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The 1920s
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KDKA is established
The KDKA in pittsburg is established. This was one of the first radio stations in the United States. Radio revolutionized entertainment and the news. -
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted.
This Amendment gave women the right to vote. This changed how polaticians ran each political race. -
Prohibiton begins
Prohibition outlawed the sale, consumpsion and posetion of alcohol beverages in the United States. This out raged the citizens and then they protested. -
Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.
Set limits on immigrants coming to the United States. -
The boll weevil ruins South’s cotton crop
This event almost caused the souths economy to crumble. -
National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act.
This new act replaced the Emergency Quota act and limited immigrants from other countries even more. -
The stock market begins its spectacular rise.
This greatly increased the wealth of the United States. -
The Ku Klux Klan marches throw Washington D.C.
This event opened the eyes to the public and government on how large the klan was becoming. -
Scopes trial takes place in Dayton, Tennessee.
This trail was because of a teacher teaching about evolution whitch broke the law in tenesse. The trail set the stadards of teaching during 1925. -
Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.”
This poem explains the importance of music in everyday life. -
Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic.
Lindbergh flew nonstop across the atlantic ocean. This event was important because it proved the man could fly acroos the atlantic and Lindbergh became a hero in the eyes of America. -
Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.
This trial was espeacily important because many people thought that these men were unfairly prosecuted but then still executed. -
Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president.
Hoover supported prohibition and farmers.
