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Armistice
Truce that ends hostilities in First World War -
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America: Prosperity and the Roaring 20s
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18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution prohibited the sale, production, transportation, and importation of alcoholic beverages -
Treaty of Versailles
Official peace treaty that ended World War One -
Sacco & Vanzetti trial begins
Sacco & Vanzetti - Italian bornd anarchists tried and convicted of murder. Found guilty and executed, in 1927. -
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Prohibition
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution prohibited the sale, production, transportation, and importation of alcoholic beverages. Repealed by the 21st Amendment. -
Warren G. Harding, President
29th U.S. President, Republican-OH -
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Warren G. Harding, President
29th U.S. President, Republican - OH -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Ongoing scandal during the Harding Administration -
Calvin Coolidge, President
Calvin Coolidge 30th U.S. President - MA -
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Calvin Coolidge, President
30th U.S. President, Republican - MA -
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Zenith of the Harlem Renaissance
A rebirth of African-Amereican arts, literature, poetry, and music. -
The Great Gatsby published
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel about the Jazz Age and "Roaring Twenties". Came to represent and symbolize the culture of the 1920s. -
Scopes Monkey Trial begins
Trial in Dayon, TN over the teaching of evolution, which was prohibited by the state. Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan squared off in court. -
Ku Klux Klan march in Washington, DC
KKK march down Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC -
Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis
First non-stop flight across the Atlantic - from Long Island, NY to Paris, France; May 20-21, 1927 -
Babe Ruth sets the home run record
Babe Ruth of the NY Yankees hits 60 home runs in 1927 -
Premier of The Jazz Singer
The Jazz Singer debuts as the first motion picture with sound, revolutionizing the cinema industry. -
Henry Ford introduces the Model A
First Ford Model A sold on December 2, 1927. By July, 1929, two million had been sold. -
"Steamboat Willie" premiers
The first Mickey Mouse cartoon, Steamboat Willie, premiers in New York City. -
Herbert Hoover, President
31st U.S. President, Republican - IA -
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Herbert Hoover, President
31st U.S. President, Republican - IA -
Black Tuesday
U.S. Stock Market crash, beginning of the Great Depression