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Women’s sufferage
Women gained the right to vote through the 19th Amendment. The Amendment was ratified on August 18th, 1920. The women’s rights movement started in 1848 and led up to 1920, so it took 72 years for women to get what the wanted. They are also continuing to fight for more women’s rights. -
Sacco-Vanzetti case
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were italian immigrants who came to the United States in 1908. They were involved in a murder trial. They put through a trial but it was unfair. They were proven guilty on July 14th 1921 by jury. -
5 power naval disarmament treaty
This treaty was signed by The United States, Britain,Japan, France and Italy. The treaty stopped an after World War 1 race to build more warships. This treaty remained in force until the 1930’s -
Death of President Harding
The 29th president of The United States passed away on August 2nd 1923. He was very popular at the time of his death because of the teapot dome scandal. Although he was perceived as popular then, he is now rated one of the worst presidents in US history. -
Happy birthday to you
Claydon sunny publish his song “ happy birthday to you” in 1924. The song is sung in honor of someone on his or her birthday. Not many people know that Sunny was the original creator. Though the song became extremely popular throughout the world. -
Assembly line
Henry ford created the moving assembly line to have a more efficient way of creating cars. The Ford model T car was most popular and produced by using an assembly line. The assembly line allowed the price of the car did you learn from $850 to $300. -
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway is book “the sun also rises” was published on October 22, 1926. Hemingway was a popular author in the 1920’s, and continued to be. Sadly the author suffered from depression and committed suicide in 1961 -
Babe ruth
Babe Ruth was a baseball player for the Boston red socks. On September 30, Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run. This event was so big because no one had ever done that before. Babe Ruth was a very popular athlete in the 1920’s, which also allowed younger athletes to look up to him. -
Mickey Mouse was created
Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse in 1928. Mickey Mouse made his first appearance in a film called “steamboat Willie.” The cartoon was premiered in New York’s Colony theatre. -
Stock market crash
The stock market crash was a huge decline in the stock market values. The crash is one of the causes that led to the Great Depression. It also put many citizens out of jobs and into debt
