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Prohibition
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President Warren Harding
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Tulsa Race Massacre
Originally called the Tulsa Race Riot. Happened on May 31 and June 1, 1921 when mobs of white residents attacked black residents and businesses. The event started with Dick Rowland, a black shoe shiner, was accused of assaulting Sarah Page and then taken into custody. White residents wanted to lynch Rowland while black residents guarded the jail. One of the white residents tried disarming a black man, causing a shot to go off. News spread of deaths, causing white residents to act out. -
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President Calvin Coolidge
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Charles Lindbergh makes first transatlantic flight
Charles Lindbergh makes the first non-stop flight from The US to Europe in 36 hours. -
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President Herbert Hoover
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Stock Market Crashes
After months of a slumping economy and an ongoing dust bowl, the stock market quickly tanked. -
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"Bank Holiday" / Emergency Banking Act Begins
After lost confidence in the banking system, FDR declares an four day long nation bank holiday until congress is able to act. Congress quickly passed a bill allowing the Federal Reserve banks to issue money on good assets so banks could open while meeting demand. -
Social Security Act passed
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Lend-Lease Act Passed
FDR avoided taking direct action in the European theater, but recognized the importance of fighting Nazi forces. The lend-lease act allowed FDR to help supply British forces without taking full part in the war. -
Japan Bombs Pearl harbor
After US embargoes of strategic resources (primarily oil and ribber), Japan attacks the US Naval base Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Guam, and Wake Island with the aim of making a quick and decisive victory to negotiate with. The attack severely cripples US pacific naval forces for months, but fails to sink the strategically significant aircraft carriers. -
US Declares War on Japan
Just one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR asks the US congress to formally declare war on Japan. In response, Germany declares war on the US on December 11.