Harding wins by a landslide. This was the first election woman were allowed to vote in.
Increased rates on wheat, sugar, meat, wool and other agricultural products brought into the United States from foreign nations.
A congressional resolution by both houses signed by President Warren G; this declared peace in World War I hostilities with Germany, Austria, and Hungary. The treaties would be executed 1 month later.
A law that raised American tariffs on many imported goods in order to protect factories and farms.
The Great Mississippi flood occurs affecting over 700,000 lives.
The United States Congress approves the construction of Boulder, later named Hoover Dam.
Future civil rights leader, Martin Luther King is born in Atlanta Georgia in his grandfather’s house.
Postwar prosperity ends in the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Stock prices led to the losses between 1929-1931 with an estimated $50 billion and started the worst American depression in the nation’s history.
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