1920's / 1930's

By sebastianfranco1
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    Way of living

    People doubled their wealth. They also passed from living in farms to living in cities

  • The new woman

    Women gained the right to vote as the 19th amendment was created

  • National Origins Act of 1924

    It set immigration quotas that excluded people from Eastern Europe and Asia to favor people from Northern Europe and the U.K

  • Black Tuesday

    The stock market crashed in the U.S.
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    1930's - The Great Depression

    Boosted salaries meant that everybody thought economy was perfect.

  • Presidency

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected as president of The United States of America

  • Wagner and Security Act

    The act gave workers the right to form unions and bargain collectively for higher wages and fairer treatment

  • WWII

    World War II started.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombed pearl Harbor. This led the U.S. into entering WWII and boosting its industry, ending the Great Depression.