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Drinking was preached sinful
John Welsey was the founder of Methodism preached that drinking is a sinful act -
Alcohol consumption
7 gallons of alcohol per person -
Massachusetts prohibits selling alcohol in small amounts
must sell at least 15 gallons at a time -
Major consumption of alcohol lowered
Lowered to three gallons of alcohol a year -
Massachusetts repeals 1838 prohibition law
Permitted local options -
John B. Gough took the pledge
Started lecturing drinking and became a main orator for the movement -
Prohibition era began
After drinking was preached as sinful, many people voted against drinking. -
Women get the right to vote
the 19th amendment allowed women the right to vote -
46 states vote for ratification
The 18th amendment had already been ratified but New Jersey held another post being the 46th state to ratify. -
Herbert Hoover became president
Didn't do much to stop the depression -
Food riots broke out
unemployment rate rose to 15.9% -
Hoover signed the Revenue Act
Higher taxes worsened the depression -
21 Amendment passed
Which ended in repealing prohibition and the 18th amendment -
Franklin Roosevelt takes office
starts emergency banking act -
First Soil Erosion control camps
made by Civilian conversation corps in clayton county -
Dust Bowl Spreads
affecting 27 states severely -
Black Sunday
the worst dust storm ever -
Roosevelt signs Taylor Grazing Act
allowed him to take 140 acres to be carefully watched to try to undo damage -
Government forms Drought Relief Service
Cattle gets sent to certain areas -
Emergency relief apropriation
Created works progress administration to hire 8.5 million people -
JFK wins presidency
wins 300 electoral votes -
JFK establishes Peace Corps
Corps spread good will and enlist volunteers generally under the age of 30 -
JFK Assassinated
Vice President Johnson gets sworn in -
LBJ Declares war on poverty
reduces unemployment increases support for education and job training public service for poor -
Civil Rights act
Outlaws discrimination -
Berkeley free speech movement
32 hour protest where students of Berkeley university surrounded cops -
Senate Acknowledges Free Speech Movement
Urges to support students speech -
Voting Right Act
abolishes literary tests and other tests used to inhibit African american voting -
Higher Education Act
Creates the first federally funded scholarship -
Housing Discrimination ban
Outlawing discrimination in house, apartment, building sales