A period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States, from the 1890's to 1920's.
Progressive Era
Germany & Austria-Hungry
Triple Alliance
A Poet, Novelist, Fiction Writer, and Playwright, known for his insightful, stories of black life in America
Langston Hughes
a time of severe economic decline in the United States that occurred from 1929-1939.
The Great Depression
a series of programs and projects started during the Great Depression by FDR that aimed to help Americans.
The New Deal
Journalists who searched for corruption in politics and big business in an attempt to solve problems in society
Muckrakers
United Kingdom, France, Russia & starting in 1917 the United States
Triple Entente
an American Composer, Pianist, and leader of a Jazz Orchestra
Duke Ellington
Event that started the Great Depression
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
FDR's Three R's
Muckraker who wrote The Jungle, a novel that revealed gruesome details about the meat packing industry in Chicago
Upton Sinclair
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Event that started WWI
(looking for a date)
June 28, 1914
an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920's.
Harlem Renaissance
The buying and selling of stocks expecting a profit when the market shifts
Speculation
Created as many jobs as quickly as possible between 1935 and 1943
Works Progress Administration
Founder of Settlement House Movement. First American Woman to earn Nobel Peace Prize in 1931
Jane Addams
Zimmerman Telegram, Sinking of the Lusitania, & Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Reasons that the United States Entered WWI
a Jamaican-born black activist, he started the Back to Africa Movement
Marcus Garvey
Settlement of Unemployed families living in cardboard shacks during the Great Depression
Hooverville
Old age insurance for 65 or older, Unemployment compensation, Aid to the disabled
Social Security Act
Woman’s Rights Activist who spent her life working for Votes for Women
Susan B. Anthony
Four Main Causes of WWI
(Need all 4 to get it correct)
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism & Nationalism
First African American to earn a degree from Harvard University. He co-founded the NAACP
W.E.B. DuBois
President of the United States during the worst parts of the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
President elected in 1932, Created the New Deal, Fireside Chats
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)