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Prohibition
The manufacture and sale of alcohol was made illegal in the United States. -
The Nineteenth Amendment
This amendment gave women the right to vote after years of struggle and protest. -
KDKA in Pittsburgh
KDKA was the first American radio and gave people new means for recieving information and entertainment. -
Emergency Quota Act
This act was made to temporarily limit the number of immigrants that came to the United States. -
Cotton Destruction
The boll weevil destroyed cotton crops costing cotton producers more than $45 billion -
Rise of the Stock Market
The stock market began to rise again after previously being in a recession -
National Origions Act
This act replaced the Emergency Quota Act and severely limited the number of Europeans that made it into the United States and vertually excluded Asians from being able to. -
Scope's Trial
A high school teacher named John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it illegal to teach evolution in any state-funded school -
KKK March
30,000-35,000 Klan members marched on Pennsylvania Avenue -
The Weary Blues
This poem is about sitting and listen to blues music in Harlem. -
Charles Lindergh
Departs Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York for Paris and arrives in Le Bourget Aerodrome, Paris after 33 hours and 29 minutes. Lindberg became the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Sacco and Vanzetti
A paymaster for a shoe company in South Braintree, Massachusetts, was shot and killed along with his guard. The men who killed them stole more than $15,000 -
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover was the president when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression began
