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1920’s
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Women’s right to vote
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote, 1920, was passed by Congress on June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote. Women did a lot to achieve this through rally’s and protests. Elizabeth Cady Stanton lead the women’s suffrage movement. -
American football
The American Professional football formed in 1920. The league president was Jim Thorpe. There were 11 teams in total with a Franchise fee of $100. Later in 1922 the League changed its name to the national football league or as most of us know it the NFL. -
Warren G. Harding elected president
Harding was a Republican presidential candidate. His promise to "return to normalcy" appealed to voters. He proposed lower taxes. He also put higher tariffs on foreign trade to help American companies. He was the 29th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1921 until his death. He also signed the Budget and Accounting Act. -
U.S-Germany Peace Treaty
In 1921 a congressional resolution, or the Knox–Porter Resolution, was signed by President Warren G Harding and both houses. This was passed through congress and ended the state of war between the U.S. and Germany, Austria and Hungary, further setting the stage for bilateral peace treaties. These treaties were executed 1 month later. -
Yankee Stadium
The Yankee stadium was put under construction in New York City. The stadium took only 284 days to be built! It was originally called the “House that Ruth Built” because of the legendary Babe Ruth. -
Aztec Ruins
The American Museum of Natural History purchased the major ruins and 17 adjacent acres. They deeded them to the United States. The area was now proclaimed a National Monument in 1923. -
Time magazine
On March 3rd the first issue of Time Magazine was posted. this issue included Joseph G. Cannon, the retired Speaker of the House of Representatives, on its cover. Over time, Time magazine became the most dominated media coverage. -
Great Kanto Earthquake
The great Kanto Earthquake happened in Tokyo, Japan in 1923. It struck the Japanese mainland with a magnitude of 7.9. This Earthquake devastated the land and killed over 140,000 people. It also caused a Tsunami. The significance of this catastrophe is the rebuild of modern day Tokyo. -
The Ku Klux Klan is reborn
The Ku Klux Klan, a genocidal domestic terrorist organization founded during Reconstruction, was reborn in 1920. The KKK believed that America should be racially pure, which means they discriminated the blacks. The Klan became very strong in many states, including non southern states. The Klu Klux Klan had over 5 million members in 1924. -
Winter Olympics
In 1924 the world had its first Winter Olympics. This was held in the French Alps in Chamonix, France. There were 16 nations included and the US had won 4 medals overall. Norway won the most medals of this competition with 18 medals. -
Indian Citizenship Act
In 1924 the Indian Citizenship act was passed. This meant that Indian/Native Americans were designated US Citizens to anyone who was born in US Territories. These were controlled by state laws where some would and some would not allow them to vote yet. -
First Woman Governor in US
Nellie Taylor Ross was the first and only woman governor in Wyoming and the first in the US. From 1925 to 1927 and director of the United States Mint from 1933 to 1953. She was one of the first women to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state. -
Radio Vision
Charles Jenkins from Dayton Ohio created radio vision in 1925. Radiovision was a pre-cursor to the TV. He was responsible for projecting the first images onto a radiovision screen on June 14th, 1923. It was showed by Charles for the first time with a 10 minute film in 1925, two years later. -
NBC Radio
The oldest broadcasting network in the United States, or better known as the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) was formed on November 15, 1926. It was formed by Westing House and had 24 stations. It became so big that it very quickly had a gala four-hour radio program originating from the ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. -
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. He was a young man with only being 25 in 1927. Charles was the first to fly the 1st nonstop transatlantic flight in history from New York to Paris. The flight took 33 and a half hours on an airplane called “Spirit of St. Louis”. -
Model T
The Ford Model T is an automobile produced by Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927. It is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile which was a big set for automobiles. -
Mount Rushmore
On October 4th, 1927, in the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota, a sculpture had just begun. A sculptor by the name Gatzon Borglum chiseled 4 faces into the mountain. The faces were not any faces but the presidents- George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was the first female aviator to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932. She became famous around the world for her daring flight. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines. This was especially important because there were few career choices available to women at that time. -
Mickey and Minnie
Mickey and Minnie first appeared on a short film in 1928. This short film was called Plane Crazy. As we all know and love the characters, these are very quickly made an iconic cartoon figure and becomes one of the largest cartoons in the world. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. is someone we all know to this day. On January 15th, 1929 is when this leader was born. He became a civil rights activist in the 1950s and 1960s. He led non-violent protests to fight for the rights of all people including African Americans. -
St. Valentine’s Day massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was the 1929 murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang that occurred on Saint Valentine's Day. -
Black Thursday
Black Thursday was the name given to Thursday, October 24, 1929. When panicked investors sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging 11% at the open in very heavy volume. Black Thursday began the Wall Street crash of 1929, which lasted until October 29, 1929. Investors would sell off vast amounts of their stocks. -
Stock market crash
Post WW1 Prosperity ends due to the 1929 Stock market crash. The plummeting stock prices led to many losses between 1929 and 1931. The loans and different losses caused over all $50 billion lost. This ended up leading to the WORST American depression in history that we know today as, The Great Depression. -
Babe Ruth
In 1920, the 25-year-old Ruth singlehandedly brought baseball into the Live Ball Era. After a slow start he didn't hit his first homer for the Yankees until May 1. Ruth went on a tear with 12 homers apiece in May and June, more homers in a single month than anyone had hit all season in 1918. He also had 60 home runs! Ruth is most recognized for his many record breaking accomplishments and for being a role model for any sport fanatic in the 1920s.
