-
Prohibition begins
Many women wished to make the manufacture, distribution, and consumption of alcohol illegal because it was ruining America in their eyes. Congress complied to their demands with 18th Ammendment. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
This scandal began because of bribery because of petroleum reserves un Teapot Dome Wyoming, by the United States Navy. -
President Coolidge is elected
Did not want to use government money to help the country. Vetoed the McNary-Haugen bill that would support farmers. -
The Spirit of St. Louis Starts its Flight
This was the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris by Charles Lindbergh. -
The Spirit of St. Louis ends its flight
Charles Lindbergh lasted around 33 hours when he landed in Paris and was greeted like a star! -
President Hoover is elected
Many people blamed Hoover for the Great Depression. His staff was unable to help with the stock market crash and the Great Depression. -
Black Tuesday
On this day stocks lost 13% of their value. This date is considered the beginning of the Great Depression. -
The Dust Bowl Years
This dust storm lasted a decada. The dust bowl was mainly in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
Raised tariffs to raise the United States economy. The goal was to protect businesses and farmers from foreign competition. -
Bonus Army March
In late May, a group of veterans numbering around 1,000 came to Washington, D.C. to lobby for their cause. -
President Roosevelt is elected
President Roosevelt asked Congress to work fast to help the country in the Great Depression. They therefore enacted a program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, as well as help the unemployed find jobs and to those in danger of losing farms through the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority -
FDIC
This corporation was created in response to the thousands of bank failures that occurred in the 1920s and early 1930s. President Roosevelt was the president at this critical time. -
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
The TVA pledged to improve availability on the Tennessee River. It provided flood control,and helped replant forest and farm land. The TVA was one of the most ambitious projects of the New Deal. -
Prohibition Ends
The ratification of the 18th Ammendment ended the Prohibition era of drunk men in secret and angry wives crying for an end to the madness. -
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was instituted by presidential executive order under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of April 1935, to generate public jobs for the unemployed -
Social Security Act
This act was a sweeping bill that generated an array of programs to aid numerous groups of Americans. The law got its title from the groundbreaking social insurance program designed to provide a steady income for retired workers aged 65 or older -
Civilian Concervation Corps (CCC)
Roosevelt proposed to recruit thousands of unemployed young men, enlist them in a peacetime army, and send them to battle with this corporation. More than any other New Deal agency, the CCC is considered to be Roosevelt's personal philosophy. -
Beginning of WWII
Hitler brainwashed the German people into believing that they were entitled to more than what they had and that they were superior. They launched war that would last 6 years.
