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The Volstead Act-passed to ban alcohol
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The Circle-drug company to gain legal access to bonded liquor
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The League of Nations was Established-create peace across the world
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The 18th Amendment-declare the production, transport, and sale of alcohol illegal.
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Black Baseball Team Owners Formed Their Own League
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19th Amendment passed - women can now vote
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The First Commercially Licensed Radio Station Began Broadcasting Live Results of the Presidential Election
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Advances in Aviation-airplanes to become a mainstream way to travel
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The Purple Gang Trial- went to trial for bootlegging and highjacking
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Black Thursday-start of the stock market crash
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The Dust Bowls Begin-drought hit twenty-three states across the U.S.
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Economy Hits Rock Bottom-the economy would reach rock bottom after a 27% shrink
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The First Hundred Days- fifteen laws are introduced rapidly to start tackling the Great Depression
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First Soil Erosion Camp-The Civilian Conservation Corps opens the first soil erosion control camp in Clayton County
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Jobs are Created-Four million construction jobs were created by the Civil Works Administration
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The 21st Amendment-ratified to repeal prohibition
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Worst Drought Ever-covering more than seventy-five percent of the country, and affecting twenty-seven states
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Black Sunday-The worst dust storm hit the U.S.
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Emergency Relief Appropriation Act- provides five hundred twenty-five million dollars for drought relief
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End of Great Depression- The economy started to grow again this year
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Brown v. Board of Education-The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the integration of public schools after this case
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Vietnam is Split-The Geneva Accords establish North and South Vietnam
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Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat-Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the front of the bus to a white man
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Troops to South Vietnam-President John F. Kennedy sends helicopters and four hundred Green Berets to South Vietnam
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The Civil Rights Act-The act banned discrimination based on anything in public facilities
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U.S. Aircraft Bomb Vietnam-U.S. aircraft bomb Haiphong Harbor and North Vietnamese airfields
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The Voting Rights Act-This act made it possible for African-American people to vote
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More Troops to Vietnam- fifty thousand more ground troops to be sent to Vietnam, increasing the draft to 35,000 each month
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Troops in Vietnam Rise-U.S. troop numbers in Vietnam rise to four hundred thousand
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated-King was assassinated in Memphis on a balcony