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teapot dome scandle
secretary of interior leased navy oil reserves to oil companys -
scopes trial
outcome found that the teaching of evolution in the classroom "does not violate church and state or state religion laws but instead, merely prohibits the teaching of evolution on the grounds of intellectual disagreement" -
Sacco and Vanzetti
executed, seven years after they were convicted of murdering two men during an armed robbery in Massachusetts -
Amelia Earhart
becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Great Depression
A period of economic failure across the globe -
empire state building
it was a symbol of new revolutions in steal making -
Bonus army
WWI veterains marched on dc to get money promised to them -
21st amendment
Repealed the ban on alcohol -
Dust Bowl
major ecological and agricultural damage to the Great Plains states; severe drought, heat waves and other factors were contributors. -
Neutrality Acts
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Hindenburg disaster
the Hindenburg airliner caught fire and killed a total of 36 people -
Nazi invade Poland
This event marked the start of wwii . -
Pearl Harbor
the attack on pearl harbor marked the us entry into wwii -
Japanese American Internment
Japanese Americans where placed in internment camps because of fear they where spies -
D-Day
the day that marked the turning point of the war on the Germans -
iron curtain
term given to the imaginary boarder separating Europe from soviet controlled nations -
FDR dies
President FDR dies after being elected for his 4th term -
Germany surrenders
this marks the end of wwii in Europe -
atomic bomb droped on hiroshima
this was the first of 2 nuclear weapons used against japan at the end of WWII -
NATO
Alliance between the united states and some European countries for mutual defense
