1921-1941

  • Immigration act of 1924

    Limited immigrant entry into the US
  • Herbert Hoover becomes president

    In the 1928 election Herbert Hoover wins over Alsmith to take the presidential term beginning in 1929
  • The great depression

    Economic downturn from 1929 to 1939 after stock market crash. It caused unemployment poverty and deflation.
  • Revenue Act

    Act that increased American tax to try to balance the federal budget
  • Scopes trial

    Legal case against John scopes for teaching evolution in school as it was against the Tennessee Butler act
  • World War II

    War between the axis powers (Germany Italy and Japan) and the allies ( British Empire France Soviet union USA China)
  • Helicopters invented

    The first practical helicopter flew in Connecticut in 1939 designed by Igor Sikorsky
  • Pearl harbor

    Surprise attack in Hawaii by Japanese Navy Air Service