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Speakeasies
In 1919, the US passed the 18th Amendment and outlawed alcoholic beverages. Speakeasies were illegal bars where a person could find alcohol. -
19th amendment passed
The 19th Amendment was passed and women were given the right to vote. The Christian women's temperance movement grew and became mainstream. They led the push for prohibition and eventually put enough political pressure on the people that the politicians gave them the right to vote. -
Yankees win first world series in team history
Led by Babe Ruth, the New York Yankees defeated the New York Giants to win their first World Series in franchise history. They would rule for ten years and decades after that. Babe Ruth was unanimously voted the American League MVP. -
Black Tuesday
On October 29, 1929, a date known as Black Tuesday the stock market crashed. Prices dropped drastically and anybody who had bought stock lost everything. -
Emergency banking act
Just 5 days after his inauguration, President Roosevelt creates the Emergency Banking Act. To prevent even more failures the act closed all banks. -
Bank of the united state crashes
the 4th largest bank in the United States, the Bank of The united States fails, causing the biggest failure in a bank at the time. It was the most expensive bank failure in the history of the united states causing more than $200 million lost -
Bonus Army
ww1 veterans marched on Washington DC and demanded early payment of a bonus offered to veterans. Congress refused to give in and President Hoover decided to use force when the veterans decided not to leave. -
President Roosevelt is elected.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president after defeating Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory. Roosevelt got 22,800,000 popular votes while Hoover only got 15,750,000 votes -
End of the prohibition era
the beer wine revenue act raises revenue by placing taxes on alcohol sales. Prohibition officially ended with the 21st Amendment. -
Black sunday
Black Sunday was known as the worst dust storm in United States history. In order to help farmers keep farming sustainable. President Roosevelt introduces the soil conservation act -
unemployment administration
the works progress administration is created. It hired 8.5 million people to help with the unemployment crisis -
The new deal
Roosevelt believed the country needed the government to provide direct relief. FDR believed the government should engage in deficit spending to doctor the economy. -
president Roosevelt elected for a second term
President Roosevelt is elected for a second term. by the end of the year, heat waves across the nation had killed 1693 people. -
spending of the new deal cut
Roosevelt had the difficult task of managing debt, but also trying to keep the economy out of another depression. he cut back spending on the new deal programs to relieve the country's debt. -
economic growth
the economy started to grow again. Eventually bringing the country out of the Great Depression.