1920-1941

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    1920-1941

  • 19th Amendment

    The 19th Amendment is ratified prohibiting denial of right to vote based on gender. Women can now vote!
  • Black Tuesday

    The stock Market crashes, Hurling American into the Great Depression
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    The Dustbowl

    Increase in farmland in the middle states loosens topsoil and causes large dust storms across the US. This only worsens the Great depression
  • Hitler

    An Austrian man by the name of Adolf Hitler has risen the ranks of German Government and is appointed Chancellor of Germany
  • New Deal

    President Roosevelt launches the new deal, in hopes that it would reverse the free falling economy and bring the US out of the Depression.
  • Hoover Dam

    The Hoover Dam is finished, the construction of which brought many jobs during the depression.
  • The Hindenburg explodes

    The Hindenburg, a German zeppelin explodes while trying to land, still a mystery to this day the cause.
  • Invasion of Poland

    Germany, under Adolf Hitler's Rule invades Poland. This would kick off the second world war.
  • Pearl harbor

    The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, Catapulting America into WW2 at full force