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Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson becomes president of the United States of America on March 4, 1913. He will be the 28th President. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem. During this period Harlem was a cultural center, drawing black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars. This point in history became known as the Jazz Age. -
Prohibition
Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the sale, production, importation, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. Many did not agree with this rule, which led to the emergence to "Bootleggers" and "Speakeasies". -
Installment plan introduced
A credit system by which payment for merchandise is made in installments over a fixed period of time. Previously only the wealthy could afford to pay cash for items like pianos, phonographs, radios, fridges, vacuum cleaners, and washing machines. Now, you could purchase these items on credit and pay the amount of money due at a later date, which got many people during this time into a lot of finicial trouble. -
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson ends his presidential term as the 28th president of the United States of America on March 4, 1921. -
Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding started his presidential term on March 4, 1921, becoming the 29th president of the United States of America. -
"Speakeasies" emerge
As an act of rebellion, ant-prohibiton groups formed "Speakeasies" or illegal bars, and sold illigeal liquor and had live music and a club atmosphere. Many had secrete codes or habdshakes to keep law inforcement at bay. -
Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding ended his presidential term as the 29th president of the United States of America on August 2, 1923. -
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge started his presidential term on August 2, 1923, becoming the 30th president of the United States of America. -
Quota System (immigration)
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. The quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States as of the 1890 national census. It completely excluded immigrants from Asia. -
Credit
Credit will set the stage for the Great Depression since people were buying items with money they didn't have, thus using credit. -
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge ended his presidential term serving as the 30th president of the United States of America on March 4, 1929. -
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover started his presidental term as the 31st president of the United States of America on March 4, 1929. -
"Black Tuesday"
Wall Street stock market crash became known as "Black Tuesday" because of the amount of built up credit that companies had from people not paying off the loan they had taken out. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
This tariff was signed on June 17, 1930. Under this tariff, the United States of America raised tariffs (taxes) on over 20,000 imported goods. -
The Great Depression
The great depression was the time span that the American economy saw its darkest time in history. Millions were unimployed, banks were failing, and trade and business growth was low. America's economy would not surface until WW2, pushing the industry of America into war mode once again. -
Dust Bowl
A series of dust storms that took hold of the agricultre-rich paries in the United States. This ridiculed farmes in the midwest and farmers faced many issues farming as well as making a living during the Dirty Thirties. -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
The RFC provided financial support for local as well as state governments and made loans to banks and businesses with hopes to possibly stimulate the economy during The Great Depression. -
Federal Home Loan Bank Act
An act passed by the Hoover administration in 1932 that was designed to encourage home ownership by providing a source of low-cost funds for member banks to extend mortgage loans. The Federal Home Loan Bank Act was the first in a series of bills that sought to make home ownership an achievable goal for more Americans during The Great Depression. -
Herbert Hoover
Hervert Hoover ended his predidential term serving as the 31st president of the United States of America on March 4, 1933. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt started his presidentail term as the 32nd president of the United States of America on March 3, 1933. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt ended his presidential term serving as the 32nd president of the United States of American on April 12, 1945.
