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League of Nations Created
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18th Amendment prohibits alcohol
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19th Amendment allows women to vote
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Warring Harding is elected president
Harding won by a landslide, This was the first election women were able to vote in. -
The Emergency Tariff
Increased rates on wheat, sugar, meat, wool and other agricultural products brought into the United States from foreign nations -
Peace in World War 1
A congressional resolution by both houses signed by president Warren G. this declared peace in World War 1 hostilities with Germany, Australia, and Hungary. The treaties would be executed 1 month later. -
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
A law that raised American Tariffs on imported goods in order to protect factories and farms. -
Warner Brothers Pictures is incorporated
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Ford Motor Company is Created
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The Great Mississippi Flood
The Great Mississippi Flood affected over 700,000 lives. -
The Creation of Hoover Dam
The United States Congress approves the construction of Boulder, later named Hoover Dam -
MLK is born
Future civil rights leader. Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta Georgia in his grandfathers house. -
Stock Market Crash Of 1929
Postwar Prosperity ends in the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Stock prices led to the losses between 1929-1931 with an estimated $50 billion and started the worst American depression in the nation's history. -
First issue of Time Magazine Published