1921-1941

By Nathan Cottrell

  • Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as the 29th president

    Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as the 29th president, and he signs the resolution declaring peace with Austria and Germany on July 2nd. He died suddenly before he could finish his term.

  • Calvin Coolidge's second inauguration.

    Calvin Coolidge's second inauguration begins after his first presidency began with the sudden death of president Warren G. Harding. President Harding died on August 2nd, 1923 and Coolidge was his vice president that replaced him.

  • Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis. He had flown more than 3,600 miles (5,790 kilometers) in 33 1/2 hours.

  • Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st president

    Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st president and was known as "The Great Humanitarian” who fed war-torn Europe during and after World War I. The Great Depression began during his presidency.

  • Stock market crash precipitates the Great Depression

    Stock market crash precipitates the Great Depression. It was the worst decline of the stock market in history and was known as "Black Tuesday."

  • Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified

    Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution, sometimes called the “Lame Duck Amendment,” is ratified, moving the president's inauguration date from March 4 to Jan. 20.

  • Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president

    Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president during the Great Depression. His administration begins the New Deal recovery measures that were enacted by Congress in an attempt to recover from the Great Depression.

  • Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution is ratified

    Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, repealing Prohibition. The extremely unpopular ban of alcohol led to a massive spike in organized crime as the demand for alcohol rose.

  • World War II: U.S. declares its neutrality in European conflict.

    World War II: U.S. declares its neutrality in European conflict. The U.S. was not immediately threatened and wasn't ready for another conflict.

  • Pearl Harbor is attacked

    Pearl Harbor is attacked by Japan in an attempt to destroy the Pacific fleet. This prompted president Roosevelt to ask congress to declare war on Japan the very next day.