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Prohibition begins.
Prohibition in the United States was a ban on the sale, production, importation, and transportation of alcoholic beverages that remained from 1920 to 1933. -
19th amendment adopted
This amendment gives all women the right to vote. Although it was passed on June 4th it wasn't ratified until August 18th. -
KDKA in Pittsburg
KDKA is a radio station licensed in Pittsburg. It was created by Westinghouse Electric Corporation on November 2, 1920. Currently owned and opperated by CBS. -
Congress enacts emergency quota act
Restricted Immigration into the United States. The ac t put in place a quota that limited the number of immigrants that were allowed to travel to the United States. -
The boll weevil ruins more than 85 percent of the South’s cotton crop.
A boll weevil is a type of beetle that feeds on cotton buds and flowers. In 1922 they had migrated from Mexico and i nfested all of the cotton that was growing, it devestated the industry and the people working in the south. -
The stock market begins its spectacular rise.
Different types of inventions and tecnology were improving quickly, many people expected the economy to rise due to the new things that were created. People began to receive more income becuase of their bosses paying them more, therefore they spent more and stock prices began to rise. -
National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act.
It restricted the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans and practically excluded Asians and other nonwhites from entry into the United States -
Scopes trial takes place in Dayton, Tennessee.
American legal case in 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. This changed fundementalism forever. -
Ku Klux Klan members stage a major march through Washington, D.C.
50,000 to 60,000 white-robed men and women were involved. "The parade was grander and gaudier, by far than anything the wizards had prophesied. It was longer, it was thicker, it was higher in tone." says someone who witnessed this happen. -
Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.”
James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. Born: February 1, 1902, Died: May 22, 1967. "The Weary Blues" was first published in the Urban League magazine, Opportunity. It was awarded best poem of the year by the magazine. -
Sacco and Vanzetti are executed
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian-born anarchists who were convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the armed robbery of a shoe factory. They were exectued with only little evidence. -
Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic.
harles Augustus Lindbergh, nicknamed Slim, Lucky Lindy, and The Lone Eagle, was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist. He flew across the Atlantic. -
Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president.
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States. Hoover, born to a Quaker family, was a professional mining engineer. He was also United States Secretary of Commerce.
