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Prohibition Begins.
The 18th amenment banned the sale, production, importation, and transportation of alchol in the United States. They hoped it would help the United States social society and created organizations to stop the consumption of alchol. -
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted.
The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. A 70 year battle to get womens rights in the United States was finally won. -
KDKA in Pittsburgh
KDKA was the first official radio station in the world. It began in Pittsburgh, Pennyslvania on November2, 1920. It was the first comercially - liscened radio station in the world to have a broadcast. -
Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.
This act imposed a quota on the number of immigrants allowed into the United States. The annual rate from any country was 3%.The maximum annual quota was set at 357,802. -
The boll weevil ruins more than 85 percent of the South’s cotton crop.
The Boll Weevil is a beetle that feasts on cotton buds and flowers. It came from Mexico and in 1922 destroyed 85% of the Souths cotton crops. It hurt the economy tremendously. -
The stock market begins its spectacular rise.
The economy was growing. As technology increased with the economy people got more money. They investedn in stocks and expected to make lots of money in return. -
National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act.
The National Origins ACt replaced the Emergency Quota Act. The limit of immigrants allowed into the U.S was 150,000. There was only 2% of each nationality allowed into the U.S. -
Scopes trial takes place in Dayton, Tennessee.
Also referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial was a American legal case in which a substitute high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution. It was staged to draw attention to the town of Dayton. All charges were dropped after the town got the attention it wanted. -
Ku Klux Klan members stage a major march through Washington, D.C.
The KKK wanted to show the nation they were still a very powerful group with plenty of memebers. On August 8, 1925 more than 40,000 members of the Kun Klux Klan marched through the streets of Washington D.C. It let the nation know there was still a vast amount of racism occuring. -
Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.”
"The Weary Blues" is a poem first published in the Urban League magazine, Opportunity. It was Langston Hughes first book. It has been credited as one of the first poems to combine music and poetry. -
Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic.
Charles Lindbergh was the first man to fly across the Atlantic. A $25,000 prize was being offered to the first succesful trip from New York to France. Lindbergh inspired lots of people to have interest in aviation. -
Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were accused of murder of a paymaster of a shoe company. They were the main suspects because the murders were described as two Italian men. They were executed on August 23, 1927. In 1977 the men were said to be treated unfairly and no stigma should be associated with their names. -
Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president.
Herbert Hoover was elected November 6, 1928. He was in office when the stock market crahsed. He got the blame for the Great Depression.
