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Prohibition was ratified by the states on January 16, 1919
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The National Prohibition Act, also known as the Volstead Act, is passed in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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In 1920, Lawyer George Remus moves to Cincinnati to set up a drug company to gain legal access to bonded liquor.
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Officially went into effect on January 17, 1920
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In 1922, Frank Mather signs on with treasury department to scour Nelson County, Kentucky for moonshiners, arresting them and dumping their whiskey into local streams.
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Four years after Prohibition was first imposed, the Boston Herald offered $200 to the reader who came up with a brand-new word for someone who flagrantly ignored the edict and drank liquor that had been illegally made or illegally sold.
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In 1926 Alphonse 'Al' Capone is blamed for murder of prosecuter, Billy McSwiggin.
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The Purple Gang of Detroit, Michigan, goes to trial for bootlegging and highjacking.
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Gang violence is on the rise in nearly every city in the United States.
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The Wall Street crash begins, ushering in the Great Depression.
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Herbert Hoover assumes office as the President of the United States. Hoover got a bad reputation as the Great Depression began, since his laissez-faire approach to economics didn’t help relieve the situation. In his belief, capitalism could prevent any major economic downturn through a free-market economy, therefore he didn’t want the economy to be well regulated. He assumed the crash and the depression would be over quickly, and that government interference was unnecessary.
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Black Thursday prompts the start of the stock market crash, which plunged the country and eventually the rest of the world into the depression. Immediately, the price of stocks drops by 11%, but with Wall Street bankers buying the stocks, only 2% was lost.
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The economy would shrink by 8.5% and prices fell by 6.4%, firmly allowing inflation to sink in. The industrial production of the United States had fallen by half, and soup kitchens, bread lines and large numbers of homeless people became common in America’s cities.
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Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which raised taxes on 900 imports. It originally was supposed to help farmers but ended up imposing tariffs on hundreds of other products.
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Food riots broke out in Minneapolis.The drought continued, hitting eight Southern states the worst. It was the worst drought in the 20th century for Arkansas.
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Democratic candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected President of the United States after defeating Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory.
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Great dust storms spread from the Dust Bowl area. The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more than 75 percent of the country and affecting 27 states severely.
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The federal government forms a Drought Relief Service to coordinate relief activities. The DRS buys cattle in counties that are designated emergency areas, for $14 to $20 a head. Those unfit for human consumption – more than 50 percent at the beginning of the program – are destroyed. The remaining cattle are given to the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation to be used in food distribution to families nationwide.
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Black Sunday. The worst “black blizzard” of the Dust Bowl occurs, causing extensive damage. The massive dust storm was reported to be 1000 miles long with wind speeds up to 100 miles per hour. The storm was comprised of 300,000 tons of dust. The day became known as Black Sunday.
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In the fall of 1939, rain finally returned in significant amounts to many areas of the Great Plains, signaling the end of the Dust Bowl.
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The protests started during the late 50s early 60s and was based around the segregation of African Americans.
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A lot of protesting was held in the 60s. A lot of big protests were the student movement, Anti-Vietnam movement, the women's movement, and the gay rights movement.
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Everyone is on edge as the United States wants to launch nuclear bombs to Cuba with the USSR.
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Martin Luther King Jr. gives his famous "I have a dream" speech while thousands listen in awe at his words. Thousands more protest this movement.
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Vietnam had 2 torpedo boats attack the U.S. destroyers and President Lyndon B. Johnson attacked them right back. This didn't settle well for Americans and they wanted to stop this.
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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Movement act into Law. It states you cannot discriminate because of sex, origin, or race.
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Martin Luther King Jr. led a march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama. It was peaceful and changed history forever.
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As segregation was the major topic of talk in the 60's, a lot of people had their own opinions on the different protests and this led to the assassination of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King.
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The inflation rate was going up and up. Now, if you have 700 dollars today, it is close to 100 dollars in 1960.
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The best thing that came from the 60's was the moon landing. The United State's Apollo 11 was the first to land on the moon. It gave everyone hope since all they had experienced in the past decade was war and terror.