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FBI
This is the federal security service of the united states that is used to protect and serve the citizens and to solve crimes. the rise of organized crime due to Prohibition, the FBI was recruited to put a handle on gangsters. Jay Edgar Hoover, the FBI director and helped found the parts of the FBI into what is now known as forensics and fingerprinting. The FBI worked all over the country but did investigations in placed like Chicago or New York, where Mobs were prominent. -
League of nations
The League of Nations was created after the First World War for solving international issues. President Woodrow Wilson was first to proposed this from his Fourteen Points plan, but the United States never joined. the league usually met in Geneva, Switzerland, where the headquarters is. this organization was put into place to help with the destruction of what the first world war had made. This league shows the mentality during this time, A want for peace, yet america didn't join. -
18th Amendment
this is the first amendment to ever be repealed from the constitution. it banned the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol. Known as Prohibition. however, this is also known as the the law broken the most by what was considered, "law abiding" citizens. this Amendment gave power to mob men such as Al Capone in Chicago and gangs like the purple gang in Michigan. Prohibition is the beginning of Bootleggers. -
Rise of Nazi party
this is a far-right political party in Germany starting in the beginning of the 1920s. this party was put into place to draw people away from the communist party. originally it was simply against big businesses and capitalists. but then shifted to anti-Semitic due to Hitler's reign. Hitler was originally the party leader but eventually became chancellor of Germany, gaining more power and his party more status. this will affect The U.S. as we refuse to take refugees from Germany soon after. -
19th Amendment
the 19th amendment is when women were finally granted the right the vote. this right was originally fought for by women suffrage workers such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton. this amendment completely changed the conservative views and how women work in politics during the 1920s. president Woodrow Wilson was in office during this time. -
The American Professional football league
the American professional football league is an organization also known today as the NFL. during the 1920s the sport of football became an incredibly popular sport. it sparked sponsorship and it was a way for business to get involved in the local communities and to stake part in state pride. this organization's first president was Jim thorpe and he played for what is believed to be the first champions. these teams and organization took place all over the country and it brought Americans together -
Election of harding
this election was powered a lot by the aftermaths of world war 1 and this meant that, for Woodrow Wilson, who was fighting for foreign policy, many people didn't want to take part. the other candidate was Candidate harding. harding was the first to call for a return to normalcy. he was backed by the people known as the Ohio gang, who were politicians that were in Harding's personal team, during his tenure as a politician in Ohio. -
Emergency quota act
The Emergency Quota Act restricted the number of immigrants admitted into the united states from any country. however, Professionals were to be admitted without regard to their country of origin. this new act was enacted by the 64th united states congress. this act took effect all over the United States Borders, especially Ellis Island and it favored the western Europe immigrants over any other people trying to enter our country. -
Limitation of armaments congress
this congress covers a multitude of treaties involving the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Italy and France. these treaties were put in place to keep the peace in the pacific and to put a ratio on how many boats japan can build. The treaties came into effect as the result of the Washington Disarmament Conference 1921 and 1922. during the 1920s the word was in peace mode and everyone wanted to stay away from war. this was one of the main ways to combat the idea of Battle and war. -
teapot dome scandal
a bribery incident involving President Harding is known as the teapot dome scandal in which petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome and two other places in California were sold to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding. a member of the Harding association, Albert Bacon Fall was later convicted of accepting bribes from the oil companies. The scandal damaged the public reputation of the Harding administration. -
Mussolini
an Italian dictator that was the leader of the National Fascist Party. He ruled Italy as Prime Minister but then he established a dictatorship. he was the founder of Italian fascism and became the youngest Prime Minister in Italian history. he sought to delay the war in Europe but Germany eventually invaded Poland. he died in 1945 -
