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World war 1 ends
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~bernt22l/classweb/Liana/Timeline.html
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/jazz/jb_jazz_ww1_1.html The ending finally comes to a close after the centrals and Allied powers fight for years. Germany finally surrendered in 1918 and all nations agreed to stop fighting. In order to make things official, they Allied nation signed the treaty of Versailles. -
Prohibition Era began
https://www.thoughtco.com/temperance-movement-prohibition-timeline-3530548 This was a nation wide ban of the production, transportation, importation and sale of alcoholic beverages. -
The rise of bootleggers highlight the darker side
https://www.thoughtco.com/prohibition-era-timeline-104844
https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/law/crime-and-law-enforcement/bootlegging After the 18th amendment passed and became a law not to manufacture, transport or import alcohol. There were still some underdogs and people sneaking around that did it, ""bootleggers" which became a big boom in 1920 because they all decided to outlaw the rules. -
Women's ability to vote became a law
https://www.thoughtco.com/temperance-movement-prohibition-timeline-3530548
This law gave women the ability and freedom to vote and legally. -
Frank Allen Mather signs on with Treasury Department to scour Nelson county.
https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/prohibition-nationwide/timeline/
Frank ended up signing onto a department that helped mange government revenue. However, the reason he did it was the scour Nelson. -
AL capone is blamed for murder of Billy Mcswiggin
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Depression Era begins
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~bernt22l/classweb/Liana/Timeline.html
https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/great-depression-history
This was the worst economic turn in history. Lasting 10 years, the stock market crash was part of the beginning and everything went downhill from there after the panic of millions of entrepreneurs . -
stock market crash
https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/prohibition-nationwide/timeline/
https://www.britannica.com/event/stock-market-crash-of-1929 The stock market crash was a sharp decline in the U.S. values. This was part of the contribute that led into the great depression. It started in 1929 and devastated many people among the country. -
Gang violence
https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/prohibition-nationwide/timeline/#
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Prohibition ended
