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After 46 ballots Wilson deafted the speaker of the house, Champs Clark, and with the votes between Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft it led a clear path to Wilson becoming president.
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An amendment passed by congress that provided further clarification and substance to the Sherman Anti-trust Act of 1890. The Clayton Anti-Trust Act attempts to prohibit certain actions that led to anti-competitiveness.
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The United States enters World War 1 by declaring war on Germany.
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The Bureau of Verteran's Affairs was a way to help the people who served the country during war.
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On Oct.26, 1921 Harding became the first president to mention civil rights in the south. His speech was held in Birmingham, Alabama.
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When Wilson's presidecy ended Harding was elected into presidency.
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On August 2nd, 1923 Harding died suddenly while in office by a stroke of apoplexy.
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With Harding's sudden death his vice president Coolidge became president and finished out Harding's term and then won president on his own for a full term.
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The immigration act of 1924 limited the amount of immigrants allowed into the United States by a quota.
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On May 20th, 1927 at 7:52 a.m. Charles Lindbergh made the first Transatlantic flight from New York to Paris.
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On Oct.29th, 1929 the stock market crashed starting the Great Depression that would last almost 10 years.
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In 1929 Hoover becomes president just as the year of the U.S. economy plummetted into the Great Depression.
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The Hawley-Smoot Tariff was an act sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley. This tariff raised US tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels.
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In 1932 at Washinton, D.C. thousands of unemployed World War 1 veterans marched to the capital city looking to Congress for an advance on the bonus compensation promised to them years earlier.
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Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States.
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Roosevelt delivers the first Fireside Chat where he discusses the banking crisis.
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The Lame duck amendment reduced the time between election day and the beginning of presidential, vice presidential, and congressional terms.
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On November 5th, 1940 Roosevelt becomes the first 3rd term president.
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On December 7th, 1941 the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and Roosevelt calls this a day that will live in infamy. This event also caused the US to declare war on Japan and go into World War 2.
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On Jan.20th, 1944 Roosevelt gets inaugurated for his fourth term into office.
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In the afternoon on April 12th, 1944 Roosevelt gets pain in the back of his head. Then the doctor diagnoses a massive cerebral hemorrhage Roosevelt then dies at 3:35 p.m.
