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Prohibition Starts
The 18th Amendment is passed, outlawing the sale of all alcohol across the U.S. Bootlegging starts to become a common practice. -
End of The Great War
Date WW1 Ended, Germany signed an Armistice agreement before they were invaded. -
Treaty of Versailles
The formal end to WW1. The fighting has ceased but this was the treaty that made Germany cut their military, colonies, and pay for repercussions. -
Volstead Act
The U.S Congress passes the Volstead Act and establishes guidelines for the enforcement of prohibition. The law goes into effect on January 17, 1920. -
Women given the Right to Vote
The 19th amendment gives Women universal suffrage. -
Warren G. Harding elected President.
Harding was elected U.S President with 16 million popular votes and a 404 - 127 landslide victory. -
Great Depression Starts
The day the U.S Stock market crashed. 16 million shares were sold by investors who lost faith in the economy. -
The Dust Bowl Begins
Droughts across the Southern U.S begin, causing Mass crop failure and countrywide dust storms. -
Bank of the U.S Fails
The fourth largest bank in the U.S fails, leading to a total amount of $200,000,0000 in deposits to be lost -
President Roosevelt is Elected
Franklin D Roosevelt is Elected in a landslide victory against Herbert Hoover. -
Cullen-Harrison Act
The Cullen-Harrison Act was the act signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt to allow the sale of certain alcoholic products. -
Prohibition Ends
Prohibition is repealed by the passage of the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
J. Edgar Hoover Reforms the FBI
Hoover takes office as the Director of the FBI and begins massive Reforms to help combat Bootlegging. -
End of the Dust Bowl
The end of the Dust Bowl was marked by the first downpour in Manhattan Kansas in nearly a decade. -
Segregation Ended in the U.S Military
By Executive Order 9981 signed by Harry Truman, segregation was officially ended in the U.S Military. -
Vietnam War Beigns
The Vietnam War begins. The war is a proxy war sponsored by the U.S and the Soviet Union. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated transport bus. -
"Little Rock Nine"
9 African Americans attended Little Rock Central Highschool, and were met by a mob and the Arkansas National Guard to keep them out. -
Ruby Ridges Escorted to School
Ruby Ridges was Escorted by Federal Marshals to William Franz Elementary School, a previously all-white elementary school that reformed to a non-segregated school. -
John F. Kennedy is Elected President
President Kennedy was elected in a narrow victory against Richard Nixon, who would later take the position. -
John F Kennedy Elected President
President Kennedy was Inaugurated at the East Portico of the U.S Capital. -
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech
On this day, MLK delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to 250,000 activists on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was assassinated inside of the Presidential Motorcade in Dealely Plaza, Dallas Texas. -
Lyndon B. Johnson Takes Presidential Office
After John F. Kennedy's assassination, his Vice president Lyndon B. Johnson Takes office. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X, a prominent leader in the Civil Rights Movement was assassinated in the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York. -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act was a act that prohibited racial discrimination in voting centers across the U.S -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
MLK was assassinated in the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee -
The Vietnam Antiwar Protest
On this day, millions of people across the U.S in the largest demonstration in American History, Protest the U.S involvement in the Vietnam War. -
U.S Soldiers Leave Vietnam
Due to mounting pressure from the public, supply shortage, and leadership issues, the last U.S Infantry battalions withdrew from Vietnam. -
Paris Peace Accords (Vietnam War End)
The Paris Peace Accords was a peace document ending the Vietnam War. It was signed by North and South Vietnam, The U.S, and the PRG.