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Thomas Woodrow Wilson is elected as the 28th President
VP - Thomas R. Marshall Ran against:
Republican - William Howard Taft
Progressive (Bull-Moose) - Theodore Roosevelt (Bull-Moose)
Socialist - Eugene V. Debs -
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Wilson's Presidency
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Underwood Tariff
Federal income tax is re-imposed following the ratification of the sixteenth amendment. Sponsered by Oscar Underwood, an Alabama representative. -
Wilson delivers the State of the Union Address
Wilson is the first president to deliver the address orally since George Washington ! -
U.S.declares war on Germany
Wilson goes before a joint session of Congress requesting a declaration of war. The U.S. joins the Allies' side. -
19th Amendment is ratified !
Passred on fourth of June, 1919, but wasn't ratified until 1920 -
Warren Gamaliel Harding is elected as the 29th President
VP - Calvin Coolidge Ran against:
Democratic - James M. Cox -
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Harding signs Emergency Quota Act into law
Immigrants are limited to 3% from each nationality.
Lasts 3 years.
Precursor to the Immigration Act of 1924. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Naval oil reserves are leased to big companies for the sole purpose of getting more money.
Fall resigns in January. -
"voyage of understanding" starts
Harding and his wife set out to Alaska and the West to restore faith the president's administration to offset the scandals under him. -
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. is elected* as the 30th President
- - wasn't actually elected as president until 1925
Democratic - John W. Davis
Progressive - Robert M. La Follette -
Harding dies of a heart attack
He dies whilst speaking on tour in San Francisco - most likely due to a heart attack. -
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Coolidge's Presidency
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Immigration Act of 1924
Stricter and more restrictive quotas- Japanese are restricted while Canadians and Mexicans are excluded from the act. -
The Dawes Plan
The U.S., Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Itally sign the Dawes Plan- ending the occupatin of Ruhr by Belgium and French troops. Charles G. Dawes won a Nobel Peace prize for this the following year. -
France debt cancelled
The U.S. and France sign an agreement that cancels 60% of the French debt from WWI. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
U.S. and fifteen (later sixty-two) other nations signed this pact as a mean to out war in the case of settling disputes.
The following year, Kellogg won a Nobel Peace Prize as a result of the pact. -
Herbert Clark Hoover is elected as the 31st President
VP - Charles Curtis Ran against:
Democratic - Al Smith -
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Hoover's Presidency
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First Annual Academy Awards
Held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, this is the beginning of an annual tradition honouring those involved in the cinematic process. -
"Black Tuesday"
On "Black Tuesday" 16.4 million shares of stock are traded- equities are sold at low prices. Trading keeps a downward trend- by December 1st, stocks at NYSE lost about $26 billion -
Hoover Dam
Construction begins in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dam takes six years to build. -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President
VP - John Nance Garner (1933)
- Henry A. Wallace (1941)
- Harry S. Truman (1945) Ran against:
Republican - Herbert Hoover -
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Start of FDR's "Hundred Days"
FDR has Congress meet to enact many deals of Roosevelt's "New Deal" Ends 16th of June, 1933 -
Off the Gold Standard
FDR takes the US off the gold standard- this allows more money to become available, boosting the economy, but the value of the dollar declines. -
Into WWII
Japanese bombers attack the U.S. Naval base Pearl Harbour- thus causing the U.S. to declare war on Japan, launching the neutral United States into WWII. -
The World Bank
At Bretton Woods, NH, representatives from 44 nations met for a monetary and financial conference. An International Money Fund (IMF) is established as well as the Internationtal Bank for Reconstruction and Development- the World Bank.
