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prohibition begins
All alcohol was banned form the united states through the 18th amendment in hopes to reduce the crime rate but instead just making it larger. -
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prohibition
The United States banned all alcohol through the 18th amendment in hopes it would reduce the crime rate. However, it only increased it so the amendment was later repealed, serving as the first amendment to ever be repealed. -
President Coolidge is elected
Republican Calvin Coolidge is elected the 30th president of the United States. -
Spirit of St. Louis takes off
The spirit of saint louis was the first flight across an ocean. It went across the Atlantic from New York to Paris, France. The craft was piloted by Charles A. Lindbergh. -
Spirit of Saint Louis lands
The Spirit of Saint Louis lands in Paris, making it a 33 hour, 30 minute flight. -
President Hoover is elected
Republican Herbert Hoover is elected the 31st president of the United States. -
Black Tuesday
The stock market collapsed, beginning the Great depression and lasting 12 years. -
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Dust Bowl Years
A huge cloud of dust took covered all of america and even sone of europe supposedly. This natural disaster was the largest dust storm known to our country, turning the sky black and surrounding the earth with filth. -
Hawley Smoot Tarrif Act
The Hawley Smoot Tarrif Act raised tarrif prices on goods in hopes that it would help the suffering economy. In reality, it would be detrimental to the economy. -
Bonus Army March
WW1 veterans arranged a protest to get their service pay since so many were suffering from the great depression. -
President Roosevelt is elected
Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected the 32nd president of the United States with hopes of ending the depression through his new deal. -
Civilian Conservation Corps is established
The Civilian Conservation Corps was created by the New Deal and provided manual labor jobs for unemployed citizens such as work developing natural resources. -
Tennessee Valley Authority established
The TVA was created as part of the New Deal to provide jobs for unemployed Americans. They handle generators, flood control, and many other things. -
FDIC created
The FDIC created a way to ensure the safety of civilians' money by insuring what they put in banks up to 100,000 dollars. -
Works Progress Admiistration
The WPA was part of the New Deal and found ways to create jobs such as construction of roads and public buildings. It also provided food, clothing, and shelter for the homeless. -
Social Security Act passed
Social Security was established as part of the New Deal to protect the elderly, widowed, and poor. -
Beginning of WW2
The second world war began as Adolph Hitler and his nazis killed millions of Jewish, Catholic, and African American people.
