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The Automobile is introduced to all of america
The Automobile was around before the Ford Model T but it was never avalable for the general public until Ford created a low cost model. He stated he created a car avalable to enyone that could fit a family but also a single rider and it is cheap but made of good materials. The avalability of the car opened up new industries such as vacationing and gas stations. -
Henry Ford Introduces His Assembly Line
Ford's assemble line reduced the time it took to produce cars. This allowed for more cars to be made to provde for the common people's needs. The line was a moving belt where each person added a different part to the car being built in an order that was thought to be most efficient. At the time business was booming everywhere so the assembly line was a catalyst for industry to progress. -
Leo Frank's Trial and Lynching
Leo Frank was the only Jew to be hanged on American land. The Ku Klux Klan forced his trial verdict to be guilty therefore convicting him of raping and murdering Mary Phagan. The Klan expanded its influence in tAmerica with this lynching. -
Immigration Act of 1917
Immigrants had to be able to read 40 words of one language. Woodrow Wilson tried to veto this law but congress overrided it. This requirement also banned immiration from Asia besides Japan and the Philippines. Immigration still continued to grow even with htis law. -
The Espionage Act of 1917
The act banned treasonous activities and speech. If someone was getting in the way of the military or speaking out against AMerica's involvement in World War One they could have been imprisoned for twenty years or fined up to 10,000 dollars. This Act was made because of the First Red Scare to keep the American people safe. This act imprisoned Eugene V. Debs when he tried to run for president because he gave a speech that was claimed to violate the act. -
The Sedition Act
The Sedition Act made it illegal to speak out against the American government, American military, or the American Constitution. It was enacted to supress and convicct socialists and radicals during the First Red Scare. Some people thought the act went too far to regulate speech. -
The Palmer Raids
The Palmer raids were started because of assaination attempts made on A. Mitchell Palmer who was a politician that pushed to rid America of radials after his assasinatin attempts. The first attempt was made on June 2, 1919 In the raids many radicals and southern and eastern Eouropean immigrants wre arrested and deported. Some went to court but many didn't and were still deported. -
The Beginning of Prohibition
Prohibition banned the making, selling, and giving out of alcohol. Most of the country liked the idea of prohibition because it seemed unfair to make drinks out of crops when the soldiers fighting in WWI didn't even have bread. Prohibiton also lead to organised crime, because people broke the law to make money selling alcohol. -
Women Gain the Right to Vote
Gaining the right to vote gave women more power in America. This lead to many more advances for womenlike better rights. Women had been fighting for equality long before the Nineteenth Amendment and the amendment was a big step to equality. -
Radio Brodacasting Officially Starts
The convenience of radio entertainment was made popular in the 1920's. people listened to broadcasts of sporting events, news, and even music in the comfort of thier own homes. Jazz was made much more popular by the ability of people to listen to broadcasts of artists playing. The radio was a convenient form of entertainment to America once broadcasting started. -
The Emergency Quota Act
This act resticted immigration quotas per year to 3% of the 1910 population of that nationality that was coming into america. This law was passed to control the huge waves of immigrants coming in yearly. This was one of several restrictions put on immigration. -
The First Aerial Crop Dusting
The government and Ohio scientists worked together to create another way to kill capitla sphynx catipillers. The breakthrough took place near Troy, Ohio where a plane spread lead arsenate over crops. -
Cane by Jean Toomer was published
Cane was an inspiration to the Harlem Renaissance. It inspired African Americans to flourish but also made it dlear that they needed to keep their culture. -
Duke Ellington Plays at a Preformence that Greatly Helps His Career
Duje Ellington was a famous Jazz artist. He advanced the improving oppinion of African Americans through his music. Jazz was a huge help in improving white peoples' opinions of African Americans and Duke Ellington was a famous artist. This wasn't his first jazz performance but Ellington advanced his career greatly from this one. -
National Origins Act of 1924
This act prevented more than 2% of a nationalitie's 1890 population to enter the nation per year after the act was passed. 1890 was made the standard year because it was before immigration grew even more than it had between 1890 and 1924. This procedure was used until June 30, 1927 and then on July 1, 1927 America bagan using the national origins quota system. -
The Scopes Trial
John Scopes tried teaching evolution in a highschool biology class. Teaching evolution was againt the law which lead to a lawsuit where Scopes lost and was fined for breaking the law. This was one of the first clashes between fundamentalism and modernism. -
The Klan's Fight For Americanism essay by Harium W. Evans
Evans was the "Imperial Wizard and Emporer" of the Klan when he wrote this essay. It stated the Klan's views and made it obvious that the Klan was back. This scared many people especially since now the KKK was targeting more than African Americans after being revived. -
The First Power Take Off Standard is Adopted
Power take offs use energy made by a farming vehicle to power an accessory or other equiment. This allowed farmers to harvest and sew crops much faster because they could place attatchments onto their tractors that would do the job. -
The Bread Cutter is Invented
Otto Rohwedder invented and easy way to slice bread. This machine was used to produce pre sliced bread avalable to the common people. The first sale of pre sliced bread occured the same year the machine was invented. Sliced bread was instantly revolutionary because people still use a changeable quote which ends in: "...the greatest thing since sliced bread." -
Thomas Edison STopped producing Cylinder Phonographs Because Disk Phonographs Were More Popular to the People
The phonograph was very popular in the 1920's because people could listen to music and recordings on them in their homes. There were tow types of phonographs until Edison stopped cylinder phonograph production. Disk phonographs were cheaper and more available to the common people. Disk phonographs finaly won in the fall of 1929. -
The End of Prohibition
The Twenty-First Amendment lifted prohibition. The American people began to oppose prohibition and soon the government listened to them. -
Their Eyes Were Watching God is written by Zora Neale
Neale wrote the book on how women wanted independence. Many read her book and it changes views for the better of women's rights. This was her best known novel and it portrayed the life of a woman who went through many things. When published, the novel had much attention and duspute over it.
