• Lend lease act
    Mar 11, 1041

    Lend lease act

    allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the U.S
  • Washington Naval Conference

    Washington Naval Conference

    A conference between powerful naval nations which aimed to fix the problem of overpowered naval nations and tensions in East Asia
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Teapot Dome Scandal

    Secretary of the Interior (Albert Fall) leased government land in California and at Teapot Dome, Wyoming to 2 oil executives- Fall became the first Cabinet official to be sent to prison
  • Revenue Act

    Revenue Act

    Also known as the Mellon tax bill cut federal tax rates and established the U.S. Board of Tax Appeals, which was later renamed the United States Tax Court in 1942
  • Dawes Plan

    Dawes Plan

    American investors loaned Germany 2.5 billion dollars in order to pay the British and the French back
  • Scopes Trial

    Scopes Trial

    Trial of teacher John Scopes of Dayton, Tennessee, for the teaching of evolution.
  • Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic

    Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic

    He received the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Flying Cross from President Coolidge and continued to serve the United States as an aviation consultant
  • Sacco and Vanzetti execution

    Sacco and Vanzetti execution

    These two men were Italian immigrants who openly said they hated the American System of government. Also were apart of a political group that believed in overthrowing all governments
  • Talkies

    Talkies

    Moving picture and sound, Jazz singer was the first one
  • Kellogg Briand Pact

    Kellogg Briand Pact

    62 nations agreed "to condemn recourse war for the solution of international controversies, and renounce it as an instrument of national policy"
  • Stock Market crashes

    Stock Market crashes

    Accelerated the global economic collapse of which it was also a symptom oct 24- oct 29
  • Smoot-Hawley tariff

    Smoot-Hawley tariff

    Was an Act implementing protectionist trade policies sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley
  • Election of 1932

    Election of 1932

    President Herbert Hoover was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Bonus Army

    Bonus Army

    Were 43,000 marchers and 17,000 U.S. World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups gathered in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 1932 to demand cash-payment redemption of their service certificates.
  • 20th Amendment

    20th Amendment

    inaugurations for President, Vice President, Senators, and Representatives will now be in January instead of March.
  • 21st Amendment

    21st Amendment

    Ends Prohibition-gives state the right to allow making of and selling of alcoholic beverages
  • New Deal

    New Deal

    Introduced new programs to combat economic depression enacted a number of social insurance measures and used government spending to stimulate the economy
  • Good neighbor policy

    Good neighbor policy

    Was the foreign policy of the administration of United States President Franklin Roosevelt toward the countries of Latin America. The United States wished to have good relations with its neighbors
  • Civilian Conservation Corps

    Civilian Conservation Corps

    Provided jobs to young, unmarried men
  • Tennessee Valley Authority

    Tennessee Valley Authority

    Provided hydroelectric power, flood control, and recreational opportunities to the Tennessee River Valley and surrounding areas
  • gold standard terminated

    gold standard terminated

    Redemption of any U.S. currency in gold was forbidden
  • Home Owners Loan Corporation

    Home Owners Loan Corporation

    Provided low-cost mortgage refinancing to homeowners facing foreclosure
  • National Industrial Recovery Act

    National Industrial Recovery Act

    Was a US labor law and consumer law passed by the US Congress to authorize the President to regulate industry for fair wages and prices that would stimulate economic recovery.
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    Insured bank deposits up to $5,000
  • Civil Works Administration

    Civil Works Administration

    Provided federal jobs in building and improving roads and public facilities
  • Securities and Exchange Commission

    Securities and Exchange Commission

    Regulated the stock market and protected investors from dishonest trading practices
  • Works Progress Administration

    Works Progress Administration

    Gave the unemployed work in building construction and arts programs
  • National Youth Administration

    National Youth Administration

    Provided education, jobs, recreation, and counseling for youth ages 16 to 25
  • Wagner Act

    Wagner Act

    was a New Deal reform passed by President Franklin Roosevelt on July 5, 1935. It was instrumental in preventing employers from interfering with workers' unions and protests in the private sector.
  • 2nd neutrality act

    2nd neutrality act

    banned loans/credits to countries at war
  • 1st Neutrality Act

    1st Neutrality Act

    gave president the power to prohibit US ships from carrying US made arms to countries at war
  • 3rd Neutrality Act

    3rd Neutrality Act

    3rd Neutrality Act; 1937
    forbade exportation of munitions to opposing forces in Spain;
  • Fair labor standards act

    established minimum wage, . eliminate detrimental working conditions, Protect the educational opportunities of youth
  • United States housing authority

    United States housing authority

    It was designed to lend money to the states or communities for low-cost construction.
  • Jet Engine

    Jet Engine

    Was installed in the He 178 airplane, which made the world's first jet-powered aircraft
  • WW2

    WW2

    Sep 1 1939-Sep 2 1945 France and Britain declare war on Germany;
  • Fall of France

    Fall of France

    through Jun 25 1940 German forced defeat upon Allies .
  • Destroyers

    Navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy from the United States Navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions.
  • First peacetime draft

    First peacetime draft

    ls also known as the Burke–Wadsworth Act
  • Atlantic charter

    Atlantic charter

    How President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill thought the world should be like after WWII like a constitution
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    An attack by the Japanese Aircraft to America