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1921-1940
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Margaret Sangers
Margaret Sanger forms the American Birth Control League. -
The Capper-Volstead Act
The Capper-Volstead Act permits farmers to form cooperatives for buying and selling goods without being prosecuted for anti-trust violations. -
Harding Dies
2 August. President Harding dies of an embolism after suffering ptomaine poisoning followed by pneumonia. Coolidge is sworn in on 3 August. -
Alaska Captures Attention
February. A diphtheria epidemic in Alaska captures the country's attention as dog teams drive through the winter weather to deliver antidiphtheria serum to Nome. -
The Ford Model A
20 October. The Ford Model A, the successor to the Model T, is produced under great secrecy. Production lines have been shut down and retooled to produce it. Public curiosity is finally satisfied on December 2 when the car goes on sale. By 1929, 1.5 million Model A cars had been sold. Songs like the humorous "Henry's Made a Lady out of Lizzie" celebrated the Model A.. -
Unemployment
Unemployment rises in the U.S. Over 3.2 million Americans are unemployed, more than twice as many than in October 1929. President Herbert Hoover says that the worst of the financial crisis will be over within 60 days -
Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt is elected president over Herbert Hoover. With millions of Americans wanted a change, Democrat Franklin Roosevelt easily wins the presidential election over Herbert Hoover. It is the first of four times that Roosevelt will be elected. -
Emergency Banking Act
The Emergency Banking Act is passed. After many banks are forced to close, Congress passes the Emergency Banking Act. Only banks with the backing of the federal reserve are allowed to open and many of the nation's banks will be open again by the end of the month. -
Prohibition
Prohibition comes to an end with the 21st Amendment. Prohibition began was alcohol was banned in the U.S. starting in January 1920. It did little to prevent Americans from drinking and Prohibition ends when the 21st Amendment is ratified on December 5, 1933. -
Roosevelt dedicates Hoover Dam
President Roosevelt dedicates Hoover Dam. President Roosevelt attends a ceremony to dedicate the Boulder Dam at the Arizona-Nevada border. The dam, which is renamed Hoover Dam in 1947, is one of biggest man-made structures in the world at 726 feet high.
