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The 18th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
The 18th Amendment is added to the Constitution. -
The 19th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
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The Treaty of Versailles was signed
Of the many provisions of the treaty, one of the most important and controversial stipulated that Germany and its allies accept full moral and material responsibility for causing the war and, under the terms of some items should disarm, make substantial territorial concessions to the victors and pay exorbitant financial compensation. The Versailles Treaty was undermined by subsequent events early as 1922 and was widely violated in Germany in the thirties with the coming to power of Adolf Hitler. -
Intolerance in the 1920s
Immigrants became less welcome. The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was reformed and expanded. Membership of the Ku Klux Klan rose to around 5 million during the 1920's. Joseph Simmons, leader of the Klan, described the organisations views as:"We exclude Jews because they do not believe in Christian religion. We exclude Catholics because they owe allegiance to an institution that is foreign to the Government of the United States.J Simmons, 1923. -
Women's vote
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Prohibition
sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. The Prohibition era sees a mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism. -
Roaring Twenties
The Roaring 20's was a decade of great economic growth and widespread prosperity driven by: government growth policies, a boom in construction, and the rapid growth of consumer goods such as automobiles. The United States augmented its standing as one of the richest countries in the world, its industry aligned to mass production and its society acculturated into consumerism. -
Citizenship
Congress gives indigenous people right to citizenship. -
Hitler
Adolf Hitler becomes Fueher of Germany -
Tribal members
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The Wall Street Crash
The Wall Street Crash was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its fallout.
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The great depression
The depression had devastating effects in virtually every country, rich and poor. National income, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped, and international trade declined between 50 and 66%. Unemployment in the United States increased to 25%, and in some countries reached 33%. Cities around the world were hit hard, especially those dependent on heavy industry and construction virtually halted in many areas. Farming and rural areas suffered from falling crop prices which reached about 60%. -
The 20th and 21thAmendments iare added to the Constitution.
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The New Deal
The New Deal was a series of economic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936. They involved presidential executive orders or laws passed by Congress during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The programs were in response to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": Relief, Recovery, and Reform. -
The Wagner Act
The National Labor Relations Act (or Wagner Act) is a United States federal law that protects the rights of most workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands. -
Retired people
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WW2 Begins
The WW2 begins with the invasion of Poland by the Nazi Germany -
Butterfly effect
Japanese warplanes attack US fleet at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii; US declares war on Japan; Germany declares war on US, which thereafter intervenes on a massive scale in World War II, eventually helping to defeat Germany.