5. World War I and the Great Depression
Student: Daniel Felipe Trejo Lopez
Grade: 8-3
Grade: 8-3
1917-18 - US intervenes in World War I, but rejects membership of
League of Nations in its aftermath.
League of Nations in its aftermath.
1920 - Women given the right to vote under the Nineteenth
Amendment.
Amendment.
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1920 - Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquor outlawed. TheProhibition era sees a mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-
produced alcohol and gangsterism. The Wall Street crash of 1929
sparked the Great Depression
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1924 - Congress gives indigenous people right to citizenship.Loading...
1929-33 - More than 13 million people are unemployed after the
Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers the Great
Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers the Great
Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1933 - President Franklin D Roosevelt launches "New Deal"
recovery programmer which includes major public works. Sale of
alcohol resumes.
recovery programmer which includes major public works. Sale of
alcohol resumes.