The 1920s Time line

By bdodson14

  • White Women can now vote

    Women's freedom to vote was secured by the Nineteenth Amendment. Non-white women will also be subject to the same voting limits that apply to non-white men. It will be like this for years.

  • Gangster Al Capone

    Around the mid-1920s, the infamous gangster and his crew were said to be making up to US$85 million a year. Al Capone's wealth, on the other hand, was almost untraceable by the time he died.

  • American Professional Football League is formed

    In 1920, the American Professional Football League (APFL) was formed with eleven teams and Jim Thorpe as its founder. In 1922, the name was changed to the National Football League.

  • The president of the 20s

    Warren G. Harding wins a landslide victory in both the Electoral College and the popular vote, restoring the Republican Party to the White House. Harding received over 16 million votes in the popular vote, compared to 9 million for Democratic nominee James M. Cox, and won the Electoral College by a landslide of 404 to 127. Women were given the freedom to vote for the first time in this referendum.

  • A national quota system on immigrants is established

    The Emergency Quota Act, enacted by the United States Congress, establishes a nationwide quota scheme for the number of new refugees, limiting legal immigration.

  • The first Miss America pageant is held in Atlantic City, New Jersey

    Atlantic City, New Jersey hosts the very first Miss America pageant. Margaret Gorman is crowned Miss America after winning the Golden Mermaid award.

  • The Limitation on Armaments Congress convenes

    The Congress on Arms Limitation meets in Washington, D.C

  • The Armaments Congress ended

    The Congress on Armaments comes to a close. It will result in three negotiations between the major world powers and the United States, including the Five Power Disarmament Treaty, to limit naval construction, ban mustard gas, limit submarine attacks on merchant fleets, and respect China's sovereignty.

  • The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated

    In Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Memorial, which is located on the opposite end of the National Mall from the Capitol building, is dedicated.

  • The first sound on film motion picture Phonofilm is show in the Rivoli Theatre

    Lee de Forest presents Phonofilm, the first sound on film motion picture, at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.

  • The first Winter Olympic Games are held

    The first Winter Olympic Games was held in Chamonix, France, in the French Alps, with sixteen countries sending athletes, including the United States, who received four medals. Norway won the most medals in both divisions, with four golds and eighteen overall. Except for World War II, the Winter Olympic Games have been held every year since this year.

  • The Grand Ole Opry transmits its first broadcast

    The Grand Ole Opry transmits its first radio broadcast ever.

  • Air Commerce Act is passed

    The Air Commerce Act is enacted, giving aid and support to the aviation industry as well as federal regulation for civil air safety under the Department of Commerce.

  • The civil war in China prompts Draws U.S troops

    The civil war in China prompts a thousand US marines to land in order to defend US property.

  • invention of television

    Philo Taylor Farnsworth, an American inventor, is the first to succeed in inventing tv. Three years later, on August 26, 1930, the complete electrical television technology was copyrighted.

  • Amelia Earhart The trip across the Atlantic

    Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Herbert Hoover wins election

    Herbert Hoover defeats Democratic nominee Alfred E. Smith, the Catholic governor of New York, in the Electoral College, 444 to 87, and is elected President of the United States.

  • MLK is born

    In Atlanta, Georgia, future civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King is born in his grandfather's home.

  • Saint Valentine's Day Massacre

    The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre occurred on Saint Valentine's Day in 1929, when seven members and allies of Chicago's North Side Gang were murdered. On the morning of the feast day, February 14th, the men assembled in a Lincoln Park garage.

  • The Wall Street Crash of 1929

    The Great Crash of 1929, also known as the Wall Street Crash, was a massive stock market crash in the United States that resulted in the fall of 1929. It began in September and concluded in late October, when the New York Stock Exchange's stock prices plummeted.