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19th Amendment to the U.S Constitution is adopted. Prohibition begins.
Granted woman the right to vote, prohibiting any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. -
KDKA in Pittsburge
KDKA is a radio station licensed in Pittsburge, Pennsylvania. World's first commercial radio station. -
Congess enacts Emergancy Quota Act
Emergancy quota act, also known as the Emergancy Immigration Act of 1921. Quota would limit the number of immigrants who would be admitted from any cuntry annually to 3% of the number of residenrs from that same country who lived in the United States. -
Boll Weevil
Infested all U.S. cotten growing areas, devasting the industry and the people working in the American South. The boll weevil infestation has been credited with bringing about economic diversification in the Southern US. -
Stock Market Rises.
The stock market begins to rise, bears little relation to the rest of the economy. -
National Origins Act Replaces Emergancy Quota
Congress passed a discriminatory immigration law that restricted the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans and practically excluded Asians and other nonwhites from entry into the United States. This act instituted admission quotas by using the 1890 census to determine the population of a particular nationality group; the government then only allowed 2 percent of that population into the nation. In addition, the act completely barred immigration for all those whom the Supreme Court prohi -
KKK March on Washington
Ku Klux Klan members marched in Washington DC to the White House and US Capitol to display their ever-increasing numbers across America.By 1925, when its followers staged a huge Washington, D.C., march, the Klan had as many as 4 million members and, in some states, considerable political power. But a series of sex scandals, internal battles over power and newspaper exposés quickly reduced its influence. -
Scopes Trial
The trial of John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, for teaching the theory of evolution in violation of state law. The trial was held in 1925, with eminent lawyers on both sides. William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution and Clarence Darrow for the defense. -
The Weary Blues
Poem written by poet Langston Hughes. The Weary Blues is also the name of Langston Hughes book. -
Sacco and Vanzetti are executed
They had killed a paymaster and his guard at a shoe company -
Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic.
. Was a 25 year old US air mail pilot
