1921-1941

By Yingjie Yang
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    Warren G. Harding

    Warren G. Harding was the president from 1921 to 1923
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    Calvin Coolidge

    Calvin Coolidge was the president from 1923 to 1929

  • Brian-kellogg Convention of Non-warfare

    The United States, along with 14 other countries, signed the Brian-Kellogg Convention on Warfare
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    Herbert Hoover

    Herbert Hoover was the president from 1929 to 1933

  • The stock market in New York plunged, ushering in America's worst recession

    The stock market in New York plunged, ushering in America's worst recession

  • The United States, Britain, Italy, France and Japan signed the Naval Reduction Treaty in London

    The United States, Britain, Italy, France, and Japan signed the Naval Reduction Treaty in London

  • The Bank of The United States closed in New York, the largest bank failure in American history

    The Bank of The United States closed in New York, the largest bank failure in American history

  • Hoover Program

    President Hoover issued a debt relief proclamation, known as the Hoover Program
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    Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the president from 1933 to 1945

  • Congress passed the Social Security Act, which provides for the establishment of old age and unemployment insurance to provide relief to the poor, the elderly, the blind and children

    Congress passed the Social Security Act, which provides for the establishment of old age and unemployment insurance to provide relief to the poor, the elderly, the blind, and children

  • Atlantic Charter

    President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met on a warship near Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean to publish the Atlantic Charter

  • Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The next day, the United States declared war on Japan and formally entered World War II