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Warren G. Harding Presidency
Harding signed the Budget and Accounting Act which established the country's first formal budgeting process and also created the Bureau of the Budget and also approved the Fordney–McCumber Tariff, which increased tariff rates -
The Emergency Immigration Act
This established the first numerical limits on the number of immigrants who could enter the United States. -
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Calvin Coolidge Presidency
Coolidge presided over a sturdy economy and sought out to shrink the role of the federal government and won the passage of three major tax cuts. -
Mechanical Television Invented
Invented by John Logie Baird.the mechanical television relied on on a mechanical scanning device, to scan the scene and generate the video signal. -
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The Great Depression
This was an economic disaster as the stock market plummeted when there was a massive incline in share prices cause by an irrational exuberance of investors that bought an excessive amount of shares along with over confidence in the economic growths sustainability. -
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Herbert Hoover Presidency
Hoover's achieved prison reform with his domestic policy, concentrated on child heath and protection, and established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC). -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
An act that raised the dutiable tariff level on imported goods to help American production. -
The New Deal
The New deal was a series of domestic programs that were set into motion during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat the major effects of the Great Depression -
FM Radio Invented
Invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong, FM radio broadcasts music or general audio at a very high frequency range. -
Wall Street Strike
In protest of the Securities Act of 1933 were major Wall Street firms refused to bring new issues to the stock market. -
20th Amendment
This amendment sets dates at which federal government elected offices ended. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidency
Roosevelt released a lot of programs like Fireside Chats, the New Deal, etc., to help the unemployed to get new jobs from the Great Depression, sought economic recovery with the National Recovery Administration along with other programs, instituted major regulatory programs related to finance, communications, and labor. -
Securities Act of 1933
The first federal law to regulate the issuance of securities. -
Social Security Act
This act provided the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits and insurance, unemployment insurance, and means-tested welfare programs. -
The Second New Deal
This Second New Deal included union protection programs, the Social Security Act, and programs to aid farmers and migrant workers. -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese was a way to prevent the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia.