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Because of the increase in immagrants, more students were enrolling in school. Taxes to finance the schools increased and school costs doubled
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The Eighteenth Amendment banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. This led to a decrease in domestic abuse and job accidentes, but an increase in crime.
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The Harlem Renaissance was a literary and artistic movement of the 1920's, celebrating African-American culture.
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The Model T was invented by Henery Ford and was being sold for $290. It became the backbone of the economy.
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America adopted the Fordney-McCumber Tariff, which raised taxes on U.S. imports to 60%. It protected U.S. buisnesses from foreign competition.
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Tennessee passed a law that made it illegal to teach evolution.
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John Scopes, a biology teacher, taught his class about evolution, which was illegal. It was a large controversy, but eventually he was found guilty and charged with a $100 fine.
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Charles Lindbergh was the first solo piolet to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Amelia Earhart was the first woman passenger to fly across the Atlantic.
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Stock market crash
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Japan conquers Manchuria, in northern China.
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Required corporations to provide complete information on all stocj offerings and made them liable for any misrepresentaions.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president.
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Banking Holiday where unsuccessful banks were closed.
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The National Housing Aact created the Federal Housing Administation which still continues to give loans for home mortgages and repairs today.
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babe ruth broke the homerun record for carrer high 714 homeruns
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The Wagner Act or National Labor Relations Act replaced the NIRA after it was found unconstitiutional. It reestablished the NIRA provision of collective barganing.
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This Corp put young men aged 18 - 25 to work doing community projects. By 1942, when the program ended, almost 3 million young men were involved in the CCC.
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The NYA was created to provide education, jobs, counseling, and recreation for young people.
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the battle of war world war ll begins
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The RAF shot down over 185 German planes and only lost 26 aircrafts.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan had signed the Tripartite Pact and became known as the Axis Powers.
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Congress passed the nation's first peacetime military draft. 16 million men between the ages of 21 and 35 were registered.
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The president could lend and lease arms and other supplies to "any country whose defense was vital to the U.S."
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President Roosevelt granted the navy permission for U.S warships to attack German U-boats in self-defense.
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extention of the draft
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A German Submarine fired on the U.s. destroyer, Greer. Roosevelt ordered the navy commander to shoot the submarine on sight.
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The Japanese launched a dive-bomber and 180 warplanes on Pearl Harbor.
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Automobile production for private use was put to a stop.
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The Women's Auxiliary Army COrps was created so thar women volunteers could serve in noncombat positions.
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African Americans could finally participate in combat roles.
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FDR did not get to see V-E Day be cause on April 12, 1945, he suffered from a survere stroke and passed away. Harry Truman became the nation's 33rd president.
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The representatives of 50 nations mt in San Fransisco to establice a new peacekeeping body.
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General Eisenhower accepted the unconditional surrender of the Third Reich. It is celebrated as V-E Day or Victory in Europe Day. The was in Europe had finally ended.
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Aafter two months of debation, the delegates of the now UN signed the charter which esablished the United Nations.
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U.S. President, Truman, orders the construction of the hydrogen bomb.
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Senator Joseph McCarthy begains communist witch hunt.
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The Korean Was had begun. It was a three year conflict between North and South Korea.
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DNA was discovered for the first time.
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Julius and Ethel Rosenburg became the first U.S citizens to be executed for espianoge.
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Joseph Stalin died.
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Warsaw pact was signed. The iron curtian was established.
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Hungary wanted to become independent for the Warsaw Pact whichled to a disagreement.
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The first transatlantic telephone cable was established.
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Soviet Satelite, Sputnik, was launched into space. First satelite. They beat the U.S. to it.
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The first U.S. satelite was a failure. It exploded on the launch pad. This humiliated the United States and made the Soviets appear more advanced.
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The first U.S. satelite was launched in to space.
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NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created..
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Alaska and Hawaii officially become part of the United States of America.
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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a national protest group, was organized.
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John F. Kennedy is elected to the presidential office.
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The Freedom Riders began a bus ride through the South to protest segregation.
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The "Bay of Pigs" invaded Cuba using trained Cuban exiles under the direction of the United States government to overthrow Fidel Castro. This was a complete fail.
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Martin Luther King, Jr., was arrested during a demonstration along with a small band of members. While in jail, he wrote a letter to white religious leaders.
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More than 250,000 people gathered for King Jr.'s speach where he appealed for peace and racial harmony.
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The Baby Boom lasted from 1946 to 1964. It esulted in nearly 77.3 million births.
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President Johnson signed the act which prhibited discrimination due to race, religion, national origin, and gender.
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The U.S. Congress on Civil Rights is passed. It banned discrimination in jobs, voting and accommodations.
