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| 1922–28 |
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| The real earnings of American workers continued to increase, rising by an estimated 22 percent between 1922 and 1928. The work week also declined by nearly 4 percent. | 1 |
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| 1922, Feb. 11., April 1–Sept. 4 |
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| Strike of coal miners in protest against wage reductions and in support of the check-off system by which the unions required employers to deduct union fees from wages. Herrin riots in Illinois. | 2 |
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| July 1–Sept. 13 |
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| Railway shopmen's strike in protest against wage reductions set by Railway Labor Board. | 3 |
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| Aug. 2 |
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| CALVIN COOLIDGE became 30th president upon death of Warren G. Harding. | 4 |
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| Sept. 19 |
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| Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act passed. Contained highest rates in American tariff history. | 5 |
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| Nov. 20 |
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| An American observer sent to the Lausanne conference. This break with the administration's policy of noninterference in European affairs was largely caused by the concern of American oil interests over the oil situation in the Near Eastern fields, where a British monopoly was feared. | 6 |
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