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18th Amendment
This amendment banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. -
Volstead Act
No person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, furnish or possess any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act. -
Palmer Raids
These were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States. -
Treaty of Versailles Rejected
The league of Nations had become part of the treaty and the U.S. did not want its foreign policy decide by another body, so they rejected the treaty -
Red Scare
A fear that gripped Americans immediately after the first world war of communists, socialists, anarchists, and other dissidents following a series of anarchist bombings. -
Harlem Renaissance Began
A literary and intellectual flowering that fostered a new black cultural identity in the 1920s and 1930s. -
19th Amendment
Granted American women the right to vote. -
Warren G. Harding Elected President
Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States, a Republican from Ohio who served in the Ohio Senate and then in the United States Senate, where he protected alcohol interests and moderately supported women's suffrage. -
Washington Disarmament Conference
An international Conference on the limitation of naval fleet construction begins in Washington. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Involved the influence of oil money on politics in the Republican administration of Warren G. Harding. -
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
Raised American tariffs in order to protect factories and farms. -
Calvin Coolidge
30th president of the U.S. and was known for his quiet demeanor, which earned him the nickname "Silent Cal." -
J. Edgar Hoover
Appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation. -
Immigration Act Basic Law
This Act limited the number of immigrants allowed entry to the United States through a national origins quota. -
Scopes trial
A Tennessee legal case involving the teaching of evolution in punblic schools. -
NBC Founded
Founded in New York City, NY by David Sarnoff. -
Charles Lindberg
Made first Trans-Atlantic Ocean -
Sacco and Vanzetti Executed
Excuted for murder -
The Jazz Singer Released
An American musical film. -
Amelia Earhart
Was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
This pact was one of many international to prevent another world war, but it had littel effect in stopping the rising militarism of the 1930s or preventing World War II. -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
One of the Bloodiest days in mod history when 7 men were gunned down in Chicago. -
Herbt Hoovers Elect4ed President
31st President who was a millionaire and approved the " Star-Spangled Banner" as our National Anthem. -
Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)
It was the worst day of the New York Stock exchange that within hours, the stock market lost all the gains of the entire year. -
Great Depression Began
This was an immense tragedy that placed millions of Americans out of work, was the beginning of government involvement in the economy and in society as a whole.
