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Roaring Twenties
Prosperous economy following WWI. Everyone has money it seems -
Harding
Harding beats Cox for the presidency -
Coolidge
Becomes president after Harding dies in office. -
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Great Depression
Long period of time of poverty following the roaring twenties -
Crash
Post war prosperity ends with the stock market crash of 1929. begins the Great Depression -
Roosevelt
FDR is inaugurated for the first time -
Social Security
Social Security is passed as part of the New Deal in order to secure pensions for retired citizens -
Roosevelt
FDR is inaugurated once again -
Atom bomb
The Manhattan project is started -
Neutrality
The US remains neutral after Germany invades Poland and Great Britain declares war. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan launches a bombing on the American naval base in Hawaii named Pearl Harbor and the US declares war on Japan.