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18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. The 18th Amendment remains the only Amendment to ever have been repealed. -
Lenin and the Communist Red Scare
Vladimir Lenin founded the Russian Communist party and led the Russian Revolution. The Russian Revolution also affected U.S. society and politics. In "The Most Brainiest Man," Connecticut clothing salesmen was sentenced to sixth months in jail for saying Lenin was smart. It was a period during and after WWI where the U.S. became suspicious of radicals and Communists. -
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
Ferdinando Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men. After a controversial trial and a series of appeals, the two Italian immigrants were executed on August 23, 1927. There is a dispute over their guilt or innocence, as well as whether or not the trials were fair. -
Volstead Act
The Volstead Act, was the enabling legislation for the Eighteenth Amendment which established prohibition in the United States. The Anti-Saloon League's Wayne Wheeler conceived and drafted the bill. -
Palmer Raids
The Palmer Raids were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport left-wing radicals. The raids and arrests occurred under the leadership of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer. Though more than 500 foreign citizens were deported, including a number of prominent leftist leaders, Palmer's efforts were frustrated by officials at the US Department of Labor who had responsibility for deportations and who objected to Palmer's methods and disrespect for the legal process. -
19th Amendment ratified
The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits each state and the federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's sex. Women got the right to vote! It was ratified August 18, 1920. -
Teapot Dome Affair
It is leasing of government oil fields to the Secretary of the Interior's friends under the Harding Administration. The Teapot Dome Scandal was an unprecedented bribery scandal and investigation during the White House administration of United States President Warren G. Harding. Before the Watergate scandal, it was regarded as the "greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics". The scandal also was a key factor in destroying the public reputation of Harding. -
Natioanl Origins Act
was a United States federal law that limited the number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890, down from the 3% cap set by the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921. The National Origins Quota of 1924, according to the Immigration Act, was the first permanent limitation on immigration into the United States and established the “national origins quota system.” -
Scopes Trial
The Scopes Trial—formally known as The State of Tennessee v. Scopes and informally known as the Scopes Monkey Trial. Was an American legal case in 1925 in which a high school biology teacher John Scopes was accused of violating the state's Butler Act that made it unlawful to teach evolution. Scopes was found guilty, but the verdict was overturned on a technicality and he was never brought back to trial. -
Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic
Lindbergh, was a 25-year old U.S. Air Mail pilot when he got the Orteig Prize-winning solo non-stop flight on May 20–21, 1927. He flew from Roosevelt Field to Le Bourget Field, a distance of nearly 3,600 statute miles. The plane he flew was the single-seat, single-engine monoplane Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh. -
1st talking movie "The Jazz Singer" is realeased
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American musical film. The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, its release heralded the commercial of the "talkies" and the decline of the silent film era. It was produced by Warner Bros. -
Herbery Hoover Elected
Hoover was the 31st President of the United States (1929–1933). He was a professional mining engineer and author. He promoted government intervention under the rubric "economic modernization." In the presidential election of 1928, Hoover easily won the Republican nomination. -
Stock Market Crash
A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market, causing significant loss of paper wealth. The Stock Market Crash of 1929, was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States of America. The crash began a 12-year economic slump that affected all the Western industrialized countries.
