1920s Timeline

League of Nations established

Jan 10, 1920

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Prohibition

Jan 16, 1920

"anti-Prohibition protest". Photo. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Web. 20 Apr. 2017. https://www.britannica.com/event/Prohibition-United-States-history-1920-1933?oasmId=147196

Women have a right to vote

Aug 18, 1920

"Nineteenth Amendment: women casting their votes in New York City, c. 1920’s". Photo. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Web. 20 Apr. 2017. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nineteenth-Amendment?oasmId=122459

Emergency Quota Act

May 19, 1921

First Olympic Winter Games

Jan 25, 1924

"Winter Olympics: 1924 Games in Chamonix". Photo. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Web. 20 Apr. 2017. https://www.britannica.com/place/Chamonix-Mont-Blanc?oasmId=76197

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Apr 10, 1925

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St Valentine’s Day Massacre

Feb 14, 1929

First Academy Awards

May 16, 1929

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The Stock Market Crash

Oct 25, 1929

"New York Stock Exchange: crowds gathering on Black Thursday, 1929". Photo. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Web. 20 Apr. 2017. https://www.britannica.com/event/stock-market-crash-of-1929?oasmId=157736

The Great Depression

Oct 26, 1929

"Great Depression: evicted sharecroppers along a road in southeastern Missouri, 1939". Photo. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Web. 20 Apr. 2017. https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Depression?oasmId=160749