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Red Scare
Is the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism -
Volstead Act
Enacted to carry out the intent of the Eighteenth Amendment, which established prohibition in the United States. -
Palmer Raids
Were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists -
18Th Amendment
Established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States -
Treaty of Versailles Rejected
The United States Senate rejected for the second time the Treaty of Versailles, by a vote of 49-35, falling seven votes short of a two-thirds majority needed for approval. -
Harlem Renaissance Began
was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. -
19th Amendment
Prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. -
Warren G. Harding Elected President
Harding was the 29th President of the United States -
Sacco And Vanzetti Executed
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian-born anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during the armed robbery of a shoe factory. -
Washington Disarmament Conference
A military conference called by President Warren G. Harding and held in Washington -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923 -
Fordney–McCumber Tariff
Was a law that raised American tariffs on many imported goods in order to protect factories and farms. -
Calvin Coolidge Became President
Coolidge was the 30th President of the United States -
J. Edgar Hoover Appointed Director of the Bureau of Investigation
Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone appointed the 29-year-old Hoover acting director of the Bureau, and by the end of the year Mr. Hoover was named Director. -
Immigration Act Basic Law
Was a United States federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States -
Scopes Trial
A famous American legal case in 1925 in which a high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. -
NBC Founded
NBC is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network. -
Charles Lindbergh Made First Trans-Atlantic Flight
Lindbergh Flew from New York To Paris in thirty three and a half hours -
The Jazz Singer Released
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American musical film. The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences. -
Kellogg Briand Pact
A 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve problems. -
St. Valentines Day Massacre
The name given to the 1929 murder of seven mob associates of North side Irish gang -
Herbert Hoovers Elected President
Hover becomes the 31st President of the United States, -
Great Depression Began
Was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II -
Black Tuesday
Was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, and led to the Great Depression. -
Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Across The Atlantic Ocean
Amelia crossed the Atlantic establishing a new transatlantic crossing record of 13 hours, 30 minutes.
