1920s-1960s Timeline

  • Prohibitions Begins

    The 18th amendment is released, banning the sale, manufacturing, and transportation of intoxicating liquors
  • Bootlegging and Gangs

    During the late 1920s, the illegal production and sale of liquor and rise in gang violence made prohibitions difficult to enforce.
  • Al Capone

    The infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone supported bootlegging and speakeasies, making an annual salary of $60 million.
  • Jazz is Developed

    Created by African American of New Orleans, jazz became a huge part of music during the 20s.
  • The New Deal

    A set of financial reforms and regulations started during Franklin D. Roosevelt's first hundred days as president.
  • KDKA in Pittsburgh

    KDKA becomes the first commercial radio station in the United States.
  • Warden Harding is Elected President

    Warden Harding wins the election, becoming the president of the US of A
  • Discovery of King Tut

    King Tut is discovered after 3,000 years of being undisturbed.
  • President Coolidge is put into office

    After President Harding dies, his vice president, Calvin Coolidge, becomes president.
  • The Ku Klux Klan Grows Substantially

    Millions of people join the KKK
  • Great Depression Begins

    A stock market crash that brought poverty to many in the US
  • St Valentine's Day Massacre

    Gang warfare led by Al Capone in an attempt to eliminate his bootlegging rivals.
  • Stock Market Crash

    Also known as Black Tuesday, millions of shares were rendered completely useless.
  • Dust Bowl

    Caused by extended drought and poor agricultural practices.
  • Jobs for Women

    Eleanor Roosevelt got her husband to put more women in office, raising the number of employed women by 24 percent.
  • Banking Panics

    People lost faith in their banks and started taking money out of them, causing banks to close because of liquidated loans to make up for insufficient funds.
  • Worst Drought Ever Recorded

    Crop fields were dried up and livestock died from starvation and dehydration.
  • End of the Dust Bowl

    Rainfall became a regular thing again and the drought ended.
  • WW2 Begins

    The second World War begins during the Great Depression.
  • The Great Depression Ends

    The Great Depression Ends during WW2.
  • Civil Rights Movement

    A social movement to get rid of segregation.
  • Beginning of the Vietnam War

    A war started out of fear of communism spreading to Vietnam.
  • JFK Becomes President

    John F. Kennedy gets elected into presidency.
  • I Have A Dream

    MLK delivers his famous speech against segregation.
  • JFK Assasinated

    JFK is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
  • Civil Rights Act

    Outlaws discrimintation on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin
  • Malcolm X Assasinated

    Nation of Islam leader is killed delivering a speech
  • First Spacewalk

    Preformed by Ed White, he stepped out of his Gemini vessel and floated in space for roughly 20 minutes
  • First Super Bowl

    40 million people watch the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs.
  • First Moonwalk

    The moon is walked on by Neil Armstrong.