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19th Amendment
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Treaty of Versailles
[ Treaty of Versailles](http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles)Ended WWI, and was one of the main causes of WW2 -
The Washington Naval Conference
Encyclapaedia Bertanica An international conference held by the United States to limit the naval arms race and to work out security agreements in the pacific area.The conference was held in Washington D.C. and ended with the drafting and signing of many treaty agreements. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Birtannica in American history, scandal of the early 1920s surrounding the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior, Albert Bacon Fall. -
Stock Market Crash
Timeline The stock market crash causes the Great Depression. began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. -
Star Spangled Banner
SSB "The Star Spangled Banner", was ordered played at military and naval occasions by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, but was not designated the national anthem by an Act of Congress until 1931. -
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
fact monster Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband. She is reelected in 1932 and 1938. -
10th Amendment
fact monster 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 -
Twentieth Amendment
ipmoved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3. -
Federal Bureau of Investigation
ip Bureau of Investigation becomes the Federal Bureau of Investigation under J. Edgar Hoover
charged with investigating all violations of federal laws except those assigned to some other federal agency
The FBI has jurisdiction over some 185 investigative matters, among them espionage, sabotage, and other subversive activities; kidnapping; extortion; bank robbery; interstate transportation of stolen property; civil-rights matters; interstate gambling violations; and fraud against the government. -
Social Security Act
fact monster government program designed to provide for the basic economic security and welfare of individuals and their dependents. The programs classified under the term social security differ from one country to another, but all are the result of government legislation and all are designed to provide some kind of monetary payment to defray a loss of or a deficiency in income. -
Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics
ip Twenty-two-year-old American Jesse Owens didn't care much for Hitler's politics—or any politics for that matter. He just wanted to show off his immense skills and represent his country to the best of his abilities.
Hitler viewed African-Americans as inferior and chastised the United States for stooping to use these "non-humans." Despite the endless racial epithets and the constant presence of the red and black swastika, Owens made Hitler eat his words with four gold medals. -
The Fair Labor Standards Act
ip The Fair Labor Standards Act is passed, setting the first minimum wage in the U.S. at 25 cents per hour. -
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F. Roosevelt's third inauguration
[ip](F. Roosevelt'swww.infoplease.com/ipa/A0903596.html) He is the first and only president elected to a third term.
