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The Roaring 20s
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Prohibition
Prohibition was when alcohol was made illegal. It caused many problems such as bootlegging and gang violence. It also led to an increased workrate. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
After teaching the theory of evolution in a Tennessee high school, the state prosecutes science teacher John Thomas Scopes because state law prohibits such teaching as it runs counter to biblical beliefs. -
Charles Russ Richards Named President
Richards took steps to help with recruitment while maintaining university standards. Creating new fellowships and scholarships, instituting the majors system, allowing the deferment of tuition payments, establishing admissions and career placement offices, and adding two new engineering curriculums. -
U.S. Starts Numbered Highway System
In a precursor to the modern interstate highway system, the federal government introduces a national highway numbering system in an effort to standardize roadways, especially local roads and trails with names unfamiliar to outsiders. The U.S. Numbered Highway System makes it easier for the growing number of car owners to figure out how to get from one city or town to the next and opens the way for the great American road-trip tradition. -
Lindbergh Nonstop to Paris
When the monoplane The Spirit of St. Louis touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris on the evening of May 21, Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly over the Atlantic Ocean nonstop, making him one of the heroes of the age. His feat fires the imagination of aspiring aviators about the commercial possibilities of flight. Lindbergh would stay in the news, but for his admiration of Nazi Germany’s aircraft industry. -
Linderman Library's First Major Renovation Completed
The building’s floor area was enlarged five times than the original to accommodate 10 times the number of readers. It was designed to hold half a million volumes and also accommodated an art gallery. -
Stock Market Crash
Also known as "Black Tuesday" this day will mark the beginning of the great depression. Many people lose all of their money in the stock market. loans then will cause the banks to run out of money as well -
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The Great Depression
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Office of Admissions Established
The Great Depression affected Lehigh enrollment tremendously, as the student body decreased 15 percent in just four years. The university met the drop in enrollments by increasing efficiency, and the Office of Admissions was established. The results were significant. -
Bringing Power to Farmers
the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) helped farmers develop cooperatives to bring electricity to America's farms. Cooke believed that the federal government should build hydroelectric dams to provide electrical power to American people as electricity was too important to be left to private enterprise. -
President Roosevelt's New Deal
The New Deal included new constraints and safeguards on the banking industry and efforts to re-inflate the economy after prices had fallen sharply. New Deal programs included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders.