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18th amendment
established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States -
Volstead Act
Establishes Prohibition in the U.S. -
Palmer Raids
were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, -
Red Scare
promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism. 1920's -
Harlem Renaissance
Began on this date. Was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s -
Treaty of versallies
Was rejected.Senate rejected for the second time the Treaty of Versailles, by a vote of 49-35 -
19th amendment
Prohibits any U.S. citizen from being denied the right to vote. -
Warren G.Harding
Elected president -
Sacco And Vanetti
unfairly convicted to first degree murder -
Washington Disarmament Conference
Internal Confrenve on navel fleet construction limitation -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Oil Reserve Scandal -
Fordney McCumber Tariff
a law that raised American tariffs on many imported goods in order to protect factories and farms -
Calvin Coolidge
became president -
Immagration Act Basic Law
law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% -
Scopes Trial
Known as The State of Tennessee vs. John Thomas Scopes -
NBC Founded
American commercial broadcast television and radio network -
Clarles Lindberg
Made first trans atlantic flight -
The Jazz Singer Released
The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
General Treaty Renunciation of war as an instroment of national policy -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Gangster film based on the 1929 Chicago mass murder -
Herbert Hoovers
Elected President -
Stock Market crash (Black Tuesday)
The most devistation stock market crash -
Great Depression
severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. -
Amelia Earhart
Flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean -
J. Edgar Hoover
Was Appointed director of the Bureau of investigation
