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From Woodrow Wilson to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Wilson established a policy for the US to deny recognition to any Latin American government it viewed as oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to US interests.
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Wilson went before Congress to declare war on Germany, thus letting the US join WWI.
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The Prohibition Act was passed, banning manufacturing and selling of alcohol.
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The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote.
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Warren Gamaliel Harding was elected as the President.
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America adopted the Fordney-McCumber Tariff which raised taxes on some US imports by 60%. It was meant to protect US businesses.
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The government set aside oil-rich public lands at Teapot Dome, Wyoming, and Elk Hills, California, for US Navy use. Albert B Fall got the oil reserves tansferred from the navy to the Interior Department. Fall then secretly leased the land to two private oil companies, receiving more than $400,000 in loans, bonds, & cash.
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Harding dies suddenly possibly of a heart attack or stroke.
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On this morning, Calvin received word that Harding had suffered a heart attack. Being the Vice President, Coolidge became president.
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John T. Scopes went agaisnt William Jennings Bryan in a court case regarding the role of evolution in public schools and in American society. Scopes was found guilty and fined $100.
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Charles Lindbergh made the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic.
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Pan American Airways was founded, and they inaugurated the first transatlantic passenger flights.
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Babe Ruth hit a record 60 homeruns, inspiring Americans for years to come.
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Herbert Hoover is elected as President of the US right before the stock market crash.
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Stock prices peaked and then fell. The market took a plunge and many Americans lost most if not all of their money.
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Hoover authorized the Boulder Dame on the Colorado River. This would create less federal intervention and provide jobs to some Americans.
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Congress approved the RFC, which authorized up to $2 billion in emergency financing for banks, life insurance companies, railraods, and other large businesses.
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Hoover signed the Federal Home Loan Bank Act which lowered mortgage rates for homeowners and allowed farmers to refinance their farm loans and avoid foreclosure.
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Franklin D Roosevelt is elected as President of the United States.
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FDR delivered an address discussing the New Deal. This deal was meant to relieve the needy, recover the economy, and reform finances.
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The Glass-Steagall Act was passed which established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The FDIC provided federal insurance for individual bank accounts of up to $5,000, reassuring millions that their money was safe.
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The Rural Electrification Administration provided affordable electricity for isolated rural areas.
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FDR signed into law the Wagner Act, which prohibited unfair labor practices such as threatening workers, firing union members, and interfering with union organizing.
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FDR dies in Warm Springs, GA, after a "terrible headache".
