibition resulted in speakeasies which became live venues for Jazz and the "Jazz Age" -
Henry Ford
Was an American captain of industry and a business magnate. He is the founder of the Ford Motor Company. He also development the assembly line technique of mass production. -
Harlem Renaissance
Cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem New York. During the 1920s it was known as the New Negro Movement. Named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. -
TeaPot Dome Scandal
Was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922. During the administration of President Warren G. Harding. Albert Bacon Fall has leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming and two other locations in California. -
Charles A Lindbergh
He became the first man to successfully fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean. He called his airplane the Spirit of St. Louis and flew across the ocean for 33 hours. He gained international fame and he was so fames that he had many stalkers and his son got kidnapped. -
1936 Summer Olympics
Known as the Games of the XI Olympiad. Was an international multi-sport event. It was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany -
The Great Depression
Was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place during the 1930s. Began in the United States and the longest widespread depression of the 20th century. People lost everything and killed themselves to save their families. -
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security. A social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivor benefits. It was founded by Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
Was an American politician, diplomat and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States. She held the post from march 1933 to April 1945 during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office. -
Relief, Recovery, Reform
The three R's of the New Deal. Relief is giving direct aid to reduce the suffering of the poor and the unemployed. Recovery is recovery of the economy by creating jobs and helping businesses grow. Reform is reform of the financial system to ease the economic crisis and introducing programs to avoid another depression. -
Civilian Conservation Corp. (CCC)
Was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States. Made for unemployed, unmarried men. For young men ages 18-25 it was eventually expanded to young men ages 17-28. -
21st Amendment
Repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol. Only Amendment to repeal a prior amendment. -
Federal Reserve System
Is the central banking system of the United States of America. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act. After a series of financial panics led to the desire for central control. -
20th Amendment
The terms of the President and Vice President are limited. It will end at noon on the 20th day of January. The Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3rd fay of January. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Was an American statesman and political leader. He served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until he died. He was President for 11 years. -
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. Some programs are still in effect but in different ways. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FCIC)
Is a United States government corporation providing deposit insurance to depositors in US banks. Jurisdiction is the Federal government of the United States. It was founded in June 16, 1933 and is still active to this day. -
The Dust Bowl
Also known as the Dirty Thirties was a period of severe dust storms. It greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. Severe drought caused people to die because they can't survive.
