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18th Amendment
The U.S. passed the law to effectively establish the prohibiton of acohol beverages in the U.S. by declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol illegal. -
Red Scare
Promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism, used by anti-leftist proponents -
Volstead Act
Also known as National Prohibition Act, was 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 -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Was a bribery incident that took place in the U.S. from 1920 to 1923 during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. -
Harlem Renaissance Began
This was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s. -
Treaty Of Versailles Rejected
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Sacco and Vanzetti Executed
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19th Amendment
This Amendment prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. -
Warren G. Harding Elected President
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Washington Disarmament Conference
Was a military conference called my President Warren G. Harding and was located in Washington. -
Fordney- McCumber Tarriff
A law that raised american tarriffs on many imported goods in order to protect factories and farms. -
Calvin Coolidge Became President
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J. Edgar Appointed Director of the Bureau of Investigation
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Immigration Act Basic Law
A U.S. federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country 2 % of the number of people from the country who were already living in the U,S. -
Scopes Trial
Also known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes was a famous American legal case in 1925 when a high school teacher was accused of violating of Tennessee's Butler Act, -
NBC Founded
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Charles Lindberg Made First Trans-Atlantic Fight
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The Jazz Singer Released
American musical film, -
Amelia Earheart Flew Solo Across The Atlantic Ocean
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Kellogg- Briand Pact
Was a 1928 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
Presedential election against Al Smith -
St.Valentine's Day Massacre
Murder of seven mob associates of North side Irish gang led by the Prohibiton Era -
Stock Market Crash, Black Tuesday
Began in late October 1929 and was the most devastating stock market crash in American History. -
Great Depression Began
A severe world-wide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. It was the longest depression in the 20th century.
