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Woodrow Wilson Elected For President
An american politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. -
Ludlow Massacre
Miners and their families are killed in the Ludlow Massacre at Rockefeller-controlled mining operation in Colorado. Wilson will send troops to curb the outbreak of Violence -
Neutrality
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assasinated, pulling Europe into World War one. President Wilson declares neutrality. -
Wilson's orders
Wilson orders American troops to pursue Mexican guerrillas who raid United States territory. General John J Pershing fails to capture Pancho Villa. Wilson is re-elected president over Charles Evans Hughes. -
US Entering War
British intercepts the Zimmermann Telegram announcing German plans for unrestricted submarine warfare and an alliance with Mexico should the US enter into World War 1. Wilson seeks "Peace without Victory" but after Germany institutes unrestricted submarine warfare, Wilosn signs a proclamation against Germany. Wilson appoints a committee of distinguished experts, also known as The Inquiry (develop ideas for a future of world peace based on democracy) -
14 Points
In his fourteen Points speech, Wilson puts forth his vision for a new world order, including the establishment of an organization to settle future conflicts between nations. -
Warren G Harding is elected
Warren Harding was the 29th president of the United States. Serving from March 4th 1921 until his sudden death. -
Emergency Quota Act
The Emergency Quota Act is passed by following the masive influx of European Immigrants into the US at the end of World War one. The fear of Communism sprouts. -
The Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal erupts surrounding the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by Albert Fall, the secratary of the interior. -
The Capper Volstead Act
The Capper Volstead act was passed due to the depression of agricultural prices following World War 1. It gave "associations" of persons producing agricultural products certain exemptions from antitrust laws -
Federal Child Welfare
Warren Harding signed the first federal child welfare program and dealt with strinking mining and rail road workers in the 1921 Blair Mountain miner war and Great Railroad Strike of 1922. -
Warren Hardings Death
On August 2nd 1923 President Warren Harding died of a heart attack in San Francisco, California, while on a speaking tour. -
Calvin Coolidge Becomes President
John Calvin Coolidge was the 30th President of the United States. A republican lawyer from Vermort. He quickly took office after the tragic death of our 29th president, Warren Harding, who died of a heart Attack in San Francisco -
Immigration Act of 1924
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national orgins quota.included a provision excluding from entry any alien who by virtue of race or nationality was ineligible for citizenship. -
Charles Lindbergh
Charles A Lindbergh was an american aviator, author , military officer, explorer and inventor. Lindbergh made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean May 20-21 1927. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Kellogg-Briand Pact was a 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve conflicts. -
Herbert Hoover becomes President
Herbert C Hoover was the 31st President of the United States. He was a professional mining engineer as was raised a quaker. -
The Great Depression Begins
Stock market crashes in October of the year 1929 which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. The Great Depression was the deepest and long lasting economic downturn in the history of Western industrialization world. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff was an act that was sponsered by Senator Reed Smoot and Rep. Willis Hawley and signed into law that raised U.S tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record level. -
Bonus Army March
The March of the Bonus Army in 1932 was an event that occured in Washington DC. Thousands of unemployed World War I veterans marched to the capital city, looking to Congress for an advance on the bonus compensation promised to them years earlier. -
Lame Duck Amendment Ratified
The Lame Duck Amendment was the 20th amendment that shortend the period of time "Lame Duck" Members of Congress could stay in office after an election has been held, from 13 months to 2 months. -
Franklin D Roosevelt Is Elected President
Franklin D Roosevelt is elected for President, defeating Herbert Hoover. Franklin D Roosevelt, also know as F.D.R, was an American stateman and a political leader. -
First New Deal
In the First New Deal, the federal government provides "immediate relief" from the Depression by creating new public agencies to employ civilians as well as regulate the banking industries. -
FDR Inagurated
Addresses the nation on his plans to fight the depression stating that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" Also pledges the United States to the Good Neighbor policy -
Fire Side Chat
F.D.R Delivers first radio "Fire Side Chat" in which FDR discusses the banking crisis. -
Economy Act of 1933
The economy act of 1933 is an Act of Congress that cut the salaries of federal workers and reduced benefit payments to veterans, moves intended to reduce the federal deficit in the US
