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The 19th Ammendment
Women got the right to vote http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/nineteentham.htm -
First Commercial Broadcast
Aired by KDKA, the "world's first commercially licensed radio station". -
KKK Recruitment
"In the 1920s, the Klan moved in many states to dominate local and state politics. The Klan devised a strategy called the "decade," in which every member of the Klan was responsible for recruiting ten people to vote for Klan candidates in elections." http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/flood-klan/ -
Immigration Act/Johnson - Reed Act
This act "limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota". https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/immigration-act -
The Great Gatsby Published
By F. Scott Fitzgerald, In its initial publication, the novel received mixed reviews. Although championed by The New York Times, noted essayist and critic H.L. Mencken called it a “glorified anecdote” and others felt it to be a “minor” work and a comedown after The Beautiful and the Damned and This Side of Paradise. The New York Evening World claimed that Gatsby debunked the idea that Fitzgerald was one of the great writers of his generation. http://thoughtcatalog.com/nico-lang/2013/05/25-thing -
Charles Lindbergh's Transatlantic Flight
Lindbergh's transatlantic flight is the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic. -
First Mickey Mouse Cartoon
Cartoonist and animator, Walt Disney's character, Mickey Mouse was first aired on television. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
The USA and fourteen other nations sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact to "outlaw" war. This pact was an attempt to keep peace between countries but was proved unenforcable. -
Black Tuesday
The stock market crashed and $25 billion — some $319 billion in today's dollars — was lost, the Great Depression. http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1854569,00.html -
Repealment of the National Prohibition Act
The National Prohibiton Act was repealed.
