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18th Amendment
Amendment that outlawed the selling, buying and manuracturing of and liquor drink in the United States. -
Lenin and the Communist State/Red Scare
A period of time in the 1920's where everyone was afraid of communism. -
Palmer Raids
The jailing and deportation of communists, socialists and anarchistic foreign-borns. -
Volstead Act
Act that enforced the 18th ammendment and established prohibition in the United States -
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
Two forign-born men accused of killing factory workers who were found guilty and sentenced to death. -
19th Ammendment
Gave women the right to vote -
Teapot Dome Affair
Oil in the U.S. was being set aside for the U.S. navy -
National Origins Act
Excluded all Asain Americans and made it even more difficult for foreigners to get into the U.S. -
Scopes Trial
Went to jail for teaching students about evolution -
Charles Lindbergh Crosses the Atlantic
made the first nonstop, solo air plane flight across the Atlantic -
1st Talking Movie, The Jazz Singer, is Released
first feature-lenght motion picture to be released in the silent film era -
Herbert Hoover is Elected President
31st president, easily won the republican vote -
Stock Mardet Crash
After WWI the key factor of the great depression
