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Henry Ford perfects Mass production
moved the assembly line -
Harlem Renaisannce begins
The Harlem Renaissance was a period of rich cross-disciplinary artistic and cultural activity among African Americans between the end of World War I (1917) and the onset of the Great Depression and lead up to World War II -
Women Gain the Right to Vote
women got the rights to vote -
Prohibition Begins
a nationwide ban on the sale and import of alcoholic beverages -
Palmer Raids
Using legally questionable force and tactics, thousands of suspected anarchists and communists were arrested and hundreds deported -
Teapot Dome Scandal
It centered around Interior Secretary Albert Bacon Fall, who had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming, as well as two locations in California, to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding. -
Sacco and Vanzetti are convicted
Sacco and Vanzetti were held in prison for six years while their attorneys filed motions seeking a new trial. -
Scopes trial
The first highly publicized trial concerning the teaching of evolution, -
Charles Lineberg Crosses the Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history -
Kellogg-Briand Pact signed
fifteen nations signed the pact at Paris. Signatories included France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Belgium, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Italy and Japan -
Black Tuesday stock market crash
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, Crash of '29, or Black Tuesday, was a major American stock market crash that occurred in late 1929