1920's

By ClayKelley37

  • Sacco and Vanzetti Arrested

    Sacco and Vanzetti's crimes made Americans fear anarchists and those who wanted to destroy the government.

  • KDKA Goes On Air for Pittsburg

    This was the first commercial radio broadcast to present to the Harding-Cox presidential election.

  • 1st Miss America Pagent

    Designed to encourage visitors to Atlantic City. There were eight finalists from seven cities.

  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    A cabinet member was bribed into transferring ownership of oil fields under Teapot Dome when Warren Harding was president.

  • 1st Olympics Held

    This was originally called The International Winter Sports Week and it went on for days in France.

  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby represented the shift of the American mindset & defined the American deam that is so often referenced.

  • Scopes Monkey Trial

    A biology teacher was accused of illegally teaching evolution to middle school students and he was guilty of it.

  • Charles Lindberg Completes Solo Flight

    He flew from New York to Paris in 33 hours.

  • The Jazz Singer Debuts

    This was the first movie with sound. It was mostly slent with prerecored sound though and it changed the future of film making.

  • St. Valentines Day Massacre

    There were six mobsters murdered in rivalry between Al Capone and Bugs Moran.

  • Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)

    The Stock Market and Wal Street crashed and the US lost billions of dollars which led to th Great Depression.