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Prohibation begins
During this time the consumption, selling, and making of any alcoholic beverage was outlawed. -
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted.
The nineteenth amendment to the constitution said that women could now vote. -
KDKA in Pittsburgh
KDKA is a radio station, that started broadcasting out of Pittsburgh, Pensylvania. This was the first radio station to ever successfully make it on the air. -
The Weary Blues is published
This poem by Langston Hughes is writen with a lot of repetation, and mournful lyrics. This poem gave the thoughts of a blues song. -
Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.
During this time a lot of immigrants were being granted U.S. citizenship. This act limited the immigration of people to the United States. -
The boll weevil
This animal ruins more than 85 percent of the South’s cotton crop. It will travel around and eat off of cotton plants, if they are not treated they could eat a big bulk of the crop. -
Ntional Orgins Act
This replaced the Emergency quot act. This act still limited immigrtion into the united States, but targetted certain nationalities with certain guidelines. -
Stock market begins rising
The stock market rose greatly during this time period. It continued to rise until the gret depression hit. -
KKK members march through Washington DC
With over fourty-thousand people in attendance,the Ku Klux Klan marched through the streets of Wshington DC in there last protest. -
Scopes Trial
He ws put on trial becuse he ws teaching wht he was not aloud to. He was talking about evolution nd at is not aloud in any stste funded school. -
Charles Lindbergh
He ws an American aviator who sucessfully crossed the tlantic Ocean by plane. -
Sacco and Vanzetti are executed
The were convicted of murdering two men, but there was not much proof. The were judged guilty and put to death. -
Herbert Hoover is electer President
He was the 31st president. He was in office during the begining of the great depression.
