the great depresion

  • The first Model T is produced

    The first Model T is produced
    The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie, Tin Lizzy, T‑Model Ford, Model T, or T) is an automobile that was produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 27, 1927.
  • 19th Amendment is passed

    19th Amendment is passed
    Ratified on August, 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment forbids voting rights discrimination anywhere in the United States based on sex. The amendment's adoption was the result of a nearly century-long campaign to allow women to vote
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Teapot Dome Scandal
    was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding.
  • F Scott Fitzgerald writes “The Great Gatsby”

    F Scott Fitzgerald writes “The Great Gatsby”
    American short-story writer and novelist famous for his depictions of the Jazz Age (the 1920s), his most brilliant novel being The Great Gatsby (1925).
  • Scopes Trial

    Scopes Trial
    The Scopes Trial, formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case in 1925 in which a substitute high school
  • Herbert Hoover Elected President

    Herbert Hoover Elected President
    Hoover began a seven week tour of Latin America and promised to establish policies that would make the U.S. a good neighbor. March 4, 1929 Herbert Hoover was inaugurated as 31st President of the United States.
  • Lindbergh's Flight

    Lindbergh's Flight
    Thirty-three and one half-hours and 3,500 miles later he landed in Paris, the first to fly the Atlantic alone.
  • Construction on the Hoover Dam Begins

    Construction on the Hoover Dam Begins
    t was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash
    The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday, the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began on October 24, 1929, and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history .
  • Franklin Roosevelt Elected President

    Franklin Roosevelt Elected President
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States.