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Jazzzy
The Jazz Singer is released as the first motion picture with sound. -
Harding in the House
Warren G. Harding becomes the 29th President of the United States. -
Harding Out
Warren G. Harding dies in office of an apparent heart attack. -
Immigration Act
The Immigration Act set quotas for each country, allowing only a certain amount of immigrants into America based on their original country's population. -
Indian Reorganization Act
As a show of gratitude towards Native Americans after their participation in WWI, the government created the Indian Reorganization Act in order to partially release their hold on the natives' lives. Natives were given back the opportunity to be self-governed. -
Scopes trial
John Scopes was convicted in a test trial and fined $100 for teaching evolution in a public school which violated Tennessee's Butler Act which blatantly forbid such. -
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
This was the climax of a long and bloody gang war in Chicago. Seven men were killed from Chicago's North Side Gang. -
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Great Depression
The Great Depression was one of the worst economic crashes of the industrial world. It had many more in-depth causes but it most commonly attributed to the crashing stock market and failing banks. -
Big Boy Tower
The Empire State Building opens under Hoover. At the time, it was the tallest building in the world. -
20th Amendment Adopted
"The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin." -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The military base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii is attacked by Japanese bombers which pushes America into joining WWII.
