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1918 Flu Epidemic
40 million deaths -
The United States goes dry.
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Warren G. Harding elected as president
He started as a small-town newspaper publisher and worked his way up to U.S. Senator from Ohio. He eventually became 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. Harding chose a pro-business cabinet. -
The 18th Amendment is passed
Prohibition (The 18th Amendment) is the ban on the making and selling of alcohol. When this went into effect saloons were forced to close down. People who liked alcohol didn't like the government interfering and found ways to get a hold of it. An example was going to speakeasies and illegal nightclubs. Other people made their living by selling alcohol they were known as bootleggers. Another result of the amendment was high crime levels. The most notorious criminal was Al Capone. -
President Harding dies and Coolidge becomes President
President Calvin Coolidge quickly tried to clean up the scandals. He was reelected president in 1924. He instituted the laissez faire, which stated that business would act in a way that would benefit the nation. He was what people called an isolationist, because he wanted to stay out of other nations' problems except for self- defense. -
Two women were elected governor
Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected as governor of Wyoming, and Miriam "Ma" Ferguson for Texas. This was a big deal for women because it took 50 years for an equal rights amendment would pass Congress. -
Scofflaw
In 1924, four years after Prohibition was first imposed, the Boston Herald offered $200 to the reader who came up with a brand-new word for someone who flagrantly ignored the edict and drank liquor that had been illegally made or illegally sold. Twenty-five thousand responded. Two readers split the prize. Each had come up with the same word scofflaw. -
Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie is created
featuring Mickey Mouse. -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart "Lady Lindy" was the first woman passenger to cross the Atlantic. -
Gang Violence
By 1929 gang violence was on the rise in nearly every city in the United States.