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18th amendment
banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol (the beginning of Prohibition). -
lenin and the communist state/ red scare
Period during and after WWI where the U.S. became suspicious of radicals and Communists. -
palmer raids
Attorney General Palmer made raids on anarchists and left-wing radicals (Communists). Part of the Red Scare. -
volstead act
Enforced the 18th amendment with 2500 officers. -
sacco & vanzetti trial
Two men tried for armed robbery and given the death penalty during the 1920s that led to worldwide outrage. Both were immigrants. -
19th amendment ratified
The amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. -
tea pot dome affair
Leasing of government oil fields to the Secretary of the Interior's friends under the Harding Administration. -
national origins act
A law that severely restricted immigration by establishing a system of national quotas that blatantly discriminated against immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and virtually excluded Asians. -
scopes trial
Teacher who taught Evolution in the classroom, breaking a Tennessee law. -
charles lindbergh crosses the atlantic ocean
Made the first trans-Atlantic flight in the "Spirit of St. Louis. -
1st talking movie, the jazz singer
The story begins with young Jakie Rabinowitz defying the traditions of his devout Jewish family by singing popular tunes in a beer hall. he then becomes a very famous jazz singer -
herbert hoover elected president
election of 1928 -
stock market crash
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 devastated the economy and was a key factor in beginning the Great Depression.