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Warren Harding dies
President Warren Harding dies in office; his administration was easily one of the most corrupt in American history. Calvin Coolidge, who is squeaky clean by comparison, becomes president. Coolidge is no less committed to laissez-faire and a non-interventionist government. He announces to the American people: "The business of America is business." -
The KKK rises then dies
The Ku Klux Klan reaches the height of its influence in America: by the end of the year it will claim 9 million members. It will decline drastically in 1925, however, after financial and moral scandals rock its leadership. -
Black Tuesday
Stock market crash begins October 24. Investors call October 29 "Black Tuesday." Losses for the month will total $16 billion, an astronomical sum in those days. -
Hoover
Herbert Hoover becomes President. Hoover is a staunch individualist but not as committed to laissez-faire ideology as Coolidge. -
The worst of the worst
This and the next year are the worst years of the Great Depression. For 1932, GNP falls a record 13.4 percent; unemployment rises to 23.6 percent. -
SEC
Congress created the SEC to regulare the stock market after it crashed in 1929 -
Indian
In 1934 the Indian reorganization Act was passed. lso known as the Wheeler-Howard Act or informally, the Indian New Deal, was a U.S. federal legislation which secured certain rights to Native Americans, including Alaska Natives -
Roosevelt
In november of 1936, President Roosevelt was elected for the first time in american history. -
On rout 66
Route 66 is completed linking Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California. -
Were off to see the Wizard
The Wizard of Oz came out Aug 25 1939 but not in color. It came out in color later.
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