1921-1941

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  • Emergency Immigration Act of 1921

    This limited the amount of illegal aliens into the United States.

  • Joseph Stalin

    Stalin was appointed to be General Secretary of the Russian Communist party.

  • Dawes plan of 1924

    This plan initially established ho much money Germany had to repay as a consequence of its loss in World War 1.

  • Scopes vs. Monkey trial

    American legal case in which a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating the Tennessee Butler Act, which made it illegal to teach evolution in any state-funded school.

  • The Great Depression

    Dramatic crash of the stock market was the start of the Great Depression. 16 million stocks were quickly sold by panicking investors.

  • Smoot Hawley Tariff Act

    This act raised important duties to protect American businesses and farmers, adding considerable strain to the international economic climate of the Great Depression.

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Elected into office. He was an American politician that was elected in as the 32nd president of the United States.

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii territory. The bombing itself killed more than 2,300 Americans. It also completely destroyed the American battleship U.S.S.