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Commercial Radios
In 1920, the first commercial radio station in the United States named, Pittsburgh’s KDKA, hit the airwaves. It was a major change in the way Americans received their news and spent their evenings. By the end of the 1920s, there were radios in 12 million households. -
Prohibition
Prohibition was a law passed that banned the use of alcohol all across America. The are many reason ps for this law being passed, but the main reason is they believe with less alcohol there would be less crime. Prohibition wasted for 13 years until being unbanned do to more crime of people transporting alcohol and out running cop cars in fast modified cars. -
Babe Ruth Breaking Baseball Records
Babe Ruth was an amazing and talented baseball player, and was way head of his time. At the time of Babe’s retirement, Ruth held many of baseball's records. Including the career records for home runs 714, slugging percentage 0.690, runs batted in 2,213, bases on balls 2,062 and on-base plus slugging 1.164. Since then a few of his records have been broken but he was an amazing athlete. -
Women Got to Vote
Women in history were house wives, didn’t work much and there opinion overall was neglected. Men were known for making decisions and choosing for the wife. But on June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, women were now giving the right to vote. The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. This was a huge accomplishment for all women across the U.S and men were surprised that women could make there own decisions now on. -
Deadliest Terrorist Attack
On September 16, 1920, a bomb exploded in front of the Wall Street offices of J.P. Morgan & Co. The bomb killed 38 and injuring hundreds. Those responsible for the bombing were never found. But some believe the bombing was an attempt to assassinate J.P. Morgan, himself. Others believe it was an attempt to punish the company for having profited from World War I. -
Harding Winning the Presidency
Harding won the presidency by a huge victory. He won against every state outside of the South. He become the first Republican since the end of Reconstruction to win a former state of the Confederacy, Tennessee. With his victory Harding became the 34th president of the United States of America. -
The Great Gatsby is Published
The Great Gatsby was published on April, 1, 1925. The Great Gatsby was one of the greatest if not the best book written in the 20s and was an over night sensation. This novel has sold over 25 million copies and was one of the greatest romance books ever written. -
First Transatlantic Flight
The first transatlantic fight was accomplished on May 21, 1927. This amazing feat was done by Charles A. Lindbergh, he did it solo and it was the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in history. Charles was flying his Spirit of St. Louis from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France. -
Scopes Monkey Trail
The Scopes Monkey Trail was when Scopes, a science teacher at ACLU was teaching human evolution. But there is a law that says “teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.” Scopes violated this law and this case was taken all the way to the Supreme Court. Scopes ended up losing the trail and paying $100 fine. But this got people talking and made people think about the law. -
The Jazz Singer Premieres
The Jazz Singer by Al Jolson was the first "talking" motion picture, or the first movie with audio. This movie marking the end of the silent film era and started a new era of movies with audio. These are the same movies that we know of today. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Kellogg Briand Pact was when 15 nations, including the United States, sign a pact "outlawing" war. This was done to create world peace, but as we all know this did last long. Soon after this was signed warfare would break out once again. -
Mickey Mouse is Born
Mickey Mouse as we all know is a fiction character create by Walt Disney. He first appeared in Steamboat Willie on November 18, 1928 and introduced the world to a new animated character. Ever since then Mickey a mouse has been favorite and is still around today. -
St. Valentines Day Massacre
The St. Valentines Day Massacre was on Valentines Day in 1929. Four men dressed as police officers enter gangster Bugs Moran’s headquarters on North Clark Street in Chicago. There they lined up seven of Moran’s men against a wall and shoot them to death. The murders got named the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. We now know those were not police officers but instead they were Al Capones men dressed as police officers. It was a gang war between rivals Al Capone and Bugs Moran. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression started in August of 1929 and went into the late 30s. It was when the stock market crashed and there was a world wide economic crash. At its peak there was a 25% unemployment rate and the Global GDP decline was 26.7%! This means 1 in 4 people didn’t have a job! Places didn’t have money to hire people and people were so poor that they didn’t buy anything which worsened the economic. -
Black Thursday
Black Thursday refers to October 24, 1929, when sellers traded nearly 13 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange. This was more than three times the normal volume. And investors suffered $5 billion in losses. This crashed the stock market even more and was a huge loss for people.
