key people of twenties

  • The birth of Wilson

    The birth of Wilson
    Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born
  • Warren G. Harding

    Warren G. Harding
    Warren G. Harding was born November 2, 1865.
  • The birth of Calvin Coolidge

    The birth of Calvin Coolidge
    Calvin Coolidge was born July 4th, 1872
  • The birth of herbert hoover

    The birth of herbert hoover
    Herbert Hooover was born August 10th, 1874
  • The birth of Roosevelt

    The birth of Roosevelt
    Teddy Roosevelt was born in 1882 to an old prominent dutch family from upstate New York.
  • Louis Armstrong

    Louis Armstrong
    Louis armstrong was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and one of the most influential figures in jazz music. He was known as the first truly popular African American entertainers to "cross over" in America where it was racially segregated.
  • James Weldon Johnson

    James Weldon Johnson
    James Weldon johnson was an American author, lawyer, educator, diplomat, and a civil rights activists.He accepted a positon as the treasurer of the Colored Repbublican Club. A year later he was elceted as president of the club.
  • Election of 1910

    Election of 1910
    Wilson was the gubernational candidate of New Jersey's Democratic party, and was elected the 34th govenor of New Jersey.
  • Wilson runs for president

    Wilson ran for president in 1912 and won, becoming the 28th president uf the United States.
  • Charles A. Lindbergh

    Charles A. Lindbergh
    He made the first non- stop flight from New York to Paris. He was given the nick names Luckt Lindy, Slim, and The Lone Eagle.
  • Sacco and Vanzetti

    Sacco and Vanzetti
    Italian anarchists who was convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the armed robbery of Slater and Morill shoe company.
  • Harding as president

    Harding as president
    Harding was the 29th president of the United States. Served as president until hid death.
  • Babe Ruth

    Babe Ruth
    He was an American professional baseball player. His carerr in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons from 1914-1935. His nicknames were "The Bambino" and "The Sultan of Swat." On the first day of the new baseball season he hit the first homerun in the stadium.
  • Warding's death

    Warding's death
    Harding died of a cerebral hemorrage caused by heart disease.
  • Coolidge as president

    Coolidge as president
    became president after Warren G Harding died. He restored public confidence in the white house after the scandals of Harding were out.
  • Duke Ellington

    Duke Ellington
    Ellington was an American composer, pianist and bandleader of jazz orchestras. He led his orchestra from 1923 until his death.
  • Wilson's death

    Wilson's death
    Died of a stroke and other heart related preoblems at the age of 67.
  • Clarence Darrow

    Clarence Darrow
    He was best known for defending "thrill killers Leopold and Loeb" in their trial for murdering a 14 year old boy names Robert Franks
  • F scott Fitzgerald

    F scott Fitzgerald
    Fitzgerald was an American Novelist and short story writer.He was known for writing the Great Gatsby. Althought the story didn't become popular until after his death. He was considered a member of the "Lost Generation"
  • AL CAPONE st. val massacre

    AL CAPONE st. val massacre
    Capone was widely assumed to have been responsible for ordering the 1929 St. Valentine's day massacre, trying to kill Bugs Moran.
  • Hoover as president

    Hoover as president
    Hoover was elected as president March 4,1929. He was the most recent president at the time to be elected without any elected-office experience.
  • The death of Coolidge

    The death of Coolidge
    After his presidency in 1929 he retired to a modest rented house before moving into a bigger home. He died from coronary thrombosis.
  • Roosevelt becomes president

    Roosevelt becomes president
    Roosevelt was our 32nd president.
  • George Gershwin

    George Gershwin
    An american composer and pianist, Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores until his death in 1937 from a brain tumor.
  • Georgia O'Keeffe

    Georgia O'Keeffe
    SHe was a famous artist and by the time she retired from photography she had made more than 350 portraits.
  • Death of Teddy

    Death of Teddy
    He won a record of four elections and served from March 1933 to his death. Roosevelt had a bad pain in the back of his head and then died.
  • Ernest Miller Hemingway

    Ernest Miller Hemingway
    Hemingway was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. He had a strong influence on 20th century fiction. He won the nobel prize in Literature in 1954.
  • The death of Herber Hoover

    The death of Herber Hoover
    A year before his death he published "Fishing For Fun" and "To wash your soul." He died from massive internal bleeding at the age of 90 in New York City.
  • Langston Hughes

    Langston Hughes
    Was an American poet. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.