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1920s
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18th Amendement
The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. -
Palmer Raids
The Palmer Raids were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport left-wing radicals, especially anarchists, from the United States. -
Volstead Act
The Volstead Act, formally the National Prohibition Act, was the enabling legislation for the Eighteenth Amendment which established prohibition in the United States. -
19th Amendment Ratified
On January 9, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson announced his support of the amendment. The House of Representatives narrowly passed the amendment the next day, but the Senate refused to debate it until October -
Red Scare
The First Red Scare was about worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism. -
Teapot Dome Affair
The Teapot Dome Scandal was an unprecedented bribery scandal and investigation during the White House administration of United States President Warren G. Harding. -
National 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, according to the Census of 1890. -
Scopes Trial
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. -
Lindbergh Crosses the Atlantic
Charles Lindbergh gunned the engine of the "Spirit of St Louis". Thirty-three and one half-hours and 3,500 miles later he landed in Paris, the first to fly the Atlantic alone. -
Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
Sacco & Vanzetti were two anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during a 1920 armed robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. After a controversial trial and a series of appeals, the two Italian immigrants were executed on August 23, 1927. -
Jazz Singer is Released
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American musical film. The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, its release heralded the commercial ascendance of the "talkies" and the decline of the silent film era. -
Herbert Hoover Elected President
The United States presidential election of 1928 pitted Republican Herbert Hoover against Democrat Al Smith. -
Stock Market Crash
On August 24, 1921, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at a value of 63.9. By September 3, 1929, it had risen more than sixfold, touching 381.2. It would not regain this level for another twenty five years. By the summer of 1929, it was clear that the economy was contracting and the stock market went through a series of unsettling price declines.
