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The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was negotiated mainly by the Allies, and the Germans had very little involvement. The French tried to make the treaty be about destroying Germany, but America and Britain were against it. The first part of the treaty created the Covenant of the League of Nations, and Germany couldn't join until 1926. -
The ratification of the 19th amendment.
On August 18, 1920 the nineteenth amendment to the Constitution was ratified. This is one the of most important amendments that were added because it finally gave women the right to vote. The movement for women's rights started in 1820, but started to nationally organize in 1848 in an attempt to have their rights. -
The election of Warren G. Harding
During Warren G. Harding's election, he won 60 percent of the popular vote and 75 percent of the electoral vote. At the 1920 Republican National Convention, Warren G. Harding was chosen as a compromise candidate, due to a deadlock over who the nominee is. Franklin Roosevelt was chosen as Harding's running mate for the election. -
The Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
On April 15, 1920 a guard and a shoe company paymaster were shot and the people who shot the two were described as two Italian men. Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested and both had guns and lied at first, but were later given the death sentence on July 14, 1921. They were executed on August 23, 1921. -
The Death of President Warren G. Harding
In 1923, President Harding went on a cross-country tour and became sick during the tour. It is believed that he had a heart attack, but there was not autopsy to check. His body was later brought to Washington D.C. -
The Scopes Monkey Trial
In Tennessee, 1925 a man named John Thomas Scopes was arrested for teaching about evolution, even though there was a state law prohibiting in passed in March. The law said that no theory could be taught that undermines the theory that people were created by a divine power, in the Bible. The judge said that it was Scopes on trial, and not the law in order to destroy the defense's strategy. -
The Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed on August 27, 1928, as an agreement to outlaw war. The Kellogg-Briand Pact was initially signed by the US, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Poland, India, Canada, Australia, Irish Free State, New Zealand, and South Africa. Fifty other countries signed the Pact by 1933. -
Herbert Hoover is elected as President
Herbert Hoover became the President of the United States on November 6, 1928. -
The Saint Valentine's day Massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was an event that happened on February 14, 1929 when 7 gang members who opposed Al Capone's gang were killed by other gang members dressed as policemen. Al Capone was blamed for the deaths of the gang members and Al Capone claimed to be in his house in Florida at the time. -
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
On October 29, 1929 the stock market crashed when 16,410,030 stocks were sold, after on October 18, 1929 12,894,650 stocks were sold. Investors and banks started to buy up large chunks of stock in order to try to stabilize the market. They managed to stabilize the market for the weekend, and the market began to steeply drop on the following Monday.
