1921-1941

  • Warren G. Harding Becomes the 29th President

    Warren G. Harding Becomes the 29th President
    Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States. He served from 1921 to 1923. He was a Republican and one of the most famous presidents in the United States at the time.
  • Armaments Congress Ends

    Armaments Congress Ends
    It would result in three agreements between the major world powers and the US, including the Five Power Disarmament Treaty, limiting naval construction, outlawing poison gas, limiting submarine attacks on merchant ships, and respecting China's sovereignty.
  • Calvin Coolidge Becomes the 30th President

    Calvin Coolidge Becomes the 30th President
    Calvin Coolidge was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929.
  • Henry Ford Created the 5 Day, 40 Hour, Work Week

    Henry Ford Created the 5 Day, 40 Hour, Work Week
  • Herbert Hoover Became the 31st President

    Herbert Hoover Became the 31st President
    Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. He was an American politician, businessman, and engineer. He was a Republican who served in office at the start of the Great Depression.
  • Wall Street Crash of 1929

    Wall Street Crash of 1929
    The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was a massive stock market crash in the United States.  It began in September and concluded in late October when the New York Stock Exchange stock prices plunged.
  • The 20th Amendment is Ratified

    The 20th Amendment is Ratified
    The Twentieth Amendment establishes the dates for new presidential terms and new congressional sessions. It also empowers Congress to appoint the president and vice president in the event of a presidential death or failure to win a majority of electoral votes.
  • FDR became the 32nd President

    FDR became the 32nd President
    FDR was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the only U.S. President to serve three terms.
  • The Hindenburg Disaster

    The Hindenburg Disaster
    During an attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was wrecked. The crash claimed the lives of 35 of the 97 passengers on board, as well as one person on the ground.
  • The Attack on Pearl Harbor

    The Attack on Pearl Harbor
    The surprise military assault by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the United States on the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, was known as the Attack on Pearl Harbor.