World History Timeline By madisonhogelin 1830 Temperance movements begin supporting abstinence from alcohol. Period: 1830 to 1933 1920's and prohibition 1847 First prohibition law is passed 1855 13 states execute the prohibition legislation 1881 Kansas is the first state to add the prohibition into the state constitution 1893 Anti-saloon league is formed 1918 War Time Prohibition Act is passed to save grain during WWI 1919 18th amendment is approved by 36 states and is enforced on a federal level Oct 12, 1929 Dust Bowl and Great Depression Begin Period: Oct 29, 1929 to 1939 Great Depression and Dust Bowl 1932 Herbert Hoover gave presidential nomination acceptance speech, and discussed the need to end the prohibition 1933 FSRC Creation 1933 6 million pigs are slaughtered to stabilize price Mar 4, 1933 Franklin Roosevelt takes office Mar 23, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Cullen-Harrison Act, which allows the manufacture and sale of certain alcohol May 12, 1933 Emergency Farm Mortgage Act Jun 18, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps opens the first soil erosion control camp Dec 5, 1933 prohibition is repealed with 21st amendment Apr 8, 1935 ERA Acts and Creation of WPA 1937 Shelter belt project begins 1938 Frazier-Lemke far bankruptcy Act 1939 Great Depression ends May 17, 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Period: May 17, 1954 to Apr 11, 1968 1960's and public protests Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat Sep 9, 1957 Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1957 Aug 28, 1963 250,000 people take part in the March on Washington for jobs and freedom Jun 2, 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X is assassinated Mar 7, 1965 Selma Montgomery March Aug 6, 1965 President Johnson signs Voting Rights Act of 1965 Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr is assassinated Apr 11, 1968 President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act of 1968, AKA Fair Housing Act