Labels:text | font | paper | publication | document OCR: JANUARY 16, 1920 Prohibition of alcohol comes into force under the 18th Amendment AUGUST 26, 1920 19th Amendment gives women right to vote MAY 19, 1921 Congress passes first seriously restrictive immigration act AUGUST 3, 1923 Calvin Coolidge becomes president after Harding's sudden death MAY 26, 1924 Johnson-Reed Act cuts immigration quotas in half MAY 21, 1927 Lindbergh lands in Paris after first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic MAY 26, 1927 Ford Motor Co. builds 15-millionth Model T OCTOBER 6, 1927 First talkie opens in New York, "The Jazz Singer," starring Al Jolson FEBRUARY 14, 1929 Seven gangsters shot in St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago MARCH 4, 1929 Inauguration of Herbert Hoover as president OCTOBER 29, 1929 'Black Tuesday" on New York Stock Exchange JANUARY 7, 1930 Report claims more than 4 million unemployed JULY 17, 1930 Hoover signs Tariff Act raising duty on many imported items SEPTEMBER 9, 1930 Foreign laborers denied entry to the U.S. due to high evel of unemployment DECEMBER 11, 1930 Bank of the U.S. closes, latest in growing list MAY 1, 1931 Tallest building, Empire State Building, is opened DECEMBER 7, 1931 Communist-led hunger marchers protest in Washington, D.C. NOVEMBER 8, 1932 Roosevelt wins presidential election by a landslide MAY 12, 1933 Federal Relief Act comes into force, authorizing grants for relief projects JUNE 16, 1933 New Deal established after Roosevelt's first "100 Days" in office NOVEMBER 8, 1933 Roosevelt creates Civil Works Administration DECEMBER 5, 1933 21st Amendment takes effect, ends Prohibition MAY 10-11, 1934 Dust storms remove 300 million tons of topsoil in West and South MAY 6, 1935 Works Progress Administration begins AUGUST 14, 1935 Social Security Act signed to protect disadvantaged NOVEMBER 3, 1936 Roosevelt reelected by landslide vote FEBRUARY 1, 1937 Torrential Midwest floods destroy farms and homes MAY 27, 1937 San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge is opened MAY 16, 1939 Food stamp plan to help poor is implemented NOVEMBER 4, 1939 Congress allows warring nations to buy U.S. arms
