1920 to 1960s

  • Start of prohibition

    Start of prohibition

    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 get the right to vote

    Women get the right to vote

    Women got the right to vote on August, 18, 1920. The 19 amendment was created.
  • Adolf Hitler

    Adolf Hitler

    Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party
  • Immigration Act

    Immigration Act

    The Immigration act regulates the flow of immigrants entering the U.S.
  • Ford reduces Model T Price

    Ford reduces Model T Price

    Ford lowered this from $850 to $260. Making it affordable for everyday people.
  • Penicillin was discovered

    Penicillin was discovered

    Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
  • Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart "Lady Lindy" the first women passenger to cross the Atlantic .
  • St. Valentines Massacre

    St. Valentines Massacre

    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
  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash

    Billions of dollars were lost, losing thousand of investors. America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great Depression.
  • Mordern Art museum opens in New York City

    Mordern Art museum opens in New York City

    Was developed by Abby Rockefeller and two of her friends.
  • Great depression starts

    Great depression starts

    the devastating collapse of U.S. stock market prices
  • The dust bowl starts

    The dust bowl starts

    Severe drought hit the Midwest and southern Great Plains.
  • Empire state Building

    Empire state Building

    Empire state building was finished being built
  • Star Spangled banner

    Star Spangled banner

    was adopted by Congress as the U.S. national anthem in 1931.
  • FDR

    FDR

    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
  • Prohibition ends

    Prohibition ends

    Franklin D. Roosevelt made a campaign promise to legalize drinking and the 21st amendment was ratified.
  • Black Sunday Storm

    Black Sunday Storm

    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

    Hoover Dam

    Hoover Dam was built between 1931 and 1936.
  • Hindenburg explosion

    Hindenburg explosion

    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 2

    World War 2

    World War II began on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland.
  • Vietnam war

    Vietnam war

    the Vietnam War was a long, and costly.
  • Election

    Election

    Kennedy won the election by a slim margin of 100,000 votes.
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Kennedy gave permission to train Cuban exiles and launch a failed attack on Cuba
  • John F Kennedy

    John F Kennedy

    On November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated while at a parade in Dallas, Texas.
  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act

    Lyndon B. Johnson signed this act in 1964 and it ended discrimination in school, public accommodations, and the workplace.
  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act

    This was a piece of legislation that outlawed discriminatory voting practices such as the poll tax and the literacy test.
  • National Organization for Women

    National Organization for Women

    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

    Richard Nixon

    Richard Nixon was elected into office after Lyndon Johnson and eventually became the first president to resign from office.
  • Martin Luther King Jr

    Martin Luther King Jr

    The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. marked a tragic loss for the nation and the Civil Rights Movement.
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    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.