-
Harlem Renaissance
This was a period, often considered a golden age in African American culture, of a social and artistic explosion of African American culture. Literature, stage performances, and music also became popular, due to the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City. This period began in 1918 and carried on through 1930. -
18th Amendment
This amendment made the process of making, selling, and transporting alcohol illegal. Due to the limitation of alcohol, the Prohibition Era began. -
Palmer Raids
Palmer raids were a series of raids that started in 1919 and continued until 1920 conducted under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson by the United States Department of Justice. These raids were conducted to arrest any suspected socialists, communists, and anarchists. -
19th Amendment
This amendment gave women the Constitutional right to vote. Bainbridge Colby, U.S. Secretary of State, certified this amendment on the 29th of August. Congress also has the power to, by appropriate legislation, enforce this article. -
Teapot Dome scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal involved the administration of President Warren G. Harden's illegal sales, murder-suicide, politicians playing poker, oil tycoons, bribery cash, and a womanizing president. This scandal revealed the level of greed and corruption that there is within the federal government. This event lasted from 1921 to 1923. -
Sacco and Vanzetti
Sacco and Vanzetti were both convicted of murder and received the death sentence as they were Italian immigrants and anarchists. This case occurred during the Red Scare, making the judges prejudiced in the case. -
US air service circumnavigated the globe
From Seattle, Washington, four airplanes and eight U.S. Army Air Service pilots took off to complete the very first aerial circumnavigation of the globe. During the course of this mission, the team made 74 stops and covered about 27,550 miles in 175 days. -
Scopes Trial
This trial was based on a recent bill that had made the teaching of evolution illegal. A science teacher at a public school in Tennessee had recently broken this law and was taken to trial. This trial was viewed as an opportunity to publicly advocate the legitimacy of Darwin’s theory of evolution, challenging the constitutionality of the bill. -
Stock Market Crash
A stock market boom ended in a cataclysmic bust. The Dow Jones Industrial Average continued to drop from 13 percent on Black Monday into the summer of 1932, closing at 41.22. This number was its lowest number of the twentieth century, making it 89 percent below its top number. -
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a period when severe dust storms were brought on by a drought in the southern plains region. Crops, livestock, and people died due to these droughts. Since there was a lack of crops and farmed goods, it only intensified the negative economic impacts of the Great Depression. This event lasted from 1930 to 1936. -
New Deal
This deal, designed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, was put into place to provide relief, reform, and recovery. The New Deal provided relief by creating jobs and breadlines, reform by finding the sources of the Great Depression so this issue would not be repeated, and recovery by ending the Depression and aiming to fix the economy. -
Amelia Earhart's first solo flight
On this date, Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean nonstop. She left Newfoundland and landed in Northern Ireland 15 hours later. -
CCC established
The CCC was the Civilian Conservation Corps which was part of Roosevelt's New Deal Program. This establishment allowed any 18 to 25-year-old single man to enlist in work programs. These work programs helped to improve America’s public lands, parks, and forests. -
WPA Established
The WPA was the Works Progress Administration which was also a work program for civilians who were unemployed, created by Roosevelt's New Deal program. This program employed many citizens to do public work such as construction and paving roads. -
Court Packing Scheme
The Court Packing Scheme was the name held by critics of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Court-Packing Plan. In this plan, Roosevelt wanted to expand the Supreme Court to 15 judges, to make it more efficient supposedly.