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Prohibition started on Jan 16 1919. The eighteenth amendment was created which prevented the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol it was passed in 1917 but didn't go into effect until 1919. -
Women got the right to vote on August, 18, 1920. The 19 amendment was created. -
Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party -
The Immigration act regulates the flow of immigrants entering the U.S. -
Ford lowered this from $850 to $260. Making it affordable for everyday people. -
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin -
Amelia Earhart "Lady Lindy" the first women passenger to cross the Atlantic . -
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre was the name given to the 1929 murder of six mob associates and mechanic of the North side Irish gang during Prohibition -
Billions of dollars were lost, losing thousand of investors. America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great Depression. -
Was developed by Abby Rockefeller and two of her friends. -
the devastating collapse of U.S. stock market prices -
Severe drought hit the Midwest and southern Great Plains. -
Empire state building was finished being built -
was adopted by Congress as the U.S. national anthem in 1931. -
After Hoovers failure in helping American recover from the depression, the American people voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt because of how popular he was among the voters -
Franklin D. Roosevelt made a campaign promise to legalize drinking and the 21st amendment was ratified. -
A cold front dropped south across the region that day resulting in a massive dust storm that brought visibilities down to near zero and total darkness in the middle of the day. -
Hoover Dam was built between 1931 and 1936. -
Hydrogen from the airship to mix with oxygen from the outside air, and a spark, possibly from static electricity, ignited the gas leading to the fire that consumed the Hindenburg. -
World War II began on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland. -
the Vietnam War was a long, and costly. -
Kennedy won the election by a slim margin of 100,000 votes. -
Kennedy gave permission to train Cuban exiles and launch a failed attack on Cuba -
On November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated while at a parade in Dallas, Texas. -
Lyndon B. Johnson signed this act in 1964 and it ended discrimination in school, public accommodations, and the workplace. -
This was a piece of legislation that outlawed discriminatory voting practices such as the poll tax and the literacy test. -
The National Organization for Women was founded in 1966 by Betty Friedan, Pauli Murray and Shirley Chisholm6 and became a powerful force in the battle for gender equality. -
Richard Nixon was elected into office after Lyndon Johnson and eventually became the first president to resign from office. -
The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. marked a tragic loss for the nation and the Civil Rights Movement. -
Aldrin, Collins, and Armstrong became the first humans to reach the moon on June 20 1969 as the Apollo 11 wins the lunar space race for the United States.