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President Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding became the 29th president of America. -
Emergency Immigration Act
Acts that established an immigration quota based on immigrants' country of origin. -
Penicillin
At St. Mary's Hospital, London, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin (antibiotics that greatly reduced the number of deaths from infection.) -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in America. Started by panic after the stock market crash of 1929 -
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Dust Bowl
A period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American prairies. The dust Bowl aided the Great Depression. -
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New Deal
Were implemented during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat the effects of the Great Depression on the U.S. economy. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
A surprise, military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. -
U.S. Joins WW2
The United States joined World War II after Japan attacked Hawaii