1921-1940

Bonnie and Clyde 1930

• American outlaws and robbers from Dallas  who traveled the United States with their gang during the Great Depression
•  1934, They were shot to death in a police ambush in  LA.
• They were known to have killed 9 police officers and several civilians.

Amelia Earhart Flies AROUND the Wold

Amelia disappeared in 1937

• She was attempting to fly around the world for the 1st time.
• She was reported missing flying over Howland Island.
• She received messages that she was lost and running out of fuel.
• Soon after that she probably tried ditching her plane into the Pacific.
• No trace of Amelia was ever found.

Walt disney

• On December 21 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 
• were the first fully animated film
• It produced a whopping $1.499 million during the Depression. 

Alexander Fleming

• In 1928 he discovered penicillin by accident
• He had found a fungus growing on his experiment.
• So he continued to grow the mold. It eventually grew into a substance. 
• The substance was found to have killed a number of disease-killing baceria
• His discovery was very successful and is still a very important use today. 

fredrick Banting

• Created insulin in 1922.
• Found a special substance in the pancreas of a cow, insulin.
• He first tested it on a diabetic dog.
• Now it is used all over the world curing Diabetes
• It was a very important discovery because it has saved many lives.

St. Valentine's Day Massacre

• 1929 murder of seven mob leaders of the North Irish Gang. 
• It was known as the most notorious gangster killing during the Prohibition.
• The 7 victims each got shot 15 times in the head. 

First Mickey mouse Cartoon

• In 1928 "Steamboat Willie" was the first Mickey Mouse Cartoon.
• It was the first cartoon to feature a fully produced soundtrack.
• It introduced one of the world's most popular cartoon characters.
• The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film
• Registry for being culturally and historically significant.

Start of great depression 1929

• The great depression lasted til mid 1940's
• It was a severe world-wide depression 
• It all began after the fall of stock prices.
• Income, Taxes, profits, and prices dropped
• Trade plunged by 50%, Unemployment rose to 25%

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Immigration Act 1929

• Was a US federal law that limited the annual # of immigrants
• who could be admitted from any country into the US.
• The law was aimed at further restricting immigration of Jews and Europeans 
• Also prohibiting the immigration of Arabs, East Asians, and Indians.
• The purpose of the act was to preserve the ideal of American Homogeneity.

WW2 Starts 1939

• It was the most wide spread war in history.
• It began Sept. 1,1939 and ended on Sept. 2,1945.
• One of the bloodiest wars, 40-50 million deaths.
• The Allies won

Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933

• Was elected as the 32nd President
• Longest serving president 1933-1945
• Instituted the new deal a variety of  programs to produce-
• government jobs to the unemployed during Great Depression.
• Major surviving programs include FDIC and Social seccurity.

First Nonstop transatlantic flight

• In 1927 by Charles Lindburgh
• In his airplane called The spirit of St. Lewis
• He did it to win a $25000 prize.
• Used his fame to promote the development of commercial Aviation.

Hindenburg disaster 1937

• The Hindenburg was a German passenger airship.
• Flight was going from Germany to New Jersey
• The flight caught on fire and crashed in Lake Hurst,NJ
• Out of 97 people,13 passengers and 22 crewman died.
• After the crash, it marked the end of the airship era.

Star Spangled Banner was Adopted

• It was adopted in 1931 as the U.S National Anthem.
• Was signed by President Herbert Hoover.

Mcdonald's was founded

• McDonald's was founded on May 15,1940 by Rich and maurice McDonald.
• World's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants.
• It serves around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries.
• The company first began as a barbecue restaurant. 
• McDonald's is one of the most popular fast food restraunts in the world.