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Too Much Cotton
Cotton was going for 42 cents a pound in New Orleans. When the south found out, they planted the largest crop. Thus overproducing cotton causing the prices of cotton to drop below 10 cents a pound. -
More Urban Than Rural
For the first time in the United States, America has more Urban neighborhoods than rural. (urban is a town with more than 2,500 people) -
Rise of Bootlegging
In the 1920s after the 18th amendment was set in place bootlegging became a big business. -
Palmer Raids
A series of violent and abusive law-enforcement raids directed by the U.S. Department of Justice under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson. The raids were to arrest suspected radical leftists, who were mostly Italian and Eastern European immigrants. -
Steel Strikers End
After War World I working conditions and pay in the steel factories started declined, causing more than 350,000 works to go on strike. National Guard troops and federal troops were brought into bring down the strike in many cities, leading to violence and even workers deaths in some cases. -
The beginning of the Prohibition
The prohibition was the 18th amendment of the U.S Constitution. The 18th amendment made it to where alcohol was no longer allowed to be sold, transported, or made in the U.S. -
Garvey Conference
Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (U.N.I.A.). He wanted to "establish a country and absolute government of their own". When the U.N.I.A claimed 4 million members they held their first conference at Madison Square Garden. -
Women being able to Vote in the U.S.
The 19th Amendment was ratified giving women the right to vote. The only restriction was being 21 years or over. -
Harding Wins Presidential Election
Republican, Warren G. Harding, the 29th president, defeated democrat James Cox. Harding won in a land slide, with 404 out of 531 electoral votes. -
The Wall Street Crash
The crash of wall street was the biggest market crash in the history of the U.S. Investors were left with nothing and billions of dollars were lost. The crash of wall street played a part in the great depression, but wasn't the sole reason. -
New York Bank Collapse
The New York Bank Collapse was the largest bank failure in America, holding more than 200 million dollars in deposits. -
First Drought
The first serve drought affected the Midwest and South Plains. The Due to the lack of rain and fields being over plowed and overgrazed the dust bowl was upon them. -
Roosevelt Elected as President
Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States. Roosevelt set the drought relief services in place, helping thousands of people living in rural America. -
Unemployment Rate
The highest unemployment rate recorded during the great depression was 24.9%. With a population of 92,950,000 people 12,830,000 people would be unemployed. -
21st Amendment Ratified
President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced the 21st amendment, repealing the 18th amendment. -
Drought Relief Services
President Roosevelt asks Congress for $52.5 million to battle economic disaster. He created a drought-aid plan to provided cash, live stock feed and equipment to farmers and businesses affected in the Midwest. The plan also created emergency medical care for the poor in affected areas. -
Peak of the Dust Bowl
The drought cover more than 75% of the country and servery affects 27 states. -
Taylor Grazing Act
The grazing act was signed by Roosevelt, which let him take 140 acres of federally owned land. This took the land out of public domain to establish grazing districts. The grazing districts will be carefully monitored in hope of heal the over used land. -
Black Sunday
Black Sunday is when "a mountain of blackness swept across the High Plains and instantly turned a warm, sunny afternoon into a horrible blackness that was darker than the darkest night. "(National Weather Services). It is remember as one of the worst dust storms during the Dust Bowl. Affecting Western Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. -
End of the Dust Bowl
By the end of 1939 rain started to fall regularly ending the Dust Bowl. -
John F. Kennedy
Democrat, John Kennedy, was the 35th president. -
National Guard Desegregates Ole Miss
A riot at the University of Mississippi in Oxford erupts with locals, students, and committed segregationists. They all gathered to protest the enrollment of James Meredith, a black Air Force veteran attempting to integrate the all-white school. -
JFK Proposes Big Tax Cuts
A speech Kennedy gives in New York, unveils a plan for economic recovery. The plan emphasizes large tax cuts and credits for businesses. These proposals will become part of the Tax Reduction Act signed into law in 1964. -
Kennedy Assassination
John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 at 12:30 p.m. in Dallas Texas. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
John F. Kennedy was the first to propose the idea of the Civil Rights Act. The Civil Rights Act was to ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
Vietnam War Protests
The Vietnam War protest started out small, taking place on mainly college campuses. When the U.S.began bombing North Vietnam the Anti-war marches and other protests started taking place. The protest organized by Students started attracting a widening base of support over the next three year. -
Economic Opportunity Act
President Lyndon Baines Johnson proposed a program in an effort to correct the spreading plague of poverty throughout the U.S. The new programs had 2 main goals, to eliminate poverty and get rid of racial injustice. -
Berkeley Free Speech Movement
Started during the fall semester was the first campus movements to make headlines all over the world. It lasted a little longer than 2 months, ending with the arrest of 773 people for occupying the administration building. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Right Act was a law to destroy discriminatory voting practices which included literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting These discriminatory practices were used by local and state governments to inhibit African-American voting. -
Million Man March
The Million Man March was a political demonstration in Washington, D.C. It was to promote African American unity and family values. African American men were the majority of the marchers, ranged from 400,000 to nearly 1.1 million. The Million Man March was ranked one of the largest gatherings of its kind in American history.
