The 18th Amendment was ratified to declare the production, transport, and sale of alcohol illegal.
Volstead Act
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The Volstead Act, or the National Prohibition Act, was passed to ban alcohol.
The KKK Terrorized the U.S.
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The KKK was a terrorist organization that went on reigns of terror and was widely feared throughout the U.S.
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The League of Nations was Established
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The League of Nations was created in order to create peace across the world.
The Circle
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Lawyer George Remus moves to Cincinnati to set up a drug company to gain legal access to bonded liquor.
Women Gained the Right to Vote in 1920
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The bill was ratified on this day for women to gain the right to vote.
The First Commercially Licensed Radio Station Began Broadcasting Live Results of the Presidential Election
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The First Commercially Licensed Radio Station Began Broadcasting Live Results of the Presidential Election
Black Baseball Team Owners Formed Their Own League in 1920
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The Negro National League was formed to expand opportunities for players.
Purple Gang Trial
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The Purple Gang of Detroit, Michigan, went to trial for bootlegging and highjacking.
Black Thursday
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Black Thursday marked the start of the stock market crash, which plunged the country and eventually the rest of the world into depression.
The Dust Bowls Begin
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A drought hit twenty-three states across the U.S., affecting those from the mid-Atlantic region to the Mississippi River.
Economy Hits Rock Bottom
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Since its peak in August 1929, the economy would reach rock bottom after a 27% shrink.
The First Hundred Days
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President Roosevelt begins his "first hundred days" in office and fifteen laws are introduced rapidly to start tackling the Great Depression.
First Soil Erosion Camp
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The Civilian Conservation Corps opens the first soil erosion control camp in Clayton County.
Jobs are Created
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Four million construction jobs were created by the Civil Works Administration.
The 21st Amendment
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The 21st Amendment was ratified to repeal prohibition.
Worst Drought Ever
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The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more than seventy-five percent of the country, and affecting twenty-seven states severely.
Black Sunday
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The worst dust storm hit the U.S. on this day.
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act
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FDR approves the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, which provides five hundred twenty-five million dollars for drought relief. He also authorized creation of the Works Progress Administration, which will employ 8.5 million people.
The End of the Great Depression
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The economy started to grow again this year, eventually bringing the country out of the Great Depression.
Vietnam is Split
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The Geneva Accords establish North and South Vietnam.
Brown v. Board of Education
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The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the integration of public schools after this case.
Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the front of the bus to a white man.
Troops to South Vietnam
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President John F. Kennedy sends helicopters and four hundred Green Berets to South Vietnam, as well as authorizes secret operations against the Viet Cong.
Civil Rights Act
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The act banned discrimination based on anything in public facilities.
The Voting Rights Act
U.S. Aircraft Bomb Vietnam
This act made it possible for African-American people to vote.
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More Troops to Vietnam
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President Johnson calls for fifty thousand more ground troops to be sent to Vietnam, increasing the draft to 35,000 each month.
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U.S. aircraft bomb Haiphong Harbor and North Vietnamese airfields.
Troops in Vietnam Rise
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U.S. troop numbers in Vietnam rise to four hundred thousand.