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Warren G. Harding's Presidency
Warren Gamaliel Harding, the 29th president, followed a predominantly pro-business, conservative agenda. Taxes were reduced; high protective tariffs were enacted; immigration was limited. Harding signed the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, which streamlined the federal budget system. unfortunately, he died before serving his full term. Today, most accept that he died from a heart attack. But that wasn’t the original cause of death issued in 1923. -
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Calvin Coolidge's Presidency
Stepping in after Warren's death, Calvin became the 30th President. With this authority, he refused to use Federal economic power to check the growing boom or to ameliorate the depressed condition of agriculture and certain industries. His first message to Congress in December 1923 called for isolation in foreign policy, tax cuts, and limited aid to farmers. By the end of his term, he shrank the total federal debt by one quarter. -
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Herbert Hoover's Presidency
Herbert Hoover brought to the presidency a luminous reputation as an engineer, administrator, and humanitarian. One week before Hoover celebrated his 40th birthday in London, Germany declared war on France, and the American Consul General asked his help in getting stranded tourists home. In six weeks his committee helped 120,000 Americans return to the United States. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's Presidency
Franklin D. Roosevelt(not to be confused with Teddy Roosevelt), an American politician who served as the 32nd president, created numerous programs to provide relief to the unemployed and farmers while seeking economic recovery with the National Recovery Administration and other programs. He also instituted major regulatory reforms related to finance, communications, labor, and helped end Prohibition. During this time, he died from a Cerebral hemorrhage. -
Ratification of the 21st Amendment
Proclaimed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment of January 16, 1919. Thus, this ended the increasingly unpopular nationwide prohibition of alcohol. -
The Social Security Act Passes
After a Conference that lasted throughout July, the bill passed. This provided for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged persons, blind persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health, and the administration of their unemployment. -
The First Helicopter
The VS-300 took flight at Stratford, Connecticut. Designed by Igor Sikorsky and built by the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division of the United Aircraft Corporation, the helicopter was the first to incorporate a single main rotor and tail rotor design. -
U.S. Entry into WW2
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, America stepped into ww2 by aiding the Allies. This aid flowed to the United Kingdom and other nations at war with Germany and Japan through an innovative program known as Lend-Lease. When war broke out in Europe in September 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that while the United States would remain neutral in law, he could “not ask that every American remain neutral in thought as well.” -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on a Sunday morning. This killed 2,403 Americans. -
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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict. As a result, Japan quickly surrendered on the 15th.