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The Indian Citizenship Act was passed in 1924 giving all Native Americans that were born in America the right to vote. -
The Great Mississippi Flood caused the most damage than any other river flood in the US. It affected 27,000 square miles.
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Amelia Earhart flew across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928 as a passenger with pilots Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon.
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Herbert Hoover beat opponent, Al Smith, with a big win of 444 electoral votes. -
Francis Scott Key wrote the Star-Spangled Banner which was approved as the national anthem. He wrote it in honor of the Battle of McHenry. -
Beating former president Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt won the election of 1932 by a landslide. -
The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed in honor of workers and put into action the $.25 cent minimum wage. -
The Social Security Act was signed by President Roosevelt to help give benefits to those of old age who had worked their whole lives and others who were in need of that aid. -
The Naval Expansion Act on June 14, 1940, demanded a 1.325 million ton increase in the United States Navy. -
Japan made a surprise attack at Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. This attack killed over 2,000 people and was specifically on America's Pacific fleet. -
After being attacked by Japan and declaring war on them a day later, Germany and Italy soon declared war on the US and they declared war back on them on December 11th, bringing the United States into WWII: a war that changed everything.