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Eighteenth Amendment
This amendment was passed and prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol. -
Red Scare
U.S. agents arrested 1700 in the Red Scare raids. -
Nineteenth Amendment
This amendment was ratified and granted women's suffrage. -
Transcontinental airmail service
This service was inaugurated and it provided mail to be shipped to other continents. -
Budget Bureau created
This bureau was set up to oversee federal spending. -
WWJ -Detroit broadcast
This station was the first commercial radio program. -
The Waste Land is published
Eliot wrote this poem about profound despair. -
Time Magazine
Henry Luce begins publishing Time magazine. -
KKK
Newspapers began exposing Ku Klux Klan graft, torture, and murder. -
Equal Rights Amendment
The NWP proposed this amenmdent to give women more rights. -
Teapot Dome scandal
Two oil promoters gave Al Fall nearly four hundred thousand in loans and bribes; in return, he helped them secure leases on naval oil reserves in Elk Hills, California, and Teapot Dome, Wyoming. -
Bonus Bill
The Veteran's World War I bonus bill was passed. This payed for insurance policies. -
National Origins Quota Act
This act was passed and restricted immigration from Europe and banned immigration from Asia. -
The Great Gatsby is published
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote this book about the roaring twenties. -
Scopes Trial
John Scopes was convicted of teaching the theory of evolution in violation of Tennesse law. -
Lindbergh
Charles Linbergh completed first nonstop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. -
Execution of Italian anarchists
Sacco and Vanzetti were executed for murder without a trial. -
The Jazz Singer
This movie was the first to feature a singing talking soundtrack. -
Farm-control bill
Coolidge vetoed this bill because he didn't want government intervention. -
Election
Herbert Hoover defeated Al Smith in this election.
