Roaring 20s
Policy banning the sale of alcohol
Prohibition
A result of over farming and drought this devastated places like Oklahoma and the Great Plains
Dust Bowl
His assassination sparked WWI
Archduke Ferdinand
Ship that sunk off the coast of Cuba for which the Spanish were blamed sparking the Spanish American War
USS Maine
One goal of Reconstruction was to prepare the damage done during this conflict
Civil War
Women who defied societal norms for dress and did things like dance, smoke, and drink in public
Flappers
Radio talks by President Franklin Roosevelt to connect with Americans during the Great Depression
Fireside Chat
A major cause of WWI were these agreements often made in secret which brought other countries into the conflict
Alliances
U.S. industrialist who became one of the richest men in history through his ownership of Standard Oil
Rockefeller
White supremacist group thought fought against Reconstruction Era policies through acts of terror
Ku Klux Klan
Movement of art, music, and literature of Black Americans such as Langston Hughes
Harlem Renaissance
Shantytowns full of temporary housing named in "honor" of the U.S. president
Hoovervilles
Sinking of this passenger ship led to an increase in support for joining the war among the American public:
Lusitania
Tragic fire in a NY factory that sparked calls for workplace safety reforms
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Laws designed to prevent Black Americans from having full legal rights
Black Codes
Black leader who advocated for Black Americans to return to Africa
Marcus Garvey
Program designed to bring electricity to rural America
TVA
Message from Germany to Mexico which brought America into the War
Zimmerman Telegram
Photographer who documented poor living and working conditions in factories and tenements
Jacob Riis
Many former slaves as well as poor whites found themselves working as this type of agricultural laborer
Sharecropper
Dance craze of the 1920s
Charleston
Louisiana politician who wanted to "Share the Wealth"
Huey Long
Leader of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution
Vladimir Lenin
Some claim this movie is an allegory related to Populist Party politics surrounding bimetallism and the gold standard
Wizard of Oz
Reconstruction era political faction that supported serious reforms and equality for former slaves
Radical Republicans