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Great Depression

  • Prohibition Begins

    Prohibition  Begins
    A time period where sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol was banned. This is also known as the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Teapot Dome Scandal
    The Teapot Dome Scandal was a bribery scandal and investigation during the White House administration of United States President Warren G. Harding.
  • "The Spirit of St. Louis" started

    "The Spirit of St. Louis" started
    It is a plane that was flown by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927, on the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris.
  • "The Spirit of St. Louis" ended its flight

    "The Spirit of St. Louis" ended its flight
    The plane landed in Paris and Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize.
  • President Coolidge is Elected

    President Coolidge is Elected
    On August 2, 1929 Coolidge was elected president of the United States .He was the 30th President of the United States. He was a Republican lawyer from Vermont,
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday
    On this day the stock market crashed, which led to the Great Depression. This was the biggest stock market crash in United States history.
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    Dust Bowl

    The dust bowl was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to America. It spread from the West coast to the East coast.
  • Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act

    Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
    The Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act was designed to help farmers by raising tariffs, but it had the opposite effect.
  • Bonus Army March

    Bonus Army March
    It was a protested in Washington, D.C. It was led by Walter W. Waters, a former Army sergeant. The veterans were encouraged in their demand for immediate cash-payment
  • Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

    Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
    The (CCC) was was a public work relief program for unemployed men age 18-25. The (CCC) became the most popular New Deal program.
  • President Hoover is elected

    President Hoover is elected
    On March 4, 1933 Hoover was elected president of the United States. He was the 31st president of the United States. His term ended March 4, 1933
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt was Elected

    Franklin D. Roosevelt was Elected
    On March 4, 1933 Roosevelt was elected as the was the 32nd President of the United States. Roosevelt was a parapalegic. Roosevelt was a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century.
  • Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

    Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
    The (TVA) was a corperation in the United States which provided navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley,
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
    It is a United States government corporation created by the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933. It provides deposit insurance, which guarantees the safety of deposits in member banks
  • Prohibition Ends

    Prohibition Ends
    The end of Prohibition allowed achohol to be sold, manufactured, and shipped.
  • Works Progress Administration

    Works Progress Administration
  • Social Security Act

    Social Security Act
  • The begging of WWII

    The begging of WWII