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1921 - 1942
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Warren G. Harding (29th President)
Harding elected the 29th President of the U.S. -
Emergency Immigration Act
Used as a temporary buffer for lawmakers to create the National Origins Act in 1924. -
Calvin Coolidge (30th President)
Coolidge elected the 30th president of the U.S. -
Immigration Act
The act limiting the number of immigrants allowed into the United States through a national origins quota, completely excluding Asian immigrants, was enacted on this date. -
Revenue Act
This act cut federal tax rates (retroactively for 1923) and established the U.S. Board of Tax Appeals, which was later renamed the United States Tax Court. -
Dawes Plan
This plan was proposed by the Dawes Committee to resolve the World War I reparations that Germany was forced to pay. -
The Scopes Trial
The state of Tennessee took John T. Scopes, a substitute teacher, to trial for violating the Butler Act when he taught evolution to his students. -
Charles Lindbergh
First man to complete a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
International agreement to not use war to resolve conflicts, sponsored by France and the U.S. -
Herbert Hoover (31st President)
Hoover is elected as the 31st President of the U.S. -
Black Tuesday
This four day stock market crash contributed to the Great Depression. The market dropped about twenty five percent. -
20th Amendment
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End of Prohibition
The end of prohibition allowed alcohol to be manufactured and distributed in the Unites States. -
Invasion of Rhineland
Germany violates the Treaty of Versailles. -
Panay Incident
Japan bombs a U.S ship and the U.S demands only apology and reparation. -
Munich Agreement
Settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland, in western Czechoslovakia. -
World War 2 Begins
Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Battle of Britain
This was a air battle between Germany and Britain, about 1000 British aircraft were shot down while Germany had over 1800. -
Russia Enters World War 2
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Pearl Harbor
Japanese surprise attack on the U.S.