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WARREN G. HARDING ELECTED PRESIDENT
(1920) Warren G. Harding. , 1920. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016828252/. -
FIRST TRANSATLANTIC WIRELESS MESSAGE
SENT BY ITALIAN SCIENTIST GUGLIELMO MARCONI
(ca. 1908) Guglielmo Marconi. , ca. 1908. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004672066/. -
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EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS PUBLISHES TARZAN SERIES
STORY OF HUMAN MAN RAISED IN THE WILDERNESS, DEPICTING THE HUMAN WISH TO "ESCAPE" SOCIETY.
(1929) Edgar Rice Burroughs, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. , 1929. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98501380/. -
TEXAS ELECTS ESTABLISHED KLANSMAN TO THE SENATE
EARLE B. MAYFIELD -
CECIL B. DEMILLE'S THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
BIBLICAL STORY THAT PUSHED THE BOUNDARIES OF TRADITIONAL VALUES WITH MODERN LIBERTIES
(ca. 1952) Cecil B. DeMille, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. , ca. 1952. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99403194/. -
WOMEN'S AUXILIARY OF THE KU KLUX KLAN FORMED
HEADQUARTERED IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. -
OKLAHOMA UNDER MARTIAL LAW
GOVERNOR JOHN C. WALTON ENACTED MARTIAL LAW DUE TO KLAN VIOLENCE -
PRESIDENT HARDING DIES OF HEART ATTACK
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CALVIN COOLIDGE ELECTED PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT IN PREVIOUS TERM ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT HARDING.
Calvin Coolidge. , . [No Date Recorded on Caption Card] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002725290/. -
DIXIE TO BROADWAY
FIRST ALL BLACK SHOW IN THE MAINSTREAM
Federal Theatre Project, U. S. (1937) On stage America's greatest colored musical revue "Dixie to Broadway". Decatur Illinois, 1937. [St. Louis ; Chicago: Globe Poster Corp] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98516900/. -
SCOPES MONKEY TRIALS
BIOLOGY TEACHER ADMITTED TO TEACHING EVOLUTION TO CHALLENGE THE BUTLER ACT PREVENTING IT PITTING LAWYERS CLARENCE DARROW AND WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
(1925) Clarence Darrow being interviewed by N.Y. press prior to Scopes "Monkey-law" trial. , 1925. [June 9] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2005685488/. -
AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA LYNCHING OF WOMAN AND BROTHERS
BERTHA LOWMAN AND HER BROTHERS WERE LYNCHED. NO ONE WAS EVER PROSECUTED. -
CHARLES LINDBERGH'S TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT
NONSTOP NEW YORK TO PARIS
(ca. 1927) Charles Lindbergh's airplane in flight. , ca. 1927. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/92520545/. -
HERBERT C. HOOVER ELECTED PRESIDENT
Harris & Ewing, photographer. HOOVER, HERBERT C. , None. [Between 1905 and 1945] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016859598/. -
THE JAZZ SINGER RELEASED
FIRST MOVIE WITH SYNCHRONIZED WORDS AND PICTURES.
(1928) Al Jolson in "The Jazz Singer" - Warner Brothers Supreme Triumph. , 1928. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2003653868/. -
SELLING MRS. CONSUMER PUBLISHED
AUTHORED BY CHRISTINE FREDERICK, DESCRIBED THE POWER OF WOMEN AND THEIR PURCHASING HABITS TO MANUFACTURERS AND ADVERTISERS -
STOCK MARKET CRASH
STOCKS SUDDENLY PLUMMETED HERALDING IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION
(1929) Crowd of people gather outside the New York Stock Exchange following the Crash of. New York, 1929. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99471695/. -
BLACK TUESDAY
STOCKS BEGAN LONG UNCHECKED FALL. -
BANK RUNS CAUSE MULTIPLE FAILURES
PANIC CAUSED RUNS ON THE BANKS WHICH WORSENED THE DEPRESSION.
(1933) Like modern town criers, policemen boom the news to depositors that bank is closed / by World-Telegram staff photographer. , 1933. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002709319/. -
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT ELECTED PRESIDENT
(1942) Franklin D. Roosevelt. , 1942. [United States: publisher not transcribed] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018697416/. -
PRESIDENT HOOVER ENCOURAGES RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE
EMERGENCY LOANS, BUILDING AND LOAN SOCIETIES, RAILROADS AND OTHER INDUSTRIES TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY. -
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SEVERE DROUGHTS FROM TEXAS TO THE DAKOTAS
EXACERBATED THE EFFECTS OF THE DEPRESSION -
ROOSEVELT'S NEW DEAL
SERIES OF PROGRAMS TO PUT THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE BACK ON ITS FEET.
Berryman, C. K. (1933) The Spirit of the New Deal!. , 1933. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016679006/. -
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BORDER BLOCKADES ESTABLISHED IN CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, AND COLORADO
TO KEEP OUT POOR MIGRANTS TO PROTECT RESOURCES AND JOBS -
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THE SECOND NEW DEAL
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS (WAGNER) ACT
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT -
ROOSEVELT RECESSION OF 1937
ROOSEVELT PREMATURELY CUT SPENDING THINKING THE NATION HAD RECOVERED, LEADING TO A RECESSION.