Leading criminal lawyer who was the defense attorney in the Scopes Trial (teaching evolution). Darrow lost the case but the debate continues into the 21st century
William Jennings Bryan 1925
Populist candidate for President 3 times and a former Secretary of State, was a lawyer for the prosecution in the Scopes Trial (evolution) and supported the views of fundamentalists that no teaching of evolution should occur in schools
Henry Ford
Leading industrialist & manufacturer of one of the first automobiles. His innovation of the assembly-line production and the inexpensive Model A and Model T Ford revolutionized transportation and industry in the US
Charles Lindbergh
Aviation pioneer, the first pilot to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic from the US to France in 1927. His plane was called The Spirit of St. Louis
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic President from 1932-1945, elected at the height of the Great Depression who promised a "New Deal" to American people. Led the gov't in providing programs that helped economic recovery and let the US during WWII. He died suddenly in April 1954
Red Scare
A period of anticommunist sentiment and hysteria that swept the US in the 1920's. A reaction to the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917 & communist ideas spreading through Europe. The Red Scare and xenophobia fueled the famous Sacco and Vanzetti case.
Immigration
Was severely limited in the 1920's, particularly to immigrants from Asia, Southern and Eastern Europe, and Africa by the Immigration Acts of 1924 & 1925. Limits were the result of a general distrust of "foreigners" and a sense of growing isolationism
Prohibition
The 18th Amendment made the manufacture & sale of alcohol illegal. This attempt to regulate social norms was largely a failure and resulted in widespread abuse: smuggling, moonshiners, speakeasies (private clubs), mafia. Repealed by 21st Amendment.
Stock Market Crash 1929
Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929 the New York Stock Exchange collapsed as stock prices fell drastically. Collapse was followed by severe banking crisis & failure of many banks/businesses. Rate of unemployment increased as people quit buying products.
New Deal
FDR's program for helping the US to recover from the Stock Market Crash and the Great Depression. Program consisted of many seporate programs to provide jobs, regulation on banks, and other gov't regulatory agencies
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 1933
New Deal agency created to insure bank savings deposits. This program still exists today to protect consumers and savers (FDIC).
Social Security Act 1935
New Deal legislation that provides retirement pensions, unemployment insurance, and payments to those disabled workers or the widows and children of male workers who have died. Cornerstone of our national retirement system
Beef Production
