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Al Capone in Chicago highlights darker side of prohibition
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the Great Steel Strike ends
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18th Amendment passed and alcohol is banned in US
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Official legal action takes place if anyone violates 18 amendment
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Woman right to vote
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Warren Harding becomes president
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enters the White House
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Stock Market Crashes
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employment averages 3.2%
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Stock Market Crashes, starts the Great depression
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severe droughts hit Midwest and Southern Plains, crops die, "black blizzards" begin
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country is in desperate straits, he will take quick steps to declare four-day bank holiday
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allows some alcohol to be made and sold
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$200 million for refinancing to help farmers face foreclosures
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opens first soil erosion control camp in Clayton County, Alabama
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with the 21st amendment the prohibition law is taken away
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Storms spread from Dust Bowl area, drought is worst ever in US history, covers more than 75% of the country, affects 27 stattes
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approximately 35 million acres have been destroyed
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Roosevelt signs the Taylor Grazing Act
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Social security act was signed
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worst black blizzard of the Dust Bowl
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work re-plowing land into furrows, plants trees, and other methods reduce soil blowing by 65%
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rain finally comes and removes drought, 6,500 people were killed during the Dust Bowl
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Joining WWII, money was brought to the US
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
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JFK is elected president
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lots of protesting was held, such as the student movement, Anti-Vietnam movement, the women's movement, and the gay rights movement
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MLK gives his famous speech, thousands listen and protest this movement
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President Johnson signs Civil Rights Movement act, states you cannot discriminate sex, origin, or race
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US bombing campaign
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MLK led a march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama
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people who supported Vietnam went against other protests
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inflation rate was going up
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Paris peace talks aim at ending the war
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this was the best thing that came form the 60's