The Cotton Club

By matthew989

  • The stock market begins its spectacular rise.

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    The Cotton Club Hitorical Timeline

  • The 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted. (Prohibition begins)

  • KDKA in Pittsbugh

  • Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.

  • The boll weevil ruins more than 85% of southern cotton crops

  • National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act.

  • Scopes trials take place in Dayton, Tennesee

  • Ku Klux Klan members stage a major march throughWashington D.C.

  • Langston Hughes publishes "The Weary Blues".

  • Charles Lindbergh flies solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Sacco and Vanzetti (Convicted murderers) were executed.

  • Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. President