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Prohibition Begins
Was the bannaing of all liquor. It was suppose to stop men from drinking so they wouldn be abusive. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
the scandal was when the government expanded oil fields on to public land svaed for emergency use. -
TVA
Created to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley -
Coolidge gets elected
30th president of the United States of America -
The Spirit of St. Louis Takes off
The Spirit takes off for the first ever non-stop flight from New York to Paris. -
The Spirit Of St. Louis Lands
it arrives in Paris after taking off in New York the day before -
Hoover is elected
was the 30st president of the United States of America. -
Black Tuesday
Day the stock market crashed! -
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The Dust Bowl Years
Extrem drought and plowing incorrect caused massive storms of nothing but dust and clumps of dirt all across the nation. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
U.S. tariff on over 20,000 imported goods -
Bonus Arm March
The war veterans, many of whom had been out of work since the beginning of the Great Depression, sought immediate cash payment of Service Certificates granted to them eight years earlier -
CCC
Created unemployment for young men to support thier families -
FDR is elected
32nd Presiden of the United States -
FDIC
It provides deposit insurance, which guarantees the safety of deposits in member banks, currently up to $250,000 per depositor per bank -
Pprohibition ends
The bann on liquor has been raised! -
Works Progress Administration
projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads, and operated large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. It fed children and redistributed food, clothing, and housing. Almost every community in the United States had a park, bridge or school constructed by the agency -
Social Security Act
The act was an attempt to limit what were seen as dangers in the modern American life, including old age, poverty, unemployment, and the burdens of widows and fatherless children -
World War 2 begins
was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, which involved most of the world's nations, including all of the great powers: eventually forming two opposing military alliances, the Allies and the Axis.