1919-1929 Timeline

Red Scare

Jan 1, 1919

When Vladmir Lenin and his followers created a communist state, a communist party formed in the U.S and people became scared that communists were taking over.

Volstead Act

Oct 28, 1919

This act created and inforced prohibition in America. Named for Andrew Volstead.

Palmer Raids

Nov 1, 1919

Mitchell Palmer and J. Edgar Hoover hunted down suspected communists, socialists, and anarchists to jail them with no legal counsel. Foreigners who were radicals were deported without trials.

18th Amendment

Jan 17, 1920

One of the methods to eliminate liquor from Americans lives. The only time people could drink were for medical or religious purposes. It was repealed in 1933 by the 21st Amendment.

19th Amendment Ratified

Aug 18, 1920

This amendment stated that no U.S citizen should be denied the right to vote based on gender. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton drafted and first introduced it 41 years before Congress submitted it to be ratified.

Sacco & Vanzetti Trial

Dec 12, 1920

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were sentenced to death for the robbery and murder of a factory paymaster and his guard in Massachusetts. Because a witness said the suspects appeared to be Italians, and the judge was prejudice, they were found guilty and sentenced to death.

Teapot Dome Affair

Jun 2, 1922

President Warren G. Harding had oil-rich land at Teapot Dome set aside for the use of the Navy. Albert Fall had oil transferred there and leased the land to two private oil companies. Fall was eventually found guilty and sent to jail. This is one of the best examples of corruption in American history.

National Origins Act

Dec 12, 1924

A law that kept Southern/Eastern Europeans, Asians, and other nonwhites from coming to the U.S. Each area had a quota, or specific number of immigrants, that were allowed to come to America. This act lowered immigration and was abolished in the 1960s.

Scopes Trial

Jul 21, 1925

John Scopes was accused of violating the Butler Act which made it illegal to teach evolution. Scopes was found guilty, but he went free.

Crossing the Atlantic

May 21, 1927

Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic Ocean in his single-seat, single-engine plane.

First Talking Movie

Oct 6, 1927

The Jazz Singer was the first talking musical film.

Herbert Hoover Elected President

Mar 4, 1929

Stock Market Crash

Oct 1, 1929