Time line

The 1920's

  • Prohibition

    Prohibition
    The eighteenth Amendment went into action. Fedral Prohibitio Law inforcement were given the task of enforcing the law. This Amendment bans Alcohol.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    Starting in the mid 19th century women fought for their right to vote. On finally on August 26th women got their suffrage making this an impotent date. This date was the day that women finally got equal rights to men.
  • KDKA In Pittsburg

    KDKA In Pittsburg
    KDKA was a comercial broadcast station. Their first broadcast was on election day. This nation wide coverage inspired other broadcasting sations.
  • Emegency Quota Act

    Emegency Quota Act
    This act limited the number of immegrants permitted into the United States to 3% per country. This meant that only 357,802 immegrants would be aloud to enter into the United States.
  • Boll Weevil Attack

    Boll Weevil Attack
    The Boll Weevil feeds on cotton buds. The immegrated here from Mxico and made it all the way to the Crolinas.
  • Stock Market Rise

    Stock Market Rise
    The stock market was getting millions of people to invest. These people thought that they would make millions.
  • National Origins Act

    National Origins Act
    This act made the quota of people from other countries aloud to enter the U.S go way down. It disciminatd against southern and eastern Europe Along with Asia.
  • Scopes Trial

    Scopes Trial
    He violated a statue. While conspiring with the super Intendedent. This trial is in Dayton Tennessee. He teted the Evolution of man.
  • Ku Klux Klan

    Ku Klux Klan
    The Ku Kluz Klan marched through the Steets of washington down Pensylvania Avenue. It was known as the KKK Parade
  • "The Weary Blues"

    "The Weary Blues"
    It was by Langston Hugues, a blck writer. This peom is famous.
  • Charles Lindbergh

    Charles Lindbergh
    Charles Lindbergh was a pilot. He heard of a $25,000 prize to fly from New York to paris and took flight on may 20th 1927.
  • Sacco And Vanzetti

    Sacco And Vanzetti
    These men were suspected anarchists. Acused and exucute for a crime. But soon after their exacution it was proven that they did not commit the crime.
  • President Hoover

    President Hoover
    President Hoover was a republican. He was on the verge of winning in Kansas City, he ran a risk free campaign.