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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
In the 1920 presidential election, Republican nominee Warren G Harding campaigned on the promise of a "return to normalcy," which would mean a return to conservative values and a turning away from President Wilson's internationalism. -
Harlem Renaissance
an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after The New Negro, a 1925 anthology edited by Alain Locke. -
Red Scare
the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism or anarchism by a society or state. ... The First Red Scare, which occurred immediately after World War I, revolved around a perceived threat from the American labor movement, anarchist revolution and political radicalism -
Teapot Dome Scandal
involved secretary Interior, Albert Fall who accepted valuable gifts & large sums of money from private oil companies. in exchange Fall allowed the oil companies to control government oil reserves. He was the 1st cabinet member ever to be convicted of his crimes while in office. -
Joseph Stalin Leads USSR
a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union from the mid–1920s until 1953 as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952) and Premier -
Scopes “Monkey” Trial
The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case in July 1925 in which a substitute high -
Charles Lindbergh’s Trans-Atlantic Flight
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 1929 Valentine's Day murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang. The men were gathered at a Lincoln Park garage on the morning of Valentine's Day. -
Stock Market Crashes “Black Tuesday”
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.
