1920's-1930's

By mhersam

  • 19th Amendment is passed

    The 19th Amendment is passed, giving women across the United States the (long-awaited) right to vote

  • Election of 1920

    Harding wins the 1920 election by a 404-127 landslide and the Republican Party returns to the White House. This is also the first election in which women are allowed to vote.

  • Emergency Quota Act Established

    "A national quota system on the amount of incoming immigrants was established by the United States Congress in the Emergency Quota Act, curbing legal immigration."

  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    The Teapot Dome scandal begins when the U.S. Secretary of the Interior leases the Teapot Oil Reserves in Wyoming.

  • President Harding dies

    President Warren Harding dies suddenly after becoming ill from a trip to Alaska. He is succeeded by his Vice President, Calvin Coolidge.

  • Indian Citizenship Act

    All Indians are designated citizens by legislation passed in the U.S. Congress and signed by President Calvin Coolidge. The Indian Citizenship Act granted this right to all Native Americans that had been born within the territory of the United States.

  • Scopes/"Monkey" Trial

    "Monkey Trial" begins and would later convict John T. Scopes of teaching Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory at a Dayton, Tennessee high school, which violated Tennessee law. He is fined $100 for the charge.

  • Election of 1924

    Calvin Coolidge wins his first election as President, retaining the White House for the Republican Party over his Democratic foe, John W. Davis, and Progressive Party candidate Robert M. La Follette. The Electoral margin was 382 to 136 (Davis) to 13 (La Follette).

  • Election of 1928

    Herbert Hoover wins election as President of the United States with an Electoral College victory, 444 to 87 over Democratic candidate Alfred E. Smith, the Catholic governor of New York.

  • Stock Market Crash

    Investors begin to panic during late October, creating tremendous losses in the stock market. The crash causes the Great Depression.
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    Great Depression

    Starts in 1929 with the Stock Market Crash and ends with the US entering World War II.

  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act Passed

    The Smoot-Hawley tariff is passed, sending tariffs on over 200,000 goods to record levels.

  • Election of 1932

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected President.