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Bootleggers
Al Capone in Chicago highlights darker side of prohibition -
Steel Strike Ends
the Great Steel Strike ends -
Start of Prohibition
18th Amendment passed and alcohol is banned in US -
legal action
Official legal action takes place if anyone violates 18 amendment -
19th Amendment
Woman right to vote -
Presidency
Warren Harding becomes president -
Herbert Hoover
enters the White House -
Stock Market
Stock Market Crashes -
Low Employment
employment averages 3.2% -
Wall Street Crashes
Stock Market Crashes, starts the Great depression -
Severe drought
severe droughts hit Midwest and Southern Plains, crops die, "black blizzards" begin -
Roosevelt Presidency
country is in desperate straits, he will take quick steps to declare four-day bank holiday -
Cullen-Harrison Act
allows some alcohol to be made and sold -
Emergency Farm Mortgage Act
$200 million for refinancing to help farmers face foreclosures -
The Civilian Conservation Corps
opens first soil erosion control camp in Clayton County, Alabama -
Prohibition is repealed
with the 21st amendment the prohibition law is taken away -
dust storms spread
Storms spread from Dust Bowl area, drought is worst ever in US history, covers more than 75% of the country, affects 27 stattes -
Yearbook of Agriculture
approximately 35 million acres have been destroyed -
Taylor Grazing Act
Roosevelt signs the Taylor Grazing Act -
Social Security
Social security act was signed -
Black Sunday
worst black blizzard of the Dust Bowl -
Drought Continues
work re-plowing land into furrows, plants trees, and other methods reduce soil blowing by 65% -
Dust Bowl Ends
rain finally comes and removes drought, 6,500 people were killed during the Dust Bowl -
Depression ends
Joining WWII, money was brought to the US -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor -
JFK
JFK is elected president -
Protests
lots of protesting was held, such as the student movement, Anti-Vietnam movement, the women's movement, and the gay rights movement -
I Have A Dream
MLK gives his famous speech, thousands listen and protest this movement -
Civil Rights Law
President Johnson signs Civil Rights Movement act, states you cannot discriminate sex, origin, or race -
Rolling Thunder
US bombing campaign -
MLK's March
MLK led a march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama -
supporters march
people who supported Vietnam went against other protests -
Inflation
inflation rate was going up -
Peace Talks
Paris peace talks aim at ending the war -
Moon Landing
this was the best thing that came form the 60's