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19th amendment is adopted and Prohibition begins
The 19th amendmennt forbids any U.S citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of if you are a male or female. This amendment was the high point for the womens suffrage movement in the United States. -
KDKA in Pittsburgh
KDKA is the worlds first commercial radio station and was created by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Today the radio station is owned by CBS Radio and is still operating. -
Emergency Quota Act
The Emergency Quota Act is also known as the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921. This restricted immigrants from coming into the country. The immigration level was limited to 3%. -
Boll Weevils destruction to the Cotten Crops
The Boll Weevil was a beetle and was considered one of the most harmful pest in the U.S. The beetles traveled from Mexico into Texas and attacked the cotten crops. -
Stock market rises
The National Origins Act replaces the Emergency Quota Act. The National Orginis Act lowered the quota of immigration. -
Ku Klux Klan march through Washington D.C
There were 50,000 to 60,000 men and women in white robes that marched. They marched down Pennsylvania Avenue. -
The Weary Blues published
Langston Hughes was an author of several plays, poems, and novels. He was twenty-four years old when the Weary Blues was published. He also died in Harlem in 1967. -
Sacco and Vanzetti are executed
Sacco and Vanzetti were two Italian men that were born anarchists. They were charged with murder for killing a guard and paymaster during a robbery. -
Herbert Hoover was elected president
Herbert Hoover was elected in the 36th presidential election. He was nominated as the Republican candidate.
