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The U.S. Prohibition
Prohibition in the United States was a national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol, in place from 1920 to 1933. -
The Adoption of the 19th Amendment
The 19th amendment was an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920; guarantees that no state can deny the right to vote on the basis of sex. It gave women the right to vote. -
KDKA in Pittsburgh
Created by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. World's first commercial radio station. -
Congress Enacts the Emergency Quota Act
Also known as the Emergency Immigration Act, this act restricted immigration into the United States. It added numerical restraints on immigration from Europe, letting only 3% of the annual population immigrate to the U.S. -
The Boll Weevil Infestation of 1922
A boll weevil is a small insect that feeds on cotton buds and flowers. An overpopulation of these insects caused huge collapses in the Southern farming industry, the boll weevil destroyed more than 85 percent of the South's crops. -
National Origins Act Replaces Emergency Quota Act
The National Origins Act, sometimes referred to as the Johnson-Reed Act, represented the culmination of early twentieth-century anti-immigration sentiment. -
Stock Market Rise
The stock market began its spectacular rise, although it had little to do with the economy, -
The Scopes Trial Takes Place
The Scopes Trial, formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was a famous American legal case in 1925 in which a high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach evolution in any state-funded school -
KKK Marches on Washington
Hundreds of Klan members joined together to march on Pennsylvania Ave., -
Langston Hughes Publishes "The Weary Blues"
Famous author and poet Langston Hughes publishes his new book through Knopf in 1926. -
Charles Lindbergh Flies Across Atlantic
Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist. On May 20, Lindbergh took off in the Spirit of St. Louis from Roosevelt Field, near New York City, at 7:52 A.M. He landed at Le Bourget Field, near Paris, on May 21 at 10:21 P.M. -
Sacco and Vanzetti Are Executed
Ferdinando Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were suspected anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during a 1920 armed robbery of a shoe factory in South Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. -
Herbert Hoover Is Elected President
The United States presidential election of 1928 was the 36th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1928. Herbert Hoover was nominated as the Republican candidate, as incumbent President Calvin Coolidge chose not to run for a second full term.
