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On March 4, 1921, Warren G. Harding was inaugurated as the 29th President. He was a member of the Republican party and very popular.
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The act put a limit on how many immigrants could enter the United States. It was created primarily in response to the large number of immigrants from Europe that were coming in a short amount of time. The act was revised in 1924.
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The day that the share prices on the New York Stock exchange crashed and one of the main factors that ushered in the Great Depression.
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President Hoover signed a bill that made the Star-Spangled Banner the National Anthem. The song was written by Francis Scott Key, after he witnessed Fort McHenry being attacked.
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The New Deal were programs that were implemented in the U.S. following the financial crisis that the country was in because of the Depression. They were meant to undo the issues that the collapsed economy caused.
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Roosevelt was inaugurated on March 4, 1933. He was a member of the Democratic party and was president during the Great Depression and World War II.
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This act was the first of its kind, which put laws in place that states were the federal minimum wage was so that workers were not paid under that amount. The first minimum wage was set at 25 cents for that workers first year.
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On this date, the U.S. Naval Base in Honolulu Hawaii was attacked by Japanese forces. Around 20 naval vessels were destroyed and over 2,000 Americans died.