1920’s and the depression.

19th Amendment ratification

Aug 18, 1920

The votes required to give women the right to vote nation wide are accumulated and allow for the enforcement of the 19th amendment.

Monkey trial

Jul 21, 1925

Also know as the scopes trial, the monkey trial was not about weather or not Mr. scopes broke the law as he admitted it. Rather it was about weather the law goes against freedom of religion.

Saint Valentine’s Day massacre

Feb 14, 1929

This was attempt by al Capone to kill a rival gang boss and weaken the gang in general, and while he failed to kill his target he succeeded in weakening his rival.

Black Tuesday

Sep 29, 1929

This is the day which the world as a whole saw wall street’s stock market fall apart. Where hundreds of thousands of people lost everything to the markets as company after company went bankrupt.

Revenue Act of 1932

Jun 6, 1932

This act was implemented to increase the size of the government’s budget to help people but had the effect of draining more income from the average person and ridiculous amounts from the richer individuals.

Bonus army march

Jul 18, 1932

WW1 vets march to the capital to demand their bonus now rather than later as many of them are now facing poverty. The result was was the bonus army’s dispersion.

Executive order 6102

Apr 5, 1933

This order forced all US citizens to trade in their gold coins, bullions, and certificates for cash. The individual was allowed to keep up to 5 Troy ounces in these forms. The reasoning for this was to remove the restrictions of the gold standard on the federal reserve to print more money for relief programs.

Black Sunday

Apr 14, 1935

The single worst dust storm in American history. Blinds one man and causes heavy damage to the lungs of several others. Unknown if this storm caused any deaths but the conditions made it impossible to drive safely. Forcing many drivers to stay still until the storm passed.