1920s

By madysenjoslin

  • Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

    Payroll clerk Frederick Parameter and security guard Alessandro Berardi were shot to death and robbed of over 15,000 in cash

  • KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

    It was a broadcast of the returns of the Harding -Cox presidential election. This changed radios and radio has changed the world

  • 1st Miss American Pageant

    It was in 1921 and it included representatives from 7 cities and Atlantic City. A 16-year-old Margaret Gorman from Washington, DC won the first competition

  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    It was big oil companies and bribery and corruption at the highest levels of the government of the US

  • 1st Winter Olympics Held

    The 1st Winter Olympics was held in 1924 at the Chamonix, France. This Olympics was well-organized and equipped with the new facilities

  • The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    This book was published to show the American Dream and it attainability

  • Scopes Monkey Trial

    It was Tennessee reporter H.L. Mencken, which was against John T. Scopes, a high school teacher, for violating the state indentured servant laws

  • Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    Lindbergh and the spirit of St. Louis touched down at the Le Bourget airfield in Paris

  • The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)

    Was the first feature-length movie with synchronized dialogue

  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    mass murder of a group of unarmed bootlegging gang members

  • Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)

    it was when there was about $14 billion of stock value was lost, wiping out thousands of investors.