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Key Individuals of the 1920s & 1930s
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Henry Ford Ford used the assembly line and interchangeable parts in the automobile industry to help produce the Model T, a car affordable for most Americans,
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Wright Brothers They were the first men to fly with their invention of the airplane; brought air travel to America
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David Sarnoff He helped to build the broadcast industry—“foresaw radio as a mass medium built around a network, then did it again for television”; led RCA and NBC and built them to broadcast giants.
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Guglielmo Marconi He was an Italian inventor, best known for his development of a practical radiotelegraph system” -- responsible for the development of the radio— wireless transmission.
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John Scopes accused of having violated the Butler Act while teaching in a high school biology class. The act forbade the teaching of the theory of evolution in public schools. Scopes trial also called the “Monkey Trial.”
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Clarence Darrow Attorney in the 1925 Scopes trial in which he defended John T. Scopes,
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Warren G. Harding President from 1921 to 1923, when he became the sixth president to die in office. His administration was full of scandals including the Teapot Dome Scandal
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Calvin Coolidge Became president after Harding died. He said, “The least government was the best government.” Nickname “Silent Cal.” Famous quote: “The business of America is business.”
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Eleanor Roosevelt wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; became the ‘eyes and ears’ of FDR during the Great Depression; encouraged him to allow women to participate in his government.
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