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18th Amendment
The 18th amendment was to ban the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. This amendment was the olny amendment out of all of them to ever be repealed. It was repealed in 1933 by the 21st amendment. -
Lenin and the communist state/red scare
Lenin was the founder of the Russian communist party and led the Russian Revolution. The red scare was a very big fright in America because many Americans thought that the immigrants from Russia would persuade them on being a communist country. -
The volstead Act
The volstead act or also know as the National Prohibition Act was used to help enable the 18th amendment. The act classified the boarders of the volstead act. It said it prohibited intoxicationg beverages, regulated the manufacture, production, use and sale of high-proof spirits for other than beverage purposes, and to ensure an ample supply of alcohol and promote its use in scientific research and in the development of fuel, dye and other lawful industries, such as religious rituals. -
Palmer Raids
The raids were attempts by the U.S. department of justice to arrest and deport radicals, especially anarchists, from the U.S. The raids were led by Attorney Palmer because he want them to further his chances of becomeing president. -
19th Amendment Ratified
The women rights was a very big step to America. It showed that they were a non-sexist country. It rohibits each state and the federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's sex. -
Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
This brutal murder and robbery, not uncommon in post-World War I America, was from two men. They ran into a waiting car after the shots. They went to trial and were found guilty. -
Teapot Dome Affair
The Teapot Dome is an oil field on public land in the U.S. state of Wyoming. By executive order of President Harding transfered the U.S. Navy Department into the Department of the Interior. -
The National Origins Act
The National Origins Act was when Americans were becoming outraged at the amount of jobs they were losing to immigrants and there was also a wide-spread panic of potential spies amongst the immigrants. -
The Scopes Trial
A high school teacher was accused of violating a states law that said it was illegal to teach evolution in class. He was found guilty but it was overturned due to a technicality. -
Charles Lindbergh Crosses The Atlantic Ocean
Lindbergh was a 25 year old mail piolt. The distance he traveld was nearly 3,600 miles. The flight was a miracle and record. -
1st talking movie, The Jazz Singer is released
Silent movies were a big hit back in 1927. The Jazz Singer was one of the most popular. -
Herbert Hoover is elected president
Herbert Clark Hoove was the 31st President of the United States. Hoover was a Republican from Iowa. He also won the Republican election. -
The Stock Market Crash
The stock market crash was devasting to the economy and the people. It was a major cause of the great depression. The reason of the crash was because of mass amounts of people selling their stocks all at once.
