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After Interior Secretary Albert Fall and Navy Secretary Edwin Denby offered to lease government land in Wyoming to oil companies, the scandal became named for a nearby rock formation.
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This act restricted Southern and Eastern Europeans from immigrating to the United States.
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This act place further restrictions on immigration, excluded immigrants from Asia, and reduced the quotas to two percent.
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During this trial, a school teacher, John Scopes, was found guilty of teaching evolution in a classroom. At the time, such teaching was illegal under the Butler Act.
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American aviator, Lindbergh, made the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight.
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First full-length movie that synchronized pictures with words.
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Thousands of farmers lose their land and have to move from the Dust Bowl area of the Great Plains to other states in search of work.
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Known as Black Tuesday, the stock market crashed after bullish run during the 1920s.
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President Herbert Hoover enacts highest tariff in American History. This resulted in other nations raising their tariffs.
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WWI veterans demand compensation be paid immediately for service instead of waiting until 1945.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt introduces his work plan called the "New Deal" as an opportunity to help bring American out of the Great Depression
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Hitler appointed as German Chancellor.
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Roosevelt served four terms as the United States President
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This act was passed to stabilize America's banks, establish safeguards, and restore the public's confidence.
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The radio broadcasts by President Roosevelt were called "Fireside Chats."
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Federal deposit insurance was instituted and commercial and investment banks were separated.
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This act protected the rights of laborers to protest, unionize and participate in collective bargaining.
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This act provided pensions for the aged as well as economic aid and insurance to those who were unemployed.
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Hitler sends troops into the Rhineland defying Versailles Treaty.
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This was the nickname given to the "scheme" Roosevelt attempted in an effort to increase the number of Supreme Court Justices.
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Invasion of China due to the fact that Japan desired to increase their rule in sphere of East Asia and obtain material to meet growing industrial needs.
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A minimum wage of twenty-five cents earned every hour is set.
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John Steinbeck's novel brought attention to the plight of Depression era migrants.
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Hitler and Stalin agree to a non-aggression pact to divide Poland between their two countries.
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Hitler's revenge on European countries begin and Poland collapses within three weeks.
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The Netherlands, Belgium, and France are all invaded by German forces.
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Hitler sends a force to invade England.
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Secret 1939 non-agression pact betwee Soviet Union and Germany is broken by Hitler.
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This act ensured that every person would get an equal opportunity for a job in federal government and defense industries.
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As a result of the surprise attack which killed 2400 Americans, the U.S. enters WWII.