Roaring 1920's

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Andrew Mellon

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Secretary of Treasury under President Harding, Coolidge and Hoover, who instituted a Republican policy of reduced government spending, lower taxes to the wealthy and higher tariffs

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Clarence Darrow

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A famed criminal defense lawyer for Scopes, who supported evolution. He caused William Jennings Bryan to appear foolish when Darrow questioned Bryan about the Bible.

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Al Capone

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United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during Prohibition until arrested for tax evasion

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Charlie Chaplin

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A "silent comedian," this movie star continued to lengthen the silent film style and offer an alternative to the sound film with his trademark tattered suit, derby hat, and cane, who made audiences laugh with his silent jokes.

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Charles Lindbergh

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United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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A novelist and chronicler whose works helped to illustrate the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age. Widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century and famously known for The Great Gatsby

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Louis Armstrong

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Leading African American jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance; he was a talented trumpeter whose style influenced many later musicians.

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Langston Hughes

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African American poet who described the rich culture of African American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. He wrote of African American hope and defiance, as well as the culture of Harlem and also had a major impact on the Harlem Renaissance.

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Marcus Garvey

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African American leader during the 1920s who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and advocated mass migration of African Americans back to Africa. Was deported to Jamaica in 1927.

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Scopes Monkey Trial

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1925 court case in Tennessee that focused on the issue of teaching evolution in public schools.