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  • 18th Amendment enacted

    Nationwide ban on the sale and manufacture of alcohol begins

  • Womens suffrage

    The 19th amendment grants women the right to vote in the United States

  • Emergency Quota Act

    Restricts immigration based on nationality.

  • Immigration Act

    Further restricts immigration, especially from Southern and Eastern Europe

  • Scopes Trial

    "Monkey Trial" debates evolution in schools.

  • The Jazz Singer

    First feature-length "talkie" film released.

  • Herbert Hoover elected president

    Republican takes office promising continued prosperity.

  • Stock Market Crash

    Begins the Great Depression,

  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    Gang violence escalates in Chicago

  • The Great Gatsby

    F.Scott Fitzgerald publishes the book that would define the era.

  • Hawley-Smoot Tariff

    Imposes high tariffs, worsening international trade.

  • Severe Drought Begins

    The Dust Bowl Drought starts in the Southern Plains

  • Bank Failures Increase

    Banking system collapses as people lose savings

  • Bonus Army

    WW1 veterans march on Washington seeking early payment of bonuses.

  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation

    Government agency provides loans to banks and businesses.

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Inaugurated

    FDR becomes president, promising a "New Deal."

  • New Deal Programs Begins

    CCC, AAA, and other programs are launched to provide relief and recovery.

  • Dust Storms Intensify

    Black Blizzards plague the Dust Bowl region.

  • Social Security Act

    Establishes a system of old-age benefits and unemployment insurance

  • The Grapes of Wrath

    John Steinbeck publishes his famous novel about the Dust Bowl migration

  • Greensboro Sit-ins

    Civil rights activists protest segregation at lunch counters.

  • Freedom Rides

    Activists challenge segregation on interstate buses.

  • March on Washington

    Massive demonstration for civil rights; MLK delivers "I Have a Dream" speech

  • Civil Rights Act

    Landmark legislation prohibits discrimination bases on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin.

  • Voting Rights Act

    Outlaws discriminatory voting practices

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Congress authorizes military action in Vietnam

  • March on the Pentagon

    Anti-war protesters demonstrate at the Pentagon

  • Tet Offensive

    North Vietnamese launch major offensive, turning point in Vietnam War.

  • MLK Assassination

    Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, TN.

  • Woodstock

    Music festival becomes a symbol of counterculture and anti-war sentiment