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League of Nations Established
Intergovernmental organisation founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. -
Prohibition Begins in the U.S
Was an attempt to legislate morality and tax alcohol. -
19th Amendment
This gave women the right to vote. -
Hyperinflation
The inflation was caused by the government issuing a flood of new money, causing prices to rise. -
Mein Kampf publishing
It was Hitlers blueprint of his agenda for a Third Reich and a clear exposition of the nightmare that will envelope Europe from 1939 to 1945. -
The Scopes Trial
A famous American legal case in 1925 in which a high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution. -
Jazz Age
Known as the "golden age" it played a significant part in wider cultural changes during the period. -
Charles Lindbergh
Made a non-stop flight from Roosevelt Field on New York's Long Island to Le Bourget Field in Paris, France, a distance of nearly 3,600 statute miles. -
Herbert Hoover elected U.S. President
Was the 31st President of the United States, he achieved American and international prominence in humanitarian relief efforts. -
Black Thursday
Prices began to plumit, the stock market crashed and a massive number of people were trying to sell their stocks and nearly no one was buying. -
Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany
He was appointed by Paul Von Hindenburg. This appointment was made in an effort to keep Hitler and the Nazi Party “in check” -
FDR Launches New Deal
The programs were in response to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": Relief, Recovery, and Reform. -
Prohibition Ends in the U.S
It ennded exactly a year after the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
Great Purge
This was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1934 to 1939. It involved a large-scale purge of the Communist Party and government officials, -
Hoover Dam Completed
once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada. -
Amelia Earhart First Woman to Fly Solo Across the Atlantic
Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record. -
War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast Causes Panic
Millions of radio listeners were shocked when radio news alerts announced the arrival of Martians. They panicked when they learned of the Martians' ferocious and seemingly unstoppable attack on Earth. -
Dust Bowl
known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US and Canadian prairies -
Wizard of Oz Movie Premieres
First in-color movie, it was an American musical fantasy adventure film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. -
World War II Begins
Also known as the Second World War, was a global war. It is generally considered to have lasted from 1939 to 1945, although some conflicts in Asia that are commonly viewed as becoming part of the world war had been going on earlier than that. It involved the vast majority of the world's nation including all of the great powers eventually forming two opposing military alliances.
