1920 - 1960

  • 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    Prohibition is repealed by the passage of the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.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.