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establishing the first peacetime draft in U.S. history
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Did not prohibit the consumption of alcohol , but rather the sale, manufacture, and transportion of alcoholic beverage
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The Treaty of Versailles is signed which promises to sustain peace through the creation of the League of Nations
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Jazz is developed by musicians of New Orleans, created by Africans Americans like Louis Armstrong
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The Palmer Raids begin, launching a period of intense government persecution of radical political dissidents in response to the postwar Red Scare sweeping the nation.
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Nineteenth Amendment is ratified granting women right to vote
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Hoover is elected to the presidency
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The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression
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The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol
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provide the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits
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Law that provided a range of benefits for returning WWII Veterans.
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United States gave 1.3 billion dollars in economic support to help rebuild European economies after WWII signed by president Truman
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One of the major international crisis o the Cold War.
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Harry Truman get elected to presidency and later signs the Marshall Plan
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The Korean War begins its 3 year conflict when troops of North Korea, backed by soviet weapons, invade South Korea.
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Established term limited for President
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Launched a major American foreign aid program and replaced the Marshall Plan
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Overturned "Plessy" case by declaring that segregation gated facilities were unequal and ordered the integration of the nations public school
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Cold War ends!.
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U.S. presidential election, 1992 (Bill Clinton defeats President George H. W. Bush)
