1920's Timeline

By 18dkuntz

  • The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted.

    The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted.
    The 19th Admendment was the right to allow everyone to vote. Soon it gave the women the right to vote.

  • KDKA in Pittsburg

    KDKA in Pittsburg
    The KDKA was the first ever commercial radio station on air. It was a news/talk radio station.

  • Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.

    Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.
    This act resricted immigrants into the United States. The act meant that only immigrants that have close to the same culture as America that they can move to the United States.

  • The boll weevil ruins more than 85 percent of the South’s cotton crop.

    The boll weevil ruins more than 85 percent of the South’s cotton crop.
    It fed on and laid its eggs on the cotton. It would almost completly destroy all of the cotton. It would spread throughout the United States.

  • The stock market begins its spectacular rise.National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act.

    The stock market begins its spectacular rise.National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act.
    The stock market settles. People feel better from the stock market. National Origins act replaces the Emergancy Quota Act that limited the amount of immigrants in the United States down to 2%.

  • Ku Klux Klan members stage a major march through Washington, D.C.Scopes trial takes place in Dayton, Tennessee.

    The KKK was wanted to