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Model-T
Automobile built by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 until 1927. Conceived by Henry Ford as practical, affordable transportation for the common man, it quickly became prized for its low cost, durability, versatility, and ease of maintenance -
President Harding’s Return to Normalcy
Harding's promise was to return the United States' prewar mentality, without the thought of war tainting the minds of the American people -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a turning point in black cultural history. It helped African American writers and artists gain control over the representation of black culture and experience, and it provided them a place in Western high culture. -
Red scare
The term Red Fear denotes two distinct periods of strong anti-communism in the United States: the First Red Fear, from 1917 to 1920, and the Second Red Fear, from 1947 to 1957. The First Red Fear was about the workers' revolution and political radicalism. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of US President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923. -
Joseph Stalin Leads USSR
A Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union from the mid–1920's until 1953 as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union -
Scopes “Monkey” Trial
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 1920's. -
Charles Lindbergh’s Trans-Atlantic Flight
On May 21, 1927, the aviator Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Lindbergh was just 25 years old when he completed the trip -
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
The Valentine's massacre was a massacre allegedly ordered by Al Capone against five members of the “North Side Gang” band plus Dr. Reinhardt H. Schwimmer in Chicago on Valentine's Day, 1929. -
Stock Market Crashes “Black Tuesday”
Black Tuesday was the fourth and last day of the stock market crash of 1929. It took place on October 29, 1929. On November 13, 1929, they hit their bottom for the year. By then, more than $100 billion had disappeared from the American economy.
