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Warren G. Harding elected president
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Red Scare
is the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism, used by anti-leftist proponents. -
Harlem Renaissance Bega
was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. The Movement also included the new African-American cultural expressions across the urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest United States affected by the Great Migration (African American),[ -
Volstead Act
The National Prohibition Act, known informally as the Volstead Act, was enacted to carry out the intent of the Eighteenth Amendment. -
Treaty of Versallies Rejected
In the face of Wilson’s continued unwillingness to negotiate, the Senate on November 19, 1919, for the first time in its history, rejected a peace treaty. -
Palmer Raids
were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States. -
18th Amendment
established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport and sale of (though not the consumption or private possession of) alcohol illegal. -
19th Amendment
prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex -
Herbert Hoovers elected president
was the 31st President of the United States (1929–1933) -
Sacco and Vanetti Executed
convicted of murdering two men during the armed robbery of a shoe factory in South Braintree, Massachusetts, -
Washington Disarmament Conference
was a military conference called by President Warren G. Harding and held in Washingto -
Teapot Dome Scandal
a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding -
Fordney-McCumber
was a law that raised American tariffs on many imported goods in order to protect factories and farms. -
Calvin Coolidge Became President
President Harding died unexpectedly while in office, so the vice president, Calvin Coolidge, stepped up. -
J.Edgar Hoover Appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation
Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone appointed the 29-year-old Hoover acting director of the Bureau, and by the end of the year Mr. Hoover was named Director. -
Immigrattion Act Basic Law
was a United States federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States. -
Scopes Trial
A high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. -
NBC founded
is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network. It is headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center, with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago. NBC is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network", due to its stylized peacock logo, which was originally created for its color broadcasts. -
Charles Lindberg Made First Trans-Atlantic Flight
was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist. -
The Jazz Singer Released
The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, its release heralded the commercial ascendance of the "talkies" and the decline of the silent film era. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise among them" -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
murder of seven mob associates of North side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran during the Prohibition Era. -
Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)
was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its fallout. -
Great Depression Began
was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II -
Amelia Earheart flew solo across the Altlantic Ocean
Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
