America 1920-1973 By ciaroncooney 1863 Emancipation Proclamation abolishes Slavery 1913 Henry Ford sets up first moving production line 1917 Communist Revolution in Russia 1920 Prohibition starts 1924 Government Restricts Immigration quotas 1927 Sacco and Vanzetti executed 1930 Dust bowl starts 1932 Bonus Marchers 1933 Prohibition ends 1933 1st New Deal 1935 2nd New Deal 1935 Sick Chicken Case 1936 Dust bowl ends 1941 Start of Lend Lease 1941 America joins WW2 1941 Executive Order 8802 1942 War Production Board is set up 1942 CORE is founded 1945 The Yalta Conference 1945 Potsdam Conference 1947 Hollywood Ten 1948 Other Army forces integrated 1952 Start of Brown vs Board 1954 Supreme Court says integration in schools should happen 1955 Rosa Parks gets arrested 1956 Bus segregation made illegal 1956 End of Brown vs Board 1956 Southern Manifesto is created 1956 Topeka Elementary schools are organised by area, not colour of skin 1957 Little Rock High 1959 Supreme Court says integration must happen 1960 Sit-ins 1961 Freedom Rides 1963 Equal Pay Act Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed 1965 Voting Rights Act 1966 NOW is set up by Betty Friedan 1967 Interracial Marriage Act 1968 Black Power protest at Mexico Olympics 1968 Civil Rights Act of 1968/Fair Housing Act 1972 Equal Pay Amendment Act 1973 Roe Vs Wade