USA 1917-1941 By martinamaniobra Apr 11, 1917 U.S. enters World War I Period: Apr 11, 1917 to Apr 11, 1920 First Red Scare Apr 12, 1917 Espionage and Sedition Acts Nov 2, 1917 Lansing-Ishii Agreement Dec 13, 1917 U.S. Virgin Islands purchased from Denmark Mar 5, 1918 President Wilson's Fourteen Points Nov 11, 1918 Treaty of Versailles ends World War I Jan 3, 1919 United States Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations Jul 18, 1919 18th Amendment, establishing Prohibition Oct 11, 1919 Black Sox Scandal during the that year's World Series Jan 1, 1920 Esch-Cummins Act Feb 11, 1920 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote Aug 23, 1920 Sacco and Vanzetti arrested Sep 6, 1920 Volstead Act Jan 2, 1921 Warren G. Harding becomes President Feb 14, 1921 Emergency Quota Act Apr 11, 1921 Washington Disarmament Conference of 1921 Apr 11, 1921 Teapot Dome Scandal Mar 6, 1922 Herbert Hoover becomes President Apr 11, 1922 Fordney-McCumber tariff Apr 11, 1923 President Warren G. Harding dies; Calvin Coolidge succeeds him Apr 11, 1924 Immigration Act Basic Law Jun 29, 1924 J. Edgar Hoover is appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation Oct 13, 1925 WSM broadcasts the Grand Ole Opry for the first time. May 7, 1926 NBC founded as the U.S.'s first major broadcast network Aug 27, 1927 Sacco and Vanzetti executed Sep 11, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first trans-Atlantic flight Oct 11, 1927 Columbia Broadcasting System becomes second national radio network in the U.S. Feb 11, 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact Jun 11, 1929 American Samoa officially becomes a U.S. territory Feb 5, 1934 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission established Apr 11, 1934 Johnson Act Apr 11, 1935 National Labor Relations Act Jan 17, 1937 Franklin Roosevelt is sworn in as President for a 2nd term. Apr 11, 1937 Neutrality Acts Dec 8, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor; U.S. enters World War II by declaring war on Japan
