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18th Amendment

Mar 5, 1919

This made the sale, distribution, and manufacturing of alcohol illegal.

Senate Rejects League

Mar 4, 1920

The U.S. senate rejects the Versailles Treaty mainly for the League of Nations.

U.S. Census Report

Mar 4, 1920

The 1920 census reported that more people now lived in urban areas than in rural areas.

Garvey Conference

Mar 4, 1920

Garvey convenes the first meeting of the Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World.

Steel Strike Ends

Mar 4, 1920

Steel workers yielded the fight and went back to work.

Agricultural Recession Begins

Mar 5, 1920

Supply for farmed goods increased steadily but the demand did not, leaving farmers with a sharp loss of income.

Sacco and Venzetti

Mar 4, 1921

Two Italian Anarchists were tried and convicted by a biased court and raised attention across the nation.

Cotton Overproduction

Mar 4, 1921

Cotton price peaked at 43 cents and then overproduction caused it to drop drastically, putting many farmers out of business.

Teapot Dome Scandal

Mar 4, 1921

Albert Fall was accused of trying to gain access to government oil via bribes.

Washington Disarmament Conference

Mar 4, 1921

The U.S. and Japan were to respect each other's Pacific Holdings.

World Series

Mar 4, 1921

The World Series is broadcast on radio for first time.

Fordney McCumber Tariff

Mar 4, 1922

Tariffs were raised, helping out local manufacturers, but killing foreign good prices.

The Waste Land

Mar 4, 1922

T.S. Eliot publishes The Waste Land.

Babbitt

Mar 4, 1922

Sinclair Lewis publishes Babbitt.

Yankee Standium

Mar 4, 1923

The Yankee Stadium is built in the Bronx.

Cane

Mar 4, 1923

Jean Toomer publishes Cane.

Equal Rights Amendment

Mar 4, 1923

This was one of the first equality acts for women put forth before congress.

Ford Motor Company

Mar 4, 1924

Ford’s market capitalization exceeds 1 billion.

National Origins Act

Mar 5, 1924

This act put a hold on “undesirable” immigrants such as those from eastern europe.

Scopes Trial

Mar 4, 1925

A high school teacher is put to trial for having taught the theory of evolution, which was banned at the time.

The New Negro

Mar 4, 1925

Alain LeRoy Locke publishes The New Negro.

The Man That Nobody Knows

Mar 4, 1925

Bruce Barton linked Christianity and business in this nonfiction novel.

The Great Gatsby

Mar 4, 1925

F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby.

Butler Act

Mar 5, 1925

This act made it illegal in the state of Tennessee to teach anything other than creationism

The Sun Also Rises

Mar 4, 1926

Ernest Hemingway publishes The Sun Also Rises.

Harlem Dream (Deferred)

Mar 4, 1926

Langston Hughes publishes Harlem Dream (Deferred).

Spirit of St. Louis

Mar 4, 1927

Lindbergh makes the first solo transatlantic flight and becomes a hero.

Home to Harlem

Mar 4, 1928

Claude McKay publishes Home to Harlem.

Steamboat Willie

Mar 4, 1928

This was the birth of Mickey Mouse.

Hoover Elected

Mar 5, 1928

Herbert Hoover is elected having run on the slogan “A chicken in every pot, a car in every garage”.

The Trumpeter of Krakow

Mar 4, 1929

Eric P. Kelly publishes The Trumpeter Of Krakow.

Saint Valentine's Day Massacre

Mar 5, 1929

Capone’s gang members assassinate rival bootleggers.

Black Tuesday

Mar 5, 1929

The Dow Jones dives around 500 points; over 16 million shares sold in one day.

Voluntarism

Mar 5, 1930

Herbert Hoover believed that charities and private industries should be responsible for aiding efforts to end the Great Depression.

Repatriation Begins

Mar 5, 1931

The government began deporting Mexicans and Mexican Americans without any sort of due process whatsoever.

Brain Trust

Mar 5, 1932

FDR assembles an academic team to advise him on the current state of the country.

FDR Elected

Mar 5, 1933

On the premise that Roosevelt was not Hoover, he wins the election by a landslide, and begins to implement the New Deal.

Emergency Banking Relief Act

Mar 5, 1933

Banks were permitted to reopen when they were deemed financially secure.

National Industrial Recovery Act

Mar 5, 1933

This act allowed the President to regulate industry in an attempt to stimulate the economy.

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Mar 5, 1933

Farmers were offered subsidies to leave part of their land bare and to kill any excess livestock which boosted prices.

Tennessee Valley Authority Act

Mar 5, 1933

This act sanctioned the organization to take care of various resource needs in the Tennessee valley.

Civilian Conservation Corps

Mar 5, 1933

The CCC provided jobs for unemployed and unmarried men.

Federal Emergency Relief Act

Mar 5, 1933

More money was provided to the state and local efforts for relief.

Public Works Administration

Mar 5, 1933

Under the Secretary of the Interior, public construction jobs were provided.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Mar 5, 1933

The FDIC would insure all bank deposits up to 5,000 dollars. The number is now 250,000$.

Drought Strikes

Mar 5, 1934

Drought conditions made it much easier for “black blizzards” to strike.

Social Security Act

Mar 5, 1935

Money would be taken from one’s income and put towards a private fund to aid the unemployed, disabled, young mothers, and so on and so forth.

Wagner Act

Mar 5, 1935

This act made anti-union tactics illegal.

Fair Labor Standards Act

Mar 5, 1938

Child labor was outlawed, and minimum wage established.

Mass Exodus

Mar 5, 1940

By this time, over 2.5 million people had fled the areas ravaged by the storms.