the roaring 20s

By connormcandris
  • the IBM corporation is founded

    the IBM corporation is founded

    IBM also known as international business machines. a technology company located in new York
  • the palmer raids arrest and deports over 6000 suspected "radicals"

    the palmer raids arrest and deports over 6000 suspected "radicals"

    series of raids conducted by during the first red scare by the us department of justice
  • the league of nations is founded

    the league of nations is founded

    the league of nations is a intergovernmental organisation. it was to maintain world peace
  • the 18th amendement

    the 18th amendement

    it was completed by jan 16 and was in action jan 17. it prohibited alcohol.
  • 19th amendement is ratified by congress

    19th amendement is ratified by congress

    passed congress june 4th and ratified on august 18 1920. gave the woman the right to vote
  • warren g Harding is elected president

    warren g Harding is elected president

    the 29th president of the us. died during his term
  • radio station KDKA airs the first commercially broadcast program

    radio station KDKA airs the first commercially broadcast program

    class A radio station owned and operated in Pittsburgh.
  • the teapot dome scandal is uncoverd

    the teapot dome scandal is uncoverd

    it was a bribery scandal involving the administration the us president warren g Harding
  • readers digest is founded

    readers digest is founded

    a family magazine that only gets published 1 times a year
  • the great gatsby

    the great gatsby

    published by f. Scott Fitzgerald. its about characters living on the east and west egg on prosperous long island of the summer of 1922
  • president gerchwin is eleceted president

    president gerchwin is eleceted president

    a republican. 30th president of the us

  • first game in the newly built yankee stadium is played

    the red soxs vs yankees
  • warren g hardings death

    warren g hardings death

    he suffered a heart attack
  • hitler failed at trying to over throw the german government

    hitler failed at trying to over throw the german government

    hitler was quickly arrested and charged with treason
  • the national origins act is passed limiting immigration

    the national origins act is passed limiting immigration

    only 2 % of total population of any ethnic group in the us in 1890 could be admitted in the us.
  • the first winter olympics were held

    the first winter olympics were held

    the games were held in Chamonix France
  • langston huges published his first set of peoms in his the weary blues

    langston huges published his first set of peoms in his the weary blues

    a collection of poems. was published in the first urban league magazine
  • adolf hitler publishes mein kampf

    adolf hitler publishes mein kampf

    volume one of his autobiography

  • scopes monkeys trial begins in dayton TN

    a trial. the state of Tennessee v john scopes. he was accuessed of violating Tennessee butler act.

  • the ford motor company announces the creation of a 40 hours work week

    it was a 5 day 40 hour work week. the pay was $5 per 8 hour day
  • gertrude ederle is the first woman to swim the english channel

    gertrude ederle is the first woman to swim the english channel

    she was an Olympic champion she was the first woman to swim it

  • Charles Lindbergh makes the first non stop trans Atlantic flight

    Charles would make the first non stop flight from new York to Paris
  • the great mississippi flood

    the great mississippi flood

    flooding the lower valley of Mississippi. the big natural disaster of the us
  • sacco and vanzetti trial concludes

    sacco and vanzetti trial concludes

    2 Italian anarchists were convicted on murdering a guard and a paymaster
  • babe ruth hits 60 home runs

    babe ruth hits 60 home runs

    babe Ruth sets homerun record of 60
  • the first film with sound the jazz singer debuts

    the first film with sound the jazz singer debuts

    first film with sound. directed by alan Crosland
  • the holland tunnel opens

    the holland tunnel opens

    a tunnel that connected ny to nj underwater
  • Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

    Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

    he made penicillin from the penicillium no Tatum mold
  • mickey mouse makes his first apperence

    mickey mouse makes his first apperence

    a short black and white film the was one of the first to feature sound
  • Herbert hoover is elected president

    Herbert hoover is elected president

    he was our 31st president of the us
  • Chicago st valentines day massacre

    Chicago st valentines day massacre

    7 members of the north side gang were stood up on a wall and shot down
  • stock market crash

    stock market crash

    stock market crashes on black Tuesday leaving 15 million people unemployed.
  • ameiia earheart attempts to fly around the world

    ameiia earheart attempts to fly around the world

    she started in Oakland California. Earhart, Noonan , henry manning Paul Mentz were also on board
  • Ellis island closes as an immigration point to the us

    Ellis island closes as an immigration point to the us

    it closes after letting in more than 12 million immigrants.
  • george gerschwin releases "rhaposdy in blue"

    george gerschwin releases "rhaposdy in blue"

    a song that is 13 mins long