Late Teens and Roaring 20's

Red Scare

Mar 10, 1918

A fear of subversion by communists in the United States after the Russian Revolution

18th Amendment

Jan 16, 1919

Prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages

Palmer Raids

Jun 2, 1919

Attorney Alexander Palmer's house is damaged in anarchist bombing

Volstead Act

Oct 28, 1919

The Volstead Act banned the consumptiong and selling of alcohol.

Treaty of Versailles

Mar 19, 1920

Senate rejects it for the second time

Sacco and Vanzetti Executed

Apr 15, 1920

Executed for murder

Harlem Renaissance

Apr 15, 1920

An African American movement that embraces literacy, musical, theatrical, and visual arts.

Warren G. Harding Elected President

Jun 8, 1920

Became president after Hoover

19th Amendment

Aug 18, 1920

Gave women the right to vote.

Washington Disarmament Conference

Nov 12, 1921

The world’s largest naval powers gathered in Washington for a conference to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing tensions in East Asia.

Teapot Dome Scandal

Apr 15, 1922

A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921.

Fordney-McCumber Tariff

Jun 28, 1922

Raised American tariffs in order to protect factories and farms

Calvin Coolidge

Jun 3, 1923

Coolige becomes president after Harding

J. Edgar Hoover

May 10, 1924

Appointed director of the bureau of Investigations.

Immigration Act Basic Law

May 26, 1924

Limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota.

Scopes Trail

Jul 20, 1925

John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for teaching evolution in his Dayton, Tennessee.

NBC Founded

Nov 15, 1926

The oldest broadcasting network in the United States

Charles Lindberg

May 20, 1927

Made first trans-atlantic flight

The Jazz Singer Released

Oct 6, 1927

First successful feature film with sound

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Mar 6, 1928

A treaty renouncing war as an instrument of national policy and urging peaceful means for the settlement of international disputes, originally signed in 1928 by 15 nations, later joined by 49 others.

Amelia Earhart

Jun 17, 1928

First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic

Herbert Hoovers Elected President

Nov 6, 1928

Hoover won the election, but a few months later, the stock market crashed.

St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Feb 14, 1929

One of the most notorious ganster killings in the prohibition era

Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)

Oct 29, 1929

One of the largests drops in stock market history.

Great Depression Began

Oct 29, 1929

Placed millions of Americans out of work