1930-The first supermarket is opened in the U.S.
1930-The U.S. signs a naval disarmament treaty with other European nations.
1930-"The Smoot-Hawley high tariff is approved."
March 1931-Nine African American youths who had been riding the rails were arrested and accused of raping two white women on the train. Without being given the chance to hire a defense lawyer, eight of the nine were quickly convicted by an all white jury.
1931-The Empire State Building opens in New York, becoming the world's tallest skyscraper.
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1932-Florence Kelly dies.
*1932-Veterans in the Bonus Army protest in Washington, D.C. to get their money from WWI early.
1932-Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
1932-The infant son of flying hero Charles Lindbergh and wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. A German-American was convicted of the crime, yet he haughtily denied this act all the way to the electric chair.
1933-The First U.S. aircraft carrier launched
*May 1933-The Tennessee Valley Authority is created to revitalize and give jobs to the Tennessee Valley.
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1933-Former President Calvin Coolidge, a symbol of the age of prosperity, dies.
*1933-Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated as president under his "New Deal" campaign. It begins a new age of activist Presidents, and even with his hidden polio, he becomes one of the most popular presidents in U.S. History.
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1933-Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor.
*December 5, 1933-The 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition.
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*1934-Farm families leave dust bowl-stricken Great Plains and move west to California.
1934-"Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act."
*1935-Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
*1935-The wealth tax is passed which penalized the wealthy with higher taxes to help depression.
1935-Mery Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women.
*1935-The Works Progress Administration is set up to improve America and create jobs.
* July 1935-With President Roosevelt's support, the Wagner is passed, guaranteeing workers' rights to join unions and bargain collectively.
1935-To keep the United States out of war in Europe, Congress passes the Neutrality Act.
1936-An auto workers strike occurs in Detroit, the nations leading producer of steel and cars.
1936-Margaret Mitchell writes Gonewith the Wind an American classic.
1937-Roosevelt's famous attempt to pack the Supreme Court fails.
1937-A steel strike happens in Chicago.
1938-The Fair Labor Standards Act makes it illegal to employ child labor.
1938-Orson Wells's radio production of H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds causes a national panic because of the believability of it.
*1938-A Severe recession hits the United States economy because of the depression.
1939-Author John Steinbeck publishes The Grapes of Wrath, which was later turned into a movie that we happened to watch in American History class.
1939-Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first color films.
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1939-Robert de Graff starts the Pocket Books company, a paperback books company.
1930-The first supermarket is opened in the U.S. 1930-The U.S. signs a naval disarmament treaty with other European nations. 1930-"The Smoot-Hawley high tariff is approved." March 1931-Nine African American youths who had been riding the rails were arrested and accused of raping two white women on the train. Without being given the chance to hire a defense lawyer, eight of the nine were quickly convicted by an all white jury. 1931-The Empire State Building opens in New York, becoming the world's tallest skyscraper. empiresb.gif (29296 bytes) 1932-Florence Kelly dies. *1932-Veterans in the Bonus Army protest in Washington, D.C. to get their money from WWI early. 1932-Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. 1932-The infant son of flying hero Charles Lindbergh and wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. A German-American was convicted of the crime, yet he haughtily denied this act all the way to the electric chair. 1933-The First U.S. aircraft carrier launched *May 1933-The Tennessee Valley Authority is created to revitalize and give jobs to the Tennessee Valley. TVA.gif (25091 bytes) 1933-Former President Calvin Coolidge, a symbol of the age of prosperity, dies. *1933-Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated as president under his "New Deal" campaign. It begins a new age of activist Presidents, and even with his hidden polio, he becomes one of the most popular presidents in U.S. History. FDR.gif (35950 bytes) 1933-Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. *December 5, 1933-The 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. draft.gif (2156 bytes) *1934-Farm families leave dust bowl-stricken Great Plains and move west to California. 1934-"Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act." *1935-Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. *1935-The wealth tax is passed which penalized the wealthy with higher taxes to help depression. 1935-Mery Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women. *1935-The Works Progress Administration is set up to improve America and create jobs. * July 1935-With President Roosevelt's support, the Wagner is passed, guaranteeing workers' rights to join unions and bargain collectively. 1935-To keep the United States out of war in Europe, Congress passes the Neutrality Act. 1936-An auto workers strike occurs in Detroit, the nations leading producer of steel and cars. 1936-Margaret Mitchell writes Gonewith the Wind an American classic. 1937-Roosevelt's famous attempt to pack the Supreme Court fails. 1937-A steel strike happens in Chicago. 1938-The Fair Labor Standards Act makes it illegal to employ child labor. 1938-Orson Wells's radio production of H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds causes a national panic because of the believability of it. *1938-A Severe recession hits the United States economy because of the depression.
1939-Author John Steinbeck publishes The Grapes of Wrath, which was later turned into a movie that we happened to watch in American History class.
1939-Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first color films.
dorothy.gif (19078 bytes)
1939-Robert de Graff starts the Pocket Books company, a paperback books company.
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