1920's

  • Henry Ford perfects mass production

    Henry Ford perfects mass production
    Offer a new way of manufacturing a large number of vehicles. This method of production was the moving assembly line.
  • Harlem Renaissance begins

    Harlem Renaissance begins
    a period of U.S. history marked by a burst of creativity within the African American community in the areas of art, music and literature.
  • The Palmer Raids

    The Palmer Raids
    The bombing was just one in a series of coordinated attacks that day on judges, politicians, law enforcement officials, and others in eight cities nationwide.
  • Prohibition begins

    Prohibition begins
    Prohibition various types of alcohol were produced all over the country
  • Women gain the right to vote

    Women gain the right to vote
    The 19th amendment allowed women to vote.
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Teapot Dome Scandal
    discovered that Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall was receiving bribes from oil companies.
  • Sacco and Vanzetti are convicted

    Sacco and Vanzetti are convicted
    Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty of murder in the first degree.
  • Scopes trial

    Scopes trial
    The first highly publicized trial concerning the teaching of evolution
  • Charles Lindberg Crosses the Atlantic

    Charles Lindberg Crosses the Atlantic
    Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history, flying his Spirit of St. Louis from Long Island
  • Kellogg-Briand pact signed

    Kellogg-Briand pact signed
    an agreement to outlaw war
  • Black Tuesday stock market crash

    Black Tuesday stock market crash
    major American stock market crash that occurred in late 1929.