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18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States. -
Red Scare
A Red Scare is the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism, used by anti-leftist proponents. -
Harlem Renaissance Began
Known as the "Negro Movement" and is the period of blacks to begin with their cultures through jazz and theatre or the arts. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment gave women rights to vote. -
Palmer Raids
Spurred by numerous bombings and strikes, Attorney General Alexander Palmer sets about a campaign to crush radical “Reds” in the United States. -
Volstead Act
Congress passed this amendment to enforce the 18th amendment by eliminating drunkness, getting rid of saloons and prevent absenteeism -
Treaty of Versailles Rejected
. By a vote of 39 to 55, far short of the required two-thirds majority, the Senate denied consent to the Treaty of Versailles. President Woodrow Wilson personally negotiated the treaty following World War I, promoting his vision for a system of collective security enforced by a League of Nations. -
Warren G. Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States, a Republican from Ohio who served in the Ohio Senate and then in the United States Senate, where he protected alcohol interests and moderately supported women's suffrage -
Washington Disarment Conference
Between 1921 and 1922, 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
The Teapot Dome scandal was 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
The Fordney–McCumber Tariff of 1922 was a law that raised American tariffs on many imported goods in order to protect factories and farms. -
Calvin Coolidge
John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States. A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state. -
J. Edgar Hoover
On May 10, 1924 J. Edgar Hoover was appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation. (FBI) -
Immigration Act Basic Law
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. -
Scopes Trial
Greatest Headlines of the Century," produced in 1960. In 1925, John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for teaching evolution in his Dayton, Tenn., classroom. The first highly publicized trial concerning the teaching of evolution, the Scopes trial also represents a dramatic clash between traditional and modern values in America of the 1920s. -
NBC Founded
Formed in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), NBC is the oldest major broadcast network in the United States. -
Charles Lindberg makes first Trans-Atlantic Flight
The "Lone Eagle" first flew solo in early May, 1923 from Souther Field where Charles Lindbergh had come to Americus to purchase a surplus aircraft from the World War I training center. -
Sacco and Vanzetti Executed
On April 15, 1920, a paymaster for a shoe company in South Braintree, Massachusetts, was shot and killed along with his guard. The murderers, who were described as two Italian men, escaped with more than $15,000. They blamed these two for it. -
The Jazz Singer Released
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American musical film, and wasthe 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. -
Amelia Earhart
On Amelia Earhart flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
An 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 Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States. Hoover, born to a Quaker family, was a professional mining engineer. -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre is the name given to the 1929 murder of seven mob associates of North side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran during the Prohibition Era. -
Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)
The most catastrophic stock market crash in the history of the United States, Black Tuesday took place on October 29, 1929 and was when the price of stocks completely collapsed. -
Great Depression Began
When the stock market collapsed on Wall Street on Tuesday, October 29, 1929, it sent financial markets worldwide into a tailspin with disastrous effects.