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More Urban than Rural
The United States Census reports for the first time that more Americans live in urban areas than in rural areas.(Urban is defined as a town with than 2,500 people) -
Flappers
Flappers of the 1920s were young women known for their energetic freedom, embracing a lifestyle viewed by many at the time as outrageous, immoral or downright dangerous. Now considered the first generation of independent American women, flappers pushed barriers in economic, political and sexual freedom for women. -
Jazz
Jazz was the music of the 1920s: loud and syncopated. This was the Jazz Age!The jazz recordings were often called "race records," and were sold and played only in the black neighborhoods of large cities like New York and Chicago. -
Ku Klux Klan
The resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s coincided with the anti-radical and anti-immigrant hysteria of the Red Scare that had engulfed the nation. -
WW1
The 1920s began with the last American troops returning from Europe after World War I. They were coming back to their families, friends, and jobs. Most of the soldiers had never been far from home before the war -
League of Nations
The League of Nations is founded but the United States votes against joining. -
Prohibition
The ratification of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution–which banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors–ushered in a period in American history known as Prohibition. (took effect on jan 17 1920) -
Women's Rights
In August of 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment was passed granting women the right to vote -
14th Amendment
In 1924 Congress passed a law that made all American Indians citizens of the United States. The Fourteenth Amendment had already given African Americans citizenship in 1866. -
Scopes Trial
The Scopes Trial, also known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was the 1925 prosecution of science teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution. -
Great Depression
In October 1929, the stock market crashed, and America’s invested wealth suddenly lost $26 billion in value. Prosperity had ended. The economic boom and the Jazz Age were over, and America began the period called the Great Depression.
