1921-1941

By fife1386

  • Warren G. Harding

    Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as the 29th president.

  • Austria and Germany

    He signs resolution declaring peace with Austria and Germany.

  • Teapot Dome

    Teapot Dome scandal breaks, as Senate launches an investigation into improper leasing of naval oil reserves during Harding administration.

  • Charles Lindbergh

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

  • Herbert Hoover

    Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st president.

  • Great Depression

    Stock market crash precipitates the Great Depression.

  • Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart completes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

  • Twentieth Amendment

    Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution, sometimes called the “Lame Duck Amendment,” is ratified, moving the president's inauguration date from March 4 to Jan. 20.

  • Franklin Roosevelt

    Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president.
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    New Deal

    New Deal recovery measures are enacted by Congress.

  • Twenty-First Amendment

    Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, repealing Prohibition.

  • Fair Labor Standards Act

    Fair Labor Standards Act is passed, setting the first minimum wage in the U.S. at 25 cents per hour.