Death of Harding
On August 2, 1923, Warren G. Harding died in office, from an apparent heart attack. it has been then thought that maybe his wife had something to do with it, but those rumors were proven false. he died in San Francisco in a hotel room. John Calvin Coolidge became the new president after Harding's death. Coolidge cleaned up Harding's corruption and He appointed a special counsel to investigate the Teapot Dome oil-lease scandal. he then ran for presidency himself and won. -
Immigration Act
this was a United States federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted into the U.S. The law was aimed at further restricting immigration of Southern Europeans and Eastern Europeans, especially Italians, Slavs and Eastern European Jews, then Africans and banned the immigration of Arabs and Asians.the purpose of the act was "to preserve the ideal of American homogeneity", which is what Americans wanted during this time. the 68th us congress enacted this bill. -
scopes monkey trial
this is the trial involving John T. Scopes, accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it illegal to teach human evolution in public school. The trial served to draw intense national publicity. lawyers: William Bryan, for the prosecution, while Clarence Darrow spoke for Scopes. The trial publicized the controversy, which set Modernists against Fundamentalists. The case was thus seen as both a theological contest and a trial on whether "modern science" should be taught in schools -
Chinese civil war
The war represented a split between the communist and the nationalist parties in china taking place in August 1927. Conflict continued until late 1937, when the parties came together to form the Second United Front to counter the Imperial Japanese Army threat and to prevent the country from crumbling. the war then continued again in the 1940s. the war marked a major turning point in Chinese history,the Communists gaining control of mainland China and establishing the People's Republic of China -
Charles Lindbergh's flight
the first to make a nonstop flight from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, to Paris, France. He covered the 33 1⁄2-hour alone in the Spirit of St. Louis. This was the first solo transatlantic flight and the first non-stop flight between North America and mainland Europe. he accomplished this at age 25 in 1927,m winning the Orteig prize for his achievement. -
Mount rushmore
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture's design and watched over the building of mount Rushmore in the Black Hills in Keystone, South Dakota, United States from 1927 to 1941. this was built to promote tourism in the reason, thought up by Doane Robinson. -
The Jazz singer
the jazz singer was made in 1927 and it was one of the first musical films made. It is about a talented jazz singer who is trying to build a career as an entertainment but his family doesn't want him to. Alfred A. Cohn wrote the film and Al Jolson starring in it. It was a blackface film which was not uncommon during that time. -
steamboat willie
this is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The cartoon is considered the debut of Mickey Mouse and his girlfriend Minnie, Steamboat Willie was the third of Mickey's films to be produced. The Jazz Singer had inspired Disney to make a fully synchronized sound cartoon. -
St. Valentine's day massacre
this is the name of the 1929 murder of seven members of Chicago's North Side Gang. taking place in Lincoln park, the men were told to line up by what was thought to be police officers, and which they were all shot in the back. this was an Irish vs. Italian led feud with Al Capone backing up the Italian side. it is believed that Capone planned this attack to get more of a control over organized crime. -
stock market crash
also called the wall street crash of 1924. the 20's was the golden age of technology with new cars, planes, radios, and the telephone. the economy was booming. eventually Investors grew infatuated with the returns available in the stock market. many people put a lot of their money in stocks but By 1929, the economy was contracting, and the stock market had price declines. these drops scared investors. they were forced to liquidate their stocks, the great depression soon followed -
admiral Byrd's flight
Byrd was an American naval officer, a recipient of the Medal of Honor, and was a pioneering American aviator. Byrd claimed that his expeditions had been the first to reach both the North Pole and the South Pole by air. which was incredibly during this era. however, it is disputed whether he actually reached the north pole. -
Amelia Earhart's solo flight
she is the first pilot to repeat what only Lindbergh had done during that time, flying in a transatlantic solo flight. landing her plane in Ireland after flying across the North Atlantic. before this, she was part of a crew, being the first woman to ever cross the Atlantic in an aircraft. she was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross by the U.S. Congress for her solo flight. she then attempted to fly around the world but her plane lost fuel and then she was lost at sea.
