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18th Amendment is passed
The 18th Amendment banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. -
U.S. opts not to join the League of Nations
President Wilson did not want the U.S. to be part of the League of Nations. The U.S. Senate voted not to join the League of Nations on November 19, 1919. -
Time magazine is first published
Time magazine is a newsmagazine that summarizes and organizes the news, allowing busy people to stay informed. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment guaranteed that no state can deny the right to vote based on gender. It was ratified on August 18, 1920. -
Al Capone is an Active Bootlegger
Al Capone is involved with bootlegging and has moved to Chicago. -
Calvin Coolidge is elected President
Coolidge succeeded to the Presidency after the death of President Harding in 1923. He ran for a second term in 1924 and won the re-election. -
Locke publishes The New Negro, sparking the Harlem Renaissance
Alain Locke wrote The New Negro. In it he describes Harlem as full of notions of what it means to be a Black American. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the novel The Great Gatsby. The novel chronicles the 1920s. -
Scopes Monkey Trail
The Scopes Monkey Trail was a case in which John Scopes, a science teacher, was accused of teaching evolution which violated Tennessee's Butler Act. -
KKK marches on Washington
Forty-thousand members of the Klu Klux Klan marched down Pennslyvania Avenue. -
Langston Hughes publishes The Weary Blues
The Weary Blues was a poetry collection by the African-American poet, Langston Hughes. -
Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs in one season
Babe Ruth set the first long-term single season home run record. His record of 60 home runs in one season would not be broken for 34 years. -
Charles Lindbergh solo Transatlantic Flight
Charles Linbergh began his 33-hour solo Transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. He would be the first to complete such a task. -
The "talkie" movie The Jazz Singer is released
The Jazz Singer was the first motion picture with dialogue sequences. The release of it started the decline of the silent film era. -
Duke Ellington plays at the Cotton Club
Duke Ellington's orchestra began playing at the Cotton Club in Harlem. They provided music for black dancers that performed for a mainly white audience. -
U.S. signs the Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Kellogg-Briand Pact is also known as the Pact of Paris. The pact was a multilateral agreement that attempted to elimate war as an option for national policy. -
Herbert Hoover elected
Republican Presidential Candidate Herbert Hoover won the 1928 election against the Democratic candidate Alfred Smith. Hoover won with 444 electoral votes. -
The first Mickey Mouse cartoon "Steamboat Willie" premiers
"Steamboat Willie" was the first Mickey Mouse cartoon. It was an animated short film directed by Walt Disney. -
Black Tuesday Stock Market Crash
The demise of the stock market started on Black Thursday and by Black Tuesday the stock market had crashed. It devastated the economy and led to the beginning of the Great Depression. -
Amelia Earhart, first woman to fly solo Transatlantic flight
Amelia Earhart began her solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. She took off from Newfoudnland and landed in Ireland about 15 hours later.
