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18th Amendment
The Amendment prohibited people from selling, manufactoring,exporting,importing any type of alcoholic beverage. It was ratified by 46 states and rejected by 2 -
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Lenin and the Communist State/ Red Scare
The system based on a single party government, otherwise known as a communist state, was founded by Vladimir Lenin. Many people were put in jail and killed because others thought that they were for communism. -
Volstead Act
The Volsteas Act led to the prohibition of alcohol by enabling the government to enforce the 18th amendment. -
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. -
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
These two men were accoused of murdering two men while robbing a bank, these men were found gulity. They were then executed on August 23,1927. -
19th Amendment
This amendment prohibits each state and the federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's sex. Allowing woman to vote for the first time. -
Teapot Dome Affair
The Teapot Dome Affair was a scandle between Edwin C. Denby, the United States Secretary of the Navy, and Albert B. Fall. The scandle spread like a wild fire, making Albert B. Fall one of the first former U.S. cabinet official sentenced to prison. -
National Origins Act
The National Origins Act was an act that limited the ammount of immagrants alowed into the United States to two percent. -
Scopas Trial
The Scopas 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. -
Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic
Charles Lindbergh was the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean. He flew from New York to Paris, France. -
1st Talking movie, The jazz Singer is released
The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, it also ended the silent movie era. it was produced by Warner Bros. -
Herbert Hoover elected President
Herbert Hoover was elected to be the 31st president by a overwhelming amout of votes. He was one of only two presidents to be elected and not have any political backround. -
The Stock Market Crash
It was one of the worst stock market crashes in the history of the united states. It brought the United States into the Great Depression and would not get out until 1940s when the U.S. entered WW2.
