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red scare
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. -
18th Amendment
established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States -
19th Amendement
Prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex -
Warren G.Harding
protected alcohol interests and moderately supported women's suffrage. 29th president -
Sacco and Vanzetti
Italian-born anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during the armed robbery of a shoe factory in South Braintree, Massachusetts. they were executed on the electric chair in 1927 -
Washington Disarmament Conference
military conference called by President Warren G. Harding. attended by nine nations -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The scandal damaged the public reputation of the Harding administration. to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding -
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
law that raised American tariffs on many imported goods in order to protect factories and farms -
Calvin Coolidge
30th president his reputation as a man of decisive action. -
J. Edgar Hoover
Appointed Director of the Bureau of Investigation -
Scopes trial
State of Tennesee vs. John Thomas Scopes. John was accused of violating the Tennessee butler act. Aka Scopes Monkey Trial -
Charles Lindbergh
Made First Trans-Atlantic Flight -
The Jazz Singer Released
American musical film -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
International agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve disputes or conflicts. It was signed by Germany, France and the United States -
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
name given to the 1929 murder of seven mob associates of North side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran during the Prohibition Era. resulted from the struggle to take control of organized crime in Chicago between the Irish American gang and the South Side Italian gang -
Herbert Hoovers
31st President of the United States, created the Hooverdam after stock market crashed -
Great Depression
severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II -
Stock market crash
depression begins. also known as Black Tuesday -
Amelia Earhart
The first female that Flew Solo Across the Atlantic Ocean
