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Timeline the United States 1919-1939

By tangtang402

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    SourceThe Treaty of Versailles ended the World War I. There are 14 points in it. Germany and other countries on the allies side signed it to end the 5-year war. It had good influence on the peace of world. However, Germany had to pat a huge amount of reparation.
  • Period: to

    1919-1939 the United States

  • Prohibition

    Prohibition
    SourceThe prohibition is forbidding selling or owning alcohol in America. that cause a lot of illegal bars and smugglers selling alcohol under the table. And the act of prohibition ended in 1933.

  • Warren Gamaliel Harding

    Warren Gamaliel Harding
    SourceWarren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th president of the United States. He signed the contract of ending the war between Germany, Austria and Hungary. And he died in 1923 by heart attack.

  • Leser v. Garnett

    Leser v. Garnett
    SourceA case tried to change the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution to give woman right to vote, but it was refurred at last.

  • Ku Klux Klan

    Ku Klux Klan
    SourceThe Ku Klux Klan was a group of people who were against the good life of African American and emphasized white supermacy. They always did some cruel lynch, and it declared in 1925.

  • The first transatlantic telephone

    The first transatlantic telephone
    SourceThere was the first transatlantic from New York City to London. That signed the development of scientific technology.

  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression
    Sourcehttp://www.timetoast.com/timelines/united-states-1919-1939--2?beta=0The Great Depression was the longest and the most serious economical depression. It caused many people lose their jobs, the banks and factories closed down. It brought poorty. And it had bad influenced on the economic all over the world.

  • New Deal

    New Deal
    SourceThe New Deal was a series of economy policy which response to the Great Depression. It was proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt who was the 32th president of America. Although it didn;t succeed，it reduced the bad influence of the Great Depression.

  • Works Progress Administration

    Works Progress Administration
    SourceWorks Progress Administration was an act under the New Deal, it help a lot of people including unskilled ones get jobs and gave artists projects. It made the people find the hope again and America society work again.

  • Neutrality Act of 1939

    Neutrality Act of 1939
    SourcePresident Franklin D. Roosevelt didn't want America to participate World War II, he tried to make USA peaceful. However, he ordered the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939 to give support(purchased weapons) to non-belligerent nations.