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On this day Woodrow Wilson was elected President. Wilson was the 28th President of the United States.
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Woodrow Wilson supported the United States Revenue Act of 1913, also known as the Underwood Tariff, which lowered basic tariff rates from 40% to 25%.
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Wilson signed the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act to put an end to selling products that were made by children under certain ages.
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Woodrow Wilson requested a declaration of war on Germany and on this day Congress granted his request.
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On this day Woodrow Wilson signed the Treaty of Versailles which ended World War I.
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On this day Warren G. Harding was elected President. Harding was the 29th President of the United States.
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Harding put in place the Emergency Quota Act which layed restrictions on the immigration of foreigners to the United States.
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The Budget and Accounting Act was passed by Harding which established the framework for the federal budget.
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The Teapot Dome Scandal was a bribery incident that took place withing Harding's Administration.
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The Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act raised basic tariff rates on most imported goods under President Harding.
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On this day Calvin Coolidge bacame President after Harding past away. Coolidge was the 30th President of the United States.
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Under Coolidge the Dawes Plan was signed, which was an attempt to solve the reperations problem in Europe.
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Under Coolidge, a public school teacher, John T. Scopes was arrested for teaching Darwins Theory of Evolution.
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President Coolidge signed the Revenue Act which mainly lowered income tax.
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The Kelloggs-Briand Pact was signed by Coolidge and fifteen other nations who agreed war was not the way to settle disputes.
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On this day Herbert C. Hoover was elected President. Hoover was the 31st President of the United States.
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The Agrucultural Marketing Act was set in place by Hoover and his administration, which put together a Federal Farm Board.
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Construction of the "Boulder Dam" is started. Which eventually is renamed to the Hoover Dam, to honor our 31st President.
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On this day President Hoover pushed a button which completed the construction of the Empire State Building.
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President Hoover removed the Bonus Army from a march turned violent, causing Hoover to lose popularity.
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On this day Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President. Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States.
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Roosevelt started this organization to create jobs for over four million people.
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Roosevelt signed this act to set the value of the U.S. dollar between 50 and 60 cents in terms of gold.
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This act was passed by Roosevelt to promote home building in the United States.
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Roosevelt established this act which started the Social Security Board.
