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Immigration act of 1924
Limited immigrant entry into the US -
Herbert Hoover becomes president
In the 1928 election Herbert Hoover wins over Alsmith to take the presidential term beginning in 1929 -
The great depression
Economic downturn from 1929 to 1939 after stock market crash. It caused unemployment poverty and deflation. -
Revenue Act
Act that increased American tax to try to balance the federal budget -
Scopes trial
Legal case against John scopes for teaching evolution in school as it was against the Tennessee Butler act -
World War II
War between the axis powers (Germany Italy and Japan) and the allies ( British Empire France Soviet union USA China) -
Helicopters invented
The first practical helicopter flew in Connecticut in 1939 designed by Igor Sikorsky -
Pearl harbor
Surprise attack in Hawaii by Japanese Navy Air Service