1920s

By 18dsoucek

  • The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted.Prohibition begins.

    The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted.Prohibition begins.
    It prohibited alcohol manufacture, distribution, and sale in the United states

  • KDKA in Pittsburg

    KDKA in Pittsburg
    The KDKA was a licensed radio station in Pittsburg Pennsylvania.It was created by the Westinghouse Electric Corperation.

  • Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.

    Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.
    limited the number of immigrants who would be able to come to the united states and be a US citizen

  • The boll weevil ruins more than 85 percent of the South’s cotton crop.

    The boll weevil ruins more than 85 percent of the South’s cotton crop.
    a new beetle called the Boll weevil had came up from Mexico.The beetles had caused a decrease of cotton.

  • The stock market begins its spectacular rise.

    The stock market begins its spectacular rise.
    It started to get back up and running

  • Scopes trial

    Scopes trial
    a substitute high school teacher John Scopes had been accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school.

  • Ku Klux Klan members stage a major march through Washington, D.C

    Ku Klux Klan members stage a major march through Washington, D.C

  • Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.”

    Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.”
    The weary blues was basically music in poems

  • Sacco and Vanzetti are executed

    Sacco and Vanzetti are executed
    They had killed a paymaster and his guard at a shoe company

  • Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic.

    Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic.
    Was a 25 year old US air mail pilot