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The Boll Weevil Ruins More Than 85% of the South's Cotton Crop
During the 1920's the Boll Weevil infested the Southern United States and destroyed it's cotton crops. This ruined the U.S cotton industry and impoverished many cotton farmers. -
Prohibition Begins
This amendment prohibited the production, sale, distribution, and consumption of alcohol in the United States and was also the first amendment to ever be repealed. The adoption of the 19th amendment was fundemental in the development of organized crime in the United States and took away power that was previously allocated to individual states. -
The Ninteenth Amendment of the Constitution is Adopted
This amendment made it illegal to deny a U.S citizen from being denied the right to vote based on their gender. In other words, it gave women the right to vote. -
KDKA in Pittsburgh
The KDKA was the very first comercially licensed radio station in the world. This was a fundemental moment for the history of media because now people could recive both news and entertainment without buying a newspaper or paying to see a movie. -
Congress Enacts Emergency Quota Act
This act restricted the amount of immigrants to the United States per year. It predominantly restricted the amount of europeans able to immigrate to the U.S which meant that only culturally similar Norther Europeans were most likely to be admitted. -
The Stock Market Begins it's Spectacular Rise
During the 1920's many people began to make more money and work less so they began investing which improved the stock market. This created great optimism for the economic future of America during the 1920's. -
National Origins Act Replaces Emergency Quotas Act
The National Origins Act differed from the Emergency Quotas act in that it only allowed two percent of immigrants whose nationalites population was already in the United States, enter the U.S while the Emergency Quotas Act allowed up to three percent. It also prohibited the immigration of East Asians into the U.S. -
Langston Hughes Publishes "The Weary Blues"
"The Weary Blues" was an award winning poem which contributed greatly to the Harlem Renaissance and brought great recognition to Langston Hughes. This poem was very helpful in gaining African-Americans cultural respect. -
Scopes Trial takes place in Dayton, Tennesse
Substitute Teacher, John Scopes, was taken to court unde rthe accustation that he had violated the Butler Act in Tennesse by teaching students the Theory of Evolution in class. This trial was very important in showing the major rift between rural and urban values, as well as old and new beliefs. -
Ku Klux Klan Members Stage A Major March Through Washington D.C
The KKK's March through Washington D.C brought with it forty thousand Klan members, displaying the overwhelming numbers the KKK now had. This signified the peak of the Klan's power during the 1920's. -
Charles Linbergh Flies Across Atlantic
Charles Linbergh flew across the Atlantic Ocean from New York City to Paris on May 20th through the 21st and was the first person ever to do so. He did this using a single engined plane and was awarded a medal of honor in recognition of the historic event he made. -
Sacco and Vanzetti are Executed
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were found gulity of first degree murder of two men while robbing a shoe factory. They were executed by electric chair on August 27th, 1927 which lead to a public outcry and International Riots. This was due to the fact that there trial appeared to heavily be based on Itialian racial prejudice as well is in distate for the two men's anarchist views. -
Herbert Hoover is Elected President
Herbert Hoover's election will unfortunantly be looked back upon as a very poor time in American History. This is because many people blamed the great depression that came in the 1930's on Hoover.
