Political/Economic Timeline

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  • Senate Rejects League of Nations

    Th US senate had refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or United States participation in the league of nations.
  • 19th Amendment

    The 19th amendment is passed giving women the right to vote.
  • Harding Wins Presidential Election.

    Republican Warren Harding wins election.
    Harding wins 60% of the popular vote and 75% of the electoral vote.
  • Immigration Quota

    Congress passes Immigration restrictions, for southern and eastern Europeans.
  • Tariffs Intact

    Congress passes the Fordney-Mcumber Tariff, raising American tariffs on many imported goods to protect factories and farms.
  • Harding Dies and Calvin Coolidge is president.

    President Harding dies and gets replaced by Calvin Coolidge.
  • Ford Motor Company

    The market capitalization of Ford Motor Company exceeds $1 billion.
  • KKK Political Movement

    40,000 Ku Klux Klansmen march on Washington, their white-hooded procession filling Pennsylvania Avenue.
  • Herbert Hoover Elected President

    Herbert Hoover is president
  • STOCK MARKET CRASH

    The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression.