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US Opts Not to Join the League of Nations
the united state did not join the leauge of nations that they set up is mainlybecause of congress didnt allow it -
18th amendment passed
with all the problems acohol consumption caused in domestic families the united states made it illegal to sell or by acohol and the called this the prohibition -
19th admendment passed
this admendment allowed women to final have the right to vote -
al capone is an active bootlegger
al capone is known as one of the biggest organized crime bosses in history he started bootlegging after the 18th amendment was passed which banned the selling or buying of acohol -
time magazine first published
time magazine started publishing in the 1920's and is still a big named magizine corperation today -
calvin coolidge elected
was elected the 30th president of the united states of america and he wanted to keep the mentality of prosperity throughout the american people -
locke publishes the new negro sparkling the harlem renaissance
this book was created by Alain Locke an african american during the harlem renaissance -
kkk marches on washington
thousands of kkk members had a parade in the all white robes on the streets of washington they were outraged that blacks and jews were starting to get a little bit of civil rights in the north -
f.scott fitzgerald published the great gatsby
he started this book in 1922 the book is about a man named jake gatsby trying to reinvent himself -
scopes monkey trial
it was a teacher in tennesse that was acused of teaching evolution to students which was not prohibited during that time -
langston hughes published the weary blues
this was a book with a wide collection of negro poems -
the "talkie" movie the jazz singer is released
this movie is about a jewish boy who started singing in beer halls as a little boy then runs away from and when he grows up he becomes a popular jazz singer who now wants to become an entertainer but he is met with a difficult dessecion with his family and his heritage -
duke ellington played at the cotton club
what had really mad duke ellington big was while playing in the cotton club it was also being broadcated on the radios for all to hear -
charles linbergh solo transatlantic flight
was the first human being to fly across the atlantic ocean solo lter on a women also achevies this too -
babe ruth hits 60 home runs in one season
babe ruth is one of the best mlb player to ever touch a bat in his time -
herbert hoover elected
herbert hoover is elected as the 31st president of the united states -
US Signs the Kellog-Briand Pact
what this pact meant is that countries cant just start wars for no reasons they can only go into war for self defense -
the first mickey mouse cartoon "steamboat willie" premiers
this is what people call the birthday of mickey mouse when the film came out people were so atonished by the film that two weeks later after it was released it was played in the biggest theater in the world in new york -
Black Tuesday Stock Market Crash
this is the day that the stock market crashes and millions of americans are put of of work and cant provide for there families and was the start of the great depression -
amelia earhart first woman to fly solo transatlantic flight
she became the first women ever to fly over the alantic by airplane after this has only been done once by charles lindbergh
