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Prohibition
Probition was an important part of the roaring twenties, because the governemnt realized the alcohol was creating illness and increased organized crime. Due to the loss in profit, banning alcohol, increased organized crime. This also lead to an increase in the black market, speakeasies, and jazz. -
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Women were finally after decades of struggle allowed to vote. This milestone changed America and the rights given to the sexes. -
KDKA in Pittsburgh
The KDKA is significant becuase it was the first commmerical radio station. They inspired other radio stations and in four years there was over 600 radio stations in the US. -
Emergency Quota Act
The act imposed a quota the restristed the immigrants passage to the United States. This sudden restriction was an indication bias by our country. -
The boll weevil ruins more than 85 percent of the South’s cotton crop.
The destruction, from this insect, to the southern crops made many southern farmers loss money. Also, this added to the increase in African American migration to urban cities. -
National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act.
The National Origins Act limited immigrants allowed into the United States through a national origins quota. However, discrimaination was still used to allow the entry of immigrants. -
The stock market begins its spectacular rise.
A new risky technique of investing in stocks helps create a wealthy growth in the US. However, decreases when the stock market crashes in 1929. -
Ku Klux Klan march through Washington, D.C
The march was done to show how strong the KKK had in numbers. The interest in the klan increased with the increase in immigration. -
Scopes trial in Dayton, Tennessee
John Scopes was found guilty and fined for teaching evolution in a classroom. The Butler Act remained a law in Tennessee. These were some of the hard conflicts that existed in the 1920s. -
Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.”
Hughes first work of literature, "The Weary Blues," was in the perspective of an African American. It was a great example of the Harlem Renaissance. -
Sacco and Vanzetti are executed
Both Italian men were convicted with murdering a paymaster and guard. The were executed and later found innocent because they had a lack of evidence. This showed the discrimination during the period of the Red Scare. -
Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic
He completed his solo flight in a little over 33 hours. This was a part of the new technologies and accomplishments in America. -
Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president
Herbert Hoover had a great impact on the government's policies.
