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WWI Ends
Germany and the Allies sign an armistice to end the fighting in World War I. -
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The End of the Great Depression
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Russia Becomes Communist
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks party set up a Communist state. -
The 18th Amendment
Congress ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale of alcohol anywhere in the United States. -
The Red Scare
With Russia now Communist, the U.S. population is increasingly worried about Communism's spread -
The Move North
By this era, over 40% of African American population lives in northern cities. -
Palmer Raids
A period of intense government persecution of radical political followers in response to the Red Scare. -
Steel Strike Ends
The Strike where the members of the AA strike for more rights and have an organized Steel industry but was ultimately unsuccessful. -
The Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations Rejected
Congress rejects participation in the Treaty and the League. -
19th Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote. -
Harding Elected
Republican Warren G. Harding is elected to the presidency by a landslide. Harding wins 60% of the popular vote and 75% of the electoral vote -
Quota Implemented
Congress passes immigration restrictions, for the first time creating a quota for European immigration to the United States -
Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
The Sacco-Vanzetti trial begins; immigrant Italian radicals Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti will later be convicted of murder and executed. -
Immigrants
By the beginning of 1922, the immigration population increases by 60%. -
Tariff
Congress passes the Fordney-McCumber Tariff, raising tariffs to protect the American market for American manufactures. The tariff boosts the domestic economy of the Roaring Twenties. -
President Harding Dies
President Warren G. Harding dies of stroke so then Vice President Calvin Coolidge ascends to presidency. -
The KKK
By 1924 the KKK has over 4.5 million members. -
Native Americans
They receive full citizenship. -
Scopes Trial
American legal case in July 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. Case between science and religion. -
Transatlantic Flights
Pan American airlines inaugurates the transatlantic flights. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Fifteen nations, including the United States, sign the Kellogg-Briand pact "outlawing" war. The unenforceable pact will be made a mockery through the rise of European fascist states in the 1930s. -
Hoover Becomes President
Herbert Hoover, running on a slogan of "A chicken in every pot, a car in every garage," is elected to the presidency. -
Unemployment Low
Unemployment averages 3.2% for the year. -
Stock Market Crash
The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression. -
Unemployment Gets High
Unemployment averages 8.9% for the year. -
Dustbowl
A period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies. -
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Congress passes the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, steeply raising import duties in an attempt to protect American manufactures from foreign competition. -
Unemployment Continues to Grow
Unemployment averages 16.3% for the year. -
Unemployment at Its Highest
Unemployment averages 24.1% for the year. -
Roosevelt Elected
Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover in a landslide to win the presidency. -
21st Amendment
Repeals prohibition -
Social Security Act
Creates social security system in America, -
Roosevelt Reelected
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to a second term as president, winning in a landslide over Republican Alf Landon. Roosevelt wins every state but Maine and Vermont. -
New Deal Ends
People believe the economy is improving so many programs are cut.