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the Ku Kulux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits by -
19th Amendment
19th amendment for womans rights was ratified to the constitution. -
The Presidential Election
By 1920, World War I was over -
act passed
The Sheppard-Towner Act is passed. -
cable act passed
The Cable Act is passed in the U.S -
president harding dies
president harding dies and colvin coolidge becomes perident -
first Insecticides
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops. -
immigration
U.S. immigration bill excludes all Japanese people. -
teaching evolution
A teacher, John Scopes is tried for teaching evolution -
black tuesday
stock market crash -
great depression
great depression -
world's tallest skyscraper
The Empire State Building opens in New York, becoming the world's tallest skyscraper -
Florence Kelly dies
Florence Kelly dies -
The Tennessee Valley Authorit
The Tennessee Valley Authority is created to revitalize and give jobs to the Tennessee Valley -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated as president under his "New Deal" campaign. -
Former President Calvin Coolidge
Former President Calvin Coolidge, a symbol of the age of prosperity, dies. -
hitler
hitlers plan -
Congress passes the Social Security Act
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time -
steel and cars
An auto workers strike occurs in Detroit, the nations leading producer of steel and cars -
Roosevelt's famous attempt
Roosevelt's famous attempt to pack the Supreme Court fails
