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"Red scare"
The Red Scare was the name given to the period of anti-radical hysteria and the fear that anarchists, socialists and communists were conspiring to start a workers revolution in the United States of America. One of the important events during his presidency was the First Red Scare. -
Immigration Act of 1924
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. The quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States as of the 1890 national census. -
U.S. troops occupy Nicaragua
U.S. Intervention in Nicaragua, 1911/1912. In the years leading up to the First World War, the United States and Mexican governments competed for political influence in Central America. -
Japanese invade Manchuria
In September 1931, they claimed that Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway, and attacked the Chinese army which had just executed a Japanese spy. The Chinese army did not fight back because it knew that the Japanese were just wanting an excuse to invade Manchuria. -
Roosevelt defeats Hoover for presidency
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd American president who led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II, greatly expanding the powers of the federal government through a series of programs and reforms known as the New Deal. -
Gold Reserve Act
Roosevelt Legislation and the Aftermath. The Gold Reserve Act of 1934 was one of two important laws that affected the monetary system throughout the United States.This also took away all gold from the Federal government in the reserves, instead replacing it with Gold Certificates.
