1920-1941

By MarcHess

  • Prohibition Begins

    The 18th amendment makes alcohol illegal, which will lead to an era or organized crime in the US.

  • Children are not longer allowed to be sent through USPS

    It used to be possible to transport children through the USPS, providing they had proper postage and documentation. USPS didn't like they, so they put an end to it.

  • Harding Elected President

    Senator Warren Harding is elected President, defeating Governor of Ohio James Cox. This is the first election in which women are allowed to vote.

  • Tulsa race riots

    White Americans attack black residents and businesses, resulting in potentially 300 deaths, considered one of the worse racial violence instances in the United States

  • Battle of Blaire Mountain

    The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in the United States

  • Rosewood Massacre

    The rosewood massacre was an attack on African American residents by white americans, eventually driving the African americans out of the town

  • Coolidge becomes President

    Following the death of President warren harding, Calvin Coolidge becomes president

  • Coolidge elected President

    Calvin Coolidge remains president after defeating John Davis for the position of President in 1924

  • First Transcontinental Flight

    Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic in a purpose built aircraft, The Spirit of St. Louis

  • Sliced Bread

    First ever machine sliced bread loaf is sold in Missouri.

  • Stock market crash

    Dips in the market wipe out nearly $30 million from the New York Stock Exchange

  • Star Spangled Banner is the National Anthem

    The star spangled banner, written by Francis Scott Key is adopted as the national Anthem

  • Bottom of the Depression

    the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches it's lowest point during the Great Depression at 41.22

  • Franklin D Roosevelt Elected President

    Franklin D Roosevelt is elected, beating President Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory.

  • Hoover Dam completed

    After being under construction for five years, and made to last 10,000 the Hoover dam was completed.

  • Roosevelt reelected

    Franklin D Roosevelt is reelected for a second term, beating Alf Landon in a landslide victory

  • Unites States declares Neutrality

    World War II starts, and the US declares neutrality.

  • XF4U first flight

    Prototype of the F4U Corsair, a wildly successful fighter in the Pacific, the Vought XF4U makes its first flight.

  • Trade Embargo on Japan

    The US stops steel trade with Japan, a real blow to Japan's economy

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japan launches a massive strike on Pearl Harbor to disable the Pacific fleet and discourage the US from entering the war, unsuccessfully