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The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted.Prohibition begins.
Alcohol is banned, which leads to increased crime and unrest.The people were very unhappy. This got passed by the people thinking the banning of alcohol to solve problems that we had at the time. It had unforseen consequences. -
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1920s
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KDKA
At 1020Khz, a News Radio Sation, launched in the 1920s. Also one of the first news radio stations in the country. Furthermore, was first broadcasted in Pitsburgh. This is also known as a (AM) Radio. -
Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.
It added a limited amount of numbers of immigrants into the states. The Emergency Quota Act restricted the number of immigrants admitted from any country annually to 3%. Furthermore, professionals were to be admitted without regard to their country of origin. The Act set no limits on immigration from Latin America. -
The boll weevil ruins more than 85 percent of the South’s cotton crop.
Most American farmers were in deep debt within a few years of the end of WWI. The devastation of the cotton crop drove thousands of southern farmers into bankruptcy. This disaster contributed to a continued pattern of migration north by African Americans. The boll weevil is also a type of bug. -
The stock market begins its spectacular rise.National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act.
National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act Congress restricted immigration by establishing national quotas. Asians and people from southern and eastern Europe were subject to discrimination. This also lead to a stock market rise. -
Ku Klux Klan members stage a major march through Washington, D.C.Scopes trial takes place in Dayton, Tennessee.
Interest in the Ku Klux Klan increased as immigrants continued t enter the Unnited States. With more than five million members, the Klan marched to show its strength and political clout. Biology teacher taken to court and eventually fined for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. This case reflected one instance of a clash between modern and traditional values in the 1920s -
Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.”
This book showed an African-American perspective through poetry. It became a major example of the creativity associated with the Harlem Renaissance. -
Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic.
Sacco and Vanzetti are executed Italian immigrants and anarchists accused of robbery and murder during a period called the Red Scare. Their trial and execution reflected the decade's fears about threats to the government and prejudices about foreigners Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo transatlantic flight in 33 1/2 hours. -
Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president.
Hoover's reluctance to employ government resources to address economic problems helped worsen the effects of the Depression. Therefor there was economic downturn and lead to black tuesday. (Stock Market crash).
