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the 18th amendment
banned all alcohol and the creation and sale of it -
red scare
a series of attacks that came after WW1 -
palmers raids
a series of raids resulting in over 6,000 arrests -
the volstead act
an act which banned alcohol -
treaty of versailles rejected
the treaty was rejected by seven votes -
the 19th amendment
the amendment which gave women the right to vote -
Fordney Mccumber tarrif
a law that raised tarrifs on imported goods -
Warren G. Harding Elected President
an election between Harding and Cox,Harding won -
washington disarmament conference
a conference which resulted in the 4-power treaty,5-power treaty,and the 9-power treaty -
teapot Dome Scandal
Albert B. Fall convinced the secretary of the navy(EdwinDenby) to turn the control of the oil fields to him -
Calvin Coolidge becomes president
an election between Calvin Coolidge and Robert M. La Follette,Calvin won -
J. Edgar Hoover appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover was appointed director of the FBI in order to help enforce the law on crime -
immigration act basic law
a law that limited the number of immigrants who could be admmited into the country -
scopes trial
a case in which John Thomas Scopes was found guilty and fined $100 for unlawfully teaching human evolution -
NBC founded
it is the national broadcasting network but is sometimes refered to as the "peacock network" -
Charles Lindberg made first trans-atlantic flight
first american aviator to fly across the atlantic ocean non-stop -
Sacco and Vanzetti executed
Sacco and Vanzetti were executed in the electric chair for first degree murder -
the jazz singer released
"it was the first feature-lenght motion picture with synchronized sequences" -
Amelia Earheart flew solo across the atlantic ocean
amelia was the first female pilot to fly across the atlantic ocean,she used a fokker f7 -
kellogg-briand pact
a pact that renounced the use of war and called for a peaceful settlement between disputes -
Herbert Hoovers elected president
An election with Al Smith against Herbert Hoover,Hoover won -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
seven men were lined up against a wall and shot with 90 bullets and died -
black tuesday
signaled the 10-year great depression of western industrialized countries -
the great depression begins
began with the wallstreet stockmarket collapse,it caused market prices around the globe to plumet -
harlem renaissance
a cultural movement performed by african-americans that was also known as the negro movement
