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Red Scare
The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920. This “scare” was caused by fears of subversion by communists in the United States after the Russian Revolution. -
volstead act
enacted to carry out the intent of the Eighteenth Amendment, which established prohibition in the United States. -
Palmer Raids
attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States. -
Harlem Renaissance Began
included the new African-American cultural expressions across the urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest United States affected by the Great Migration (African American), of which Harlem was the largest. -
18th Amendment
established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport and sale of (though not the consumption or private possession of) alcohol illegal. -
Treaty of Versailles Rejected
the United States Senate rejected for the second time the Treaty of Versailles, by a vote of 49-35, falling seven votes short of a two-thirds majority needed for approval. -
19th amendment
prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. -
warren g harding elected president
he promised the nation a "return to normalcy", in the form of a strong economy, independent of foreign influence. This program was designed to rid Americans of the tragic memories and hardships they faced during World War I. -
Sacco and Vanzetti Executed
Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed for murder. -
Washington Disarmament Conference
Conducted outside the auspices of the League of Nations, it was attended by nine nations the United States, Japan, China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal regarding interests in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. -
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
a law that raised American tariffs on many imported goods in order to protect factories and farms -
Calvin Coolidge Became President
Elected in his own right in 1924, he gained a reputation as a small-government conservative, and also as a man who said very little. -
Immigration Act Basic Law
limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. -
scopes trial
John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. -
NBC Founded
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network.Formed in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), NBC is the oldest major broadcast network in the United States. -
Charles Lindberg Made First Trans-Atlantic Flight
made from Roosevelt Field in Garden City on New York's Long Island to Le Bourget Field in Paris, France, a distance of nearly 3,600 statute miles -
The Jazz Singer Released
The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, its release heralded the commercial ascendance of the "talkies" and the decline of the silent film era. -
kellogg-briand pact
international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise among them" -
herbert hoovers elected president
He achieved American and international prominence in humanitarian relief efforts in war-time Belgium and served as head of the U.S. Food Administration during World War I. -
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
murder of seven mob associates of North side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran during the Prohibition Era. -
Great Depression Began
The depression originated in the U.S., after the fall in stock prices that began around September 4, 1929, and became worldwide news with the stock market crash of October 29, 1929 -
Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)
The crash signaled the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries. -
13. J. Edgar Hoover Appointed Director of the Bureau of Investigation
Hoover is credited with building the FBI into a larger crime-fighting agency, and with instituting a number of modernizations to police technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories -
Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Across the Atlantic Ocean
was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island trying to fly around the world.
