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Prohibition Begins
It was from 1920 to 1933. During this time the sale, manufacturing, and transporting of alcohol was illegal. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Deabate on whether the U.S. Navy should be allowed to lease its land to private companies. Largest oil scandal in U.S. History -
President Coolidge Elected
Took over Hardings after his death, and then was president until 1929 -
Spirit of St. Louis Leaves New York for Paris
A single engine monoplane took off in Roosevelt Airfield, New York, with Charles Lindbergh onboard. -
Spirit of St. Louis Lands in Paris
Landed 33 hours and 10 minutes later at LeBourget Aerodome in Paris, winning the $25,000 and Orteig Prize. -
President Hoover elected
Elected on November 6, 1928 -
Black Tuesday
Is the day that the stock market crashed when panic selling started. -
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Dust Bowl
Period of severe Dust storms that caused ecological and agriculutural damages in the Great Plains area. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 products -
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Beginning of WW2
Hitler started to become too agressive and soon started attacking cities all over Europe, and the U.S. was brought into the war to help Europe. -
Bonus Army March
Consisted of war veterans demanding cash-payment redemptions of their service to the country, in Washington D.C. -
President Fredrick D. Roosevelt elected
Elected on November 8, 1932 -
Civilian Conservation Corps.
work relief program for unemployed men, providing unskilled work that is realated to trying to conserve and help redevelep the natural resources -
Prohibition Ends
President FDR signed the Volstend Act. Allowing the manufacturing and sale of certain alcohol. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
Provide navigation, food control,electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in Tennessee Valley. -
FDIC
Independent agency used to maintain stability and the public confidence in the American bank. -
Social Security Act
Limits the dangers of old age, poverty, unemployment, widows and fatherless kids. -
WPA
Largest New Deal agency that employed millions of people to carry-out public works projects.
