Roaring Twenties Robinson

  • Calvin Coolidge becomes president

    Calvin Coolidge becomes president
    30th President of the U,s
  • Hebert Hoovers Elected President

    Hebert Hoovers Elected President
    31st President of the U.S
  • Red Scare

    Red Scare
    The promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism, used by anti-leftist proponents
  • Volstead Act

    Volstead Act
    An act to prohibit intoxicating beverages.
  • Palmer Raids

    Palmer Raids
    attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States.
  • !8th Amendment

    !8th Amendment
    Established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport and sale of alcohol illegal.
  • Treaty of Versailles Rejected

    Treaty of Versailles Rejected
    On March 19, 1920, 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.
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment
    Prevents any U.S citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex.
  • Warren G. Harding Elected President

    Warren G. Harding Elected President
    29th President of the U.S
  • Washington Disarmament Conference

    Washington Disarmament Conference
    was a military conference called by President Warren G. Harding, it was attended by the United States, Japan, China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal[1]—regarding interests in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia.
  • Immigration Act Basic Law

    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%
  • Scopes Trial

    Scopes Trial
    American legal trial where a high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Teneesee's Butler Act which made it unlawful to teach about evolution.
  • The Jazz Singer Released

    The Jazz Singer Released
    A 1927 American musical film. The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequence.
  • Nbc Founded

    Nbc Founded
    The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network. It is headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center
  • Harlem Renaissance

    Harlem Renaissance
    a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s. The Movement also included the new African-American cultural expressions across the urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest United States
  • Sacco and Vanzetti Executed

    Sacco and Vanzetti Executed
    convicted of murdering 2 men during the armed robery of a shoe factory.
  • Kellog Briand Pact

    Kellog Briand Pact
    International Agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve disputes or conflicts.
  • St. Valentines Day Massacre

    St. Valentines Day Massacre
    1929 murder of 7 mob associates od North side Irish Gang
  • Fordney-McCumber Tarrif

    Fordney-McCumber Tarrif
    was a law that raised American tariffs on many imported goods in order to protect factories and farms.
  • Great Depression

    Great Depression
    A severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. It was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century.[2]
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday
    The most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States.Signaled the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries
  • J. Edgar Hoover

    J. Edgar Hoover
    First Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States.
  • Amelia Earheart

    Amelia Earheart
    Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean