-
Red Scare
The promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism, used by anti-leftist proponents. -
18th Amendment
Effectively 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. -
Volstead Act
The three distinct purposes of the Act were
to prohibit intoxicating beverages, regulate the manufacture, sale, or transport of intoxicating liquor (but not consumption), and to ensure an ample supply of alcohol and promote its use in scientific research and in the development of fuel, dye and other lawful industries and practices, such as religious rituals. -
Palmer Raids
Were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States. -
Harlem Renaissance Began
(began in 1920's)Was a cultural movement. It was known as the "New Negro Movement". The Movement also included the new African-American cultural expressions across the urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest United States. -
Treaty of Versailles Rejected
The Treaty of Versailles was a formal peace treaty between the World War I Allies and Germany. -
19th Amendment
Prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. -
Warren G. Harding Elected President
Was the 29th President of the United States. -
Washington Disarmament Conference
Was a military conference called by President Warren G. Harding and held in Washington. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming and two other locations in California to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding -
Calvin Coolideg Become President
Was the 30th President of the United States -
Immigration Act Basic Law
Was a United States federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country. -
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. -
Scopes Trail
High school teacher John Scopes was accused of violating Tennesse's Butler Act -
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
Was a law that raised American tariffs on many imported goods in order to protect factories and farms. -
NBC Founded
An American commercial broadcast television and radio network. -
Charles Lindberg Made First Trans-Atlantic Ocean
Was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist. Lindbergh emerged suddenly from virtual obscurity to instantaneous world fame as the result of his Orteig Prize-winning solo non-stop flight -
Sacco and Vanzetti Exected
Were Italian-born anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during the armed robbery of a shoe factory in South Braintree, Massachusetts -
The Jazz Singer Released
American musical film. -
Kellogg-Braind Act
was a 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". -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The name given to the 1929 murder of seven mob associates of North side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran during the Prohibition Era. This resulted from the struggle to take control of organized crime in Chicago between the Irish American gang and the South Side Italian gang led by Al Capone. -
Herbert Hoovers Elected President
Was the 31st President of the United States. -
Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)
The most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its fallout. The crash signaled the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries. -
Great Depression Began
A severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. -
Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Across the Atlantic Ocean
Was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island
