1921-1941

By lillymendoza203

  • Charles Linbergh

    makes the first sols nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane

  • Harding for President

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

  • Harding signs peace

    He signs resolution declaring peace with Austria and Germany.

  • Harding dies

    President Harding dies suddenly. He is succeeded by his vice president, Calvin Coolidge.

  • Teapot Dome

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

  • Cooliege

    Coolidge's second inauguration.

  • Evolution in public schools

    Tennessee passes a law against the teaching of evolution in public schools.

  • Scopes monkey trial

    This sets the stage for the Scopes Monkey Trial.

  • Hoover for President

    Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st president.

  • Beginning of the Great depression

    Stock market crash precipitates the Great Depression.

  • National anthem

    The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

  • Hattie

    Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband. She is reelected in 1932 and 1938.

  • Amelia Earhart

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

  • 20th

    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.

  • New Deal

    New Deal recovery measures are enacted by Congress.

  • 21th

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

  • Works Progress Administration

    Works Progress Administration is established.

  • Bureau of Investigation

    Bureau of Investigation (established 1908) becomes the Federal Bureau of Investigation under J. Edgar Hoover

  • Social Security Act is passed.

  • F. Roosevelt's second inauguration.

    F. Roosevelt's second inauguration.

  • Fair Labor Standards Act

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

  • World War II: U.S. declares its neutrality in European conflict.

    World War II: U.S. declares its neutrality in European conflict.

  • Here we go again

    F. Roosevelt's third inauguration. He is the first and only president elected to a third term.