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Warren G. Harding becomes President
Warren G. Harding became the 29th president with the promise of "returning to normalcy." Harding's president would go down as the most corrupt one. -
The Teapot Dome Scandal
When Harding's administration came crumbling down when several officials conspired to lease government land in Wyoming to oil companies in exchange for land. -
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the Great Gatsby which rejected old Victorian values and helped begin the flapper movement and helped create the "new woman." -
The Scopes Trials
The Scopes Trials or "The Monkey Trials," was the prosecution of a Tennessee school teacher, because he was teaching evolution in his class when it was against the law. -
Back Tuesday
Black Tuesday was the result of what happened 5 days prior when stock market prices plummeted. On Tuesday, the stock market began to crumble. Billion dollar companies began to fall and Rockefeller's fortune vanished. Thus beginning the long Great Depression. -
The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a series of severe droughts that hit from Texas to the Dakotas. It lasted until 1936. Farmers had rethink their whole occupation of farming in order to stay alive and keep a job. -
World War II
World War II began when Adolf Hitler of Germany had his eyes set on world domination. He invaded Poland causing France and Britain to declare war on Germany. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese terrorists attacked a navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The attack was meant to weaken the U.S Navy, so they could not carryout planned attacks, but instead it led to the United State's formal entry into World War II