Events
BirthMr. Johnson passes away due to SepticemiaWW1 Draft RegistrationLouis Johnson marries Ruby FraserPresident McKinley was assasinatedPure Food and Drug Act passed - Laws passed preventing the sale, manufacturing, or transportation of misbranded food, medicine, drugs, or liquorMeat Inspection Act passed - Laws and regulation preventing the sale or distribution of adulterated meat or meat related productsThe 16th Amendment was ratified, allowing for the federal government to impose an income taxRural credits Act passed, allowing financial aid to be provided to farmers in need of itCongress establishes time zonesDaylight Savings Time begins, rearranging the time to allow the daylight in the afternoon to last longer and shorten it in the morningsWW1 ends with an armistice, ending the fighting between the axis powers and the alliesTreaty of Versailles signed signalling an end to WW1The 19th amendment is ratified giving women the right to vote.The infamous stock market crash occurs, sending the country's economy into the Great DepressionOrson Welles reads War of the Worlds with no context sending the country in to a nationwide scareThe terrorist attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese leads to the United States entering WW2The United States declares neutrality in WW2Louis Johnson received his WW2 draft card"Old Man's Draft" for WW2 begins for men between the ages 45-64The GI bill of rights was signed into action providing benefits to WW2 veteransExecutive Order 9981 is signed by Harry Truman ending segregation in the United States MilitaryThe 24th amendment is signed, making it illegal enforce a tax on votingThe first public burning of military draft cards in protest of the Vietnam WarAmelia T. Johnson, Louis' mother, passed away
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