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VOLSTEAD ACT
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| PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING DIES IN OFFICE |
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| CALVIN COOLIDGE ELECTED PRESIDENT |
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| CHARLES LINDBERG FLIES THE ATLANTIC |
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| BLACK TUESDAY STOCK MARKET CRASH |
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10/29/29
OCTOBER 29, 1929 |
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ELECTION OF PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT |
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21ST AMENDMENT
PROHIBITION REPEALED |
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| In 1914-1915, The United States responded to a British naval blockade of Germany by |
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| Ending trade with Germany but continuing it with Great Britian |
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| In January 1917, President Woodrow Wilson, In a speech before Congress |
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| Suggested the creation of the League of Nations in the Post-War period. |
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| The so called Zimmerman telegram |
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| Included a proposal for the return of the American southwest to Mexico. |
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| During World War I, The United States military role in Europe |
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| Lasted only a few months but saw heavy American casualties. |
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| In The United States during WWI, the committee on public information (CPI) |
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| Became increasingly sensationalist in its information campaign. |
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| The Sabotage Act and the Sedition Act of 1918 |
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| Made illegal any public expression opposing the war. |
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| During WWI, the "Great Migration" in the United States refered to |
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| Rural southern blacks moving to norther industrial cities |
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| Encouraged African Americans to reject assimilation into white society. |
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| In 1920, passage of the 19th Ammendment |
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| Gave women the right to vote. |
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| Voters turn away from idealism and toward "normalcy" |
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| Throughout the 1920's, the performance of the United States economy |
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| Saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities. |
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| During the 1920's, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) |
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| Believed workers should be organized on the basis of skills |
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| During the 1920s, the Agricultural economy of the United States saw |
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| A sharp decline in farmers incomes |
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| In the 1920s, "Behavioral" Psycologists, such as John B. Watson, believed |
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| Mental ailments could be improved by treating their symptoms |
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| During the 1920s, Birth control in the United States |
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| Was illegal in many states |
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| The infamous Baltimore journalist of the 1920s who delighted in ridiculing religion, politics, the Arts and even Democracy itself was |
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| In his 1925 novel, the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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| Criticized the American Obsession with material wealth. |
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