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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
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 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 various types of alcohol were produced all over the country -
Women gain the right to vote
The 19th amendment allowed women to vote. -
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 were found guilty of murder in the first degree. -
Scopes trial
The first highly publicized trial concerning the teaching of evolution -
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
an agreement to outlaw war -
Black Tuesday stock market crash
major American stock market crash that occurred in late 1929.