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Flappers
Flappers are fun, loving women dancers. They were found in dance clubs, bars, pubs, ect. -
Prohibition
During this time, liquor was considered illegal and nobody was allowed to purchase it. Clubs and secret bars were open at night and secretively sold liquor. It ended in 1933. -
Red Scare
The red scare was a scare that affected people due to fear of communism. People were extremely frightened at the thought of communism. People believed that America was going to turn into a communist country which frightened them. -
Growth of the KKK
The KKK held a democratic national convention on this date. During the 20's, the KKK grew intensively during reconstruction of this era. More people began to join the KKK and in different towns there became more and more groups. -
Growth of Radios
The first batteryless radio was dated back to this day. Radios began to grow and cartoons, soap oprahs, and music became popular on the radio. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
When oil was secretly federally realesed under President Warran G. Harding. -
Charles Lindbergh
He was the first person to do a nonstop flight acorss the Atlantic ocean solo. He flew from New York to Paris across the Atlantic Ocean. -
The Kellogg Brand Pact
It was an agreement with the 15 strongest countries to not go into war or attack one another. Like the League of Nations, it was quite pointless because no other nation can stop one another. -
Growth of Movies
Movies began to grow during this erra and at this time the first talkie was created. In the US it went from 5000 theatres to 22500 theatres -
Model T
Ford created 15 million cars and the thought of a car sky rocketed. It was the longest production of cars until the Beetle Volkswagon in 1972. There was an assebly line and every 24 seconds a car was made. The work was quite boring to do for 8 hours but it got the job done more quickly. -
Amelia Earhart
She was the first woman on this date to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She disappeared attempting to fly across the world and currently, nobody has seen sight of her and her plane. -
The Jazz Age
Jazz began to become quite popular. When depression hit America, the Jazz Age came into play. Jazz is improvisation with off-beat rythms. It was created by African Americans and influenced modern music today. -
Black Tuesday
Share prices and the stock market completely crash. It begins the Great Depression. $30 billion dollars were lost as well as 16.4 million shares. -
Stock Market
In the 1920's, the stock market boomed. Lots of people invested their money in the stock market and by 1929, the market had crashed. So many people were trying to get rich so quickly most people were oblivious when the signs shown that the stock market was going down hill. -
Buying on Margin
When people paid 10% to buy stock shares and then you owe 90%. Many people gained money instead of loosing because people were getting rich quick.
