1920's

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  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment
    It was adopted in 1920, granted the women the right to vote.

  • Babe Ruth

    Babe Ruth
    1920 famous of all athletics, and hit 714 carear home runs.

  • Jack Dempsey

    Jack Dempsey
    World champ boxer earning $1million then later became heavy weight champ.

  • Jim Thorpe

    Jim Thorpe
    Olympic gold medalist, he played professional baseball and went to be a profesional football player.

  • Louis Armstrong

    Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong makes his first Jazz recording, Duke Ellington begins playing in Harlem's jazz clubs. Jazz is made more popular by a growing radio audience.

  • Bootleggers

    Bootleggers
    In the old days, bootleggers merely had been drinkers who hid flasks of liquor in the leg of their boots.

  • Al Capone

    Al Capone
    The most notorious of the gangsters organization operated in Chicago.

  • Gertude Ederle

    Gertude Ederle
    olympic freestyle swimming champion, and swam across the english chanel that was 35 mi. long.

  • Charles Lindbergh

    Charles Lindbergh
    Aviator Charles Lindbergh completes the first nonstop transatlantic solo flight.

  • Flappers

    Flappers
    A type of young women: rebellious, energetic, bold, and fun-loving. Flappers began wearing shorter hair.