McGraw - 1921-1941

By blakemcgraw18

  • Washington Naval Conference

    Washington Naval Conference
    The Washington Naval Conference, was a disarmament conference called by The United States and held in Washington, D.C., from November 12, 1921 to February 6, 1922. It was conducted outside the auspice of the League of Nations.

  • Revenue Act of 1924

    The United States Revenue Act of 1924 (43 Stat. 253) (June 2, 1924), also known as the Mellon tax bill cut federal tax rates and established the U.S. Board of Tax Appeals, which was later renamed the United States Tax Court in 1942. ... 233 (1924)), granted all non-citizen resident Indians citizenship.

  • Lindbergh Crosses the Atlantic

    Lindbergh Crosses the Atlantic
    On May 21, 1927, the aviator Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Lindbergh was just 25 years old when he completed the trip.

  • Stock Market Crash of 1929

    Stock Market Crash of 1929
    The stock market crash of 1929 was a collapse of stock prices that began on Oct. 24, 1929. By Oct. 29, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had dropped 24.8%, marking one of the worst declines in U.S. history. It destroyed confidence in Wall Street markets and led to the Great Depression.

  • Franklin Roosevelt Becomes President

    Franklin Roosevelt Becomes President
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

  • Gold Reserve Act of 1924

    Gold Reserve Act of 1924
    Redemption of any U.S. currency in gold was forbidden. Thus the gold standard was legally terminated. This meant that the price of gold could be set at no less than $34.45 per ounce. The next day, the president established a fixed dollar price of gold at $35 per ounce.

  • Social Security Act of 1935

    Social Security Act of 1935
    On August 14, 1935, the Social Security Act established a system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped.

  • World War II Begins

    On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland from the west; two days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany, beginning World War II. On September 17, Soviet troops invaded Poland from the east. The U.S. would come to be attacked by Japan on December 7th, 1941, and would officially join the war the next day.