-
Washington, D.C. Mass March
Members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League march on Washington D.C. to demand a Prohibition Amendment to the United States Constitution. -
Period: to
WW1
-
Period: to
Rum Row
William McCoy, a Florida skipper, pioneered the “rum-running” trade by sailing a schooner loaded with 1500 cases of liquor from Nassau in the British colony of the Bahamas to Savannah and pocketing $15,000 in profits from just one trip. -
18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which declared the production, transport and sale of alcohol illegal, is ratified. -
The Volstead Act
The Volstead act allowed law enforcement to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. -
The New Deal
A set of financial reforms and regulations started during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. -
Period: to
Al Capone
The infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone grows in power, supported bootlegging and speakeasies, making an annual salary of $60 million. -
Period: to
KKK Growth
The Ku Klux Klan has exponential growth -
Period: to
Bootlegging and Gang Violence
The illegal production and sale of liquor and rise in gang violence made prohibitions difficult to enforce. -
The League of Nations is established
The League of Nations is established with the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, ending WW1. The United States votes against joining the league. -
19th Amendment
Women are given the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the United States constitution grants universal women's suffrage. -
President Harding is elected
Warden Harding wins the election, becoming the president. -
President Coolidge is elected
After President Harding dies, his vice president, Calvin Coolidge, becomes president. -
Purple Gang Trial
The Purple Gang of Detroit, Michigan, goes to trial for bootlegging and highjacking. -
The Wall Street Crash of 1929
A major stock market crash in the United States which began in October 1929 with a sharp decline in prices on the New York Stock Exchange. It triggered a large decline in the confidence of U.S. banking system marked the beginning of the worldwide Great Depression, making it the most devastating crash in the country's history. -
Period: to
The Great Depression
A severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and business failures around the world. -
St Valentine's Day Massacre
A notable event in gang warfare caused by Al Capone in an attempt to eliminate his bootlegging rivals. -
The Dust Bowl
The Dust, caused by extended drought and poor agricultural practices wreaks havoc on agriculture -
The 21st Amendment
The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which repealed Prohibition, is ratified. -
Period: to
WWII
-
Brown V Board of Education
a consolidation of five cases into one, is decided by the Supreme Court, effectively ending racial segregation in public schools. Many schools, however, remained segregated. -
President Truman is elected
Harry S. Truman is elect 33rd president of the United States -
Executive Order 9981
President Harry Truman issues Executive Order 9981 to end segregation in the Armed Services. -
Civil Rights Movement
A social movement to get rid of segregation begins -
Period: to
Vietnam War
A war star out of fear of communism spreading to Vietnam. -
President Kennedy is elected
John F. Kennedy gets elected into presidency. -
MLK's I Have a Dream Speech
MLK delivers his famous speech against segregation. -
JFK is Assassinated
JFK is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination based on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King J was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. (by the FBI 100%)