The Roaring 20's to WWII

By datboiijohn
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    The Prohibition Era

    Massive illegal selling of alcohol beverages nationwide due to the constitutional ban

  • The Palmer Raids

    An intense period of government persecution of radical political dissidents due to the Red Scare

  • The Steel Strike ends

    The Steel Strike ends with capitulation by steelworkers

  • Senate rejects league

    The senate of the U.S rejects the participation in the League of Nations in the Treaty of Versailles

  • Women Suffrage

    The 19th amendment is finally passed granting women the right to vote

  • Tariffs are increased

    The U.S increases tariff for trade and this increases the domestic economy

  • German Reparations

    Due to the Treaty of Versailles, the American dollar enters hyperinflation and putting Germany in great debt

  • Hoover is elected president

    Hoover is elected president as a Republican

  • Black Tuesday

    The Wall Street stock crashes as a result the U.S economy collapses
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    The Great Depression

    A worldwide depression that effects the economy of each country and causing unemployment to skyrocket
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    The Dust Bowl

    Due to extreme drought in the mid-west part of the U.S, massive winds pick up dirt and causing massive storms

  • Unemployment rises

    Unemployment rises twice as fast in the U.S due to the depression

  • Franklin Roosevelt is president

    Franklin Roosevelt is chosen over Herbert Hoover

  • The Emergency Banking Act

    Congress passes the Emergency Banking Act allowing only banks that are backed with federal reserve are allowed opened

  • 21st amendment

    Prohibition comes to an end with the 21st amendment allowing Americans to drink alcohol

  • The Work Progress Administration

    The government passes the Work Progress Administration lending jobs to citizens to work for the government for building structures

  • Black Sunday

    20 massive dust storms are spread across the mid-west of the U.S.

  • The Hoover Dam

    President Roosevelt attend the ceremony of the Hoover Dam

  • The Hindenburg

    The Hindenburg catches on fire and crashes in New Jersey

  • The Golden Gate Bridge

    The Golden Gate Bridge is finally finished and opened to the public in San Francisco
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    World War II

    The second world war begins as Hitler invades Poland and forces the world to fight another bloody war

  • The Attack of Pearl Harbor

    The Empire of Japan launches a surprise attack against the U.S base and forces the U.S to join WWII

  • The Armistice of Cassibile

    Italy sings an armistice to the Allies

  • D Day

    The Allies including America land on Normandy, France to invade Nazi occupied land
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    The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The U.S launches to atomic bombs against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and forcing Japan to surrender