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"On a sunny day in early March 1921, Warren G. Harding took the oath to become the twenty-ninth president of the United States. He had won a landslide election by promising a “return to normalcy.”(The New Era. 2019)
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"In 1921, Congress passed the Emergency Immigration Act as a stopgap immigration measure and then, three years later, permanently established country-of-origin quotas through the National Origins Act. The number of immigrants annually admitted to the United States from each nation was restricted to 2 percent of the population who had come from that country and resided in the United States in 1890."(The New Era, 2019) -
".THE REVENUE ACT OF 1924 The Federal Revenue act approved June 2, 1924 , is not a revolu- tionary measure; on the contrary, it is very similar in general char- acter to the Revenue act of 1921. The chief features in both of these measures are reductions in the rates of federal internal."(The Revenue Act of 1924, 2014) -
"The Great Depression was the confluence of many problems, most of which had begun during a time of unprecedented economic growth. Fiscal policies of the Republican “business presidents” undoubtedly widened the gap between rich and poor and fostered a standoff over international trade, but such policies were widely popular and, for much of the decade, widely seen as a source of the decade’s explosive growth." (The Great Depression, 2019)
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"At about 10:30 A. M. on the morning of February 14th, 1929,
seven men were gathered in the garage of the S. M. C. Cartage Company at 2122 North Clark Street, Chicago. Five of these were known as members of the so-called "Bugs" Moran gang; one was an auto- mobile mechanic who worked upon the various motor cars which the "gang" used in gaining an honest live."(The Valentines Day Massacre a study in ambition tracing, 1930). -
"Hoover’s platform differed very little from Smith’s, leaving little to discuss during the campaign except personality and religion. Both benefited Hoover.Reconstruction. Hoover won in a landslide, taking nearly 60 percent of the popular vote."(The Great Depression, 2019) -
"The stock market’s popularity grew throughout the decade, but only 2.5 percent of Americans had brokerage accounts; the overwhelming majority of Americans had no direct personal stake in Wall Street. The stock market’s collapse.."(The Great Depression, 2019) -
"The word “ prohibition ” is often shorthand for prohibition in the United States, the national policy in force from 1920 to 1933 that banned the produc- tion and sale of beverage alcohol throughout the country. "(Prohibitions, 1910–1935 (Prohibitions, 1910–1935: NOBLE EXPERIMENTS, IGNOBLE FAILURES, 2014) -
…"eighty million individuals lost their lives during World War II. The war saw industrialized genocide and nearly threatened the eradication of an entire people. " (World War II, 2019)