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Woolworth Building
One of the first skyscrapers created in New York. -
KKK Reborn
On Thanksgiving night. They disbanded in 1944. -
Literacy Test
Congress enacted a literacy test that reduces the number of immigrants allowed in the country. -
50 Years and other poems
Published by James Weldon Johnson. Commented on the hald century of suffering following the emacipation proclimation. -
Red Scare
U.S. Agents arrest 1,700 in the Red Scare raids. -
18th Amendment
Amendment for prohibition of alcohol.
Ratified in 1919.
Repealed in 1933. -
Palmer Raids
A massive round up of foreign-borns by attourny general A Mitchell Palmer. -
19th Amendment
Given women the right to vote. -
Volstead Act
Banned most commercial production and distribution of beverages containing more than .5% of alcohol by volume. -
Sheppard-Towner Act
Provided for federal aide to establish state programs for maternal and infant health care. -
Time Magazine
Henry Luce begins publishing the magazine in March. -
Equal Rights Amendment
Stated that men and women shall have equal rights throughout the US and every place subject to its jurisdiction. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Senate probs the scandal. -
National Origins Quota Act
NOQA restricts immigration from Europe and bans immigration from Asia. -
Scopes
John Scopes convicted of teaching theory of evolution in violation of Tennessee Law in July. -
Martha Graham
First Martha Graham dance recital in April. -
Nonstop transatlantic flight
Charles Lindbergh completed the first nonstop transcontinental flight from New York to Paris in May. -
Sacco and Vanzetti
They were executed in august for payroll robbery and murder. -
The Jazz Singer
The movie The Jazz Singer features singing-talking soundtrack. -
Election of 1928
Herbert Hoover defeated Alfred Smith by a landslide.
