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1st Women into U.S. Senate
Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband. She is reelected in 1932 and 1938. -
Transatlantic Flight
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis. -
Stock Market Crash
Stock market crash precipitates the Great Depression. Which would eventually shut down the whole economy and cause every one to go into a panic. -
Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem. After being written as a poem during a battle to see if America would come out on top. -
1st Women Transatlantic Flight
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman. It had been done by a man before but she was the first woman to successfully accomplish this feat. -
21st Amendment
Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, repealing Prohibition. This allowed people to produce and sell alcohol again after a lengthy period without it. -
World War II
World War II: U.S. declares its neutrality in European conflict. The United States had decided that they did not want to get involved in the war yet because it had not come in contact with them. They were going to leave it on the other side of the world for as long as they could. -
U.S. declares war on Japan.
U.S. declares war on Japan. Due to the fact that the day before Japan attacked Hawaii, Guam, and the Philippines out of nowhere.
