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Begin advocating for abstinence from alcohol.
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13 other states join Maine
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National Prohibition Party opposes the sale or consumption of alcohol
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Kansas writes legislation for prohibition into its state constitution
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Founded in Oberlin, Ohio
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This act established prohibition in the US
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Prohibition is now at the federal level
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The roaring 20's was a surge in economy. Jazz music was blossoming, the flapper look was in style, and bootleggers like Al Capone were bringing alcohol onto the scene.
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Federal Reserve raised the discount from 5 to 6 percent
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Stock market crash. Prices fell 11 percent
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As crops failed, farmers could not produce enough to eat. At first, President Hoover asked the American Red Cross to help. As the crisis worsened, Congress appropriated $65 million for seed, feed, and food boxes.
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A major drought hits 23 states
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Food riots break out in Minneapolis, economy shrank 6.4 percent
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The fight to end prohibition starts
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation to lend $2 billion to financial institutions to prevent further failures. In July, Congress authorized it to lend money to states for relief.
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Economy bottomed after shrinking 27 percent since its peak in August 1929.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office. He launched the New Deal on March 9 with the Emergency Banking Act.
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The worst dust storm ever. FDR passed the Soil Conservation Act to teach farmers sustainable methods.
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The economy started to grow again. The Great Depression was over.
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The Soviet Union successfully launches Sputnik, an unmanned satellite, into space. Earlier American efforts to launch a similar satellite had failed.
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Democratic candidate John F. Kennedy is elected President of the United States. His margin of victory over Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon is just over 100,000 votes. Kennedy wins 300 Electoral College votes to Nixon’s 219.
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President John F. Kennedy orders U.S. Marshals to provide protection for “Freedom Riders” attempting to integrate interstate bus travel.
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President John F. Kennedy issues an executive order establishing the Peace Corps. The Corps aims to disseminate good will and practical knowledge by enlisting volunteers, most under age 30, to two-year terms of service.
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President John F. Kennedy appoints Judge William Harold Cox to the federal court. The appointment of Cox, a segregationist, angers civil rights advocates. According to some accounts, Kennedy appoints Cox in order to gain Senate Judiciary Chairman James Eastland’s support for Thurgood Marshall, an African American who Kennedy wanted to name to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Sep 29, 1962
National Guard Desegregates Ole Miss
President John F. Kennedy orders federal troops and the federalized National Guard to the campus of the University of Mississippi to enforce the court-ordered admission of James Meredith, an African American. Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett had blocked implementation of the court order citing the states rights doctrine of interposition. -
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson is sworn in as president the same day.
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President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The act outlaws discrimination in public facilities, such as parks, and in public accommodations, such as hotels and restaurants, and it prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, or gender.
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Berkeley Administration Compromises with Free Speech Movement
The Administration of the University of California, Berkeley announces a new student speech policy that largely meets the demands of student protestors. An “open discussion area” is established on the steps of Sproul Hall, and student political organizations are permitted to staff tables at several locations on campus. -
President Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The act abolishes literacy tests and other tests used by local and state governments to inhibit African-American voting.
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Students at Columbia University seize several campus buildings to protest the university’s involvement with the Institute for Defense Analysis—a Defense Department think tank—and university plans to build a gym on a park in a neighboring Black community. The protestors will be removed from the buildings on April 30th after a violent battle with the police.
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Nov 5, 1968
Nixon Wins Presidency
Republican candidate Richard Nixon is elected President of the United States. I