United States History 1920-1941

  • Sacco and Vanzetti case

    Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian anarchists who were arrested for murder in connection with an incident in a Massachusetts factory. Their actions demonstrated a predisposition among native-born Americans to see immigrants as a threat to the safety and security of the American people.
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    Presidency of Warren G.Harding

  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    leased land in Wyoming for oil in exchange for
    cash. Interior and Navy Secretaries were later convicted guilty and sentenced to prison
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    Presidency of J. Calvin Coolidge

  • The Jazz Singer

    the first motion picture with sound is released
  • Amelia Earhart flies across the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Wall Street Crash of 1929

    Due to inflation and unregulated spending the stock market crashed and America entered the Great Depression
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    Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover

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    Great Depression

  • New Deal

    President Roosevelt establishes this response to the Great Depression. "3 Rs": relief, recovery and reform
  • Roosevelt begins reform

    the Agricultural Adjustment Act, Civil Works Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps, Farm Credit Administration the Home Owners Loan Corporation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Public Works Administration, the National Industrial Recovery Act
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    Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Only president to serve four terms
  • Dust Bowl begins

    major damage to farmers and residents in Great Basin
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    US enters World War II and declares war on Japan, then Germany and Italy