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Volstead Act
It was the enforcement for the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. -
Women Getting Voting Rights
The 19th Amendment allowed millions more of women to get the right to vote. -
Harding Winning Presidency
He won on promise of return to “normalcy”. The first Republican since the end of Reconstruction to win a former state of the Confederacy. -
Warren G Harding
The 29th president , serving from March 4, 1921 until his death. -
Emergency Quota Act
An Act to limit the immigration of aliens into the United States. It established the nation's first limits on the number of immigrants who could enter the United States. -
First Winter Olympic Games
The Chamonix Games were recognised as the first Olympic Winter Games. -
The National Origins Act of 1924
It made the quotas stricter and permanent. Made to keep out certain ethnic groups. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald
He was a famous American short-story writer and novelist. Best known for “The Great Gatsby”. -
The Butler Act
A Tennessee law prohibiting public school teachers from denying the Biblical account of mankind's origin. -
Scopes Trail
The prosecution of science teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school. -
The Great Mississippi Flood
The most destructive river flood in the history of the United States. -
The First Transatlantic Flight
Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history, -
Babe Ruth Breaking Baseball Records
He set a record for the most scoreless innings in the World Series. First batter to hit 50 home runs in a season. First batter to hit 60 homers in a season. -
Al Capone
An American gangster and businessman. He was the leader of the Chicago Outfit during the Prohibition era -
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
The murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang -
Black Friday and the Great Crash
When panicked sellers traded nearly 13 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange , causing investors $5 billion in losses.
