Roaring 20's to World War II By wwoodward83 Period: Feb 2, 1915 to Feb 2, 1950 The Roaring Twenties and World War 2 Jan 20, 1919 The 18th Amendment that ment no selling alcohol Jan 20, 1920 19th amendment gave women the right to vote Jan 20, 1928 The 21st Amendment gave alcohol back to the US Oct 29, 1929 The Great Depression began Mar 17, 1930 The Empire State Building was being built Jan 20, 1933 The Dust Bowl hit America Jan 20, 1935 There were four major airlines in the US Sep 20, 1936 Franklin Roosevelt Elected president for the second time Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France declared war on Poland Oct 20, 1941 The Great Depression ended Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombed the Pearl Harbor so we joined the war Nov 8, 1942 First Big battle for the U.S.A. around 1,200 casuallties Jan 17, 1944 longest U.S.A. battle it ended in May and started in Jan. it was against Germany Jun 6, 1944 D- day was the invation of Normandy Apr 12, 1945 Franklin D Roosevelt died Harry truman took over Aug 6, 1945 the US dropped Atomic bombs on Japan to help win WW2 Sep 2, 1945 The U.S. won the World War 2
