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Prohibition Law
Law against any alcohol being sold-- Many people sold illegally or stole from places where it was used for medical purposes -
Right to Vote
right to cote can't be denied on account of sex -
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1920's
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President Harding dies
Coolidge became president -
National Origins Act
reduced immigration from any one country from 3% to 2% -
Bell Telephone Company
Finally developed a successful sound system called a Vitaphone.
-- Warner Brothers were the first was the first movie studio to try it -
Coolidge
Coolidge won by a landslide --- first inauguration address broadcast on radio -
Mississippi Flood
levees gave way and flooded towns and cotton fields -
California dam
2 year old St. Francis Dam gave way and killed over 500 people -
Cars
80% of Americans had cars -
Black Tuesday
Stock market crashed
Ex. stocks that were sold for $115 dropped to $2 -
Period: to
Stock market crashed
sudden drop
Ex. $115 dropped to $2
