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18th Amendment Passed
It banned the selling, transportation, and manufacturing of alcohol. -
19th Amendment Passed
It stated that no citizen of the U.S. would be denied the right to vote based on their sex. -
US Opts Not to Join the League of Nations
The Treaty of Versailles was established after the first world war ended. The U.S. senates had to approve in order to bind the U.S. Several Senates believed that joining the League of Nations would obligate members to defend other league members causing the U.S. to go to a war that doesn’t involve to them. -
Al Capone is an Active Bootlegger
Al Capone began bootlegging alcohol during the time of the temperance ban of alcohol. He became a very successful in his business. -
Calvin Coolidge Elected
Coolidge was elected winning 382 votes against John W. Davis who won 136 electoral votes. Coolidge carried 35 states in the majority of the northern states across the U.S. and Davis wining the southern eastern states. -
Time Magazine First Published
It was first used to keep “busy men” up to date with the current news. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald Published The Great Gatsby
It was a literary artwork that documented the “Jazz Age” with its focus of the American Dream. -
Locke publishes The New Negro
It was an collection of articles and essays that sparked the Harlem Renaissance with its profound insite of the black communities. -
The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
It was a trial that involved a high school teacher going against a Tennessee law that prevented teachers to teach evolution to kids where the teacher was found guilty and fined $100. -
KKK Marches on Washington
It was a marched that had 50,000 KKK members including men and women. -
Langston Hughes Published The Weary Blues
The theme was related to music in the everyday life. -
Charles Lindbergh Solo Transatlantic Flight
Lindbergh was the first person to fly solo nonstop across the transatlantic from New York to Paris. -
Babe Ruth hits 60 homeruns in one season.
Ruth made record when he hit his 60th home run in one season and was thought to be unreachable at the time. -
The “Talkie” Movie The Jazz Singer is released
It was the first film released that included dialogue and music together. All films before this where either soundless or had no music to accompany the dialogue. -
US Signs the Kellog-Briand Pact(Pact of Paris)
It was first signed between the U.S., France, and Germany. The pact was established to settle disputes without using war and promote peace among the signees. -
Herbert Hoover Elected
Hoover won the election with 444 votes against Al Smith who had won 87 electoral votes. Hoover carried 40 states while Smith carried only 8. -
The First Mickey Mouse Cartoon “Steamboat Willie” Premiers
It was black and white and was the first cartoon to have synchronized sound. -
Black Tuesday Stock Market Crash
The stock market crashed shortly before the end of the roaring 20’s and created the beginning of the Great Depression that lasted 10 years. -
Amelia Earhart First Woman to Fly Solo Transatlantic Flight
Earhart was the first women to fly across the Atlantic ocean solo. At this time it was only accomplished once by Lindbergh.
