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Prohibition
Prohibition is when the government banned all alcohol. This is an important event in history because it leads to people being upset and the government making a new amendment -
KDKA in Pittsburgh
KDKA is a news station that started in the 1920. This is important to us because now the way of entertainment will change and keep on changing -
The nineteenth Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment's text was drafted by Susan B. Anthony with the help of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and was first introduced in 1878. This is important to us because it shows the importance to woman rights and giving equal rights to every person. -
Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.
This document set quotas on immigration into the United States.
This is important because it set limits of how many immagrints could be in the US and actually be here legally. -
The boll weevil ruins crops
This brought many farms to bankrupcy because they could not afford to pay bills without their crops. This is important to History because it shows the increase in poverty in the south -
The stock market begins its spectacular rise.
This shows that America is still growing. It is important to historty because of how the US fell and got right back up -
National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act.
This document made it even harder for immagrints to enter America. This made it important to histiry because it will create immagration problems for the U.S. -
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Ku Klux Klan members stage a major march through Washington, D.C. The reason why this is important is because it still shows racial inequality between people -
Scopes trial takes place in Dayton, Tennessee.
This is when a teacher was taken to court for teaching the theory of evelution. This is importtant to History because it is showing the difference between people beliefs from farther back to now -
Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.”
This showed a African American way through poetry and song -
Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.
Sacco and Vanzetti are executed becuase of the red scare. They were anarchist who were accused of robbery and murder -
Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic.
The longest flight over the atlantic that was 33 and a half hours. This made america look into using planes to delivere things and travel. -
Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president.
He was complient to the problems of the country and helped the country into the great depression
