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1921 Presidency Election
Warren G. Harding elected as 29th president. -
Emergency Quota Act
Immigration act that was formed to prevent Jewish citizens from coming into the United States. -
Coolidge Presidency
Vice President Coolidge becomes the 30th President. -
Presidency Election
Calvin Coolidge elected president for a full term, Charles G. Dawes elected vice president -
Scopes Trial
whose outcome found that the teaching of evolution in the classroom "does not violate church and state or state religion laws but instead, merely prohibits the teaching of evolution on the grounds of intellectual disagreement" -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts. -
1928 Presidency
U.S. presidential election, 1928: Herbert C. Hoover elected president and Charles Curtis vice president -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. -
1929 Presidency
Herbert C. Hoover becomes the 31st President, Charles Curtis becomes the Vice President -
Immigration Act
Prohibits illegal immigration. -
Great Depression
Great Depression begins. -
Stock Market Crashes
Wall Street crashes. -
New Deal
Roosevelt's beginning to creating a new role in the federal government. -
Bank Holiday
National bank holiday created by Roosevelt in the Great Depression era. -
SEC
SEC created. -
Social Security Act
Social Security Act granted to help the unemployed. -
Roosevelt's Re-election
Roosevelt is reelected. -
End of Great Depression
Relief from Great Depression is in America's grasp -
Roosevelt's 3rd Term
Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected president to a record third term, Henry A. Wallace is elected vice president -
World War 2
United States enters World War 2 -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, US responds.