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Prohibtion begins
Prohibition was the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcohol and alcohlic beverages. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal was a bribery scandal and investigation during the White House administration of the United States President, Warren G. Harding. -
President Coolidge
Coolidge wanted to preserve the old moral and economic precepts amid the material prosperity. His first message to Congress called for isolation in foreign policy, tax cuts, economy, and limited aid to the farmers. -
The Spirit of St. Louis takes flight
Spirit of St. Louis is the custom-built single engine, single seat monoplane that was flown solo by Charles Lindbergh. Lindbergh took off in the Spirit from Roosevelt Airfield, Garden City, Long Island, New York, and landed 33 hours, 30 minutes later at Le Bourget Aerodrome in Paris, France. -
The Spirit of St. Louis lands
It landed 33 hours, 30 minutes in Le Bourget Aerodrome in Paris, France -
President Hoover
Hoover succeeded in cutting consumption foods needed overseas and avoided rationing at home, yet kept the Allies fed. -
Black Tuesday
Is the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and American stock market crash. The crash began a 12 year economic slump that affected all the Western industrialized coutries, and did not end in the U.S. until the onset of WWII. -
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Dust Bowl Years
Was the period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian praire lands from 1930 to 1936, in some areas until 1940. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
Was an act that raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels. -
Bonus Army March
They were WWI verterans, their families, and affilated groups who protested in Washington D.C., to get their badges. -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
He proposed a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, relief to the unemployed and the those in danger of losing forms and homes, and reform, especially through the establishment of TVA. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
Was a public work relief program for unemployed men age 18-25, providing unskilled manual labor related to conservation and development of natural resources in rural areas of the U.S. from 1933 to 1942. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
Is a federally owned comporation in the Untied States created by congressional charter, in Mar 1933 to provide navigation, electricity generation, economic development, etc, in the Tennessee Valley, a region partically affected by the Great Depression. -
FDIC
Is an U.S. government corporation created by the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933. It provides depoist insurance, which guarantees the safety of deposite in member banks, currently up to 250,000 per deposit for per bank. -
Prohibition ends
When the practice of prohibiting alcohol ended. -
Works Progress Administration
Was the largest New Deal agency, employed in millions to carry out public works projects, including, construction, of public buildings and roads, and operated large art drama, media, and literary projects. -
Social Security Act
Was an act that encompasses several social welfare and social insurance programs. -
The begining of WWII
Was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, which involved most of the world's nations, including all of the great powers; eventually forming two opposing military alliances, the Allies and the Axis.
