1920's and Prohibition, Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1960s and public protests (Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam)

By David Hodo
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    1920's and Prohibition

  • Woman's Suffrage

    Gave women the right to vote.

  • Communist Party of China created

    The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC)

  • The USSR is created

    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

  • Insulin is mass produced

    Helped greatly for the treatment of diabetes.

  • First Television transmitter is developed.

    John Logie Baird conducts the first public demonstration of a television.

  • Route 66 is opened

    A major U.S. road running from Chicago to Los Angeles.

  • Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic

    The first solo transatlantic flight.

  • The Holland Tunnel opens

    This connected New York and New Jersey

  • Penicillin is discovered

    Changed the world of modern medicines by introducing the age of antibiotics.

  • Stock Market crashes

    Cause of the Great Depression
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    Great Depression and Dust Bowl

  • The Dust Bowl beings

    The drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930's

  • The Bank of the United States fails

    The fourth largest bank in the United States at the time. One of the hardest hitting events in the Great Depression.

  • The Revenue Act of 1932 is signed

    Increases the top income tax rate to %63, makes the depression worse.

  • Revenue Act of 1932 is signed

    Increases the top income tax rate to %63, makes the depression worse

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes president

    Spearheaded unprecedented federal legislative productivity. Roosevelt called for the creation of programs designed to produce relief, recovery, and reform.

  • Emergency Banking Act is launched

    This act closed all banks in the United States.

  • Roosevelt's "Fireside Chats" begin

    A series of broadcasts that would keep the country updated on the government's attempts to combat the Great Depression.

  • Pension plans are proposed

    Suggested that pensions funded by the state for the elderly would be a good way to boost employment and consumption.

  • The Works Progress Administration is created

    Hires 8.5 million people to help with the unemployment crisis.

  • President Roosevelt is reelected

    His second presidential term.

  • Brown V.S. the Board of Education

    The decision of the Plessy v. Ferguson made in 1896, was overturned by the supreme court, saying separate educational buildings were inherently unequal.
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    1960s and public protests (Civil Rights movement and Vietnam)

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white male passenger.

  • The SCLC was founded

    Martin Luther King jr. and two others established the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) which became a major part in organizing the civil rights movement.

  • The first Freedom Ride

    The freedom rides took place to test the bus riding segregation laws in southern states.

  • March on Washington

    This was the largest political rally for human rights ever in the United States. Also when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech.

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964

    President Johnson signed in the act that prohibits discrimination of all kinds.

  • Bloody Sunday

    Called Bloody Sunday for the violent beatings state troopers inflicted on protesters as they attempted to march peacefully from Selma, to the capital Montgomery.

  • Affirmative Action

    President Johnson enforced affirmative action towards prospective minority employees.

  • Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4th 1968. He was looking out on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel, when he was shot by James Earl Ray.

  • Poor People's Campaign

    Goal to gain more economic and human rights for poor Americans from all backgrounds. A march on Washington was planned for April 22, 1968, but when King was assassinated on April 4, the movement was shaken and the march postponed.